Potter fends off Transformers

By Tom Bramwell Published 24 July, 2007

UK Charts: As brains eat the rest.

Harry Potter's latest videogame outing continues to dominate the UK charts - no doubt thanks to the recent launch of the film to which it ties in and last Saturday's release of the final book in JK Rowling's witches and wizards series.

However, it will face stern competition this week from Transformers (number two All Formats, number one on PS2 and Xbox 360), with the live action film in that famous franchise set for general release this Friday.

Elsewhere in the top ten, Nintendo's brain training titles occupied three positions - More Brain Training for DS is at number three, with Wii title Big Brain Academy at four and the original DS Brain Training at eight.

Last week's number five, Mario Party 8, slips down to 30 as retail awaits delivery of new stock following a recall, and is replaced by Nintendo's own Wii Play - another consistent performer in recent months.

Meanwhile, the launch of the PS3 version of Take-Two's The Darkness helped the comic-based action game hop from eight to seven (topping the PS3 chart), just below Activision's Shrek the Third, while Cooking Mama stuck to the chart-pan at nine and Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 rose to ten.

Outside the top ten there were re-entries for PS3 titles Resistance: Fall of Man (24) and MotorStorm (35), no doubt boosted by Sony's decision to offer PS3 bundles starting last week.

And while at a glance Potter is expected to duel Transformers for number one next week, both could be trumped by this Friday's release of Nintendo DS pair Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl, while Activision's Guitar Hero: Rock the 80s could capture the interest of PS2 owners.

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About Tom Bramwell

Tom is Operations director of Eurogamer Network and Editor-at-Large of Eurogamer.net. He joined the company in February 2000.

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  • Wayne #1 5 years ago

    Has anyone enjoyed Transformers? The reviews pretty much all say it's rubbish, but that trailer on the right hand side of Eurogamer makes it look top notch!

  • Talha #2 5 years ago

    No surprises. Potter the book has eaten everything else this week, Potter the movie included! Not to mention my free time.

  • Killerbee #3 5 years ago

    Game were really (and I mean really) trying to push Transformers last Friday. I just think it's a shame they didn't think to dig out all their old stock of the Melbourne House PS2 game and pimp that instead.

    Anyway, I haven't played the new game but, aside from the flashy graphics, it just reeks of the usual movie tie-in fodder and I've read enough poor reviews (and no good ones) to know I should steer clear. The worst thing is that it's a criminal waste of a great franchise.

  • ZeroAX #4 5 years ago

    the movie is crap (i've seen it) and the game is crap. as a long time transformer fan since i was a kid i have to say i'm really disappointed

  • Dr.Mott #5 5 years ago

    Oh come on. Surely everyone has Brain Training by now. (The original, that is)

  • Sl1pstream #6 5 years ago

    From what I've heard from people that actually played the game it seems to be a good bad game. It's giant robots shooting at each other. I would try it myself, but my 360 has been gone for a month thanks to microsoft's repairservice.