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UK Charts: Bad Company 2 smacks Heavy Rain into fourth photo

Heavy Rain's heavy reign was short-lived, as David Cage's Hollywood wank fantasy has been knocked down to number four. Still a good position, but its top billing has been replaced by Battlefield: Bad Company 2. A first person shooter at the top of the charts? Who could have imagined such a thing?

Just Dance is still clinging onto the second slot and making me sick, while Aliens vs. Predator is doing astoundingly well in third. You know how the rest of the chart already plays out, so why not hit the jump and confirm what you already know? Yes, Lego Batman is still there!

  1. Battlefield: Bad Company 2
  2. Just Dance
  3. Aliens vs. Predator
  4. Heavy Rain
  5. Sonic and Sega All-Stars Racing
  6. Wii Fit Plus
  7. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
  8. Wii Sports Resort
  9. FIFA 10
  10. New Super Mario Bros. Wii
  11. BioShock 2
  12. Mario & Sonic at the Winter Olympic Cash-in
  13. FORZA Motorsport 2
  14. Assassin's Creed 2
  15. James Cameron's Is A Genius: The Game
  16. Grand Theft Auto IV
  17. Mario Kart Wii
  18. Lego Batman
  19. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
  20. Napoleon: Total War

 








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JustLikeBuck's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/08/2010 08:24
JustLikeBuck
These images have to be staged. There is no way anybody could sincerely pose like that and not realise their in primary colours. I bet the one in front with the hat is called Alvin, and chunky fucker humping (presumably) Simon, is called Theodore.
SelfQ's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/08/2010 08:26
SelfQ
Just Dance dammit.
Anus Mcphanus's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/08/2010 08:26
Anus Mcphanus
On the plus side there have been Heavy Rain shortages all over the country so that probably had an effect on sales. I thought Napoleon would be doing better though and good to see Uncharted 2 hanging in the top 20
Jakysan's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/08/2010 08:29
Jakysan
Bad Company II is not a WWII shooter. Gawrsh!
Xzyliac's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/08/2010 08:34
Xzyliac
Kathryn Bigelow's game is better than James Cameron's.
Aurain's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/08/2010 08:34
Aurain
@Anus Mcphanus

Confirmed.

JAAAASON!

Wonder what this weeks #1 will be... >.>
Sexualchocolate's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/08/2010 08:35
Sexualchocolate
I think for such an "outside of the box" game and a game exclusive to the platform with the smaller userbase, Heavy Rain did fucking brilliantly in the sales charts!

Now BC2 certainly deserves to be up there, I mean it's like CoD only better, and look how well that piece of shit did!
munkee's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/08/2010 08:35
munkee
what is with that quite bizarre image
amrs's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/08/2010 08:36
amrs
Bad Company 2 a WW II shooter ? the first mission only - it's me, Captain Obvious and I approve this message!
Sexualchocolate's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/08/2010 08:37
Sexualchocolate
What's going on with the toid? I went to lunch for 1 hour (mmmm Bad Company 2) and came back and the front page is all new and swanky, new fonts and shit, but the articles look same as they always did?

Weird.

How dare you change the toid!
Takeshi's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/08/2010 08:38
Takeshi
Bad Company 2 a WWII shooter? Also, it takes 2 more contestants to knock a game from 1st to 4th place.
NEXSUS's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/08/2010 08:39
NEXSUS
God I hate you
Mr Pibb's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/08/2010 08:46
Mr Pibb
Bad Company 2 is a WW2 shooter- GAMES JOURNALISM!

Also this shows one of the big issues of using the all-formats chart like you do Jim. Because a multiplatform game can sell poorly across multiple platforms or one mediocre selling version can be brought up by better versions on other platforms. As in this case where Heavy Rain, while still in 4th on the individual platforms chart, has sold better than AVP on either console and the PC version which isn't even on the top 40 chart. There's a reason why NPD and Media Create both present their software sales as the individual formats.
Sexualchocolate's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/08/2010 08:53
Sexualchocolate
Mr Pibb is correct.

Also, Jim is teh god of journalismists!

