Black Ops Surge Pushes Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Premiere To 2nd In UK Charts

Treyarch and Activision's Call of Duty: Black Ops surged back up the charts this week to once again lead new retail sales in the UK, forcing the premiere of Marvel vs Capcom 3 to 2nd place in this week's sales charts. British tracking firm Chart-Track reports a 192% week-over-week increase in Black Ops sales, pushing the title back into first place after a four week absence. This marks the eighth time Black Ops has topped the weekly UK sales charts, approaching the nine weeks at number 1 for predecessor Modern Warfare 2. Despite its second place finish, sales for Marvel vs. Capcom 3 were still strong, with the Xbox 360 and PS3 release selling as many units in one week as the Xbox and PS2's Marvel vs. Capcom 2 sold over its entire lifetime. The remainder of the weekly top ten is made up primarily of titles from last week's top ten in reshuffled positions, with EA's Dead Space 2 increasing sales 61 percent to move from 4th to 3rd place and last week's top-selling Test Drive Unlimited 2 falling to 4th place. Mario Sports Mix was the only title to fall out of the top ten this week, sinking from 8th place to 12th. 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. Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision) 2. Marvel vs. Capcmo 3: Fate of Two Worlds (Capcom) 3. Dead Space 2 (Electronic Arts) 4. Test Drive Unlimited 2 (Atari) 5. FIFA 11 (Electronic Arts) 6. Just Dance 2 (Ubisoft) 7. Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft) 8. Mario Vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem! (Nintendo) 9. Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Collection (Rockstar) 10. LittleBigPlanet 2 (Sony Computer Entertainment) UK Individual Platforms Top 10 The HD console versions of Call of Duty: Black Ops saw the biggest individual platform gains this week, with the Xbox 360 version jumping from 9th to 1st and the PS3 version jumping from 20th to 4th. British fighting gamers seems to be enjoying Marvel vs. Capcom 3 on the Xbox 360 more than the PS3. 1. Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision, Xbox 360) 2. Just Dance 2 (Ubisoft, Wii) 3. Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds (Capcom, Xbox 360) 4. Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision, PS3) 5. Dead Space 2 (Electronic Arts, Xbox 360) 6. Test Drive Unlimited 2 (Atari, Xbox 360) 7. Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds (Capcom, PS3) 8. Dead Space 2 (Electronic Arts, PS3) 9. FIFA 11 (Electronic Arts, Xbox 360) 10. Mario Vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem! (Nintendo, DS)