UK Top 40 for this week has been revealed, courtesy of the UKIE and the results aren’t that surprising, really. In the top spot is Modern Warfare 3, followed by Assassin’s Creed: Revelations and Saints Row: The Third. Skyrim has dropped down to the 4th position.

You can check out the top 40 below. Thanks, UKIE.

Top 40 Entertainment Software (All Prices), Week Ending 26 November 2011

1. CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3 – ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
2. ASSASSIN’S CREED: REVELATIONS – UBISOFT
3. SAINTS ROW: THE THIRD – THQ
4. THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM – BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
5. FIFA 12 – ELECTRONIC ARTS
6. WWE ’12 – THQ
7. PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE SPECTRE’S CALL – NINTENDO
8. JUST DANCE 3 – UBISOFT
9. BATTLEFIELD 3 – ELECTRONIC ARTS
10. SUPER MARIO 3D LAND – NINTENDO
11. NEED FOR SPEED: THE RUN – ELECTRONIC ARTS
12. MOSHI MONSTERS: MOSHLING ZOO – MIND CANDY
13. MARIO & SONIC LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES – SEGA
14. LEGO HARRY POTTER: YEARS 5-7 – WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
15. SKYLANDERS: SPYRO’S ADVENTURE – ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
16. BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY- WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
17. MICHAEL JACKSON: THE EXPERIENCE – UBISOFT
18. ZUMBA FITNESS- 505 GAMES
19. THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: SKYWARD SWORD – NINTENDO
20. UNCHARTED 3: DRAKE’S DECEPTION – SONY COMPUTER ENT.
21. HALO: COMBAT EVOLVED ANNIVERSARY – MICROSOFT
22. FORZA MOTORSPORT 4 – MICROSOFT
23. FOOTBALL MANAGER 2012 – SEGA
24. TINTIN: THE SECRET OF THE UNICORN – UBISOFT
25. SONIC GENERATIONS – SEGA
26. CARS 2 – DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS
27. MARIO KART WII – NINTENDO
28. LEGO PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN – DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS
29. JUST DANCE 2 – UBISOFT
30. KINECT SPORTS: SEASON TWO – MICROSOFT
31. KINECT DISNEYLAND ADVENTURES – MICROSOFT
32. RAGE – BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
33. F1 2011 – CODEMASTERS
34. KINECT SPORTS – MICROSOFT
35. DRIVER: SAN FRANCISCO – UBISOFT
36. NINTENDOGS + CATS: GOLDEN RETRIEVER -NINTENDO
37. WII SPORTS RESORT – NINTENDO
38. LORD OF THE RINGS: WAR IN THE NORTH – WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
39. LEGO HARRY POTTER: YEARS 1-4 – WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
40. PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2012 – KONAMI

Zumba Fitness just doesn’t want to get off the charts, does it? It’s not only done well on the all-formats charts, it’s also the top selling Wii game in UK for the week ending September 10.

Just Dance 2 is the second highest selling Wii game, with LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean coming in next.

Oldies like Mario Kart Wii, New Super Mario Bros. and Donkey Kong Country Returns also made an appearance on the list, being the 4th, 8th and 10th highest selling games respectively, the same as last week.

Xenoblade Chronicles is also going strong, holding its last week’s 5th position.

Cars 2 at No.6, Wii Party at 7 and uDraw (incl. uDraw Studio) at 9 round off the rest of the top 10.

Here’re the full charts:

01. Zumba Fitness (505 Games)
02. Just Dance 2 (Ubisoft)
03. LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean (Disney Interactive)
04. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
05. Xenoblade Chronicles (Nintendo)
06. Cars 2 (Disney Interactive)
07. Wii Party (Nintendo)
08. New Super Matio Bros. (Nintendo)
09. uDraw (incl. uDraw Studio) (THQ)
10. Donkey Kong Country Returns (Nintendo)

Dead Island, claiming the top spot in the Xbox 360 and all-formats chart and the second position in the PS3 charts for the week ending September 10 in UK, was also the highest selling PC game for the same week.

Warhammer 40K: Space Marine, which has also performed very well in the aforementioned charts, was the second highest selling PC game. The Sims 3 and The Sims 3: Generations made for the 3rd and 4th positions.

