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UKIE Charts – Black Ops II Holds Off Far Cry 3 to Dominate Christmas

by on December 28, 2012
 

UKIE Charts - Black Ops II Holds Off Far Cry 3 to Dominate ChristmasHands up if you didn’t see this one coming? Actually, all jokes aside, Activision have done well this year to fight off some serious competition for that Christmas No. 1, with Black Ops II reclaiming the hallowed position after The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim managed to hold Modern Warfare 3 off it in 2011. Interestingly, perhaps partly thanks to the impressive Dragonborn DLC, Skyrim is sitting quite smugly at No. 11 on this year’s chart.

Quite deservedly, Ubisoft’s paradise-gone-bad FPS Far Cry 3 almost managed to topple CoD, climbing to spots to sit comfortably at No. 2 and pushing Square-Enix’s Hitman: Absolution into No. 3. FIFA ’13 also tumbled a spot to sit at No. 4, right above the monumental effort of Just Dance 4 that shot from No. 37 right up to No. 5 – lots of families were obviously intent on looking daft in front of that on Boxing Day. Still, it’s a good way to burn off those extra Crimbo calories.

It’s sad to see Dishonored finally ousted from the Top 20, but even stranger is the continued absence of Wii U exclusives in the Christmas chart. Only Nintendo Land (No. 38) and New Super Mario Bros. U (No. 40) make an appearance. As the first week of 2013 approaches, it’s hard to see anything coming out of the ether any time soon to knock Black Ops II off its pedestal.

As always, click the name of the game for our review.

TW = This Week
LW = Last Week

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 TITLE AGE RATING PUBLISHER

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1

 CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS II PEGI 18+ ACTIVISION BLIZZARD

4

2

 FAR CRY 3 PEGI 18+ UBISOFT

2

3

 HITMAN ABSOLUTION PEGI 18+ SQUARE ENIX EUROPE

3

4

 FIFA 13 PEGI 3+ ELECTRONIC ARTS

37

5

 JUST DANCE 4 PEGI 3+ UBISOFT

7

6

 NEED FOR SPEED: MOST WANTED PEGI 7+ ELECTRONIC ARTS

5

7

 ASSASSIN’S CREED III PEGI 18+ UBISOFT

6

8

 HALO 4 PEGI 16+ MICROSOFT

8

9

 LEGO THE LORD OF THE RINGS PEGI 12+ WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE

9

10

 WWE ’13 PEGI 16+ THQ

11

11

 THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM BBFC 15+ BETHESDA SOFTWORKS

10

12

 SKYLANDERS GIANTS PEGI 7+ ACTIVISION BLIZZARD

12

13

 FOOTBALL MANAGER 2013 PEGI 3+ SEGA

15

14

 MEDAL OF HONOR: WARFIGHTER PEGI 16+ ELECTRONIC ARTS

13

15

 SONIC & ALL STARS RACING TRANSFORMED PEGI 7+ SEGA

14

16

 MOSHI MONSTERS: MOSHLINGS THEME PARK PEGI 3+ MIND CANDY

16

17

 LEGO BATMAN 2: DC SUPER HEROES PEGI 7+ WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE

18

18

 NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. 2 PEGI 3+ NINTENDO

23

19

 DISNEY EPIC MICKEY 2: THE POWER OF TWO BBFC U DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS

17

20

 FORZA HORIZON PEGI 12+ MICROSOFT

19

21

 DISHONORED BBFC 18+ BETHESDA SOFTWORKS

25

22

 MARIO KART 7 PEGI 3+ NINTENDO

22

23

 MARIO & SONIC LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES PEGI 3+ SEGA

30

24

 ANGRY BIRDS TRILOGY PEGI 3+ ACTIVISION BLIZZARD

20

25

 BOOK OF SPELLS PEGI 7+ SONY COMPUTER ENT.

28

26

 BORDERLANDS 2 BBFC 18+ TAKE 2

21

27

 F1 2012 PEGI 3+ CODEMASTERS

27

28

 RESIDENT EVIL 6 BBFC 18+ CAPCOM

32

29

 SUPER MARIO 3D LAND PEGI 3+ NINTENDO

29

30

 PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE MIRACLE MASK PEGI 7+ NINTENDO

31

31

 CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS DECLASSIFIED PEGI 18+ ACTIVISION BLIZZARD

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32

 F1 RACE STARS PEGI 3+ CODEMASTERS

24

33

 JUST DANCE DISNEY PARTY PEGI 3+ UBISOFT

34

34

 FAMILY GUY: BACK TO THE MULTIVERSE PEGI 16+ ACTIVISION BLIZZARD

38

35

 DANCE CENTRAL 3 PEGI 12+ MICROSOFT

36

 SLEEPING DOGS PEGI 18+ SQUARE ENIX EUROPE

35

37

 007 LEGENDS PEGI 16+ ACTIVISION BLIZZARD

36

38

 NINTENDO LAND PEGI 7+ NINTENDO

39

 PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2013 PEGI 3+ KONAMI

40

 NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. U PEGI 3+ NINTENDO

UKIE Games Charts©, compiled by GfK Chart-Track