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UK CHARTS: Call of Duty shoots in at number one

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UK CHARTS: Call of Duty shoots in at number one

It's a new top three as World at War is followed by latest WoW and Football Manager titles

Activision Blizzard's Call of Duty: World at War has swept last week's number one title Gears of War 2 from the top of the UK charts.

With many retailers aggressively boasting cut-price offers on the latest in the best-selling FPS franchise, it's little wonder the title has taken the top spot in just two days of sales.

But it's not the only new entry in the chart - after boasting the biggest UK retail launch ever (with 2,000 fans swamping HMV's midnight launch in London), World of Warcraft expansion Wrath of the Lich King enters at number two.

Football Manager 2009 is another new entry, in at third.

That means last week's one and two, Gears of War 2 and FIFA 09, have to settle for fourth and fifth place.

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Elsewhere, Guitar Hero World Tour leaps up the charts to number six (up from 17), thanks to Friday's release of the current-gen versions - the PS2 version follows this week.

Conversely, Fallout 3 also took a tumble down the chart, from three to 14.

Konami's Pro Evo 2009, meanwhile, holds firm at 9.

It wasn't exactly the best weekend for new IP, either, it seems - LittleBigPlanet fell from fourth to 19, family/party game Wii Music was a new entry and 16, and EA's innovative FPS Mirror's Edge hit 20th. Nintendo's Professor Layton and the Curious Village meanwhile was stable, falling just one place to seven.

The Gfk ChartTrack UK All Formats Top 10 for this week in full:

1. Call of Duty: World at War
2. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
3. Football Manager 2009
4. Gears of War 2
5. FIFA 09
6. Guitar Hero: World Tour
7. Professor Layton and the Curious Village
8. Mario Kart Wii
9. Pro Evolution Soccer 2009
10. WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2009

cool beans

posted by Onehunglow Nov 17, 2008 at 8:16 pm
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It shows that the PC format is NOT dead as some certain developers make you believe.

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Suffered

posted by Derek Whibbley Nov 17, 2008 at 11:12 pm
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Derek Whibbley

I knew it would be a disaster releasing so many games on the same day. Banjo Kazooie, Rayman, Shaun White, Disney Sing It and SingStar have all suffered. Barely sold a copy.

Here's hoping they'll make a Top 40 comeback. Because i've gotta shift 'em somehow.

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Re: COD5

posted by Harry Potter Nov 18, 2008 at 10:23 am
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Not surprised. I imagine NFS will also shift a few copies this Friday aswell.

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Re: Re: COD5

posted by M Nov 18, 2008 at 11:01 am
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Well im sorry, but what are these developers thinking I mean come on, I would have thought it would have been obvious Shaun White would sell poorly with all the competition it has, there may be only a small demographic for the game but it would have done it a world of good had it been released mid summer.
I wouldn't have thought selling singstar or sing it would be an issue in the long run, these are usually the type of games that are continuous sellers.

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at cool beans

posted by wiz1000 Nov 18, 2008 at 4:59 pm
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PC isn't dead, its just rife with Piracy... and therefore less of a priority for publishers and developers.

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posted by MrJolly Nov 18, 2008 at 7:01 pm
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Where's little big planet? - oh there you are at number 19....
So much for that then...

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