Mon, Aug 02, 2010 | 10:18 BST

UK charts – StarCraft II Zerg-rushes top spot

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StarCraft II’s gone to the top of the UK charts, pushing Toy Story 3 down into second.

The release of the sequel, the first PC title to reach the top spot this year, has sold more copies then its predecessor ever did in its lifetime, with StarCraft 1 only going as far as 24 in the original All-Formats chart back in 1998.

Red Dead Redemption, Dance on Broadway and Lego: Harry Potter seal the top five.

And Modern Warfare 2 is back in the top ten following its small slip to 11 last week, charting at eight.

Full top ten for the week ending July 24 is below. Last week’s data is here.

  1. StarCraft II (Blizzard Entertainment, Activision)
  2. Toy Story 3 (Disney Interactive Studios, Disney)
  3. Red Dead Redemption (Rockstar San Diego, Rockstar)
  4. Dance on Broadway (Ubisoft, Ubisoft)
  5. Lego: Harry Potter (TT Games, Warner Bros Interactive)
  6. Just Dance (Ubisoft, Ubisoft)
  7. Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies (Level-5, Nintendo)
  8. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Infinity Ward, Activision)
  9. Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo, Nintendo)
  10. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (DICE, EA)

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27 comments

#1

Blerk
02/08/10, 10:09 am

SHOC… actually, no. Not even remotely. :-)

#2

Old MacDonald
02/08/10, 10:11 am

I was going to play the hell out of this during the weekend, but then I downloaded MineCraft and suddenly my weekend was gone. Damn you, developer of MineCraft.

#3

endgame
02/08/10, 10:48 am

wait what? a PC only title on top of them all!? but, where r all the pirates? ;p

#4

Hunam
02/08/10, 10:50 am

I bought it too, but ended up playing Alan Wake, which was awesome.

#5

Blerk
02/08/10, 10:55 am

I’m guessing all the pirates are locked out of Battlenet. :-)

#6

Dralen
02/08/10, 11:03 am

Well deserved too. It’s probably the best RTS I’ve ever played. Blizzard’s cinematics still blow me away.

#7

The Hindle
02/08/10, 11:05 am

Crackdown 2 went pretty quick didnt it? Looks like word is getting around its not very good.

#8

Blerk
02/08/10, 11:09 am

Two weeks at the top is more than most games get. It’s at number 18 this week, so it’s still around.

#9

The Hindle
02/08/10, 11:11 am

I wonder how well its sold, any figures released?

#10

LOLshock94
02/08/10, 11:17 am

toy story 3 wtf yeah the filim may be good but the game WOW its still up there and i really want starcraft 2 :(

#11

Callum
02/08/10, 11:22 am

But…but..PC gaming is dead? …
I wonder how much longer super mario brothers 2 can hold out for?

#12

Mafro
02/08/10, 11:39 am

Interesting to note that Dragon Quest IX has climbed a few places from last week.

#13

Keivz
02/08/10, 11:42 am

Did not know PC games were even counted on this list. I’m hopeful this gives PC gaming a boost; but, statistically one event does not signal a trend.

#14

Patrick Garratt
02/08/10, 11:44 am

@9 – We never get UK figures. Chart-Track sells them to subs, so we’re not allowed to publish them.

#15

Freek
02/08/10, 11:56 am

I dunno if a Blizzard game in a mega franchise they spent 7 years developing is a good indication of the succes or failure of the PC market.

#16

Redh3lix
02/08/10, 11:59 am

@ Patrick – Give it a go! http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p/contact/index.jsp

I’ve tried and failed, but then I went through Elspa.

#17

Yoshi
02/08/10, 1:33 pm

Hmm and someone said pc gaming was dying :)

#18

blackdreamhunk
02/08/10, 2:10 pm

no Microsoft and Sony pay people to destory pc gaming. They try their best by drm lies piracy lies. Then buy game devs like epic games and id software to speak more lies about pc gaming.

#19

Freek
02/08/10, 2:11 pm

What planet are you living on and is the weather nice there?

#20

blackdreamhunk
02/08/10, 2:15 pm

dumb console loving business men run the gaming Industry! They try to force people into buying consoles.Why because they were dumb enough to spend billions on old pc parts.

#21

LOLshock94
02/08/10, 2:25 pm

and probely because its alot cheaper and i never new console owners were “bumb”

#22

Boris Fett
02/08/10, 3:50 pm

It took a Zerg to take down Zurg.

Hur hur hur.

#23

The_Deleted
02/08/10, 8:30 pm

God Dammit that was genius!
And the opportunity for that joke will never happen again…

#24

DaMan
03/08/10, 12:16 am

Crackdown2 spent more than enough at the top, for comparison ie GoW3 dropped to number 7 in it’s second week:

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/27851/Just_Cause_2_At_Top_In_UK_As_God_Of_War_III_Falls.php

and disappeared from the top 10 completely in it’s third one:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gamesblog/2010/apr/12/uk-top-10-video-games

#25

The Hindle
03/08/10, 12:20 am

Gow 3 is pretty much a Usa centric franchise though, id be amazed if the game even does 1m across the whole of europe, the first Crackdown had a pretty strong Uk following i think.

T be honest no 1 in the UK doesnt mean anything, it probably equates to about 30 or 40k something like that. You have to be in the charts a long time to sell big numbers over here.

#26

DaMan
03/08/10, 12:23 am

can’t say Crackdown doesn’t have a NA fanbase, in fact I would’ve thought the game should be doing better in Us.

#27

The Hindle
03/08/10, 12:27 am

Oh yea im not denying that, I think the first game did like 1.5m in the end didnt it and that was with the help of the Halo 3 beta. Crackdown 2 may do more or less, im suprised we have not heard from Microsoft about it.

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