Aliens Vs Predators climbs UK sales chart quickly

2K Games’ BioShock 2 lived a short but sweet life atop the sales charts in the United Kingdom as it only took a week for it to be dethroned. Surprisingly enough, it wasn’t a blockbuster title to remove BioShock from its perch, but a poorly reviewed game like Aliens Vs Predators (we’ll have our review up shortly).

AVP wasn’t the only winner this week as Vancouver 2010 saw a huge boost from the recent Olympic celebrations by jumping up the charts to #18 despite not being ranked at all last week. Other winners include Pure (Yes, this older title) and Darksiders. Of course, just like there are winners, there is usually a loser as well. EA Sports’ Madden 10 nosedived down the charts over 20 spots in a matter of a week as the football giant fell to #39 from #14.

Full Chart Below.

1 ALIENS VS PREDATOR REBELLION SEGA SEGA
2 2 JUST DANCE UBISOFT (FRANCE) UBISOFT UBISOFT
1 3 BIOSHOCK 2 2K MARIN 2K GAMES TAKE 2
6 4 NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. WII NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
3 5 FIFA 10 EA CANADA EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
4 6 CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2 INFINITY WARD ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
5 7 WII SPORTS RESORT NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
11 8 MARIO & SONIC AT OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES SEGA SEGA SEGA
7 9 WII FIT PLUS NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
13 10 ARMY OF TWO: THE 40TH DAY EA MONTREAL EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
11 VANCOUVER 2010 EUROCOM ENTERTAINMENT SEGA SEGA
16 12 FORZA MOTORSPORT 3 TURN 10 STUDIOS MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
12 13 JAMES CAMERON’S AVATAR: THE GAME UBISOFT (MONTREAL) UBISOFT UBISOFT
17 14 LEGO BATMAN: THE VIDEOGAME TRAVELLER’S TALES WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
8 15 MASS EFFECT 2 BIOWARE EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
10 16 BAYONETTA PLATINUMGAMES SEGA SEGA
15 17 MARIO KART WII NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
18 18 PEPPA PIG: THE GAME ASYLUM P2 GAMES UBISOFT
32 19 DARKSIDERS VIGIL GAMES THQ THQ
25 20 NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
20 21 GRAND THEFT AUTO IV ROCKSTAR NORTH PLATINUM TAKE 2
9 22 DANTE’S INFERNO VISCERAL GAMES EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
23 THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: SPIRIT TRACKS NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
19 24 ASSASSIN’S CREED II UBISOFT (MONTREAL) UBISOFT UBISOFT
28 25 FOOTBALL MANAGER 2010 SPORTS INTERACTIVE SEGA SEGA
26 PURE BLACK ROCK STUDIOS DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS
21 27 BORDERLANDS GEARBOX SOFTWARE 2K GAMES TAKE 2
30 28 WII PLAY NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
29 THE SIMS 3 THE SIMS STUDIO EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
23 30 UNCHARTED 2: AMONG THIEVES NAUGHTY DOG SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
31 STYLE BOUTIQUE SYN SOPHIA NINTENDO NINTENDO
32 CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE TREYARCH ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
35 33 UP HEAVY IRON STUDIOS THQ THQ
27 34 PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2010 KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT KONAMI KONAMI
26 35 THE SIMS 3: DESIGN & HIGH-TECH STUFF THE SIMS STUDIO EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
22 36 MAG ZIPPER INTERACTIVE SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
33 37 LEGO INDIANA JONES 2:ADVENTURE CONTINUES TRAVELLER’S TALES LUCASARTS LUCASARTS
38 RABBIDS GO HOME UBISOFT (FRANCE) UBISOFT UBISOFT
14 39 MADDEN NFL 10 EA TIBURON EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
31 40 NEED FOR SPEED: SHIFT SLIGHTLY MAD STUDIOS EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS

Readers Comments (7)

  1. I don’t know about other places in the UK but here in Cardiff the game was advertised like crazy in town centre.

  2. I tried the demo and it is really fun but still i wont be buying it. Glad to see a movie to game doing well for a change.

  3. I didn’t like the demo (Not enough at least) but what the hell, it’s nice to see a game make it to the #1 spot (Except for WII feet. . . . . lol)

  4. i don’t like UK. UC2 is in 23. very hostile place.

  5. AvP was really a disappointment, I guess the UK are big AvP fans? Still have no idea how Pure was at 26 =/

  6. wow…is this game really taht good? i thought all AvP games just failed….

  7. The Alien vs Predator game wasn’t that good, but at least it sold really well in the UK. The Madden game probably dropped down a lot in the charts because most people that want the game already have it.

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