Thief Sneaks in to take the top from LEGO!

Square Enix take their second All Formats No1 in 2014 as ‘Thief’ takes top spot.  Developed by Eidos Montreal it smashes the week 1 of predecessor ‘Thief: Deadly Shadows’ last seen on Xbox & PC in 2004. It also achieves the second highest sales for a No1 title in 2014 behind FIFA 14 with 75% of those sales coming for Xbox One & PS4. ‘The Lego Movie Videogame’ (-33%) drops to No2 after two weeks at the top but stays ahead of ‘FIFA 14’ (-15%) which drops to No3.  Another debutant lands at No4 this week as ‘Plants Vs Zombies: Garden Warfare’ arrives for both Xbox One & 360.  It pushes ‘Call of Duty: Ghosts’(-36%) down to No5 while the third of EA’s Top 10 titles ‘Battlefield 4’ (-17%) also slides two places to No6. Konami’s ‘Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2’ is another newcomer  this week creeping in at No10 and becoming the second biggest week 1 in the franchise behind the original Lords of Shadow which released in 2010.  Elsewhere in the Top 40 Bandai Namco’s ‘Tales of Symphonia: Chronicles’ is new for PS3 at No13 while 3DS title ‘Senran Kagura Burst’ sneaks in for a debut at No38.

Top 40 Entertainment Software (All Prices)Week 9 Year 2014
Ending 1st March
LWTWTitleAge RatingPublisher
1THIEFPEGI 18+SQUARE ENIX
12THE LEGO MOVIE VIDEOGAMEPEGI 7+WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
23FIFA 14PEGI 3+EA SPORTS
4PLANTS VS ZOMBIES: GARDEN WARFAREPEGI 7+EA GAMES
35CALL OF DUTY: GHOSTSPEGI 16+ACTIVISION
46BATTLEFIELD 4PEGI 18+EA GAMES
57LEGO MARVEL SUPER HEROESPEGI 7+WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
68MINECRAFT: XBOX 360 EDITIONPEGI 7+MICROSOFT
89ASSASSIN’S CREED IV: BLACK FLAGPEGI 18+UBISOFT
10CASTLEVANIA: LORDS OF SHADOW 2PEGI 18+KONAMI
711GRAND THEFT AUTO VPEGI 18+ROCKSTAR
1012RAYMAN LEGENDSPEGI 7+UBISOFT
13TALES OF SYMPHONIA: CHRONICLESPEGI 12+BANDAI NAMCO GAMES
1214NEED FOR SPEED: RIVALSPEGI 7+EA GAMES
1615GRAN TURISMO 6PEGI 3+SONY COMPUTER ENT.
916DONKEY KONG COUNTRY: TROPICAL FREEZEPEGI 3+NINTENDO
1917ALIENS: COLONIAL MARINESPEGI 18+SEGA
1718LEGO BATMAN 2: DC SUPER HEROESPEGI 7+WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
1419WWE 2K14PEGI 16+2K SPORTS
1820LEGO STAR WARS: THE COMPLETE SAGAPEGI 3+XBOX 360 CLASSICS
2221BATMAN: ARKHAM ORIGINSPEGI 16+WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
1322NBA 2K14PEGI 3+2K SPORTS
1123LIGHTNING RETURNS: FINAL FANTASY XIIIPEGI 16+SQUARE ENIX
1524TOMB RAIDER: DEFINITIVE EDITIONPEGI 18+SQUARE ENIX
2525FORZA MOTORSPORT 5PEGI 3+MICROSOFT
3226FOOTBALL MANAGER 2014PEGI 3+SEGA
2327JUST DANCE 2014PEGI 3+UBISOFT
3028POKEMON YPEGI 7+NINTENDO
2729POKEMON XPEGI 7+NINTENDO
2630DISNEY INFINITYPEGI 7+DISNEY INFINITY
2431FABLE: ANNIVERSARYPEGI 16+MICROSOFT
2032KILLZONE: SHADOW FALLPEGI 18+SONY COMPUTER ENT.
2833LEGO THE LORD OF THE RINGSPEGI 12+WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
2934THE SIMS 3PEGI 12+EA GAMES
3135SKYLANDERS SWAP FORCEPEGI 7+SKYLANDERS
3836DEAD RISING 3PEGI 18+MICROSOFT
3437LEGO BATMAN: THE VIDEOGAMEPEGI 7+XBOX 360 CLASSICS
38SENRAN KAGURA BURSTPEGI 16+PQUBE
3339LEGO PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEANPEGI 7+DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS
3540LEGO STAR WARS III: THE CLONE WARSPEGI 7+XBOX 360 CLASSICS

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