UK Sales Chart: Black Ops 3 is the Christmas #1

The sixth Call of Duty game to win the Christmas #1, Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 defeated Star Wars Battlefront and FIFA 16 to claim this year’s honor, rising 33% in sales to do so.

Elsewhere on the chart, Assassin’s Creed Syndicate placed in 6th, which is the first time an Ubisoft title has finished outside the top five in a Christmas Chart week since 2008. Just Cause 3, meanwhile, fell one place to 7th, but sales held steady with a 0% shift.

Here’s the top 20 selling retail games in the UK for the week ending December 19, 2015, according to GfK Chart-Track:

1. Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 (up 33%)
2. Star Wars Battlefront (up 20%)
3. FIFA 16 (up 24%)
4. Fallout 4 (up 44%)
5. Minecraft: Story Mode (up 11%)
6. Assassin’s Creed Syndicate (up 20%)
7. Just Cause 3 (0%)
8. Grand Theft Auto V (up 21%)
9. Rainbow Six Siege (down 2%)
10. Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection (up 10%)
11. WWE 2K16
12. Just Dance 2016
13. Halo 5: Guardians
14. Forza Motorsport 6
15. Rise of the Tomb Raider
16. LEGO Jurassic World
17. LEGO Dimensions
18. Need for Speed
19. Minecraft: Xbox Edition
20. Football Manager 2016

Are you surprised that Call of Duty won the Christmas Chart?

[Source: GfK Chart-Track (1), (2)]