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in overall unit sales, dropping four per cent, as
2009, in what was a quiet week for new releases. The highest new entry in the charts this week is Electronic Arts’ American football sim Madden NFL 10, which debuts in eighth place. Meanwhile, Ubisoft’s Call of Juraez: Bound In Blood leaps from seventh spot into fourth position, its highest position so far.
value falls even further, down by seven per cent.
PS3
FORMATS Highest New Entry
THIS LAST WEEK WEEK
Highest Top 40 Climber
21
18
MARIO & SONIC: OLYMPIC GAMES Wii, DS
22
14
EA SPORTS ACTIVE Wii
SEGA EA
23
24
CLUB PENGUIN: ELITE PENGUIN FORCE DS
24
20
PROFESSOR LAYTON: CURIOUS VILLAGE DS NINTENDO
25
21
POKÉMON PLATINUM DS
NINTENDO
26
25
MARIO KART DS DS
NINTENDO
DISNEY
27
26
MYSTERY STORIES DS
28
35
LEGO STAR WARS PS3, 360, Wii, DS,
29
32
BEN 10: ALIEN FORCE DS, Wii, PS2, PSP
30
28
DR KAWASHIMA’S BRAIN TRAINING DS
31
RE
ACTIVE HEALTH: CAROL VORDERMAN DS NINTENDO
32
RE
TOO HUMAN 360
33
31
MY FITNESS COACH Wii
34
RE
NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. DS
NINTENDO
35
37
RHYTHM PARADISE DS
NINTENDO
36
33
GRAND THEFT AUTO IV 360, PS3, PC
ROCKSTAR
37
30
RED FACTION: GUERRILLA 360, PS3
38
RE
NEED FOR SPEED: UNDERCOVER 360, PS3, WII, PC, PS2, DS EA
39
22
UFC 2009: UNDISPUTED 360, PS3
40
RE
TRIVIAL PURSUIT 360, Wii, PS3, PS2
PC CD-ROM THIS LAST WEEK WEEK
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
2 1 3 5 12 8 11 14 7
The quiet week for new games has meant a fall
top of the ChartTrack Top 40 with Ashes Cricket
GSP/AVANQUEST LUCASARTS D3P NINTENDO
MICROSOFT UBISOFT
THQ
THQ EA
TITLE
PUBLISHER
ROLLERCOASTER TYCOON 3 DEVELOPER: FRONTIER DEVELOPMENTS PUBLISHER: MASTERTRONIC WOW: BATTLE CHEST ACTIVISION BLIZZARD MYSTERY STORIES GSP/AVANQUEST JEWEL QUEST MYSTERIES: TEAR GSP/AVANQUEST WORLD OF WARCRAFT ACTIVISION BLIZZARD HIDDEN EXPEDITION: AMAZON FOCUS MYSTERY CASE FILES: RAVENHEARST FOCUS THEME HOSPITAL SOLD OUT CIVILIZATION IV MASTERTRONIC MYSTERY IN LONDON: JACK THE RIPPER FOCUS
which is followed by a series of big release weeks, with titles such as Batman, Dirt 2 and The Beatles Rock Band set to hit shelves. Christopher.Dring@intentmedia.co.uk
[FULL PRICE] TITLE
PUBLISHER
ASHES CRICKET 2009
2 3 4 5 6 7
3 4 6 5
CALL OF JUAREZ: BOUND IN BLOOD MADDEN NFL 10 FIGHT NIGHT ROUND 4 TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 10 [PROTOTYPE] INFAMOUS
11 7 12
CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE TERMINATOR SALVATION
8 9 10
2
WII THIS LAST WEEK WEEK
DEVELOPER: TRANSMISSION GAMES PUBLISHER: CODEMASTERS
TITLE
WII SPORTS RESORT
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
ASHES CRICKET 2009 WII FIT MARIO KART WII EA SPORTS ACTIVE TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 10 GRAND SLAM TENNIS MARIO & SONIC AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES HARRY POTTER & THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE G-FORCE
THIS LAST WEEK WEEK
TITLE
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
CALL OF JUAREZ: BOUND IN BLOOD MADDEN NFL 10 [PROTOTYPE] CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR FIGHT NIGHT ROUND 4 TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 10 CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE HALO WARS GUITAR HERO: WORLD TOUR
6 7 2 4 5 9 10
EA ACTIVISION BLIZZARD SONY ACTIVISION BLIZZARD ACTIVISION BLIZZARD WARNER BROS
CODEMASTERS NINTENDO NINTENDO EA EA EA SEGA EA DISNEY
[FULL PRICE]
ASHES CRICKET 2009
3
EA
DEVELOPER: NINTENDO PUBLISHER: NINTENDO
1 NEW
EA
PUBLISHER
1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 7 10
UBISOFT
[FULL PRICE]
XBOX 360
[BUDGET PRICE]
However, things should start to pick up next week with the release of Activision’s Wolfenstein,
1 NEW
WEEK ENDING 15/08/09
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CODEMASTERS enjoys its second innings at the
PUBLISHER
DEVELOPER: TRANSMISSION GAMES PUBLISHER: CODEMASTERS UBISOFT EA ACTIVISION BLIZZARD ACTIVISION BLIZZARD EA EA ACTIVISION BLIZZARD MICROSOFT ACTIVISON BLIZZARD
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