UK Charts: Skyrim Ensures A Merry Christmas For Bethesda

UK Charts ending 17th December 2011

Bethesda will be having a very Merry Christmas this year as their epic RPG, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, holds on to the number one spot of the UK Charts for the Christmas week, breaking EA and Activision’s eight year hold. Becoming the first non-EA or Activision published title since Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Skyrim holds on to the coveted crown, despite seeing an eight percent drop in sales.

Just Dance 3 sits in second, whilst Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 takes third, with the gap between the two being “extremely close”. FIFA 12 has to settle for fourth, the series’ lowest Christmas positioning in four years. Saints Row: The Third, supported by a strong price promotion, saw sales leap eight-five percent pushing the title up into fifth, with Battlefield 3 remaining in sixth.

Full chart below:

PositionTitlePublisherLabelLast Week
1THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIMBETHESDA SOFTWORKSBETHESDA SOFTWORKS1
2JUST DANCE 3UBISOFTUBISOFT3
3CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3ACTIVISIONACTIVISION BLIZZARD2
4FIFA 12EA SPORTSELECTRONIC ARTS4
5SAINTS ROW: THE THIRDTHQTHQ8
6BATTLEFIELD 3EA GAMESELECTRONIC ARTS6
7ASSASSIN'S CREED: REVELATIONSUBISOFTUBISOFT5
8MARIO & SONIC LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMESSEGASEGA11
9NEED FOR SPEED: THE RUNEA GAMESELECTRONIC ARTS13
10PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE SPECTRE'S CALLNINTENDONINTENDO7
11BATMAN: ARKHAM CITYWARNER BROS. INTERACTIVEWARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE15
12MARIO KART 7NINTENDONINTENDO10
13FORZA MOTORSPORT 4MICROSOFTMICROSOFT14
14UNCHARTED 3: DRAKE'S DECEPTIONSONY COMPUTER ENT.SONY COMPUTER ENT.9
15SUPER MARIO 3D LANDNINTENDONINTENDO12
16MOSHI MONSTERS: MOSHLING ZOOMIND CANDYMIND CANDY
17ZUMBA FITNESS505 GAMES505 GAMES17
18LEGO HARRY POTTER: YEARS 5-7WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVEWARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE16
19SONIC GENERATIONSSEGASEGA
20ABBA: YOU CAN DANCEUBISOFTUBISOFT20

UKIE Games Charts©, compiled by GfK Chart-Track.