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The Last of Us is the UK’s No.1 for a third week running, holding off the retail release of Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition.
Sales of Naughty Dog’s survival adventure dropped by 35 per cent week-on-week, but the reduction wasn’t enough for Minecraft to pip it to the top spot, which debuts at No. 2 in the UK All-Formats Chart.
Animal Crossing: New Leaf falls a spot to No.3, as does FIFA 13 falling to No.4.
Other new entries this week include The Sims 3’s latest expansion pack The Sims 3: Island Paradise, which debuts at No.5, and Deadpool entering at No.6. PC RTS Company of Heroes 2 just manages a top 10 appearance, entering at No. 10.
Deep Silver’s biker brawler Ride To Hell: Retribution fails to make the Top 40 whatsoever, as does the console release of Painkiller: Hell & Retribution.
But there’s still a market out there for bad games, it seems. This week’s biggest climber is Aliens: Colonial Marines, re-entering the chart at No.19 following some retailer discounting.
The biggest faller, however, is MotoGP 13, falling a huge twenty-two places to No.37. Recent No.1 GRID 2 continues to fall, too, slipping another seven spots to No.17.
UKIE Games Charts, compiled by GfK Chart-Track, (All Prices) Week 26, 2013
1. The Last of Us
2. Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition
3. Animal Crossing: New Leaf
4. FIFA 13
5. The Sims 3: Island Paradise
6. Deadpool
7. Tomb Raider
8. Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
9. Assassin’s Creed 3
10. Company of Heroes 2
11. Injustice: Gods Among Us
12. Far Cry 3
13. LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes
14. Need For Speed: Most Wanted
15. Luigi’s Mansion 2
16. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Legendary Edition
17. GRID 2
18. Dead Island: Riptide
19. Aliens: Colonial Marines
20. Grand Theft Auto 4
Provided Minecraft doesn’t up its game for its second week, The Last of Us will likely go on to make it a fourth week at the top next Monday. With only Dark and Project X Zone hitting stores this week, there’s little left on the horizon to challenge Naughty Dog’s hit.