Deus Ex: Human Revolution, last week’s highest selling PC game (and last to last week as well), has toppled to No.5.

Football Manager 2011 and The Sims 3: Medieval made appearances again, at 6 and 7 this time. StarCraft 2, Dawn of War 2 and World of Warcraft: Cataclysm rounded off the last three posts.

Here’s the full top ten list for the week ending September 10:

01. Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine (THQ)
02. Dead Island (Deep Silver)
03. The Sims 3 (EA)
04. The Sims 3: Generations (EA)
05. Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Square Enix)
06. Football Manager 2011 (Sega)
07. The Sims Medieval (EA)
08. StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty (Blizzard)
09. Dawn of War 2: Retribution (THQ)
10. World of Warcraft: Cataclysm (Blizzard)

Deep Silver’s zombie shooter/action game Dead Island, which claimed the 1st and 2nd spots in the all-formats and PS3 charts, was the highest selling Xbox 360 game in UK for the week ending September 10.

Warhammer 40K: Space Marine narrowly missed the top spot, coming in next, and Driver: San Francisco got pushed down to No.3.

However, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, which was the top selling Xbox 360, PS3, PC and all-formats game for the last two weeks, was pushed down to No.4 in the X360 charts for this week.

Rubgy World Cup 2011 and NHL 11 came in next at 5 and 6 respectively. Lego Pirates of the Caribbean, Rise of Nightmares, DiRT 3 and Madden NFL 12 rounded off the top 10.

Here’s the entire top ten list:

01. Dead Island (Deep Silver)
02. Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine (THQ)
03. Driver: San Francisco (Ubisoft)
04. Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Square Enix)Madden NFL 12 (EA)
05. Rugby World Cup 2011 (505 Games)
06. NHL 12 (EA)
07. Lego Pirates of the Caribbean (Disney)
08. Rise of Nightmares (Sega)
09. DiRT 3 (Codemasters)
10. Madden NFL 12 (EA)

You can read out Dead Island review here.

Driver: San Francisco comes in next, with Warhammer 40K: Space Marine claiming the 4th position. Deus Ex: Human Revolution, last week’s top selling PS3, PC, Xbox 360 and all formats game, has toppled to No.5 in the PS3 charts, as in the all formats charts.

Rugby World Cup 2011 managed to stay in the top 10 highest selling titles as well, coming in at 6, and so did Madden NFL 12, claiming the next position as its own.

Call of Duty: Black ops and Mortal Kombat rounded off the top ten.

Here’s the full PS3 UK sales chart for the week ending September 10:

01. Resistance 3 (Sony)
02. Dead Island (Deep Silver)
03. Driver: San Francisco (Ubisoft)
04. Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine
05. Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Square Enix)
06. Rugby World Cup 2011 (505 Games)
07. Madden NFL 12 (EA)
08. NHL 12 (EA Sport)
09. Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision)
10. Mortal Kombat (Warner Bros. Interactive)

The 3DS, which has been topping the Japanese hardware charts for two weeks, has topped the charts again, with the PSP also maintaining its second place. It’s a surprise, really, to see the 3DS still selling well after the massive price cut that was recently announced.

The charts are given below:

Weekly hardware sales (previous week)
3DS: 31,826 (46,637)
PSP: 26,854 (26,551)
PS3: 23,343 (23,322)
Wii: 17,114 (14,237)
DSi LL: 5,258 (4,693)
DSi: 4,921 (4,384)
Xbox 360: 1,546 (1,734)
PS2: 1,475 (1,405)
DS Lite: 155 (131)
PSP go: 14 (14)

Weekly software sales
01. Everyone’s Rhythm Heaven (Nintendo)
02. Sengoku Basara Chronicle Heroes (Capcom)
03. No More Heroes Red Zone Edition (MMV)
04. Inazuma Eleven Strikers (Level 5)
05. Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2011 (Konami)
06. Taiko Drum Master Portable DX (Namco Bandai)
07. Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2011 (Konami)
08. Noora And The Time Studio (Atlus)
09. Alice Madness Returns (EA)
10. Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)

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The NPD figures for the month of January are out, and according to these reports, January saw a decline of 5% in PC games, non PC games, accessories and hardware, going down from grossing $1.22 billion to $1.16 billion.

