UK Video Game Chart: FIFA 16 is back at No.1 in Black Friday bonanza

FIFA 16 has returned to the top of the All-Formats UK Video Game Chart, with retailer price cuts and console bundling over Black Friday week helping the title achieve a 254 per cent increase in sales week-on-week, reports Chart Track.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 holds at No.2 thanks to a 47 per cent increase, with Star Wars Battlefront sliding into No.3 after sales fell 52 per cent during its second week.

Fallout 4 dropped one place to No.4 despite an eight per cent increase in sales week-on-week.

The top 40 is filled with a host of high climbers thanks to the sales, including Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection at No.5 which shot up 999 per cent.

Despite prices falling to under £20, Sony’s acclaimed horror title Until Dawn could only manage a re-entry at No.24. For more on the Black Friday sales check out Dave’s look at the biggest winners of the week.

Source: UKIE Games Charts, compiled by GfK Chart-Track, (All Prices) Week 48, 2015

1. FIFA 16

2. CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS III

3. STAR WARS BATTLEFRONT

4. FALLOUT 4

5. UNCHARTED: THE NATHAN DRAKE COLLECTION

6. GRAND THEFT AUTO V

7. MINECRAFT: STORY MODE

8. HALO 5: GUARDIANS

9. RISE OF THE TOMB RAIDER

10. FORZA MOTORSPORT 6

11. ASSASSIN’S CREED: SYNDICATE

12. DISNEY INFINITY 3.0

13. LEGO DIMENSIONS

14. WWE 2K16

15. LEGO MARVEL SUPER HEROES

16. SKYLANDERS SUPERCHARGERS

17. LEGO JURASSIC WORLD

18. JUST DANCE 2016

19. MINECRAFT: XBOX EDITION

20. GUITAR HERO LIVE

It’s hard to know if Battlefront would have performed better had it not had a host of reduced games to compete with, even if a 50 per cent fall off in its second week isn’t too shabby.

EA will also be disappointed to see its big shooter being outsold by Black Ops 3 so soon after its release, and with Ubisoft’s Rainbow Six Siege in stores now it will be interesting to see how the Star Wars FPS holds-up.