Call of Duty holds strong at top of UK charts

Sixth week in top spot, bookies cut Xmas No.1 odds

16 December 2008 19:39 GMT / By Verity Burns

The top three positions in the All Format UK Charts are unchanged this week, with Call of Duty: World at War holding its spot at the top for the sixth week.

Mario Kart Wii follows in second and Fifa 09 in third, but these are thought to be so little of a threat now that Ladbrokes has cut the odds on Call of Duty being Christmas No. 1 to 1-3.

This certainly seems a good move, considering the fact that Chart Track has said there is some 27,000 units between first and second place, making it almost inevitable COD will sit atop of the charts on Christmas day.

If Nintendo does somehow pull through over the next week, it will be the platform's first Christmas No. 1 since The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time in 1998.

As there were no new releases this week, there was very little movement throughout the rest of the chart either, with games such as Need for Speed, Tomb Raider and Guitar Hero swapping places in the top ten.

Good news for LittleBigPlanet and Sony is that sales were boosted 58% this week, pushing Sackboy from 29th to 16th position in the All Formats chart, and at sixth in the Individual Formats.

Other big movers include Sonic Unleashed which jumped from 33 to 12 and Quantum of Solace taking a leap from 27 to 13. Elsewhere there were re-entries for Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party, Cooking Guide, Force Unleashed and Lips.

The full top 40 is below:

1. Call of Duty: World at War
2. Mario Kart Wii
3. FIFA 09
4. Need for Speed Undercover
5. Dr Kawashima's Brain Training
6. Fallout 3
7. Wii Play
8. Wii Fit
9. Guitar Hero: World Tour
10. Tomb Raider: Underworld
11. LEGO Indiana Jones
12. Sonic Unleashed
13. Quantum of Solace
14. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games
15. LEGO Batman
16. LittleBigPlanet
17. Gears of War 2
18. WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009
19. Far Cry 2
20. Prince of Persia
21. Kung Fu Panda
22. More Brain Training from Dr Kawashima
23. Animal Crossing: Let's Go to the City
24. Pro Evolution Soccer 2009
25. Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party
26. Resistance 2
27. Carnival: Funfair Games
28. Football Manager 2009
29. Nintendogs: Lab & Friends
30. Mirror's Edge
31. Wii Music
32. Cooking Guide: Can't Decide What to Eat?
33. Shaun White Snowboarding
34. SEGA Superstars Tennis
35. WALL-E
36. SingStar ABBA
37. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
38. Guinness World Records: The Videogame
39. Lips
40. High School Musical 3: Senior Year