The hardware market saw the biggest drop, falling 8% to $324 million. The only console know till now to not have seen a decline in sales was the Xbox 360, which, according to Microsoft’s reports, sold a 381,000 units, reporting a 15% year-on-year increase. Neither Nintendo nor Sony have released any figures yet.

However, the accessory sales saw a rise of 6%, going from from $222.8 million to $235.1 million year-over-year. PlayStation Move and Kinect sales were included.

Software sales saw a drop too- they dropped to $603.1 million, going 6% down from $644.9 million last year. Call of Duty: Black Ops was the highest selling game, followed by Just Dance 2, Dead Space 2 and LittleBigPlanet 2.

Here are the full charts:

January ’11 Software Sales Grossings
Total retail sales: $1.16 billion (-5%)
Non-PC hardware: $324.0 million (-8%)
Total software: $603.1 million (-6%)
Non-PC software: $576.0 million (-5%)
Accessories: $235.1 million (+6%)

Top 10 Highest Selling Games- Jan ’11:

1. Call of Duty: Black Ops (360, PS3, WII, NDS, PC) – Activision
2. Just Dance 2 (WII) – Ubisoft
3. Dead Space 2 (360, PS3, PC) – Electronic Arts
4. Little Big Planet 2 (PS3) – Sony
5. Zumba Fitness: Join the Party (WII, 360, PS3) – Majesco
6. NBA 2K11 (360, PS3, PSP, WII, PS2, PC) – Take-Two Interactive
7. Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood (360, PS3) – Ubisoft
8. Dance Central (360) – MTV Games
9. Michael Jackson The Experience (WII, DS, PSP) – Ubisoft
10. DC Universe Online (PS3, PC) – Sony

Thanks, GameSpot!

Dead Space 2 has usurped LBP2 as the number one game on the PS3 charts this week. Find the full list below:

01. Dead Space 2 (EA Games)
02. LittleBigPlanet (Sony)
03. FIFA 11 (EA)
04. Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft)
05. Gran Turismo 5 (Sony)
06. Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision)
07. Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit (EA Games)
08. Mass Effect 2 (EA)
09. Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare (Take-Two)
10. Medal of Honor (EA Games)

Thanks to CVG for the info.

GameFly has released it’s charts of the top 10 rented games of 2010, and Red Dead Redemption has topped the chart for the overall most rented game, and has also been revealed to be the most rented Xbox 360 game of 2010.

Black Ops was the second most rented game, overall and on the 360 as well. God of War III and Heavy Rain came in at the first and second position for the PS3, while Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Donkey Kong Country Returns claimed the top two spots for the Wii.

Pokemon HeartGold and Pokemon SoulSilver were the two most rented DS games, and Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep and Metal Gear Solid: Peace Waker the two more rented PSP games.

Silent Hill: Shattered Memories and Madden NFL 11 made for the top two spots for the PS2.

This is all taken into account keeping in mind over four hundred thousand (400,000) GameFly members.

Check out the full figures below. Remember, these charts are for the US alone.

Most Requested Rentals of 2010–All Platforms

1. Red Dead Redemption–Take-Two
2. Call of Duty: Black Ops–Activision
3. Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood–Ubisoft
4. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II–LucasArts
5. Battlefield: Bad Company 2–Electronic Arts
6. Mafia II–Take-Two
7. Medal of Honor–Electronic Arts
8. God of War III–Sony
9. Fallout: New Vegas–Bethesda
10. Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction

Most Requested Rentals of 2010–Xbox 360

1. Red Dead Redemption
2. Call of Duty: Black Ops
3. Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction
4. Halo: Reach
5. Battlefield: Bad Company 2
6. Mass Effect 2
7. Alan Wake
8. BioShock 2
9. Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood
10. Fable III

Most Requested Rentals of 2010–PS3

1. God of War III
2. Heavy Rain
3. Red Dead Redemption
4. Call of Duty: Black Ops
5. Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood
6. Battlefield: Bad Company 2
7. Mafia II
8. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II
9. Medal of Honor

