Week ending the 29/mar/2009
The Wheelman and Stormrise head up this week’s line-up.
A couple of high profile releases lead the way for a hefty line-up this week, with The Wheelman and Stormrise hitting the shelves on Friday.
The Wheelman, now co-published by Ubisoft, is Midway’s collaborative project with Vin Diesel’s Tigon Studios. The game sees players engaging in explosive car chases throughout the streets of Barcelona, certain to cater to any gamers needing an action fix this week.
For those seeking a more cerebral, tactical experience, Sega’s Stormrise attempts to refine the RTS genre on consoles. Built for Xbox 360 and PS3 from scratch, the title tasks gamers with commanding futuristic armies from the ground rather than the traditional top-down perspective.
Other notable releases include Monsters Vs Aliens (Activision Blizzard), Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 for Wii (Konami) and Afro Samurai (Atari)
[Note: I've personally never heard or read of "The Wheelman", "Stormrise" or "Monster Vs Aliens"... Are those really high profile releases ? And I would have added "Final Fantasy: Echoes of Time" and maybe "World Sports Party" - for the name combo - to the list.]
UK releases for this week:
You can also check this VGChartz's news.
Reserved for France, Germany, Italy, Spain and UK.
UK
Chart-Track's news (on the All-Format chart) :
‘Resident Evil 5’ equals ‘Resident Evil 3’ as the longest serving title in the series to remain at No1 in the All Formats chart, both with 3 weeks at the top.
Capcom manages to capitalize on an absence of any new releases making the All Formats Top 10 with a 2nd week of price promotion on ‘Street Fighter IV’ boosting sales by 7% and launching it to No3, up from No7.
Nintendo’s ‘Professor Layton’ isn’t far behind, down from No3 to No4, suffering a 40% fall in sales, but staying ahead of THQ’s ‘WWE Legends of Wrestlemania’ which is also down 1 place, slipping from No4 to No5.
‘Wheelman’ co-published by Ubisoft and Midway misses out on an All Formats Top 10 debut, new at No11.
Last year’s blockbusters ‘FIFA 09’ and ‘Call of Duty: World at War’ and even 2007’s Christmas No1 ‘Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare’ are the Top 10’s star performers this week. Both ‘FIFA 09’ and Call of Duty: World at War’ are up 3 places to No’s 6 and 7 respectively, while ‘COD 4’ manages an All Formats Top 10 reappearance at No9, up from No15. The last time it made the All Formats Top 10 was back in week 23 2008.
‘Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars’ drops 2 places in its 2nd week, down to No8, while Ubisoft’s ‘Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X.’ has its wings clipped, perched precariously at No10, down from No5.
There are re-entries for ‘Pro Evolution Soccer 2009’ at No22 and ‘Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3’ at No25 thanks to the release of the Wii version of PES and PS3 version of C&C.
| (03) | 01 | WII | WII FIT | (NINTENDO) |
| (01) | 02 | XB360 | RESIDENT EVIL 5 | (CAPCOM) |
| (02) | 03 | PS3 | RESIDENT EVIL 5 | (CAPCOM) |
| (04) | 04 | DS | PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE CURIOUS VILLAGE | (NINTENDO) |
