Olympics fever leads the way in UK charts

With the 2012 London Olympic Games at the halfway point, the official video game for the event held on to the top spot in the UK top-selling charts last week, with an 88 percent boost in sales week-over-week. From the week ended August 4, Chart-Track's official stats showed the top three didn't change at all, with Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes still at number two, waiting patiently to retake the top spot once the Olympics are over. Mario & Sonic at the 2012 Olympics also rode the Olympics' wave of popularity, sitting once again at number three with a 42 percent increase in sales. The only new title released last week was Deep Silver's Risen 2: Dark Waters, which managed to reach position 14, beating its predecessor Risen which entered the charts at number 29 back in 2009. Below are Chart-Track's all-platforms sales charts, which include unit sales of all versions of a given title, and the individual platform charts, which treat individual SKUs separately. UK All-Platforms Top 10 1. London 2012: The Official Video Game (Sega) 2. Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes (Warner) 3. Mario & Sonic at the 2012 Olympics (Sega) 4. Batman: Arkham City (Warner) 5. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda) 6. Assassin's Creed: Revelations (Ubisoft) 7. The Amazing Spider-Man (Activision) 8. Battlefield 3 (EA) 9. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Future Soldier (Ubisoft) 10. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Activision) UK Individual Platforms Top 10 1. London 2012: The Official Video Game (Sega, Xbox 360) 2. London 2012: The Official Video Game (Sega, PS3) 3. Mario & Sonic at the 2012 Olympics (Sega, Wii) 4. Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes (Warner, Xbox 360) 5. Batman: Arkham City (Warner, Xbox 360) 6. Batman: Arkham City (Warner, PS3) 7. Mario & Sonic at the 2012 Olympics (Sega, 3DS) 8. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda, Xbox 360) 9. Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo, 3DS, 3DS) 10. Assassin's Creed: Revelations (Ubisoft, Xbox 360)