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Fight Night Round 4 has become the first boxing game to top the UK All-Formats chart upon release. Perhaps it will now go to America and never be heard of again.
The EA Sports game leads a long list of newcomers this week, although few fare anywhere near as well - the only other top 10 débutante being Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen at six.
Overlord II spends its first week at 17, while siblings Overlord: Dark Legend on Wii and Overlord: Minions on DS miss both All-Formats and platform-specific charts.
Guitar Hero: Greatest Hits enters the All-Formats top 40 at 18, and Monster Hunter Freedom Unite - despite the concerted marketing efforts of Capcom and Sony - opens at only 25.
Even further down is newcomer Dynasty Warriors 6: Empires at 31, which has Spore: Galactic Adventures and Tales of Vesperia following at 37 and 38 respectively.
Other newcomers missing the All-Formats top 40 are Another Code R, which takes 18 in the Wii chart, Anno 1404 at 14 in the PC chart, and Guitar Hero On Tour: Modern Hits at 29 in the DS chart.
Those missing all lists whatsoever are Resident Evil: Archives on Wii, Prinny: Can I Really be the Hero? on PSP and Superstars V8 Racing on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. Diabolik's performance is just that, as the DS, PC, PS2 and Wii title also misses out.
| This Week | Last Week | Title | Platform(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New entry | Fight Night Round 4 | PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 2 | 1 | Prototype | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 3 | 2 | The Sims 3 | PC |
| 4 | 3 | Wii Fit | Wii |
| 5 | 7 | UFC 2009: Undisputed | PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 6 | New entry | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | DS, PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360 |
| 7 | 5 | Call of Duty: World at War | PC, Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, Wii, DS |
| 8 | 9 | Virtua Tennis 2009 | PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 9 | 8 | EA Sports Active | Wii |
| 10 | 4 | Ghostbusters | PS2, PS3 |
| 11 | 10 | Grand Slam Tennis | Wii |
| 12 | 11 | Professor Layton and the Curious Village | DS |
| 13 | 6 | Red Faction: Guerrilla | PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 14 | 15 | Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare | Xbox 360, PS3, PC, DS |
| 15 | 12 | FIFA 09 | PC, Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, PSP, Wii, DS |
| 16 | 14 | Mario Kart Wii | Wii |
| 17 | New entry | Overlord II | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 18 | New entry | Guitar Hero: Greatest Hits | PS2, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360 |
| 19 | 16 | Pokémon Platinum | DS |
| 20 | 21 | Wii Play | Wii |
| 21 | 18 | inFamous | PS3 |
| 22 | 13 | Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings | DS, PS2, PSP, Wii |
| 23 | 22 | Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games | Wii, DS |
| 24 | 28 | Dr Kawashima's Brain Training | DS |
| 25 | New entry | Monster Hunter Freedom Unite | PSP |
| 26 | 25 | My Fitness Coach | Wii |
| 27 | 19 | ArmA II | PC |
| 28 | Re-entry | MySims Racing | DS, Wii |
| 29 | 17 | Guitar Hero: Metallica | PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 30 | 32 | SEGA Superstars Tennis | DS, PS2, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360 |
| 31 | New entry | Dynasty Warriors 6: Empires | PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 32 | 20 | Resident Evil 5 | PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 33 | 26 | Carnival: Funfair Games | Wii |
| 34 | 23 | Guitar Hero: World Tour | Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, Wii |
| 35 | 29 | Football Manager 2009 | PC |
| 36 | 35 | Grand Theft Auto IV | Xbox 360, PS3, PC |
| 37 | New entry | Spore: Galactic Adventures | PC |
| 38 | New entry | Tales of Vesperia | Xbox 360 |
| 39 | 34 | Mystery Stories | DS |
| 40 | 30 | Star Ocean: The Last Hope | Xbox 360 |
Leisure software charts compiled by Gfk Chart-Track, ©2008 ELSPA (UK) Ltd.
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Comments: 1-24 of 24 in total
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20charactersmax
29/06/09 @ 10:42
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EG should use the other charts format. It's a bit pointless to compare a game released on eight platforms with a game merely released on one platform.
