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Atari’s Test Drive Unlimited 2 became the best-selling game

Atari’s Test Drive Unlimited 2 became the best-selling game in the U.K. its first week available, according to Chart Track’s leisure software chart for the week through Saturday. The Xbox 360 version accounted for 68 percent of the title’s sales,…

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versus 28 percent for the PS3 SKU and 4 percent for the PC version, said the Association for U.K. Interactive Entertainment, which released the data. There was one other new release in the top 10: Take-Two Interactive’s Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition, at No. 9. The PS3 version accounted for 58 percent of its sales, versus 39 percent for the 360 SKU and 3 percent for the PC version. Dead Space 2 from Electronic Arts (EA) for the 360, PS3 and PC, the prior week’s No. 1 game (CED Feb 8 p8), dipped to No. 2 in its third week. EA had one other multiplatform game in the top 10: FIFA 11, down one at No. 3 in its 20th week. Its Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit and The Sims 3 fell out of the top 10. Ubisoft and Nintendo each had two games in the top 10. Ubisoft’s were Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood for the 360 and PS3, down two, No. 5, 13th week, and Just Dance 2 for the Wii, down one, No. 7, 18th week. Nintendo’s were Mario vs. Donkey Kong Mini-Land Mayhem for the DS, up five, No. 6, second week, and Mario Sports Mix for the Wii, up four, No. 8, second week. Its Art Academy and Wii Fit Plus fell out of the top 10. Rounding out the top 10 were Activision’s multiplatform Call of Duty: Black Ops, No. 4 again, 14th week, and Sony Computer Entertainment’s PS3 game LittleBigPlanet 2, down five, No. 10, fourth week.