UK charts: Mass Effect 2 holds on to top

By Robert Purchese Published 8 February, 2010

Plus: Dante's Infourno, Star Trek in at 11.

Mass Effect 2 has held onto the UK All-Formats chart top spot for a second week.

Publisher EA's latest release, Dante's Inferno, debuted in fourth.

Ubisoft's budget Wii title Just Dance held on at two, while Modern Warfare 2 is in third and FIFA 10 made up the top five.

Wii Sports Resort, MAG, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Wii Fit Plus and Avatar rounded out the top 10.

Star Trek Online spent a first week in 11th, and further down THQ's new racer MX vs ATV: Reflex entered at 18th.

New releases outside of the All-Formats Top 40 were Endless Ocean 2: Adventures of the Deep and Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Crystal Bearers, which finished 11th and 17th on the Wii chart.

Disgaea 2: Dark Days Hero finished 9th on the PSP list, and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. sequel Call of Pripyat finished 4th on the PC chart.

This Week Last Week Title Platform(s)
1 1 Mass Effect 2 PC, Xbox 360
2 2 Just Dance Wii
3 3 Modern Warfare 2 PC, PS3, Xbox 360
4 New entry Dante's Inferno PS3, Xbox 360
5 7 FIFA 10 PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360
6 5 Wii Sports Resort Wii
7 4 MAG PS3
8 8 New Super Mario Bros. Wii Wii
9 6 Wii Fit Plus Wii
10 10 James Cameron's Avatar: The Game DS, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
11 New entry Star Trek Online PC
12 11 Assassin's Creed II PC, PS3, Xbox 360
13 12 Mario Kart Wii Wii
14 9 Army of Two: The 40th Day PS3, Xbox 360
15 13 LEGO Batman DS, PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360
16 14 Forza Motorsport 3 Xbox 360
17 15 Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games DS, Wii
18 New entry MX vs. ATV: Reflex DS, PS3, PSP, Xbox 360
19 16 Football Manager 2010 PC, PSP
20 Re-entry The Sims 3: Design High-Tech Stuff PC
21 22 Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising PC, PS3, Xbox 360
22 17 Borderlands PC, PS3, Xbox 360
23 21 Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 PC, PS3, Xbox 360
24 23 Uncharted 2: Among Thieves PS3
25 26 WWE SmackDown vs. RAW 2010 PS3, PS2, PSP, Xbox 360
26 24 New Super Mario Bros. DS
27 20 Grand Theft Auto IV PC, PS3, Xbox 360
28 31 Dragon Age: Origins PC, PS3, Xbox 360
29 19 Wii Play Wii
30 29 Peppa Pig DS, Wii
31 34 Tiger Woods: PGA Tour 10 PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360
32 27 Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City Xbox 360
33 38 Need for Speed: Shift PC, PS3, PSP, Xbox 360
34 33 Assassin's Creed PC, PS3, Xbox 360
35 Re-entry Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Wii
36 25 Bayonetta PS3, Xbox 360
37 18 Darksiders PS3, Xbox 360
38 28 PURE PC, PS3, Xbox 360
39 32 Colin McRae: DiRT 2 DS, PC, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360
40 Re-entry Ashes Cricket 2009 PC, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360

Leisure software charts compiled by Gfk Chart-Track, ©2008 ELSPA (UK) Ltd.

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Comments (28) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • HermitArcader #1 2 years ago

    Post deleted at 09:17:39 22-12-2011

  • kangarootoo #2 2 years ago

    Finally started playing ME2 recently.

    Liking it a lot, though I am suffering a little from the usual old school RPG "I wish I had chosen X character class instead of Y character class, and now its too late and the game won't let me change my mind" syndrome. I'm sure I'll get over it :)

  • telboy007 #3 2 years ago

    I'm gutted I recently started a third play through in ME and now can't import the character into ME2... why did I do it, whhhyyyy!!!!!!!!!!

  • menage #4 2 years ago

    @Anthony

    Lite? Whatever. I wonder how many copies they actually sold.

    Yay for ME2!

  • muscleblade #5 2 years ago

    @menage

    He havent played it. Poor attempt of fanboy baiting thats all.
    ME2 and Bayonetta is my two favourite games this gen.

  • the_dudefather #6 2 years ago

    @telboy007

    needs to be a finished game save file

  • telboy007 #7 2 years ago

    Aye I know, its the trudge through a complete ME game so I can import him in - I just can't bring myself to do it!

  • miiiguel #8 2 years ago

    @ menage: my ignore won't work if you do that...

  • kendoji #9 2 years ago

    Fap fap Bioware fap fap fap.

