UK charts: Tomb Raider takes number one spot

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Tomb Raider is the biggest selling UK launch of the year so far, selling more than double the units of 2013′s previous top seller Aliens: Colonial Marines in its first week on sale.
GfK ChartTrack says that Tomb Raider has set a new record for the franchise, beating the previous best for the series, 2006’s Tomb Raider: Legend. The 360 and PS3 versions of Tomb Raider set new week one records as the fastest selling individual formats of any Tomb Raider release so far, beating the record previously held by Tomb Raider: Angel Of Darkness on PS2 in 2003.
EA’s SimCity also sees a strong debut this week in second, with Namco Bandai’s Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 another new entry at number three.
The Ukie Games Charts UK all formats top ten chart for the week ending March 9th 2013, compiled by GfK Chart-Track, is as follows.
1. Tomb Raider
2. SimCity
3. Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3
4. The Sims 3: University Life
5. FIFA 13
6. Crysis 3
7. Call Of Duty: Black Ops 2
8. Far Cry 3
9. Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
10. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

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