Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag and Battlefield 4 go head to head in a fiercely contested chart that sees Ubisoft’s title take the number one spot.  Both titles appear to be affected by the imminent appearance of both Xbox One and PS4 with neither title matching the sales of its predecessor.  Both Assassin’s Creed III and Battlefield 3 were the highest week one sellers in their respective series and achieved number one in their first week of release.  Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag benefits from its Event Title status having been available from Tuesday this week. Sega land at number six as Football Manager 2014 arrives for PC.  The title sees strong sales although it’s down 7% on Football Manager 2013 which debuted at number four.  Also new this week WWE 2K14 is at number seven and is the first in the popular series to fall under Take 2’s 2K Sports label following its acquisition from previous publisher THQ.

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Week ending 2 November 2013

POS.		TITLE	PUBLISHER	LAST WEEK
1		ASSASSIN’S CREED IV: BLACK FLAG	UBISOFT	–
2		BATTLEFIELD 4	EA GAMES	–
3	–	FIFA 14	EA SPORTS	3
4		GRAND THEFT AUTO V	ROCKSTAR	2
5		BATMAN: ARKHAM ORIGINS	WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE	1
6		FOOTBALL MANAGER 2014	SEGA	–
7		WWE 2K14	2K SPORTS	–
8		MINECRAFT: XBOX 360 EDITION	MICROSOFT	7
9		SKYLANDERS SWAP FORCE	SKYLANDERS	4
10		POKEMON Y	NINTENDO	6
11		POKEMON X	NINTENDO	5
12		JUST DANCE 2014	UBISOFT	10
13		DISNEY INFINITY	DISNEY INFINITY	11
14	–	LEGO BATMAN 2: DC SUPER HEROES	WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE	14
15		F1 2013	CODEMASTERS	12
16		LEGO THE LORD OF THE RINGS	WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE	8
17		TOMB RAIDER	SQUARE ENIX	–
18		TOM CLANCY’S SPLINTER CELL: BLACKLIST	UBISOFT	17
19		SAINTS ROW IV	DEEP SILVER	–
20		MOSHI MONSTERS: KATSUMA UNLEASHED	MIND CANDY	9