Most Requested Rentals of 2010–Wii

1. Super Mario Galaxy 2
2. Donkey Kong Country Returns
3. Disney Epic Mickey
4. Metroid: Other M
5. Red Steel 2
6. Monster Hunter Tri
7. Kirby’s Epic Yarn
8. GoldenEye 007
9. Wipeout
10. Just Dance 2

Most Requested Rentals of 2010–DS

1. Pokemon: SoulSilver
2. Pokemon: HeartGold
3. Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies
4. Super Scribblenauts
5. Professor Layton and the Unwound Future
6. Golden Sun: Dark Dawn
7. Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem
8. Picross 3Do
9. Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth
10. Toy Story 3

Most Requested Rentals of 2010–PSP

1. Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep
2. Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
3. God of War: Ghost of Sparta
4. Valkyria Chronicles 2
5. Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Heroes 3
6. Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable
7. Lunar: Silver Star Harmony
8. SOCOM: US Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 3
9. Army of Two: The 40th Day

Most Requested Rentals of 2010–PlayStation 2

1. Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
2. Madden NFL 11
3. MLB 10: The Show
4. WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011
5. NCAA Football 11
6. Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love
7. Despicable Me
8. NBA 2K11
9. Toy Story 3
10. Lord of the Rings: Aragorn’s Quest

Final Fantasy XIII debuted on the Xbox 360 in Japan this week, but it had a somewhat disappointing performances, failing to make it to even the Top 20 games sold in the region. it sold even less than 22,500 copies.

Even Black Ops, which is a first person shooter (Japanese don’t like shooters) managed to claim the 18th spot, yet Final Fantasy XIII, an RPG and the thirteenth game of the FF series- a complete win-win combo for the Japanese people- failed to sell properly.

It sold even less than Mario Kart Wii, which sold 22,579 units so many years after its release.

To be fair, people must be really busy with Monster Hunter Freedom 3 and Pokemon Black/White to indulge in an RPG that was already released such a long time ago on a much powerful system.

Here are the full charts:

Weekly hardware sales / previous week’s

PSP: 164,507 / 159,933 |
NDS: 148,177 /119,011 |
WII: 99,681 / 79,424 |
PS3: 49,515 / 41,882 |
360: 3,726 / 3,695 |
PS2: 2,188 / 2,054 |

Weekly software sales / lifetime sales

1. Monster Hunter Freedom 3 (Capcom, PSP) – 581,543 / 3,161,801
2. Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 3 (Bandai Namco, PS3) – 185,908 / NEW
3. Inazuma Eleven 3: World Challenge!! The Ogre (Level 5, DS) – 175,604 / NEW
4. Donkey Kong Country Returns (Nintendo, Wii) – 152,990 / 316,300
5. Pokemon Black / White (Pokemon Co, DS) – 115,438 / 4,744,211
6. Shining Hearts (Sega, PSP) – 106,733 / NEW
7. Wii Party (Nintendo, Wii) – 92,949 / 1,411,824
8. Mario Sports Mix (Nintendo, Wii) – 87,114 / 299,534
9. Ni no Kuni: The Ebony Wizard (Level 5, DS) – 74,329 / 244,877
10. Mario Vs, Donkey Kong: Miniland Mayhem (Nintendo, DS) – 54,628 / 163,929
11. Kirby’s Epic Yarn (Nintendo, Wii) – 46,392 / 304,600
12. Super Fossil Fighters (Nintendo, DS) – 41,103 / 161,748
13. Magician’s Quest: The Merchant’s Store of Sorcery (Konami, DS) – 38,140 / 175,195
14. Wii Sports Resort (w/ Remote Plus) (Nintendo, Wii) – 37,239 / 123,348
15. Super Mario All-Stars (Nintendo, Wii) {21/10/10} – 29,872 / 742,861
16. New Super Mario Bros, Wii (Nintendo, Wii) – 27,543 / 4,106,019
17. Castlevania: Lord of Shadow (Konami, PS3) – 27,155 / NEW
18. Taiko Drum Master Wii 3 (Bandai Namco, Wii) – 26,970 / 77,509
19. Call of Duty: Black Ops (Dubbed Edition) (Square Enix, PS3) – 23,253 / NEW
20. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo, Wii) – 22,579 / 3,044,425