  • menage #10 2 years ago

    @milliguel

    I'll stop doing that then:D

    @muscleblade

    Gen is maybe something I'll say in 6 months time, you know, when I'm detoxed fom all the crack they've been feeding me. But they sure as hell are brilliant.

  • Kremlik Verified Co-Founder, Crash To Desktop #11 2 years ago

    For a '6' Dante's Inferno comming in forth is good news at least - proves a point that many still don't take a reviewer's word as 'the law' and only use them as a guide as they should be taken as, props to it, shame it's only a one off but then again the money is going to Dead Space 2 so it's all good

  • Kapo! #12 2 years ago

    Good to see Dante's Inferno doing so well. I thoroughly enjoyed the demo, even though I don't usually like hack-n-slash games. It looks as though Bayonetta has flopped, but my impression from the demo was that it was a quirky game, but a total mind-f**k.

  • VicViper #13 2 years ago

    Hmm glad to see mass effect 2 going strong deserves every sell.

    Pity Bayonetta's falling but then its very um Japan as a game so I doubt it was ever going to set the charts alight, still brillant and due to the previous comments I decided to have a look around Sega claims 1.1 million worldwide thats respectible and Platinum have mentioned the desire to do more with the IP which I hope they do.

  • muscleblade #14 2 years ago

    @telboy007

    After i completed ME2 i started a new playthrough of ME. I completed it on Insanity in 6 hours. If you need a completed save file just play the main quest. Thats the best part of the game after all.
    Edited by 1 at 08/02/10 @ 11:32

  • lavalant #15 2 years ago

    Yup loving the game, best I've played this gen, it's a a sci-fi fans dream, but playing ME2 without playing ME1 first, is like watching Empire Strikes Back without seeing A New Hope first.

  • muscleblade #16 2 years ago

    "Playing ME2 without playing ME1 first, is like watching Empire Strikes Back without seeing A New Hope first."

    Agreed. I also think its important to play as a imported character as your choices in ME really carries over.

  • malexous #17 2 years ago

    Just Dance top of the individual chart.

  • spekkeh #18 2 years ago

    Dante's Infourno cracked me up, well played.

  • spekkeh #19 2 years ago

    I'd say if you dislike Fallout 3 (according to many the best game of 2008), but still manage to enjoy ME2, which is in many regards very similar to F3, that THAT's saying something.
    Edited by 1 at 08/02/10 @ 12:17

  • BabyJesus #20 2 years ago

    Well deserved again Bioware.

    Good to see DA:o still in the top 40 aswell.

  • ignatiusjreilly #21 2 years ago

    If you're playing on PC, you can find save-games of pretty much every possible permutation here: [link url=http://www.masseffect saves.com/
    ]http://www.masseffect saves.com/
    [/link]

    Very handy for a second playthrough (or even a first, if you made some decisions you really regret).

  • UncleLou #22 2 years ago

    It's a great collection for sure, but reading the info about the files I had a) realised I had forgotten most of the finer details of the first game, and b) the one file which was (as far as I could remember) closest to my playthrough had a name I just couldn't use (you can't change the name). ;)

  • muscleblade #23 2 years ago

    @menage

    You have a point about the crack. It feels like a long time since i completed them though so i think i can say that they are on top of my list this gen. I completed Bayonetta 4 times in a row. Never done that with a game of decent lenght before.

  • Wolverfrog #24 2 years ago

    Well deserved.

  • captain_Carl #25 2 years ago

    Wow MAG still holding in there...GOOD! Bought the game at the weekend and it's awesome, fully deserving of the sales.

  • TRUTH #26 2 years ago

    Bayonetta is the best hack & slash combo fighter RIGHT NOW! - and has for sure set a standard that all others to follow inc GoW III!!...Combo's, action, boss battles, skill, speed makes this game one of the best, if not, the best in it's genre!

    ...Also don't judge a game by the bloody demo's...I would have missed out on some of the best games if I just judged them by the demo such as: Fight Night 4 (best boxing game but needs a bit of time to understand 'Total Control' = demo did put me off, now can't live witout it), Battelfield, Batman AA (so much more then what the demo allows you to play, F.E.A.R 2 (personally as fps singleplayer is so much better then MW2 - also the demo did not present this) etc etc.

    Glad though to see the most overhyped MW2 drop...This was a decent fps but nothing above Half Life 2, Halo, F.E.A.R, Bioshock etc etc.
    Edited by 1 at 08/02/10 @ 18:25

  • septimus #27 2 years ago

    Well deserved. Game of the year contender. Definitely top 3 for me, even this early on in the year.

  • DaemonSpawn #28 2 years ago

    All hail Mass Effect 2!