UK CHARTS: March 2011

It was EA that dominated the charts this month with some 12 games in the Top 50.

Crysis 2 in third place was the publisher’s biggest seller, but sneaking under the radar to make the Top Five was Fight Night Champion, the game was the second biggest seller on PS3 last month.

Overall, EA performed best on PC, PS3 and 360, with five games in each of the individual format’s Top Ten. The publisher still has some work to do on Nintendo platforms, though. The firm has just one game in the 3DS charts (The Sims 3 at No.10) and not a single game in the Wii or DS Top Ten.

The actual biggest seller of March makes a refreshing change by being a new IP. Homefront leads three new THQ games in the Top 50, with uDraw Studio and WWE All Stars also charting.

There are five 3DS games in the Top 40 but it was the other Nintendo handheld that made the biggest impact on the March charts. The platform holder’s Pokmon duo White and Black made No.2 and No.4 respectively.

ALL FORMATS TOP 50:March (February 27th – April 2nd)

1. Homefront (THQ)
2. Pokmon White (Nintendo)
3. Crysis 2 (EA)
4. Pokmon Black (Nintendo)
5. Fight Night Champion (EA)
6. Dragon Age II (EA)
7. LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars (LucasArts)
8. Just Dance 2 (Ubisoft)
9. Zumba Fitness (505 Games)
10. FIFA 11 (EA)
11. Killzone 3 (Sony)
12. Bulletstorm (EA)
13. Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision)
14. Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft)
15. Shift 2: Unleashed (EA)
16. Wii Party (Nintendo)
17. uDraw Studio (THQ)
18. The Sims 3 (EA)
19. Shogun 2: Total War (Sega)
20. Art Academy (Nintendo)
21. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters (EA)
22. Just Dance (Ubisoft)
23. Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
24. Dead Space 2 (EA)
25. Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
26. Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition (Capcom)
27. Test Drive Unlimited 2 (Namco Bandai/Atari)
28. Dance Juniors (Ubisoft)
29. The Sims: Medieval (EA)
30. Pilotwings Resort (Nintendo)
31. LittleBigPlanet 2 (Sony)
32. Top Spin 4 (2K Sports)
33. Rayman 3D (Ubisoft)
34. Kirby’s Epic Yarn (Nintendo)
35. WWE All Stars (THQ)
36. Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 (Konami)
37. Just Cause 2 (Square Enix)
38. Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition (Rockstar)
39. Marvel vs Capcom 3 (Capcom)
40. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (EA)
41. F1 2010 (Codemasters)
42. Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit (EA)
43. Toy Story 3 (Disney)
44. Batman: Arkham Asylum (Square Enix)
45. Kinect Sports (Microsoft)
46. WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2011 (THQ)
47. Michael Jackson: The Experience (Ubisoft)
48. New Super Mario Bros DS (Nintendo)
49. Fallout: New Vegas (Bethesda)
50. Kinect Joy Ride (Microsoft)