| (05) | 05 | DS | GRAND THEFT AUTO: CHINATOWN WARS | (TAKE 2) |
| (11) | 06 | WII | WII PLAY | (NINTENDO) |
| (22) | 07 | WII | MARIO KART WII | (NINTENDO) |
| (07) | 08 | PS3 | KILLZONE 2 | (SONY COMPUTER ENT.) |
| (06) | 09 | DS | DR KAWASHIMA'S BRAIN TRAINING | (NINTENDO) |
| (12) | 10 | PS3 | STREET FIGHTER IV | (CAPCOM) |
| (09) | 11 | XB360 | WWE LEGENDS OF WRESTLEMANIA | (THQ) |
| (18) | 12 | XB360 | STREET FIGHTER IV | (CAPCOM) |
| (08) | 13 | PS3 | WWE LEGENDS OF WRESTLEMANIA | (THQ) |
| (31) | 14 | XB360 | CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE | (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD) |
| (17) | 15 | XB360 | HALO WARS | (MICROSOFT) |
| (14) | 16 | WII | MY FITNESS COACH | (UBISOFT) |
| (26) | 17 | XB360 | CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR | (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD) |
| (__) | 18 | XB360 | WHEELMAN | (UBISOFT) |
| (19) | 19 | DS | CLUB PENGUIN: ELITE PENGUIN FORCE | (DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS) |
| (15) | 20 | PC | EMPIRE: TOTAL WAR | (SEGA) |
| (28) | 21 | WII | MARIO & SONIC AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES | (SEGA) |
| (20) | 22 | WII | SONIC AND THE BLACK KNIGHT | (SEGA) |
| (13) | 23 | XB360 | TOM CLANCY'S H.A.W.X. | (UBISOFT) |
| (21) | 24 | WII | MARIO POWER TENNIS | (NINTENDO) |
| (30) | 25 | XB360 | FIFA 09 | (ELECTRONIC ARTS) |
| (16) | 26 | PS3 | TOM CLANCY'S H.A.W.X. | (UBISOFT) |
| (10) | 27 | DS | PUZZLER COLLECTION | (UBISOFT) |
| (__) | 28 | PS3 | COMMAND AND CONQUER: RED ALERT 3 | (ELECTRONIC ARTS) |
| (__) | 29 | PS3 | WHEELMAN | (UBISOFT) |
| (__) | 30 | PS3 | LITTLEBIGPLANET | (SONY COMPUTER ENT.) |
| (36) | 31 | XB360 | GRAND THEFT AUTO IV | (TAKE 2) |
| (__) | 32 | WII | CARNIVAL: FUNFAIR GAMES | (TAKE 2) |
| (23) | 33 | DS | SCRABBLE INTERACTIVE: 2009 EDITION | (UBISOFT) |
| (25) | 34 | DS | MYSTERY CASE FILES: MILLIONHEIR | (NINTENDO) |
| (40) | 35 | PS3 | FIFA 09 | (ELECTRONIC ARTS) |
| (39) | 36 | XB360 | SEGA MEGA DRIVE ULTIMATE COLLECTION | (SEGA) |
| (34) | 37 | DS | MARIO KART DS | (NINTENDO) |
| (__) | 38 | XB360 | NEED FOR SPEED: PROSTREET | (ELECTRONIC ARTS) |
| (__) | 39 | PSP | RESISTANCE: RETRIBUTION | (SONY COMPUTER ENT.) |
| (__) | 40 | PS3 | CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR | (ACTIVISION BLIZZARD) |
Germany (consoles)
| (03) | 01 | Wii | Wii Fit | |
| (01) | 02 | PS3 | Resident Evil 5 | |
| (05) | 03 | Wii | Mario Kart Wii | |
| (__) | 04 | Wii | Mein Fitness-Coach: Gut in Form | |
| (04) | 05 | DS | Mario Kart DS | |
| (__) | 06 | PS2 | SINGSTAR MULTIPACK | |
| (02) | 07 | XBox 360 | Resident Evil 5 | |
| (07) | 08 | DS | Professor Layton und das geheimnisvolle Dorf | |
| (08) | 09 | DS | New Super Mario Bros. | |
| (06) | 10 | Wii | New Play Control! Mario Power Tennis |
Germany (PC)
| (01) | 01 | Empire: Total War | ||
| (__) | 02 | BattleForge | ||
| (04) | 03 | World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King | ||
| (02) | 04 | Runes of Magic | ||
| (05) | 05 | Counter-Strike: Source | ||
| (07) | 06 | World of Warcraft | ||
| (03) | 07 | Tom Clancy's HAWX | ||
| (08) | 08 | World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade | ||
