14 DAY TRIAL // FIFA 15 continues to lead the United Kingdom video game chart for the previous week, and the football simulation from EA Sports will probably continue to lead the top ten for a long time, given the relative lack of new releases which characterizes late December and early January.
The experience is at the moment seeing a boost in sales because of a Christmas-related promotion the developers are currently running, allowing fans to get access to special content associated with the game and pick up new packages for the very popular Ultimate Team mode.
FIFA 15 has recently received a third major update which fixes bugs and changes how defensive positioning and crosses work, and EA Sports is expected to make more tweaks to it in the future.
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, the first-person shooter from Sledgehammer Games and publisher Activision, stays put in second place, showing that the franchise still has the power to attract players and that the innovations introduced to the multiplayer mode do not have the negative impact many other changes featured before actual launch.
The final position on the United Kingdom video game podium for the week that ended on December 13 is occupied by another major recent launch, Grand Theft Auto V, which has seen its fortunes improve since it was re-launched on the PlayStation 4 from Sony and the Xbox One from Microsoft, according to UKIE data.
A PC version of the same Rockstar open world experience will be offered in late January, with all the online and DLC launches offered so far included.
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Far Cry 4, the open world shooter from Ubisoft, stays in fourth place as Kyrat attracts more players with its list of innovative activities, and LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham remains in fifth, with its impressive cast of both superheroes and villains.
The first change in the United Kingdom chart happens in sixth place, where Just Dance 2015, another title from the French publisher, has managed to re-enter the top ten.
The Xbox version of Minecraft is in seventh, gaining one position, while the PlayStation package for the same title is in eighth.
Destiny has also benefited from the launch of The Dark Below, its first expansion, and lands in ninth for the week. Finally, the top ten in the UK is closed down by Assassin’s Creed: Unity, which has dropped three places as most of its issues are still not fixed.
