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UK Charts: Mafia II refuses to die photo

Mafia II is enjoying its third week at the top of the UK Charts, which is somewhat surprising given the fact that so many gamers felt tepid towards it. Still, if these charts are good for one thing, it's reminding the gaming community that our opinions on titles rarely reflect the sales. 

Tetris Party Deluxe, Spider-Man: Shattered Memories, Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep and R.U.S.E all debut in the top ten this week, making for a chart that is a bit more interesting than usual. How nice. Read below for the full listing!

  1. Mafia II
  2. H.A.W.X 2
  3. Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days
  4. Toy Story 3
  5. Tetris Party Deluxe
  6. Spider-Man: Shattered Memories
  7. Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep
  8. R.U.S.E
  9. Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
  10. Red Dead Redemption
  11. Just Dance
  12. Super Mario Galaxy 2
  13. Lego Harry Potter: Year 1-4
  14. Mass Effect 2
  15. Sniper: Ghost Warrior
  16. Wii Sports Resort
  17. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11
  18. Battlefield: Bad Company 2
  19. Batman: Arkham Asylum
  20. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

 








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Hasney's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 10:23
Hasney
I loved Mafia 2, especially that the sandbox elements were taken away for a compelling story-driven experience. I sometimes prefer linear games.

Shocked to see a PSP game in the top 10, even one that is as good as Kingdom Hearts.
NickCull's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 10:29
NickCull
Spider-Man: Shattered Memories. Er... Silent Hill: Shattered Dimensions. No, wait. Why the hell did these guys both have to use the word "shattered" in their surnames?
DefiantBadger's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 10:31
DefiantBadger
Yup, another Header image accurately portraying Britain.

*sigh*
goggyturk's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 10:33
goggyturk
MMMMM, BURBERRY.

She wore a Burberry beret, the kind you find in a Primark store, A burberry beret, I think I love her.

Thank you.
Sexualchocolate's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 10:34
Sexualchocolate
Glad to see RUSE up in the top 10, glad and surprised.

I'm loving it myself.
MasterBalls's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 10:35
MasterBalls
@goggyturk

Hey Primark does some quality shit....
Onyx Oblivion's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 10:35
Onyx Oblivion
Ewww....Kane % Lynch 2.

BAD GAMING PUBLIC, BAD!
Enzi's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 10:38
Enzi
Kane & Lynch 2 on number 3 and you're suprised that Mafia2 is on the first place?

I really really liked Mafia2. K&L on the other hand. I want my 4 hours of constant frustration back!
NoMore's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 10:46
NoMore
You would think everyone in the UK would have MW2 but nope its still there! Hell even I have a copy and I hate COD games.
goggyturk's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 10:46
goggyturk
@ Masterballs

I prefer George myself. Or more accurately, the wife does.
CityExile's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 10:47
CityExile
Metroid dropped out of their top 20 already? Ugh.
F Whipple's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 10:47
F Whipple
I feel like you've used this pic before
Mueti's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 11:08
Mueti
Glad Mafia II is doing better in sales than it did in reviews, awesome game.
idrawrobots's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 11:09
idrawrobots
Are these pictures from the 80's/90's or today?
the guy with the hat's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 11:23
the guy with the hat
I really want Mafia 2. I'm just going to wait until it goes cheap.
lo6ick's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 11:34
lo6ick
i urge all to stay away from mafia 2. well it's entertaining, after the short story there is nothing to do. no free roam/screw about mode. story is probably 5-8 hours minus the cutscenes. and large chunks of missions are made longer by having you drive across town back home to complete the mission. also the checkpoints kinda suck. if you die on said way home (end of mission) you'll more than likely have to replay he entire mission from the start
stemot's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 11:46
stemot
It gets on my tits when people say there is no free roam. It's simple, JUST DON'T FOLLOW THE MISSION MARKER. You can freeroam then all you bloody want. As for starting the mission from the start, that's horseshit. There are plenty of checkpoints throughout the missions.
Kaden101's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 11:51
Kaden101
@stemot,

Yeah, but can you actually do anything when you're free roaming? Or just roam.

I suspect just roaming without any proper side missions could become tiresome quite quickly.
ViewFinder's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 12:00
ViewFinder
What's this? Just Dance slowly falling out of top 20. Madness.
PrivateIronTFU's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 12:01
PrivateIronTFU
@the guy with the hat

I will literally send you my copy for free if you want it.
Chongomaster's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 12:24
Chongomaster
Is that Bill Murray?
MasterBalls's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 12:27
MasterBalls
@goggyturk

Well it's either spend £30 on a t shirt from Topman or get a fairly new Xbox game.
fetusmilk's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 12:50
fetusmilk
just curious, why does dtoid only do UK charts? why no weekly USA or Japan charts?
i know its you doing it all the time Jim. but why only the UK? and every week is kinda stupid, since just about every new "good" game that comes out every week seems to shoot to number 1 on these charts anyway.
janoDX's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 13:57
janoDX
OMG JUST DANCE IS OUT OF THE TOP TEM, OH MAI GAAAWD!!!... OH MAI GAWWD!!...
Blue Odeyssey's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 14:52
Blue Odeyssey
Where the fuck is Valkyria Chronicles 2!
aequidens's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 15:01
aequidens
I thought Starcraft was a popular game.
njsykora's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/13/2010 21:00
njsykora
@Fetusmilk

The UK with ELSPA and ChartTrack is the only region that releases weekly charts for free. Japan's Mediacreate does them for subscribers I believe (Crecente and Bashcraft's Palace of Underage Love post them I think) but the US's NPD only does monthly charts.

I'd quite like my copy of Kingdom Hearts, Play still haven't delivered my copy even though I had it preordered back in June.
extendd's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/14/2010 00:04
extendd
Seeing as Mafia II is a fantastic game (much better than Other M) I'm glad to see it selling well.
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