| (06) | 09 | Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War 2 | ||
| (09) | 10 | Grand Theft Auto 4 |
France (consoles top 5)
| (01) | 01 | Wii | Wii Fit + Balance Board | (Nintendo) |
| (05) | 02 | Wii | Mario Kart Wii + volant Wii Wheel | (Nintendo) |
| (02) | 03 | PS3 | Resident Evil 5 | (Capcom) |
| (04) | 04 | DS | Professeur Layton et l’étrange village | (Nintendo) |
| (03) | 05 | XBox360 | Resident Evil 5 | (Capcom) |
France (consoles top 10)
| (01) | 01 | Wii | Wii FIT | (Nintendo) |
| (05) | 02 | Wii | MARIO KART Wii | (Nintendo) |
| (02) | 03 | PS3 | RESIDENT EVIL 5 | (Capcom) |
| (04) | 04 | NDS | PROFESSEUR LAYTON ET L'ETRANGE VILLAGE | (Nintendo) |
| (03) | 05 | 360 | RESIDENT EVIL 5 | (Capcom) |
| (06) | 06 | Wii | MARIO POWER TENNIS Nouvelle façon de jouer | (Nintendo) |
| (07) | 07 | Wii | Wii PLAY | (Nintendo) |
| (__) | 08 | Wii | PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2009 | (Konami) |
| (10) | 09 | PS3 | STREET FIGHTER IV | (Capcom) |
| (08) | 10 | NDS | GRAND THEFT AUTO: CHINATOWN WARS | (Take 2) |
France (PC top 5)
| (01) | 01 | Empire Total War | (Sega) |
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| (__) | 02 | Drakensang : l’oeil noir |
(Eidos) |
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| (03) | 03 | Warhammer 40000 : Dawn of war 2 | (THQ) | |
| (02) | 04 | Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X | (Ubisoft) | |
| (04) | 05 | World of Warcraft : La colère du Roi-Liche | (Activision Blizzard) |
Italy
| (01) | 01 | PS3 | Resident Evil 5 | 100.0% | |
| (03) | 02 | WII | Wii Fit | 61.48% | |
| (02) | 03 | 360 | Resident Evil 5 | 46.97% | |
| (06) | 04 | PS2 | PES 2009 | 38.93% | |
| (08) | 05 | NDS | Professor Layton And The Curious Village | 38.15% | |
| (04) | 06 | WII | Mario Power Tennis | 36.45% | |
| (07) | 07 | PS3 | Killzone 2 | 27.21% | |
| (09) | 08 | WII | Wii Play | 23.66% | |
| (13) | 09 | NDS | More Brain Training | 20.90% | |
| (10) | 10 | PS3 | PES 2009 | 19.78% | |
| (11) | 11 | NDS | Brain Training | 19.35% | |
| (05) | 12 | WII | Mario Kart Wii | 19.25% | |
| (__) | 13 | PS3 | FIFA 09 | 18.70% | |
| (14) | 14 | PS2 | GTA San Andreas Platinum | 14.85% | |
| (12) | 15 | PS2 | FIFA 09 | 14.55% |
Charts Calender:
Monday: UK, Ireland, France Top 5 (1 week delay), Germany (All, 1 week delay), Spain (1 week delay)
Tuesday: Denmark, Italy (1 week delay), Finland (Fortnightly on even numbered weeks)
Wednesday: Germany (Separate console & PC)
Thursday: Australia, New Zealand , Sweden
Friday: Netherlands, Switzerland, Norway
Saturday: France Top 10 (2 week delay)
*Note: These are often subject to change, especially Germany (All) & Spain
Archives:
2009:
Mar: 10 / 11 / 12
Feb: 05 / 06 / 07 / 08 / 09
Jan: 01 / 02 / 03 / 04
2008:
Dec: 49 / 50 / 51 / 52
Nov: 45 / 46 / 47 / 48
Oct: 40 / 41 / 42 / 43 / 44
Sep: 36 / 37 / 38 / 39
Aug: 31 / 32 / 33 / 34 / 35
Jul: 27 / 28 / 29 / 30
Jun: 22 / 23 / 24 / 25 / 26
May: 18 / 19 / 20 / 21
Apr: 14 / 15 / 16 / 17
Mar: 09 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13
Feb: 05 / 06 / 07 / 08
Jan: 01 / 02 / 03 / 04
2007:
Dec: 48 / 49 / 50 / 51 / 52
Nov: 44 / 45 / 46 / 47
Oct: 40 / 41 / 42 / 43
Sep: 39
