Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is the UK all-formats number one for a third successive week.
Sales of Activision's shooter fell 41 per cent week on week, but it retains top spot ahead of Assassin's Creed: Revelations, sales of which dropped 61 per cent. Modern Warfare 3 succeeds where predecessor Black Ops failed: this time last year it was denied the number one spot for a third week in a row by Gran Turismo 5.
After last week's glut of new releases, just two games debut in the top ten: THQ's WWE 12 at number six, ahead of Professor Layton And The Spectre's Call in seventh. Warner Bros' Lord Of The Rings: War In The North enters the chart at number 38.
01. Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Activision)
02. Assassin's Creed Revelations (Ubisoft)
03. Saints Row The Third (THQ)
04. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda)
05. FIFA 12 (EA)
06. WWE 12 (THQ)
07. Professor Layton And The Spectre's Call (Nintendo)
08. Just Dance 3 (Ubisoft)
09. Battlefield 3 (EA)
10. Super Mario 3D Land (Nintendo)