UK charts: Just Cause 2 takes the lead
Beats Pokemon. Red Steel 2 struggles.
Square Enix's openworld action game Just Cause 2 has topped the UK all-formats chart.
Xbox 360 accounted for 53 per cent of sales while PS3 commanded 43 per cent. The rest was presumably made-up by PC.
Chasing hard were fresh-faced siblings Pokemon SoulSilver in second and Pokemon HeartGold in fourth.
Prison Break entered in 17th while Red Steel 2 settled for a debut in 34th.
The rest of the Top 10 played out like this: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 in third, Just Dance in fifth, Modern Warfare 2 in sixth, God of War III in seventh, Final Fantasy XIII in eighth, Wii Sports Resort in ninth and Wii Fit Plus in 10th.
SEGA's accomplished RPG Resonance of Fate had a disappointing first week and finished 16th on the PS3 chart and 29th on the Xbox 360 chart. Last Rebellion (PS3), which is rubbish, was nowhere to be seen.
The Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom entered at sixth on the PC chart, and Infinite Space - another decent SEGA RPG - showed up in 26th on the DS chart.
The Game of the Year Edition of Batman: Arkham Asylum finished 28th on PS3, but missed the PC and Xbox 360 charts.
Ubisoft's Wii game Racket Sports Party doesn't appeared to have had the Wii Sports effect and is nowhere to be seen.
| This Week | Last Week | Title | Platform(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New entry | Just Cause 2 | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 2 | New entry | Pokemon SoulSilver | DS |
| 3 | 2 | Battlefield: Bad Company 2 | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 4 | New entry | Pokemon HeartGold | DS |
| 5 | 4 | Just Dance | Wii |
| 6 | 10 | Modern Warfare 2 | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 7 | 1 | God of War III | PS3 |
| 8 | 3 | Final Fantasy XIII | PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 9 | 8 | Wii Sports Resort | Wii |
| 10 | 6 | Wii Fit Plus | Wii |
| 11 | 15 | New Super Mario Bros. Wii | Wii |
| 12 | 13 | FIFA 10 | PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360 |
| 14 | 9 | SONIC & SEGA All-Stars Racing | DS, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360 |
| 15 | 5 | Metro 2033 | PC, Xbox 360 |
| 16 | 7 | Heavy Rain | PS3 |
| 16 | 16 | Aliens vs. Predator | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 17 | New entry | Prison Break | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 18 | 14 | Ben 10: Alien Force - Vigilax Attacks | DS, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360 |
| 19 | 23 | Mario Kart Wii | Wii |
| 20 | 24 | Assassin's Creed II | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 21 | 26 | Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games | DS, Wii |
| 22 | 18 | Forza Motorsport 3 | Xbox 360 |
| 23 | 20 | LEGO Batman | DS, PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360 |
| 24 | Re-entry | Darksiders | PS3 |
| 25 | 19 | James Cameron's Avatar: The Game | DS, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360 |
| 26 | 27 | New Super Mario Bros. | DS |
| 27 | 29 | Football Manager 2010 | PC, PSP |
| 28 | 12 | Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight | PC |
| 29 | 22 | Grand Theft Auto IV | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 30 | 25 | Professor Layton and Pandora's Box | DS |
| 31 | 35 | Uncharted 2: Among Thieves | PS3 |
| 32 | 11 | Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 33 | 21 | MotoGP 09/10 | PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 34 | Red Steel 2 | Wii | |
| 35 | 17 | BioShock 2 | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 36 | 38 | Peppa Pig | DS |
| 37 | 31 | Need for Speed: Shift | PC, PS3, PSP, Xbox 360 |
| 38 | Re-entry | Dragon Age: Origins | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 39 | Re-entry | WWE SmackDown vs. RAW 2010 | DS, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360 |
| 40 | 36 | LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures | DS, PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360 |
Leisure software charts compiled by Gfk Chart-Track, ©2008 ELSPA (UK) Ltd.