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Ghost Recon: Wildlands is biggest launch this year in UK

It beat the likes of Zelda, Horizon, and Lego Worlds.
Sam Bishop 13 March 2017

Trade body UKIE has revealed that Ubisoft's open world shooter Ghost Recon: Wildlands had the biggest launch this year, beating the likes of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild to get there.

It edged out Horizon: Zero Dawn to claim first place, with Guerrilla Games' open world adventure only holding the title of biggest launch for a week, and Lego Worlds couldn't do much to stop its strong launch either. Here's last week's top 10 in full:

1. Ghost Recon: Wildlands / Ubisoft (new)
2. Horizon: Zero Dawn / Sony
3. Lego Worlds / Warner Bros. Interactive (new)
4. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild / Nintendo
5. Grand Theft Auto V / Rockstar
6. Nier: Automata / Square Enix (new)
7. FIFA 17 / EA Sports
8. Rocket League / 505 Games
9. 1-2 Switch / Nintendo
10. Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare / Activision

Did you expect Wildlands to claim the title of the biggest launch of this year?

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