Surely you guys don't think he actually thinks....?? Fuck it, if you don't get it, you're stupid.
ghoti's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/08/2010 08:56
ghoti
To be fair, the stock shortages have probably had a significant effect on the sales of Heavy Rain. Still, two weeks in the top five (and one in the top spot!) is a lot better performance than I'd expected to see from a game like Heavy Rain. It's about as far from a mainstream game as I've seen from a major publisher in a long time.
Vigilante8's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/08/2010 08:59
Vigilante8
Uncharted is back!!!
Xzyliac's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/08/2010 09:18
Xzyliac
God I hate you

That's our NEXSUS!
dwtomek's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/08/2010 10:18
dwtomek
@Mr Pibb
And what exactly is that reason if not to stroke someones (strangely) bruised ego?
KirbyMcDope's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/08/2010 10:27
KirbyMcDope
Fifa goes down, and with Fifa in UK it only means that almost everyone already bought it.
Also, I had Lego Batman on 360 and really had a lot of fun with it. Maybe it's because it was the first lego game I played. I gotta pick it up later for ps3.
Themightylebeau2009's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/08/2010 10:41
Themightylebeau2009
GO LEGO BATMAN GO!!!

Also Mario Kart??? I honestly thought I was the last person to buy that game over a year ago.

@ Xzyliac - "Kathryn Bigelow's game is better than James Cameron's." Very very funny.

@ Jim - I have some brilliant photos in case you end up running short, I recommend Facebook as a source of unlimited Chav potential, but good lord what a bunch of retards we have there :-)
donkeykong's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/08/2010 10:43
donkeykong
JAMES CAMERON! hahaha
Hiltz's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/08/2010 11:02
Hiltz
Wii Owners, please line up. I want to smack every single one of you that didn't buy Tatsunoko vs. Capcom and NMH 2.
pl0x kthanxbai's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/08/2010 11:14
pl0x kthanxbai
sorry to heavy rain on your parade but...
Mr Wrighty 987's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/08/2010 11:18
Mr Wrighty 987
@Hiltz NMH 2 it's out in the UK yet.

Also Just Dance at No. 2? i think i gonna puke!
Themightylebeau2009's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/08/2010 11:40
Themightylebeau2009
@ Hiltz - do you play TvsC online at all?
St1nkyP33t's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/08/2010 13:08
St1nkyP33t
Hmm Icey Hot Stuntaz huh?

did these guys grow up to be those jersey shore d-bags?
Jon B's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/08/2010 13:13
Jon B
Is that meant to be Forza 2 or Forza 3?
SithZombie's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/08/2010 13:51
SithZombie
I think you should have put Deadly Premonition at 3 just to be funny
Dv8thwonder's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/08/2010 14:11
Dv8thwonder
Only a mind as twisted as Jim's would find a pic just as weird as he is. Kudos.
Generic Purple Turtle's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/08/2010 15:01
Generic Purple Turtle
WTF? Forza motor sport " is selling!!!!! " being caps lock 2 :)

Is that just a typo?
Los255's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/08/2010 15:02
Los255
UK POWER RANGERS!

Fuck yes.
huluvu's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/08/2010 15:41
huluvu
are you taking these images yourself?
worm jerky's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/08/2010 16:10
worm jerky
All aboard the gay sex lawnmower! Seriously, where the fuck are these pictures coming from?
Cortes121's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/08/2010 16:40
Cortes121
These images from your personal camera are disturbing
OWENR22's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/08/2010 16:48
OWENR22
FORZA 2!?!? There's typos afoot!
Max-'s Avatar - Comment posted on 03/08/2010 16:57
Max-
@Anus McPhanus
"there have been Heavy Rain shortages all over the country"

Yes, there has been a fair bit of drought lately hasn't there?
Phalanxxx's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/09/2010 05:55
Phalanxxx
Heavy rain dropped because everyone sold out, confirms a GAME employee....
flatalunfio42's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/14/2011 17:37
flatalunfio42
quietly overruled. In short, the pink dress went on, softened by some cheap tamoxifen
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