Deep Silver’s Dead Island became the best-selling game in...
Deep Silver’s Dead Island became the best-selling game in the U.K. its first week available, according to the Association for U.K. Interactive Entertainment (UKIE) Games Charts compiled by GfK Chart-Track for the week ended Saturday. The Xbox 360 version accounted…
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for 68 percent of its sales, while the PS3 SKU was 29 percent and the PC version 3 percent. THQ’s Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine was No. 2 in its first week out, with the two 360 versions combining for 66 percent of the title’s sales -- far ahead of the PS3 and PC SKUs. PC retail sales for Space Marine were higher than those for Dead Island, possibly because the THQ title wasn’t available on the U.K. Steam website at launch, UKIE said. Deus Ex: Human Revolution for the 360, PS3 and PC from Square Enix’s Eidos division, the No. 1 game for two straight weeks (CED Sept 7 p7, Aug 31 p15), fell to No. 5 in its third week as sales tumbled 60 percent from the prior week. Ubisoft’s multiplatform Driver: San Francisco dipped one to No. 3 in its second week as sales fell 6 percent. Sony Computer Entertainment’s Resistance 3 for the PS3 was No. 4 in its first week. There was one other new release in the top 10: Nintendo’s Star Fox 64 3D for the 3DS, at No. 9. It was the first time four new releases cracked the top 10 since week 13 of this year, UKIE said. Another new release, NHL 12 from Electronic Arts (EA), narrowly missed the top 10, landing at No. 12. Zumba Fitness from 505 Games for the Wii, 360 and PS3 fell three to No. 6 in its 24th week, while the same publisher’s Rugby World Cup 2011 for the 360 and PS3 fell three to No. 7 in its third week. Disney’s multiplatform Lego Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game dropped three to No. 8 in its 18th week. Sony’s Gran Turismo 5 for the PS3 returned to the top 10, at No. 10. Dropping out of the top 10 were Disney’s multiplatform Cars 2, down three at No. 11 in its eighth week; Activision’s multiplatform Call of Duty: Black Ops, down six, No. 13 in its 41st week; and three EA multiplatform games: FIFA 11, down five, No. 14, 50th week; The Sims 3, down six, No. 16, 42nd week; and Madden NFL 12, down 11, No. 17, second week.