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 |
|
| LW |
TW |
Title |
Age Rating |
Publisher |
|
1 |
WOLFENSTEIN: THE NEW ORDER |
PEGI 18+ |
BETHESDA SOFTWORKS |
| 3 |
2 |
MINECRAFT: PLAYSTATION 3 EDITION |
PEGI 7+ |
SONY COMPUTER ENT. |
| 1 |
3 |
FIFA 14 |
PEGI 3+ |
EA SPORTS |
| 2 |
4 |
TITANFALL |
PEGI 16+ |
EA GAMES |
| 5 |
5 |
2014 FIFA WORLD CUP BRAZIL |
PEGI 3+ |
EA SPORTS |
| 6 |
6 |
CALL OF DUTY: GHOSTS |
PEGI 16+ |
ACTIVISION |
| 4 |
7 |
MINECRAFT: XBOX 360 EDITION |
PEGI 7+ |
MICROSOFT |
| 7 |
8 |
THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 |
PEGI 16+ |
ACTIVISION |
| 9 |
9 |
BATTLEFIELD 4 |
PEGI 18+ |
EA GAMES |
| 8 |
10 |
THE LEGO MOVIE VIDEOGAME |
PEGI 7+ |
WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE |
| 11 |
11 |
PLANTS VS ZOMBIES: GARDEN WARFARE |
PEGI 7+ |
EA GAMES |
| 12 |
12 |
LEGO THE HOBBIT |
PEGI 7+ |
WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE |
| 13 |
13 |
LEGO MARVEL SUPER HEROES |
PEGI 7+ |
WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE |
| 17 |
14 |
ASSASSIN’S CREED IV: BLACK FLAG |
PEGI 18+ |
UBISOFT |
| 15 |
15 |
METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES |
PEGI 18+ |
KONAMI |
| 10 |
16 |
GRAND THEFT AUTO V |
PEGI 18+ |
ROCKSTAR |
| 33 |
17 |
SOUTH PARK: THE STICK OF TRUTH |
PEGI 18+ |
UBISOFT |
| 14 |
18 |
INFAMOUS: SECOND SON |
PEGI 16+ |
SONY COMPUTER ENT. |
| 25 |
19 |
FORZA MOTORSPORT 5 |
PEGI 3+ |
MICROSOFT |
| 18 |
20 |
THIEF |
PEGI 18+ |
SQUARE ENIX |
| 24 |
21 |
TERRARIA |
PEGI 12+ |
XBOX 360 CLASSICS |
| 21 |
22 |
SKATE 3 |
PEGI 16+ |
XBOX 360 CLASSICS |
| 16 |
23 |
KIRBY: TRIPLE DELUXE |
PEGI 7+ |
NINTENDO |
| 20 |
24 |
BATMAN: ARKHAM ORIGINS |
PEGI 16+ |
WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE |
| 22 |
25 |
GRAN TURISMO 6 |
PEGI 3+ |
SONY COMPUTER ENT. |
| 29 |
26 |
WWE 2K14 |
PEGI 16+ |
2K SPORTS |
| 30 |
27 |
RAYMAN LEGENDS |
PEGI 7+ |
UBISOFT |
| 32 |
28 |
FOOTBALL MANAGER 2014 |
PEGI 3+ |
SEGA |
| 27 |
29 |
LEGO BATMAN 2: DC SUPER HEROES |
PEGI 7+ |
WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE |
| 31 |
30 |
ALIENS: COLONIAL MARINES |
PEGI 18+ |
SEGA |
| 26 |
31 |
NEED FOR SPEED: RIVALS |
PEGI 7+ |
EA GAMES |
| 28 |
32 |
DISNEY INFINITY |
PEGI 7+ |
DISNEY INFINITY |
| 23 |
33 |
TRIALS FUSION |
PEGI 12+ |
UBISOFT |
|
34 |
F1 2013: COMPLETE EDITION |
PEGI 3+ |
CODEMASTERS |
|
35 |
SAINTS ROW IV |
PEGI 18+ |
DEEP SILVER |
|
36 |
LEGO STAR WARS: THE COMPLETE SAGA |
PEGI 3+ |
XBOX 360 CLASSICS |
| 37 |
37 |
SKYLANDERS SWAP FORCE |
PEGI 7+ |
SKYLANDERS |
|
38 |
DARK SOULS II |
PEGI 16+ |
BANDAI NAMCO GAMES |
| 34 |
39 |
CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS II |
PEGI 18+ |
ACTIVISION |
| 39 |
40 |
POKEMON X |
PEGI 7+ |
NINTENDO |