Charts: Doom shoots down Overwatch
The heroes have fallen after three weeks at the top of the UK charts.
{Doom} has overtaken {Overwatch} after its three week run at the top of the UK charts. With retailer promotions for {Doom} bringing the average sale price down by around £5, sales have shot up 57% since last week. It's a great result for Bethesda, as it's the publisher's first chart-topper since {Fallout 4} last year (and id's first number one since Doom 3 back in 2004).
One game that made a debut in the charts is MotoGP 16: Valentino Rossi, which squeezed into this week's top twenty (at 19). Here's the multi-platform top ten:
1. {Doom} - id Software / Bethesda
2. {Overwatch} - Blizzard / Activision
3. {Uncharted 4: A Thief's End} - Naughty Dog / Sony
4. {FIFA 16} - EA Canada / EA
5. {Grand Theft Auto V} - Rockstar / Take 2
6. {Mirror's Edge Catalyst} - DICE / EA
7. {Call of Duty: Black Ops 3} - Treyarch / Activison
8. {Pro Evolution Soccer 2016} - Konami / Konami
9. {Star Wars Battlefront} - DICE / EA Games
10. {Lego Marvel Avengers} - Traveller's Tales / Warner Bros. Interactive
In terms of individual formats, {Uncharted 4: A Thief's End} was last week's best-selling game. GTA V is creeping up on both PS4 and Xbox One, and {Mirror's Edge Catalyst} on PS4 has dropped dramatically to 9th:
1. {Uncharted 4: A Thief's End} - Naughty Dog / Sony (PS4)
2. {Doom} - id Software / Bethesda (PS4)
3. {Doom} - id Software / Bethesda (Xbox One)
4. {Overwatch} - Blizzard / Activision (PS4)
5. {Overwatch} - Blizzard / Activision (Xbox One)
6. {Grand Theft Auto V} - Rockstar / Take 2 (PS4)
7. {FIFA 16} - EA Canada / EA (Xbox One)
8. {Grand Theft Auto V} - Rockstar / Take 2 (Xbox One)
9. {Mirror's Edge Catalyst} - DICE / EA (PS4)
10. {Pro Evolution Soccer 2016} - Konami / Konami (PS4)
