Kingdoms of Amalur Dethrones Final Fantasy at No1
13/Feb/2012
It’s another RPG at the top this week as EA’s new IP, ‘Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning’, goes straight in at No1.
The last new IP to reach No1 was Dead Island back in week 37 2011 but you have to go all the way back to week 12 2000 with the first Pokemon game, Pokemon Red, to find an original RPG at the top! It’s also the first game from independent developer 38 Studios (owned by baseball player Curt Schilling) in co-operation with subsidiary Big Huge Games. Last week’s No1, Square Enix’s ‘Final Fantasy XIII-2’ (-54%), therefore has to settle for second place ahead of another new entry, Take 2’s sequel ‘The Darkness II’, in at No3. Last week’s No2 ‘Metal Gear Solid HD Collection’ (-49%) has slipped down to No4 followed by two EA titles at No5 and No6 with ‘FIFA 12’ (-19%) ahead of ‘Battlefield 3’ ( -29%). Activision Blizzard’s ‘Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3’ (-10%) stays rooted at No7 and Ubisoft’s ‘Assassin’s Creed: Revelations’ (-28%) has fallen down two places to No8.
Rounding off the Top 10 we have another RPG that has been at No1 with Bethesda’s ‘The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim’ (-27%) at No9 and ‘Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games’ (+145%) has raced up the charts from No31 to No10 thanks to the release of the 3DS version. We have a couple of new entries making it into the Top 40 with Deep Silver’s ‘Catherine’ at No 20 and EA’s ‘Grand Slam Tennis 2’ at No26.
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TW | Title | Format | Label | Publisher | |||
| - |  |
1 | KINGDOMS OF AMALUR: RECKONING | XB360 | EA GAMES | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| - | |
2 | THE DARKNESS II | XB360 | 2K GAMES | TAKE 2 | ||
| 2 |  |
3 | FINAL FANTASY XIII-2 | XB360 | SQUARE ENIX | SQUARE ENIX EUROPE | ||
| 1 | |
4 | FINAL FANTASY XIII-2 | PS3 | SQUARE ENIX | SQUARE ENIX EUROPE | ||
| 3 | |
5 | METAL GEAR SOLID HD COLLECTION | XB360 | KONAMI | KONAMI | ||
| 4 | |
6 | METAL GEAR SOLID HD COLLECTION | PS3 | KONAMI | KONAMI | ||
| 7 |  |
7 | BATTLEFIELD 3 | XB360 | EA GAMES | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| 6 | |
8 | JUST DANCE 3 | WII | UBISOFT | UBISOFT | ||
| - | |
9 | KINGDOMS OF AMALUR: RECKONING | PS3 | EA GAMES | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| 10 | |
10 | CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3 | XB360 | ACTIVISION | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD | ||
| 11 | |
11 | FIFA 12 | XB360 | EA SPORTS | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| - | |
12 | THE DARKNESS II | PS3 | 2K GAMES | TAKE 2 | ||
| 9 | |
13 | ASSASSIN'S CREED: REVELATIONS | XB360 | UBISOFT | UBISOFT | ||
| 8 | |
14 | BATTLEFIELD 3 | PS3 | EA GAMES | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| 19 |  |
15 | CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3 | PS3 | ACTIVISION | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD | ||
| 13 | |
16 | ZUMBA FITNESS | WII | 505 GAMES | 505 GAMES | ||
| 5 | |
17 | SOULCALIBUR V | XB360 | NAMCO BANDAI GAMES | NAMCO BANDAI GAMES | ||
| 12 | |
18 | THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM | XB360 | BETHESDA SOFTWORKS | BETHESDA SOFTWORKS | ||
| 18 | |
19 | FIFA 12 | PS3 | EA SPORTS | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| 15 | |
20 | ZUMBA FITNESS 2 | WII | 505 GAMES | 505 GAMES | ||
| 29 | |
21 | MARIO & SONIC LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES | WII | SEGA | SEGA | ||
| 16 | |
22 | ASSASSIN'S CREED: REVELATIONS | PS3 | UBISOFT | UBISOFT | ||
| 22 | |
23 | MARIO KART 7 | 3DS | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 17 | |
24 | SAINTS ROW: THE THIRD | XB360 | THQ | THQ | ||
| 20 | |
25 | SUPER MARIO 3D LAND | 3DS | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| - | |
26 | MARIO & SONIC LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES | 3DS | SEGA | SEGA | ||
| 27 | |
27 | MOSHI MONSTERS: MOSHLING ZOO | DS | MIND CANDY | MIND CANDY | ||
| 21 | |
28 | FOOTBALL MANAGER 2012 | PC | SEGA | SEGA | ||
| 24 | |
29 | THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM | PS3 | BETHESDA SOFTWORKS | BETHESDA SOFTWORKS | ||
| 14 | |
30 | SOULCALIBUR V | PS3 | NAMCO BANDAI GAMES | NAMCO BANDAI GAMES | ||
| 28 | |
31 | RAGE | XB360 | BETHESDA SOFTWORKS | BETHESDA SOFTWORKS | ||
| 25 | |
32 | FORZA MOTORSPORT 4 | XB360 | MICROSOFT | MICROSOFT | ||
| - | |
33 | SKYLANDERS: SPYRO'S ADVENTURE | WII | SKYLANDERS | ACTIVISION BLIZZARD | ||
| 31 | |
34 | MARIO KART WII | WII | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 33 | |
35 | WII FIT PLUS | WII | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 36 | |
36 | PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE SPECTRE'S CALL | DS | NINTENDO | NINTENDO | ||
| 39 | |
37 | NEED FOR SPEED: THE RUN | PS3 | EA GAMES | ELECTRONIC ARTS | ||
| 34 | |
38 | KINECT SPORTS: SEASON TWO | XB360 | MICROSOFT | MICROSOFT | ||
| 30 | |
39 | UNCHARTED 3: DRAKE'S DECEPTION | PS3 | SONY COMPUTER ENT. | SONY COMPUTER ENT. | ||
| - | |
40 | RAGE | PS3 | BETHESDA SOFTWORKS | BETHESDA SOFTWORKS |
