UK Top 40: Brink beats Lego to top spot

By Tom Phillips Published 16 May, 2011

Parkour shooter is the run away winner.

Splash Damage shooter Brink has beaten all competition to claim first place in the UK charts.

Lego's latest movie tie-in Pirates of the Caribbean anchors in second.

Dance fitness chart-topper Zumba Fitness sunk to third, while Portal 2 was pushed into fourth.

New entry MX vs ATV Alive's brand of off-road racing roared into tenth.

Call of Duty: Black Ops hung onto the last of the top five, while fighter reboot Mortal Kombat was manhandled into sixth.

Clone Wars Lego tie-in Star Wars III was Forced back to seventh. FIFA 11 made eighth while Crysis 2 surged back up the charts to ninth.

Multi-platform bike-racer SBK World Championships and Wii workout title Exerbeat were other new entries this week but are nowhere to be seen.

This Week Last Week Title Platform(s)
1 New entry Brink PC, PS3, Xbox 360
2 New entry Lego Pirates of the Caribbean 3DS, DS, PC, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
3 1 Zumba Fitness: Join the Party Wii, Xbox 360
4 2 Portal 2 Mac, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
5 4 Call of Duty: Black Ops DS, PC, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
6 3 Mortal Kombat PS3, Xbox 360
7 5 LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars 3DS, DS, PC, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360
8 6 FIFA 11 DS, PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360
9 16 Crysis 2 PC, PS3, Xbox 360
10 New entry MX Vs ATV Alive PS3, Xbox 360
11 10 Just Dance 2 Wii
12 7 Operation Flashpoint: Red River PS3, Xbox 360
13 8 Wii Fit Plus Wii
14 15 Sniper: Ghost Warrior PC, PS3, Xbox 360
15 13 Red Dead Redemption PS3, Xbox 360
16 9 Pokemon Black DS
17 19 Shift 2: Unleashed PC, PS3, Xbox 360
18 23 Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood PC, PS3, Xbox 360
19 12 Pokemon White DS
20 18 LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 DS, PC, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360
21 29 Donkey Kong Country Returns Wii
22 11 Michael Jackson: The Experience Wii, PS3, Xbox 360
23 9 Homefront PC, PS3, Xbox 360
24 Re-entry Killzone 3 PS3
25 33 Batman: Arkham Asylum PC, PS3, Xbox 360
26 21 Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
27 25 Football Manager 2011 PC, PSP
28 14 Virtua Tennis 4 PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
29 30 Wii Party Wii
30 28 The Sims 3 DS, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
31 22 Wii Sports Resort Wii
32 20 Kinect Sports Xbox 360
33 35 Fight Night Champion PS3, Xbox 360
34 34 Just Cause 2 PS3, Xbox 360
35 27 Carnival Games: In Action! Xbox 360
36 36 Art Academy DS
37 Re-entry Skate 3 PS3, Xbox 360
38 24 Test Drive Unlimited 2 PC, PS3, Xbox 360
39 38 Halo: Reach Xbox 360
40 Re-entry Lego Batman: The Videogame PS3, Wii, Xbox 360

UKIE Games Charts compiled by GfK Chart-Track.

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  • asphaltcowboy #1 1 year ago

    Well, good (and surprised) to see Brink hit the top spot. Let's hope SplashDamage can fix the issues before everyone trades it in :/

    (For the record, I've been thoroughly enjoying it, despite the problems)

  • LetsGo #2 1 year ago

    Bet it drops like a stone.

  • superfurry #3 1 year ago

    @asphaltcowboy That's the problem. The few working online games I've been able to enjoy have been great but the fact remains that Brink is unplayable online without useless AI padding out the numbers and joining and quitting games multiple times in hope of a lag-free experience.

    With LA Noire out on Friday, I'm already considering trading it in and unless it's fixed by then, I probably will.

  • DwarfyP #4 1 year ago

    I 1000 pointed it at the weekend. Will be traded this week.

    Poor AI that artificially extends round time by taking control points instead of helping with the primary objective until the last 2 minutes and then helps you push forward. Bad throttle points mean that if you are against human players you are never getting through. Combine that with the horrible lag you get on games where AI exists and it is a 6/10 at best.

  • Triggerhappytel #5 1 year ago

    Despite opinions and reviews for Brink being all over the place, I hope it does well for Splash Damage, as they're one of a dying breed - a high-quality independent British developer.

    Yet to play it myself, but I think I'll stick it on the rental list.
    Edited by Triggerhappytel at 16/05/11 @ 09:56

  • andywilkie35 #6 1 year ago

    Sells incredibly well, but this week I imagine we'll see the "traded in" section of shops absolutely flooding with them.

  • HyperTails #7 1 year ago

    Nice to see Crysis 2 jump up to 9th. Great game.

    I agree with LetsGo though, Brink probably will drop like a stone. There's something about it that indicates it won't be selling big for a long time.

  • rashes #8 1 year ago

    Have to say my high hopes for Brink were sadly let down. Playing it co-op (against bots) with a group of friends can be good fun, but the good ideas are let down by bad net code (both Homefront and this needed a public beta) and terrible map design (Being stuck at a single choke point for 20 minutes is not fun at all).

    Can someone please give me an alternative to CoD for my MP fix. Putting my hopes in Gears now.....

  • Tryhard #9 1 year ago

    Didn't Homefront come in at no1 and due to server issues dropped like a stone?
    Homefront and Brink could bethe biggest number of trade ins for two games in one year.

  • HyperTails #10 1 year ago

    @rashes

    Homefront is good online, and like CoD, though with bigger maps.

    Crysis 2 is brilliant if you can see past the issues that Crytek are set to release a patch to squash (on PS3, 360 got one last week I believe).

  • Ziggy_badMonkey #11 1 year ago

    "terrible map design (Being stuck at a single choke point for 20 minutes is not fun at all)"

    You guys seriously need to use SMART more, it opens up the levels in a way that is not obvious right away.
    I've found there are ways round choke points in every single level.

  • Bravestinsane #12 1 year ago

    Good, Brink deserves it imo.

    Playing on the PC, dedicated servers allways means a FULL game of humans so i have never had problems with bots, even when i played with a few bots the complete the main objectives so its not much of a problem.

    Only time bots have pissed me off is in challenge mode

    Only issues me really worth complaining about is lack of support for ATI graphics card, running around 30fps, which is a little annoying drops sometimes to 25, really isn't a steady from rate, lowering the graphics could help but you shoudn't need to should be better optimised.

    Overall the game is very good i only paid £25 for it which is what its worth really, full retail price of £35 isn't worth it for 8 maps it's more expensive than the quarterly CoDBO map pack rip off. I guess at lease the DLC will be free in June which is a bonus.

    Guns feel fine some feel weak other powerful, but the comparisons to weapons on CoD is just stupid, they are two entirely different game. Thumbs up for me though, 7 hours of gameplay thus far and no real issues. Really don't understand what all this bugs are meant to be.

    Though there has been regular patches on PC i should point out.

  • xero521 #13 1 year ago

    enjoying brink so far but jus tryed once online and laggy to fuck!

  • kinky_mong #14 1 year ago

    I contributed to that shameful No 1 :(

    HMV will be groaning under the weight of traded in copies from Friday.

  • coolbritannia #15 1 year ago

    Just traded it for Portal 2. Nuff said.

  • thedriffter50 #16 1 year ago

    Knew this was going to be crap.

    And this is why people buy sequel upon sequel upon sequel.

    New IPs for the most part suck and are me too games.