UK Charts: Hitman makes a killing

By Ellie Gibson Published 31 May, 2006

Eidos title knocks FIFA off the all-formats top spot.

It's all change at the top this week as Hitman: Blood Money knocks FIFA World Cup Germany 2006 from the number one spot, giving Eidos its second all-formats chart topper of the year.

Hitman: BM is the best-selling game on Xbox 360, PS2, PC and Xbox this week, while FIFA slips into second place. There's no sign of football fever abating, though, with PES 5 in third, and Championship Manager 2006 managing to remain in the top ten at No. 9.

It's a new entry in fourth place for Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis, the Xbox 360 title that takes bat and ball gameplay back to basics. Eidos's first all-formats number one of 2006, Tomb Raider: Legend, is down one place to No. 5.

In sixth place it's X-Men: The Official Game, with fellow movie tie-in The Da Vinci Code up four places to No. 8. Animal Crossing: Wild World is moving up the charts again from No. 9 to No. 7, while The Sims 2 slips back in at ten.

New releases entering the chart this week include Microsoft's Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends, at 37, and Super Princess Peach for Nintendo DS, which debuts at No. 29. The DS has the potential to dominate the charts in the coming weeks as highly anticipated titles such as Brain Training arrive in Europe - along with the new DS Lite, due to hit the shops on June 23rd, followed by New Super Mario Bros. a week later.

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Comments (11) Latest comment 6 years ago

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  • Skooch #1 6 years ago

    I'm fed up of ports for my 360, roll on Gears of War and H3....

  • BartonFink #2 6 years ago

    Yea Table Tennis is a terrible port ... Err hang on a sec

  • coojam #3 6 years ago

    I'd hardly say Brain Training is highly anticipated. Apart from the gaming hardcore who anticipate anything successful that comes out of Japan, nobody knows anything about it over here. And it doesn't have cute fluffy dogs in.

  • Keimar #4 6 years ago

    Brain training had better be under £10, it's only got about 10 puzzles and most arent even as fun or challenging as the one you get in papers.

  • LetsGo #5 6 years ago

    FULL CHART!

    01 Hitman: Blood Money
    02 [01] FIFA World Cup Germany 2006
    03 [02] Pro Evolution Soccer 5
    04 Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis
    05 [03] Tomb Raider: Legend
    06 [06] X-Men: The Official Game
    07 [04] Animal Crossing: Wild World
    08 [12] The Da Vinci Code
    09 [05] Championship Manager 2006
    10 [08] The Sims 2
    11 [17] Urban Chaos: Riot Response
    12 [07] Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter
    13 [11] FIFA Street 2
    14 [15] Buzz! The Big Quiz
    15 [19] King Kong: Official Game Of The Movie
    16 [09] Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
    17 [13] Football Manager 2006
    18 [14] The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
    19 [16] Fight Night Round 3
    20 [10] The Godfather
    21 [23] Daxter
    22 [18] The Sims 2: Family Fun Stuff
    23 [21] Worms: Open Warfare
    24 [31] Lego Star Wars
    25 [28] Project Gotham Racing 3
    26 [20] Monster Hunter: Freedom
    27 [25] Need For Speed: Most Wanted
    28 [35] The Simpsons: Hit & Run
    29 Super Princess Peach
    30 [37] Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
    31 [22] The Matrix: Path Of Neo
    32 Lemmings
    33 [29] FIFA 06
    34 [34] Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
    35 [27] Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire
    36 [24] Pokemon Link!
    37 Rise Of Nations: Rise Of Legends
    38 Tetris DS
    39 [36] Singstar Rocks!
    40 [26] Metroid Prime: Hunters

  • KingOfSpain #6 6 years ago

    Thanks LG, thats useful.

  • Scientist #7 6 years ago

    "I'd hardly say Brain Training is highly anticipated. Apart from the gaming hardcore who anticipate anything successful that comes out of Japan, nobody knows anything about it over here."

    Actually, my experience is the complete opposite. It has been getting a lot of non-specialist press coverage due to NOE actively pursuing different media outlets.
    There was a full-page article in the main section of the Guardian a few weeks ago, an article in the Indy, on BBC's website etc.
    This is part of the well-publicised shift in PR and marketing which Nintendo has adopted since the launch of the DS.
    What exactly are you basing your assumptions on?

  • kangarootoo #8 6 years ago

    My dad mentioned Brain Training to me a few weeks back. And he is about as unaware of games "that come out of Japan" as a cup of milk. I think it was the Guardian website that he might have read.

    @Scientist
    "What exactly are you basing your assumptions on?"

    Now don't you be coming onto the EG with crazy "information seeking" questions like that.

    Unsubstantiated over-reaction is the bread and butter of many on these pages. They will burn this place down with us all inside if thats what it takes to preserve their way of life.

    ;)

  • Scientist #9 6 years ago

    @kangarootoo

    I should have known better! ;-)

  • freedumb #10 6 years ago

    Brain Training was given it's own coverage on Richard and Judy a while back as well, and they semed particularly enamoured with it.

  • Zero Beat #11 6 years ago

    Richard & Judy. Grrr, so much better than that ladyman twonk.