European Charts - w/e June 23rd (Forza, #1, Dirt, #2)

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This is the list for full price retail games. Forza 2 had a 45% drop, but still is #1. Dirt only had 29% drop, and was #3 overall, and #2 on full price charts. This is only for the UK. More to follow. Quick blurb:

A third week and a third lap of honour for Microsoft’s ‘Forza Motorsport 2’ (although sales are down 45%), retaining top podium position in the All Formats chart for a third week, something the original title on Xbox never quite managed - it was held to No2 upon release in week 19, 2005 behind Lucasarts/Ubisoft’s ‘Star Wars Ep III: Revenge Of The Sith’.

Back in the present and 2K Games/Take 2 climb six places to No2 thanks to movie/comic book franchise ‘Fantastic 4: Rise Of The Silver Surfer’ (+70%), whilst Codemasters climb one place to No3 with ‘Colin McRae: Dirt’ (-29%). Disney’s movie tie-in ‘Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World’s End’ drops one place to No4 (-35%) and continuing with the movie theme, Activision are up one place over last week at No6 with ‘Spider-Man 3’. Activision also unleashes the next big name summer blockbuster this week with ‘Shrek The Third’ debuting at No13 on 4 formats (DS, Wii, 360, PC) with PS2 arriving on the same day as the film’s general release – this Friday 29th June. Right behind Shrek is Empire’s Xbox 360 ‘Flatout: Ultimate Carnage’ debuting here at No14. On the Xbox 360 Full Price Chart driving is certainly flavour of the week with ‘Forza Motorsport 2’ at No1, ‘Colin McRae: Dirt’ at No2 and highest new-entry ‘Flatout: Ultimate Carnage’ at No3. The final new entry within the Top 40 All Formats Chart is from 505 Games with ‘Armored Core 4’ at No39 (PS3/360).

 1 1 FORZA MOTORSPORT 2 MICROSOFT MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
4 2 COLIN MCRAE: DIRT CODEMASTERS CODEMASTERS CODEMASTERS
3 3 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END EUROCOM ENTERTAINMENT DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS
5 4 SPIDER-MAN 3 VICARIOUS VISIONS ACTIVISION ACTIVISION
2 5 TOMB RAIDER: ANNIVERSARY CRYSTAL DYNAMICS EIDOS EIDOS
6 6 MARIO STRIKERS CHARGED FOOTBALL NEXT LEVEL GAMES NINTENDO NINTENDO
-- 7 SHREK THE THIRD VICARIOUS VISIONS ACTIVISION ACTIVISION
-- 8 FLATOUT: ULTIMATE CARNAGE BUGBEAR EMPIRE EMPIRE INTERACTIVE
7 9 TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 07 EA REDWOOD SHORES EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
13 10 FANTASTIC 4: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER VISUAL CONCEPTS 2K GAMES TAKE 2
11 11 VIRTUA TENNIS 3 HITMAKER (AM3) SEGA SEGA
8 12 COMMAND & CONQUER 3: TIBERIUM WARS EA LA EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
14 13 NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
15 14 THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TWILIGHT PRINCESS NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
19 15 SONIC AND THE SECRET RINGS SONIC TEAM SEGA SEGA
17 16 GOD OF WAR II SONY COMPUTER ENT. (USA) SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
18 17 FINAL FANTASY III MATRIX SOFTWARE SQUARE ENIX SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
23 18 WARIO WARE: SMOOTH MOVES INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS NINTENDO NINTENDO
10 19 MEDAL OF HONOR: VANGUARD EA LA EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
16 20 FOOTBALL MANAGER 2007 SPORTS INTERACTIVE SEGA SEGA
-- 21 ARMORED CORE 4 FROM SOFTWARE 505 GAMES 505 GAMES
27 22 NINTENDOGS: DALMATIAN & FRIENDS NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
12 23 SHADOWRUN FASA INTERACTIVE MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
39 24 MORTAL KOMBAT: ARMAGEDDON JGI ENTERTAINMENT MIDWAY MIDWAY
32 25 THE ELDER SCROLLS IV: OBLIVION BETHESDA UBISOFT UBISOFT
20 26 PONY FRIENDS TANTALUS EIDOS EIDOS
22 27 RESISTANCE: FALL OF MAN INSOMNIAC SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
33 28 BRIAN LARA INTERNATIONAL CRICKET 2007 CODEMASTERS CODEMASTERS CODEMASTERS
28 29 GUITAR HERO II HARMONIX REDOCTANE ACTIVISION
21 30 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2006-2007 HB STUDIOS EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
26 31 POKEMON RANGER HAL LABORATORY INC NINTENDO NINTENDO
36 32 RED STEEL UBISOFT (FRANCE) UBISOFT UBISOFT
24 33 CALL OF DUTY 3 TREYARCH ACTIVISION ACTIVISION
34 34 MOTORSTORM EVOLUTION STUDIOS SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
29 35 TMNT: TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES UBISOFT (MONTREAL) UBISOFT UBISOFT
38 36 GEARS OF WAR EPIC GAMES MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
37 37 MARIO KART DS NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
40 38 NINTENDOGS: LAB & FRIENDS NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
-- 39 ANIMAL CROSSING: WILD WORLD NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
-- 40 WORLD OF WARCRAFT: THE BURNING CRUSADE BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT BLIZZARD VIVENDI GAMES