The force is strong this week as Microsoft’s ‘Kinect Star Wars’ brings EA’s five week run at the top to an end, pushing ‘FIFA Street’ (+3%) down to No2.
It’s the first Star Wars game to reach No1 in the All Formats Chart since ‘Star Wars: The Force Unleashed’ back in W39 2008. It’s also the first game that requires use of the Kinect Sensor to top the chart. EA have still had a good Easter holiday, grabbing the rest of the Top 5 with ‘Mass Effect 3’ (+0%) down one place to No3, ‘FIFA 12’ (+48%) up one place to No4 and ‘Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13’ (-10%) slipping two places to No5. There are healthy holiday sales uplifts for the rest of the Top 10 with ‘Modern Warfare 3’ (+76%) up one place to No6, ‘SSX’ (+72%) gaining 3 places, up to No7 and ‘Mario & Sonic London 2012 Olympic Games’ (+66%) up one to No8.
Previous No1s ‘Battlefield 3’ (+55%) and ‘The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim’ (+57%) round off the Top 10 at No’s 9 and 10 respectively. ‘Skylanders’ (+130%) and ‘Moshi Monsters’ (+92%) make the most of Easter Holiday spending, surging up the chart to No’s 12 and 13. Price promotions propel ‘Street Fighter X Tekken’ (+141%), WWE ’12 (+110%) and ‘Sonic Generations’ (+88%) back into the Top 40 at No’s 20, 22 and 24, while the only other new entry this week is ‘Devil May Cry HD Collection’ debuting at No18.
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TW Title Format Label Publisher
- 1 KINECT STAR WARS XB360 LUCASARTS MICROSOFT
2 2 MASS EFFECT 3 XB360 EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
1 3 FIFA STREET XB360 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
3 4 FIFA STREET PS3 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
7 5 FIFA 12 XB360 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
4 6 TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 13 XB360 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
10 7 FIFA 12 PS3 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
14 8 MARIO & SONIC LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES WII SEGA SEGA
6 9 MASS EFFECT 3 PS3 EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
17 10 CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3 XB360 ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
16 11 BATTLEFIELD 3 XB360 EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
20 12 MOSHI MONSTERS: MOSHLING ZOO DS MIND CANDY MIND CANDY
15 13 MARIO PARTY 9 WII NINTENDO NINTENDO
23 14 SSX XB360 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
9 15 TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 13 PS3 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
22 16 SSX PS3 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
24 17 CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3 PS3 ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
25 18 SAINTS ROW: THE THIRD XB360 THQ THQ
21 19 THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM XB360 BETHESDA SOFTWORKS BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
28 20 JUST DANCE 3 WII UBISOFT UBISOFT
27 21 SUPER MARIO 3D LAND 3DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
30 22 BATTLEFIELD 3 PS3 EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
- 23 THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM PS3 BETHESDA SOFTWORKS BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
32 24 MARIO KART 7 3DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
- 25 KINECT RUSH: A DISNEY PIXAR ADVENTURE XB360 MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
12 26 FORZA MOTORSPORT 4 XB360 MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
- 27 SKYLANDERS: SPYRO'S ADVENTURE WII SKYLANDERS ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
26 28 UNCHARTED 3: DRAKE'S DECEPTION PS3 SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
- 29 MARIO & SONIC LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES 3DS SEGA SEGA
- 30 GRAN TURISMO 5 PS3 PLATINUM SONY COMPUTER ENT.
36 31 ASSASSIN'S CREED: REVELATIONS XB360 UBISOFT UBISOFT
11 32 KID ICARUS: UPRISING 3DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
31 33 ZUMBA FITNESS WII 505 GAMES 505 GAMES
- 34 BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY XB360 WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
37 35 BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY PS3 WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
- 36 SAINTS ROW: THE THIRD PS3 THQ THQ
- 37 KINECT SPORTS: SEASON TWO XB360 MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
39 38 ZUMBA FITNESS 2 WII 505 GAMES 505 GAMES
- 39 WWE '12 XB360 THQ THQ
- 40 DEVIL MAY CRY HD COLLECTION XB360 CAPCOM CAPCOM