Despite LittleBigPlanet 2's chart-topping debut last week, and Dead Space 2's identical feat this week, Call Of Duty: Black Ops is still the title on most gamers' minds. Whil Visceral Games' space horror amassed 16,516 mentions, far in excess of third place LBP2's 6756, it was nearly 10,000 short of Activision's perennial talking point, which saw 25,996.
Meanwhile, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood slipped only one place to fourth, with a sturdy 6261 comments, and Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit engaged its handbrake to remain in fifth with 4067.
UK Sales Chart week ended January 29
In the positive buzz chart, Just Dance 2 achieved first place with a convincing 49 per cent, FIFA 11 - last week's number one - just behind with 48. Dead Space 2, meanwhile, debuted in third position, one per cent less than FIFA.
Just Dance 2 has the dubious honour of remaining top of the negative buzz chart for the second week running, it's 21 per cent keeping it just ahead of non-mover Assassin's Creed which found 20 per cent of those discussing it unhappy. Autolog kept Hot Pursuit players happy yet again, downbeat commentary regarding Criterion Games' racer making up only one per cent of its total.
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In our monthly look at the most talked about upcoming and released games, Angry Birds has soared to the top of the chart, it's 27,379 mentions placing it well ahead of even Black Ops and World Of Warcraft. LittleBigPlanet 2 only just made it, finding a place at ten with 6951 mentions, while Crysis 2 (9854) and Bulletstorm (8713) settled in seventh and eigth respectively. Finally, Dead Space 2 debuted in fifth.
In terms of positive mentions, however, Visceral's game's 47 per cent led the pack, while Angry Birds was grounded at number ten with 35. Rovio's game also attracted the most negative commentary this month, its 21 per cent placing it way out ahead of second place Mass Effect 2, which saw 15.
Source: Brandwatch
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