UK Games Chart: Dying Light Overcomes Delay With First-Place Debut

First-person zombie survival title Dying Light has debuted at the top of the all-format UK games charts, despite a month-long delay to its physical release.

The game first released in the US on January 27, and was scheduled to ship across Europe on the same week. However, a major distribution error meant the game's physical release across the continent was delayed to February 27. The digital edition for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC was not affected by the delay.

Despite the digital edition's month on the market (sales of which are not counted), Dying Light nevertheless managed to outsell all competition and land at first in the all-format top ten.

This marks the third new number one in as many weeks, with The Order: 1886 and Evolve both debuting at first. It's also another success for the independent Poland studio Techland, perhaps best known for its 2011 zombie title Dead Island.

Elsewhere in the charts, Sony's The Order: 1886 drops to forth amid a vacuum of post-release buzz. Meanwhile, the cross-platform action game Dragon Ball XenoVerse managed to jump to third place.

One other new entrant, Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires, enters at 21.

The full top ten follows:

1. Dying Light
2. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
3. Dragon Ball XenoVerse
4. The Order: 1886
5. Grand Theft Auto 5
6. FIFA 15
7. Far Cry 4
8. Evolve
9. Minecraft Xbox Edition
10. Minecraft PlayStation Edition