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UK chart: Black Ops tastes third

FIFA 11, Just Dance muscle it out.

FIFA 11 retains the UK all-formats chart top spot this week, as Activision's record-shattering Call of Duty: Black Ops tumbles to an unprecedented third place.

Ubisoft's budget dance sensation Just Dance 2 spoilt Activision's party by taking second place.

The rest of the top 10 is as follows: Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, Wii Fit Plus, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Gran Turismo 5, Fallout: New Vegas, The Sims 3 and Kinect Sports.

Further down, EA Sports Active 2.0 bounds back into the top 40 in 13th, and EA's Mass Effect 2 uses a budget price (and impending PS3 release) to secure 18th.

This Week Last Week Title Platform(s)
1 1 FIFA 11 DS, PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360
2 4 Just Dance 2 Wii
3 2 Call of Duty: Black Ops DS, PC, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
4 3 Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit PC, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
5 13 Wii Fit Plus Wii
6 5 Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood PC, PS3, Xbox 360
7 6 Gran Turismo 5 PS3
8 9 Fallout: New Vegas PC, PS3, Xbox 360
9 8 The Sims 3 DS, (PC, PS3, Xbox 360
10 6 Kinect Sports Xbox 360
11 Re-entry Art Academy DS
12 16 Just Dance Wii
13 Re-entry EA Sports Active 2.0 PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
14 11 Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare PS3, Xbox 360
15 12 Medal of Honor PC, PS3, Xbox 360
16 24 Your Shape: Fitness Evolved Xbox 360
17 10 Dance Central Xbox 360
18 Re-entry Mass Effect 2 PC, Xbox 360
19 23 Football Manager 2011 PC
20 14 WWE SmackDown vs. RAW 2011 PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
21 25 Wii Sports Resort Wii
22 18 Mario Kart Wii Wii
23 17 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 DS, PC, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
24 20 New Super Mario Bros. DS
25 32 Wii Party Wii
26 19 Michael Jackson: The Experience DS ,PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360
27 15 Fable III Xbox 360
28 28 New Super Mario Bros. Wii Wii
29 27 LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 DS, PC, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
30 29 Toy Story 3 PC, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
31 34 Professor Layton and the Lost Future DS
32 30 Red Dead Redemption PS3, Xbox 360
33 22 Halo: Reach Xbox 360
34 35 007: Blood Stone PC, PS3, Xbox 360
35 26 GoldenEye 007 Wii
36 Re-entry Forza Motorsport: Ultimate Collection Xbox 360
37 21 Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II DS, PC, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
38 33 Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360
39 Re-entry Monopoly Streets PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
40 31 Dead Rising 2 PC, PS3, Xbox 360

Leisure software charts compiled by Gfk Chart-Track, ©2008 ELSPA (UK) Ltd.