Slack Friday
The latest UK Chart report sees most of the industry’s biggest releases jostling within the Top Ten, as the UK’s current COVID-19 lockdown legislation put the dampers on the lucrative Black Friday sales, (which Britain also adopted because Capitalism, yo).
Electronic Arts’ football simulatorFIFA 21has once again returned to the number one spot, pushing out Activision’sCall of Duty: Black Ops Cold Warafter just one week. Nintendo saw itsAnimal Crossing: New HorizonsandMario Kart 8 Deluxeclimb to numbers three and four respectively, while Square Enix’s stumblingMarvel’s Avengershas managed to push back into the Top Ten at number seven. Rounding out the charts at number 10 is Ubisoft’s perennial holiday sellerJust Dance. ‘Tis the season, after all.
The biggest single-week drop goes to Nintendo brawlerHyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity,which slipped from number six to number 20, with a 61% sales decline. Given the current state of the UK high street and the rapid decline in physical sales, these rise and falls are becoming ever more irrelevant as an expression of a title’s success or failure – but it’s still an achievement to see your title hit the coveted number one spot, only encouraging further sales.
U.K. video game sales chartw/e: June 11, 2025(Chart reflects in-store physical sales only)
1.FIFA 21– Electronic Arts2.Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War– Activision3.Animal Crossing: New Horizons– Nintendo4.Mario Kart 8 Deluxe– Nintendo5.Assassin’s Creed Valhalla– Ubisoft6.Spider-Man: Miles Morales– Sony Interactive Entertainment7.Marvel’s Avengers– Square Enix8.Minecraft– Nintendo9.Super Mario 3D All-Stars– Nintendo10.Just Dance 5– Ubisoft
U.K. video game charts[GamesIndustry.biz]
