UK Top 40: LA Noire steals second week
DiRT 3 roars into second place.
L.A. Noire has lapped new entry DiRT 3 to remain top of the UK charts.
DiRT 3 was last week's sole new challenger to the chart. It drove home a respectable second place.
63 per cent of DiRT 3's sales were for Xbox 360, while 37 per cent purchased it on PlayStation 3. PS3 users are still unable to play the game online.
Lego Pirates stayed on course, slipping just one place to third. Dance yourself healthy fad Zumba Fitness remained in fourth.
Chunky shooter Brink dropped 52 per cent of its sales but managed to hold on to a top five placing after three weeks in the chart.
Aggressive Nintendo advertising and new budget bundles boosted evergreen games Wii Sports Resort into sixth and Mario Kart Wii into tenth - the latter spends its 145th week in the top 40.
Filling out the rest of the top 10 were chart stalwarts FIFA 11 in 7th, COD: BLOPS in 8th and Crysis 2 in 9th.
| This Week | Last Week | Title | Platform(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | L.A. Noire | PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 2 | New entry | DiRT 3 | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 3 | 2 | Lego Pirates of the Caribbean | 3DS, DS, PC, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360 |
| 4 | 4 | Zumba Fitness: Join the Party | Wii, Xbox 360 |
| 5 | 3 | Brink | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 6 | 13 | Wii Sports Resort | Wii |
| 7 | 8 | FIFA 11 | DS, PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360 |
| 8 | 10 | Call of Duty: Black Ops | DS, PC, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360 |
| 9 | 6 | Crysis 2 | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 10 | 23 | Mario Kart Wii | Wii |
| 11 | 11 | Just Dance 2 | Wii |
| 12 | 7 | Portal 2 | Mac, PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 13 | 12 | LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars | 3DS, DS, PC, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360 |
| 14 | 21 | Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters | PS3, Wii, Xbox 360 |
| 15 | 9 | Mortal Kombat | PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 16 | 18 | Wii Fit Plus | Wii |
| 17 | 22 | Art Academy | DS |
| 18 | 15 | Red Dead Redemption | PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 19 | 33 | Fight Night Champion | PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 20 | 19 | Homefront | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 21 | 14 | Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 22 | 24 | LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 | DS, PC, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360 |
| 23 | 20 | Pokemon Black | DS |
| 24 | 40 | Wii Party | Wii |
| 25 | 30 | Kinect Sports | Xbox 360 |
| 26 | 25 | Sniper: Ghost Warrior | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 27 | 26 | Michael Jackson: The Experience | Wii, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 28 | 36 | The Sims 3 | DS, PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 29 | 5 | The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings | PC |
| 30 | 28 | Donkey Kong Country Returns | Wii |
| 31 | 17 | MX Vs ATV Alive | PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 32 | Re-entry | Killzone 3 | PS3 |
| 33 | 34 | Football Manager 2011 | PC, PSP |
| 34 | 29 | Pokemon White | DS |
| 35 | Re-entry | Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare | PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 36 | 32 | Batman: Arkham Asylum | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 37 | 31 | Shift 2: Unleashed | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 38 | 35 | Just Cause 2 | PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 39 | 16 | Operation Flashpoint: Red River | PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 40 | 37 | Battlefield: Bad Company 2 | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
UKIE Games Charts compiled by GfK Chart-Track.