Dead Island Riptide tops UK charts for week number 2

The latest UK all formats software sales charts suggest that Techland’s Dead Island game has held off stiff competition to retain the number one spot for a second week running. With few releases for a while, can it hold on and make it a hat-trick?

CHARTTRACK WEEKLY CHARTS All formats – Week ending 4 May 2013

POS.      TITLE      PUBLISHER      LAST WEEK

1      –      DEAD ISLAND: RIPTIDE     DEEP SILVER     1
2      –      INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US     WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE     2
3            TOMB RAIDER     SQUARE ENIX     5
4            FIFA 13     EA SPORTS     7
5            DRAGON’S DOGMA: DARK ARISEN     CAPCOM     3
6            CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS II     ACTIVISION     11
7            BIOSHOCK INFINITE     2K GAMES     6
8      –      LEGO CITY UNDERCOVER: THE CHASE BEGINS     NINTENDO     8
9            LUIGI’S MANSION 2     NINTENDO     10
10            STAR TREK     PARAMOUNT     4
11            ASSASSIN’S CREED III     UBISOFT     20
12      –      FAR CRY 3     UBISOFT     12
13            DEFIANCE     TRION WORLDS     9
14      –      THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM     XBOX 360 CLASSICS     14
15            LEGO BATMAN 2: DC SUPER HEROES     WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE     16
16            GOD OF WAR: ASCENSION     SONY COMPUTER ENT.     –
17            NEED FOR SPEED MOST WANTED     EA GAMES     –
18            SONIC & ALL STARS RACING TRANSFORMED     SEGA     15
19            GRAND THEFT AUTO EPISODES – LIBERTY CITY     ROCKSTAR     –
20            GRAND THEFT AUTO IV     XBOX 360 CLASSICS     –

Written by: Rob Cram

Rob Cram has hundreds of video game reviews, thousands of articles under his belt with years of experience in gaming and tech. He aims to remain fair and free from publisher/developer influence. With his extensive knowledge, feels his gaming opinions are valid and worth sharing. Agreement with his views are entirely optional. He might have a bias towards cyberpunk.