MachineGames score big with Wolfenstein: The New Order

It’s a debut at No1 for Bethesda’s Swedish studio MachineGames first game – ‘Wolfenstein: The New Order’ is the 6th game in a series that began in 1981 with ‘Castle Wolfenstein’ and becomes the 2nd biggest release of 2014 (behind Microsoft’s Titanfall initial release in week 11 on Xbox One/PC) and New Order accounts for a quarter of all entertainment software unit sales in week 21, 2014 (36% of all revenue). It is also the first ‘Wolfenstein’ to reach No1on the All Formats Chart in the UK, also topping each individual format chart (All Format Charts began in 1997), with Activision’s ‘Return to Castle Wolfenstein’ (2001, 4th game in the series) reaching No11 and sequel ‘Wolfenstein’ (2009, 5th game in the series) reaching No2 in week 34, 2009 (behind Wii Sports Resort). Sony climb one place to No2 with ‘Minecraft PS3 Edition’ (+49%) and EA’s ‘FIFA 14’ drops 2 places to No3 (+15%). Microsoft’s ‘Titanfall’ also drops 2 places to No4 (-3%) but EA’s ‘2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil’ remains at No5 for a third week (+20%). The only other new release to grace the Top 40 is Codemasters’ ‘F1 2103: Complete Edition’ at No34. On PC Full Price Kalypso debut at No4 with ‘Tropico 5’ and on PC Budget Deep Silver/Koch debut at No12 with the humorous ‘Goat Simulator’.

Top 40 Entertainment Software (All Prices)Week 21 Year 2014
Ending 24th May
LWTWTitleAge RatingPublisher
1WOLFENSTEIN: THE NEW ORDERPEGI 18+BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
32MINECRAFT: PLAYSTATION 3 EDITIONPEGI 7+SONY COMPUTER ENT.
13FIFA 14PEGI 3+EA SPORTS
24TITANFALLPEGI 16+EA GAMES
552014 FIFA WORLD CUP BRAZILPEGI 3+EA SPORTS
66CALL OF DUTY: GHOSTSPEGI 16+ACTIVISION
47MINECRAFT: XBOX 360 EDITIONPEGI 7+MICROSOFT
78THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2PEGI 16+ACTIVISION
99BATTLEFIELD 4PEGI 18+EA GAMES
810THE LEGO MOVIE VIDEOGAMEPEGI 7+WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
1111PLANTS VS ZOMBIES: GARDEN WARFAREPEGI 7+EA GAMES
1212LEGO THE HOBBITPEGI 7+WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
1313LEGO MARVEL SUPER HEROESPEGI 7+WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
1714ASSASSIN’S CREED IV: BLACK FLAGPEGI 18+UBISOFT
1515METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROESPEGI 18+KONAMI
1016GRAND THEFT AUTO VPEGI 18+ROCKSTAR
3317SOUTH PARK: THE STICK OF TRUTHPEGI 18+UBISOFT
1418INFAMOUS: SECOND SONPEGI 16+SONY COMPUTER ENT.
2519FORZA MOTORSPORT 5PEGI 3+MICROSOFT
1820THIEFPEGI 18+SQUARE ENIX
2421TERRARIAPEGI 12+XBOX 360 CLASSICS
2122SKATE 3PEGI 16+XBOX 360 CLASSICS
1623KIRBY: TRIPLE DELUXEPEGI 7+NINTENDO
2024BATMAN: ARKHAM ORIGINSPEGI 16+WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
2225GRAN TURISMO 6PEGI 3+SONY COMPUTER ENT.
2926WWE 2K14PEGI 16+2K SPORTS
3027RAYMAN LEGENDSPEGI 7+UBISOFT
3228FOOTBALL MANAGER 2014PEGI 3+SEGA
2729LEGO BATMAN 2: DC SUPER HEROESPEGI 7+WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
3130ALIENS: COLONIAL MARINESPEGI 18+SEGA
2631NEED FOR SPEED: RIVALSPEGI 7+EA GAMES
2832DISNEY INFINITYPEGI 7+DISNEY INFINITY
2333TRIALS FUSIONPEGI 12+UBISOFT
34F1 2013: COMPLETE EDITIONPEGI 3+CODEMASTERS
35SAINTS ROW IVPEGI 18+DEEP SILVER
36LEGO STAR WARS: THE COMPLETE SAGAPEGI 3+XBOX 360 CLASSICS
3737SKYLANDERS SWAP FORCEPEGI 7+SKYLANDERS
38DARK SOULS IIPEGI 16+BANDAI NAMCO GAMES
3439CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS IIPEGI 18+ACTIVISION
3940POKEMON XPEGI 7+NINTENDO

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