UK Video Game Chart: GTA 5 is the UK’s No.1 ahead of Far Cry 4

Grand Theft Auto 5 has become the UK’s No.1 video game again thanks to its release on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, Chart-Track reports.

Tuesday’s sales alone were enough to see GTA 5’s total unit sales overtake those of Call of Duty: Black Ops to become the UK’s best-selling game of all time.

Sales for the upgraded sandbox were split 58 per cent on PS4 and 41 per cent on Xbox One. The remaining 1 per cent were on Xbox 360.

Far Cry 4, meanwhile, entered the chart at No.2 and Ubisoft will be pleased with its performance in a difficult launch week, recording the franchise’s biggest launch week sales by some margin.

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare is kicked down to third spot, followed by FIFA 15 which actually saw sales jump an impressive 25 per cent week on week.

EA’s Dragon Age: Inquisition is new at No.5 and shifted pretty much the same number of units that 2011’s Dragon Age 2 managed during its launch week. 2K’s WWE 2K15 also climbs 13 places to No.7 thanks to the PS4 and Xbox One versions hitting stores.

The old-gen release of Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor helped Warner’s title climb 204 per cent up to No.11.

Source: UKIE Games Charts, compiled by GfK Chart-Track, (All Prices) Week 47, 2014

1. GRAND THEFT AUTO V

2. FAR CRY 4

3. CALL OF DUTY: ADVANCED WARFARE

4. FIFA 15

5. DRAGON AGE: INQUISITION

6. ASSASSIN’S CREED: UNITY

7. WWE 2K15

8. LEGO BATMAN 3: BEYOND GOTHAM

9. MINECRAFT: PLAYSTATION EDITION

10. HALO: THE MASTER CHIEF COLLECTION

11. MIDDLE EARTH: SHADOW OF MORDOR

12. ASSASSIN’S CREED: ROGUE

13. DESTINY

14. MINECRAFT: XBOX EDITION

15. DISNEY INFINITY 2.0

16. SKYLANDERS TRAP TEAM

17. TOMODACHI LIFE

18. ASSASSIN’S CREED IV: BLACK FLAG

19. PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2015

20. FORZA HORIZON 2

GTA 5 has more competition this week with Nintendo’s Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and the 3DS duo Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, plus Sony’s LittleBigPlanet 3 on PS4 and PS3.

Ubisoft may be celebrating the success of Far Cry 4, but will be a little concerned by the falloff for its new Assassin’s Creed titles. Unity slips from second to sixth, whilst Rogue dives from sixth to twelfth. Likewise Microsoft’s Halo: The Master Chief Collection drops dramatically from third to tenth and Konami’s PES 2015 slides from No.8 to No.19.