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Bioshock Infinite’ debuts at the top of our All Formats chart this week with the Tuesday release becoming the second biggest launch of the year. In taking top spot it also sets a record as the biggest week 1 for a Bioshock title with almost nine thousand more sales than predecessor ‘Bioshock 2’ which took the No1 back in Week 6 2010. Despite its success it’s unable to become 2013’s biggest release with Square Enix’s ‘Tomb Raider’ (+45%) in No2 still holding the honour following its release in Week 10. ‘Tomb Raider also sees a strong boost in sales this week with price promotions ensuring it easily holds second place ahead of several other new releases. It means ‘Gears of War: Judgment’ (-63%) slips to No3 above EA’s ‘FIFA 13’ (+86%) which benefits from strong sales to retain the No4 spot. There’s a debut at No5 for developer Next Level Games and ‘Luigi’s Mansion 2’ landing on 3DS. It’s the second ghost hunting outing for Mario’s little brother following on from ‘Luigi’s Mansion’ which landed at No3 on Nintendo’s Game Cube back in Week 18 2002. The first of two new entries for EA in our Top 10 sees ‘Army of Two: The Devil’s Cartel’ land at No6 with just over a hundred sales separating it from ‘Call of Duty: Black Ops II’ (+67%) in No7. At No8 ‘Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14’ is the second of EA’s new releases and along with ‘Crysis 3’ (+64%) at No10 it means they have four titles in our Top 10 this week. Elsewhere in the chart Wii U exclusive and developer Traveller’s Tales new title ‘Lego City Undercover’ lands at No12. There’s also the return of Sly Cooper with developer Sanzaru Games bringing the light fingered raccoon back for his 4th outing in ‘Sly Cooper: Thieves In Time’ at No31 for PS3 and Vita.
Top 40 Entertainment Software (All Prices), Week Ending 30 March 2013
BIOSHOCK INFINITE - TAKE 2
TOMB RAIDER - SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
GEARS OF WAR: JUDGMENT - MICROSOFT
FIFA 13 - ELECTRONIC ARTS
LUIGI'S MANSION 2 - NINTENDO
ARMY OF TWO: THE DEVIL'S CARTEL - LECTRONIC ARTS
CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS II - ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 14 - ELECTRONIC ARTS
ASSASSIN'S CREED III - UBISOFT
CRYSIS 3 - ELECTRONIC ARTS
FAR CRY 3 – UBISOFT
LEGO CITY UNDERCOVER - NINTENDO
SNIPER: GHOST WARRIOR 2 - CITY INTERACTIVE
THE WALKING DEAD: SURVIVAL INSTINCT - ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
SKYLANDERS GIANTS - ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
SIMCITY - ELECTRONIC ARTS
NEED FOR SPEED MOST WANTED - ELECTRONIC ARTS
HALO 4 - MICROSOFT
LEGO BATMAN 2: DC SUPER HEROES - WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
GOD OF WAR: ASCENSION - SONY COMPUTER ENT.
SONIC & ALL STARS RACING TRANSFORMED - SEGA
JUST DANCE 4 - UBISOFT
ALIENS: COLONIAL MARINES - SEGA
THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM - BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
HITMAN ABSOLUTION - SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
LEGO THE LORD OF THE RINGS - WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
GRAND THEFT AUTO IV - TAKE 2
DEAD SPACE 3 - ELECTRONIC ARTS
DISHONORED - BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
DEAD ISLAND GOTY EDITION - KOCH MEDIA
SLY COOPER: THIEVES IN TIME - SONY COMPUTER ENT.
GRAND THEFT AUTO EPISODES - LIBERTY CITY - TAKE 2
BATTLEFIELD 3 - ELECTRONIC ARTS
FORZA HORIZON - MICROSOFT
RESIDENT EVIL 6 - CAPCOM
DARKSIDERS II - THQ
METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE - KONAMI
BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY - WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
MONSTER HUNTER 3 ULTIMATE - CAPCOM
SLEEPING DOGS - SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
Ukie Games Charts ©, compiled by GfK Chart-Track
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