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Alien: Isolation enters UK chart in second place

DriveClub crashes into fifth.

Creative Assembly's horror game Alien: Isolation has entered the UK chart in second place.

EA's annual behemoth FIFA 15 takes top spot for the third week. Monolith's open-world adventure Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor drops one place to third.

Evolution's PlayStation 4 racing game DriveClub debuts at fifth, behind Playground's Xbox-exclusive racer Forza Horizon 2, which is fourth after two weeks on sale. Bungie's online FPS Destiny is sixth.

Activision's Slylanders Trap Team enters the chart in seventh place, with what Chart-Track called a "solid start". 2K Sports' NBA 2K15 is in at eight. Square Enix's Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition, another new release, debuts at 13.

It's worth noting that Chart-Track's official figures do not include download sales.

Here's the top 10:

  1. FIFA 15
  2. Alien: Isolation
  3. Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor
  4. Forza Horizon 2
  5. DriveClub
  6. Destiny
  7. Skylanders Trap Team
  8. NBA 2K15
  9. Smash Bros. for 3DS
  10. Minecraft: PlayStation Edition
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