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Payday 2 steals topspot in UK charts

Overkill and 505 pull off the perfect heist.
Mike Holmes 19 August 2013

Minecraft has finally been blocked off from the top of the UK multi-format sales charts, and has been replaced by Payday 2.

Overkill and 505 Games' FPS heist-em up went straight to first place in its debut week, proving the decision to bring the series to retail a good one (Payday: The Heist was a download-only title when it was released in 2011).

There's not a lot of interesting movement further down the chart. A resurgent Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 made it up to third after a 60% increase in sales, and The Smurfs 2 dropped a few places, but for the most part the line-up remains similar to how it looked this time last week.

1. Payday 2 | 505 Games
2. Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition | Microsoft
3. Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 | Activision
4. FIFA 13 | EA
5. Animal Crossing: New Leaf | Nintendo
6. The Last of Us | Sony
7. The Smurfs 2 | Ubisoft
8. Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes | Warner Bros.
9. Tomb Raider | Square Enix
10. Grand Theft Auto IV | Take 2
11. Assassin's Creed III | Ubisoft
12. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Legendary Edition | Bethesda
13. Need for Speed: Most Wanted | EA
14. Lego Lord of the Rings | Warner Bros.
15. Far Cry 3 | Ubisoft
16. Max Payne 3 | Take 2
17. Grand Theft Auto Episodes - Liberty City | Take 2
18. Battlefield 3 | EA
19. Bioshock Infinite | Take 2
20. Red Dead Redemption GOTY | Take 2

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