In a completely unsurprising turn of events, Gears of War 3 has trounced the competition in this week's UK All-Formats chart. The muscular Xbox 360 exclusive is reportedly the biggest launch of the year, its opening weekend outselling the corresponding launch windows of the previous Gears games combined. Impressive stuff. And well deserved, in our review we called Gears of War 3 "at times, nothing short of spectacular."
Racing into an impressive second place is Codemasters' outstanding F1 2011. While Sebastien Vettel zooms off with the title in real life, it seems plenty of people are up for giving the mercurial German a run for his money in a fabulous racer we said was "as exciting, tense and engaging as any video game released this year."
The rest of the top ten is largely a reshuffle as the new big guns at the top take their place on the podium. last week's number one Dead Island drops to third, while Zumba Fitness keeps on going at number four.
Nothing much to report elsewhere, except for the fact that Supremacy MMA failed to make the top 40 on its first weekend on sale after slinking into shops without much fanfare.
Gears of War 3's reign at the top is likely to be a short one as the terrific FIFA 12 comes out on Friday and will almost certainly knock Epic's shooter off the top at the first time of trying. In all the excitement, we beg you don't forget to pick up your copy of the ICO and Shadow of the Colossus collection out on PS3 on Friday. A sublime slice of gaming history that our five-star review called a "compulsary purchase."
1 (New entry) Gears of War 3 Xbox 360
2 (New entry) F1 2011 PC, PS3, Xbox 360
3 (▼1) Dead Island PC, PS3, Xbox 360
4 (▲6) Zumba Fitness: Join the Party (Ages 3 and over) Wii, PS3, Xbox 360
5 (5) Deus Ex: Human Revolution PC, PS3, Xbox 360
6 (▼4) Driver: San Francisco (Ages 12 and over) PC, PS3, Xbox 360
7 (▼2) Warhammer 40K: Space Marine PC, PS3, Xbox 360
8 (▼3 ) Resistance 3 PS3
9 (▼7) Lego Pirates of the Caribbean (Ages 7 and over) 3DS, DS, PC, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
10 (▼8) Rugby World Cup 2011 (Ages 3 and over) PS3, Xbox 360
11 (▲16) Call of Duty: Black Ops (Ages 18 and over) DS, PC, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
12 (▲22) Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood PC, PS3, Xbox 360
13 (▼10) Cars 2 DS, PC, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
14 (▲15) The Sims 3 (Ages 12 and over) DS, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
15 (▼11) Red Faction: Armageddon PC, PS3, Xbox 360
16 (▼20) Just dance 2 Wii
17 (▼9) Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (Ages 7 and over) DS, PC, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360
18 (▲38) Michael Jackson: The Experience DS, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360
19 (▲33) L.A. Noire PS3, Xbox 360
20 (▼17) Gran Turismo 5 PS3
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