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Rob Fahey 09:40 24/08/2004
Activision racks up seven consecutive weeks at number one
id Software's PC first-person shooter Doom 3 is still at number one in the UK this week, despite a strong challenge for the top from Sony's Athens 2004, which climbs one place to number two on the back of a 55 per cent sales increase.
The continued strong sales of Doom 3 means that the long-awaited title has now had a fortnight at the top of the chart, but also means that publisher Activision has had a title in the number one spot for seven consecutive weeks, with Spider-Man 2 holding the position before Doom 3 was launched.
Spider-Man 2 actually drops a place this week, swapping over with Athens 2004 and ending up at number three, just ahead of the week's only new release, Ubisoft's latest Xbox title in the Tom Clancy franchise, Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow, which comes in at number four.
Elsewhere in the entertainment software chart, Konami's Yu-Gi-Oh! Reshef of Destruction is the only other new entry - it was originally released two weeks ago, and appears this week at number 20.
EA's titles continue to perform strongly due to the new budget pricing being applied to many of its biggest Christmas releases from last year, with Need for Speed: Underground and FIFA 2004 both making it into the top ten. Hovering between No.10 and No.15 are The Sims: Bustin' Out, Lord of the Rings - Return of the King, Medal of Honor Rising Sun, and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
Less impressive is the performance of one of the firm's hopes for the summer - Catwoman is still creeping up the charts, but going from number 17 to number 16 in its third week on release is no great shakes for a title from the market leading publisher. EA can't be blamed for the fact that the movie has tanked, of course, but the panning the game has received from reviewers won't have helped either.
Next week will see the launch of Sega's Headhunter: Redemption on Xbox and PS2, along with Microsoft's Sudeki, the Climax-developed RPG title for the Xbox - both of which ought to dent the chart in some form. Also rolling out are Jaleco's World Championship Pool 2004 (Xbox, PS2, GC, PC) and JoWooD's Crusader Kings (PC).
Rob Fahey 09:40 24/08/2004
Activision racks up seven consecutive weeks at number one
id Software's PC first-person shooter Doom 3 is still at number one in the UK this week, despite a strong challenge for the top from Sony's Athens 2004, which climbs one place to number two on the back of a 55 per cent sales increase.
The continued strong sales of Doom 3 means that the long-awaited title has now had a fortnight at the top of the chart, but also means that publisher Activision has had a title in the number one spot for seven consecutive weeks, with Spider-Man 2 holding the position before Doom 3 was launched.
Spider-Man 2 actually drops a place this week, swapping over with Athens 2004 and ending up at number three, just ahead of the week's only new release, Ubisoft's latest Xbox title in the Tom Clancy franchise, Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow, which comes in at number four.
Elsewhere in the entertainment software chart, Konami's Yu-Gi-Oh! Reshef of Destruction is the only other new entry - it was originally released two weeks ago, and appears this week at number 20.
EA's titles continue to perform strongly due to the new budget pricing being applied to many of its biggest Christmas releases from last year, with Need for Speed: Underground and FIFA 2004 both making it into the top ten. Hovering between No.10 and No.15 are The Sims: Bustin' Out, Lord of the Rings - Return of the King, Medal of Honor Rising Sun, and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
Less impressive is the performance of one of the firm's hopes for the summer - Catwoman is still creeping up the charts, but going from number 17 to number 16 in its third week on release is no great shakes for a title from the market leading publisher. EA can't be blamed for the fact that the movie has tanked, of course, but the panning the game has received from reviewers won't have helped either.
Next week will see the launch of Sega's Headhunter: Redemption on Xbox and PS2, along with Microsoft's Sudeki, the Climax-developed RPG title for the Xbox - both of which ought to dent the chart in some form. Also rolling out are Jaleco's World Championship Pool 2004 (Xbox, PS2, GC, PC) and JoWooD's Crusader Kings (PC).
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Now Last Wk Title Publisher
1 1 DOOM 3 ACTIVISION
2 3 ATHENS 2004 SONY COMPUTER ENT.
3 2 SPIDER-MAN 2 ACTIVISION
4 TOM CLANCY'S RAINBOW SIX 3: BLACK ARROW UBISOFT
5 4 DRIV3R ATARI
6 7 SHREK 2 ACTIVISION
7 6 NEED FOR SPEED: UNDERGROUND PLATINUM
8 5 THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK: BUTCHER BAY SIERRA
9 8 FORMULA 1 04 SONY COMPUTER ENT.
10 9 FIFA 2004 PLATINUM
11 11 AMERICA'S 10 MOST WANTED PLAY IT
12 10 THE SIMS: BUSTIN' OUT PLATINUM
13 16 LORD OF THE RINGS - RETURN OF THE KING PLATINUM
14 24 MEDAL OF HONOR: RISING SUN EA GAMES
15 12 HARRY POTTER - PRISONER OF AZKABAN EA GAMES
16 17 CATWOMAN EA GAMES
17 14 THE SIMS PLATINUM
18 INTERNATIONAL CUE CLUB MIDAS INTERACTIVE
19 15 SONIC HEROES SEGA
20 YU-GI-OH! RESHEF OF DESTRUCTION KONAMI
21 13 TOM CLANCY'S SPLINTER CELL: PANDORA UBISOFT
22 20 GRAND THEFT AUTO: VICE CITY PLATINUM
23 18 PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 3 PLATINUM
24 ONIMUSHA 3: DEMON SIEGE CAPCOM
25 26 FINDING NEMO DISNEY INTERACTIVE
26 19 THE SIMPSONS: HIT & RUN SIERRA
27 23 SONIC ADVANCE 3 SEGA
28 25 SINGSTAR SONY COMPUTER ENT.
29 27 RAYMAN 3 UBISOFT
30 22 WWE SMACKDOWN! HERE COMES THE PAIN PLATINUM
31 30 FIGHT NIGHT 2004 EA SPORTS
32 29 THE SIMS: SUPERSTAR EA GAMES
33 34 PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE SANDS OF TIME PLATINUM
34 XIII UBISOFT
35 28 THE SIMS: UNLEASHED EA GAMES
36 31 CHAMPIONSHIP MANAGER: SEASON 03/04 EIDOS
37 THEME PARK WORLD SOLD OUT
38 35 TONY HAWK'S UNDERGROUND ACTIVISION 02
39 WRC 3 SONY COMPUTER ENT.
40 TRUE CRIME: STREETS OF LA ACTIVISION