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UK game charts: January 20-27

By Phil Elliott, GameSpot UKPosted Jan 30, 2007 4:21 am PT

Lost Planet shakes off The Burning Crusade to rediscover the top slot, while football titles continue to prove popular.

It was all change at the top of the UK all-formats chart for the week of January 20-27 as Lost Planet: Extreme Condition found its way back to number one. The previous week's top achiever, Blizzard's World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, slipped down to five, while football titles FIFA 07 and Pro Evolution Soccer 6 took second and third, respectively.

Wii Play rose seven places to four, although the other Wii-exclusive title, WarioWare Smooth Moves, dropped to six. World Snooker Championship 2007 (World Pool Championship 2007 in the US) fell one place to seven, and Need for Speed Carbon did likewise, dropping to eight.

Another title that did well was the animated movie tie-in Cars, which found its way back into the top 10 this week in ninth place. Call of Duty 3 rounded things off at 10, down two from last week.

There were no new entries inside the top 40 this week, but there are a handful of titles that should make some impact on next week's list. These include strategy game Europa Universalis III, arcade classics bundle Sega Megadrive Collection (Sega Genesis Collection in the US), and Atari's game version of the Arthur and the Invisibles film.

51 Comments

  • Alcotamaysees

    Posted Feb 3, 2007 10:49 am PT

    I guess that lost planet demo payed off.

  • Lightchaos

    Posted Feb 1, 2007 10:30 am PT

    Good to know that Lost Planet is on top!

  • Scammeleon

    Posted Jan 31, 2007 4:08 pm PT

    Cars is still there?!
    Why, why, why?
    Can't we brits buy good games over a longer period of time?
    Seriosly, is disney buying all the copies to keep it in the charts?
    And its outselling CoD3?!

  • Jsrf7

    Posted Jan 31, 2007 1:23 pm PT

    I love this Game, but the whole Thermal Energy pack kill's it. I love the graphics, guns, Xbox live, & mostly everthing about it. Only if there was multiplayer for 4 players in one screen...... And im surprised that cars got top ten. I dont blame them, my little brother even got that game.

  • anamnawshad

    Posted Jan 31, 2007 4:01 am PT

    Glad that Cars is not on top

  • ahmedtantash

    Posted Jan 31, 2007 12:43 am PT

    its good ~~cars only cars

  • DiscGuru101

    Posted Jan 30, 2007 10:46 pm PT

    --Lost Planet is hot. Gamespot dropped the ball on that review.

  • smoothn00dle

    Posted Jan 30, 2007 9:09 pm PT

    @miiiguel With a Japanese game, remember. This time of year there is no PS2 competition. If Capcom release this game on PS2, would sale a lot of more. God of War will be out soon. With 100 million vs 10 million, should be a easy win.

  • smoothn00dle

    Posted Jan 30, 2007 9:00 pm PT

    Gamer are voting Capcom. This will piss off AISA! Hehehe Who is the number one now? Gear of WAR, not!

  • Blinblingthing

    Posted Jan 30, 2007 6:26 pm PT

    Axes 03, Do you realise that those PS2 games have made this list OCT last year????? Xbox games only cut this list on launch weeks, After that time its a PS2 only list.

  • comthitnuong

    Posted Jan 30, 2007 4:51 pm PT

    wow lost planet out selling BC and gears....

  • axes03

    Posted Jan 30, 2007 4:35 pm PT

    10.5 million consoles (360) vs 100 million (PS2) and still it's a 360 title that tops the chart. LOST PLANET RULES!!!!!!!!

  • halo3resident4

    Posted Jan 30, 2007 2:03 pm PT

    thats cool

  • Riverwolf007

    Posted Jan 30, 2007 2:02 pm PT

    Don't think for one moment that game developers aren't noticing that the 360 has this tiny installed base yet most new releases for it end as a top selling titles. The math is pretty easy to deduce, 360 owners are willing to buy games, it is no wonder almost every week we see another "exclusive" title get a 360 version.

  • pandaramaster

    Posted Jan 30, 2007 1:28 pm PT

    I can't wait for MegaDrive Games Collection! And Okami!

  • Pete5506

    Posted Jan 30, 2007 1:10 pm PT

    go lost planet

  • miiiguel

    Posted Jan 30, 2007 11:32 am PT

    10.5 million consoles (360) vs 100 million (PS2) and still it's a 360 title that tops the chart. Impressive! Now some can continue to say that the 360 is but an US-only console...!, and look ridicule...

  • diablobasher

    Posted Jan 30, 2007 11:29 am PT

    meimnobody:

    Dude, i WORK in a second hand store, i've served lots of customers who like the Wii, btu feel there is not enough of a selection of games yet, and are selling it for the mediocre profit so they can wait and buy it again further down the line.

    Yes there are also people scalping them, i am fully aware of that fact. But there are also a large number of people taking advantage of the hightened demand, while being underwhelmed with the Wii's current gaming selection, people who fully intend to buy one at a later date, but not with the consoles current weak selection of games.

    Don't get me wrong, i love the thing, but currently, it has next to nothing to play, Zelda is not very good, i played it all the way through before you ask, and Wario Ware will get boring quickly for a single player junkie like myself, although it is a truly awesome game.

    There will be a much larger selection come march.

  • smfes

    Posted Jan 30, 2007 10:55 am PT

    interesting

  • meimnobody

    Posted Jan 30, 2007 10:50 am PT

    munsoned USA numbers come out each month. However NPD has put the skids to a lot of posting about the numbers since the NPD charges several grand for that data. Gamespot has never posted compelte NPD data nor the game sale numbers which other sites like Neogaf.com do.

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