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andywilkie35
29/06/09 @ 11:03
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I bought two new releases on Friday - Fight Night and Tales of Vesperia. Whilst its great to see Fight Night do really well, its a shame that a game of the quality of Tales of Vesperia could only get as high as 38. Still, at least now its coming out on PS3 so more people can get to play it.
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midnight_walker
29/06/09 @ 11:16
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I went to find Another Code: R, but could only find it for £39.99 in shops! What the fuck? No wonder it's way down in the charts. I'll get it online I think.
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Shame that Lets Tap isn't lighting up the charts, it's got it all going for it...party game, cheap, funky accessory (ok, two boxes), massive potential audience.
Needs some TV ads to explain the concept, in my opinion. Very odd, and a great shame considering it's easily the best party game outside of the obvious Nintendo stuff. I bought mine in Gamestation a few days ago, they said it was the first copy they sold.
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PatAU - I played on Wii Fit for about a week before getting very (very!) bored. It was the last 'game' I bought for my Wii before I sold it - absolute bunch of crap, unless you are less than 10 years old - more than 50 years old or have never owned a proper games console before.
Guitar Hero on the other hand has hardly been out of my 360 since GH2 arrived - yes, I've been playing GH games for almost 4 years. Wii Fit innovative? not really. |
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SirDespard
29/06/09 @ 11:47
+1
Wandering around Worcester yesterday, HMV, Game, Gamestation, no Tales of Vesperia to be found anywhere, so no wonder it's languishing
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donnie080208
29/06/09 @ 11:49
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glad to see the new transformers game didnt sell as well as anticipated or as the previous game.a truly shoddy title confirming most gamers have no taste whatsoever
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rhubarbandcustard
29/06/09 @ 12:00
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Downloaded Fight Night 4 demo when it was released a couple of weeks ago. Compared to the excellent Fight Night 3 I thought it was too fast, too arcadey, too cartoony. I hated it, so deleted it straight off the hard drive.
After seeing all the rave reviews for it, I downloaded it again over the weekend out of curiosity. And played it again, and again, and again... How could I have been so wrong. Once you adjust to the new style it stands head and shoulders above Fight Night 3. It really is quite brilliant. |
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BillyBrush
29/06/09 @ 12:02
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Damn when Bobbie (Mr activision boss man) let's a verbal slap enter the internet arena, it reverberates for weeks..
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I'm sure Ghostbusters would have been no1 had it been released on 360/Wii/DS/PC, it's still selling strong for PS3/PSP in UK and was no1 last week in US on 360. Sony have kinda ruined the party with the exclusive deal, sure it will get a PAL release in October but will have to compete with the usual surge of quality games we get around then,sales are unlikely to be as strong.
An All format release in Europe during the summer drought would have surged sales, combined with the good sales in the USA it might have prompted Atari to make a sequel. As it is the PAL release has been sort of muted, I haven't even seen one advert or poster. |
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donnie080208
29/06/09 @ 12:34
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fight night4 is truly excellent and agree with the stick control ONLY.the graphics are sweet and so far the online has been brilliant its far more tactical and user freindly than the overated/ highly scored street fighter2 which i have barely touched since buying as i shouldnt have to pay extra for a stick for a game to play it right yet no reviews took THIS into account.if certain moves dont work on a pad they should NOT be included in the game
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I am really dissapointed about this game. I was really looking forward to it and it is ruined.
I use buttons, i downloaded the demo and found out you could not change it and so i have gave it a good go and i have adapted. I can now fight with the analogue sticks but i can honestly say there is no enjoyment at all. I really want to like this game, it looks really awesome but the controls make it feel crap when playing. All you do now is smash the stick around throwing punches left right and centre with no skill. For some reason people fail to see that you could not button mash as your stamina would fuck right to hell in FNR3. Now you just stick mash and your stamina hardly goes anywhere and the fact that you control every punch with the one stick it makes it really easy to stick mash. + for everyone who has played the game, do i really need to mentions the haymakers? i mean wtf is with them. Anywho sorry for the rant but it kinda pisses me off that i wont be getting this game as i want to like it so much. |
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