There are. Should provide no surprises for anyone.
This year we’ve seen a couple of motorcycle racing games (PQube/Milestone’s ‘RIDE’ & Koch/Kylotonn’s ‘Motorcycle Club’
but now we have a 4 wheel racing game that does something that no other racing sim has done for 2 years – and that is to claim No1 on the UK All Formats Top 40 (since Codemasters’ ‘GRID 2’ back in week 22, 2013).
The game in question is ‘Project Cars’ for PS4/Xbox One/PC, a crowd-funded AAA release developed by Slightly Mad Studios in the UK and published/distributed by Bandai Namco. It’s also the first boxed product release to tick the following 3 boxes: triple screen 4K resolution and compatibility with Occulus Rift & Project Morpheus…although neither of these VR headsets are actually commercially available right now. Rockstar/Take 2 remain at No2 with ‘GTA V’ (-3%) and Warner’s 3 week run at No1 with ‘Mortal Kombat X’ is over (-35%) as the title drops to No3.
In terms of other new releases there are 2 new Nintendo titles, starting at No21 with Wii U ‘Kirby and the Rainbow Paintbrush’ with amiibo functionality and then at No32 we have 3DS compilation ‘Puzzle & Dragons Z + Super Mario Edition’. Re-entering the Top 40 for the first time this year at No38 is EA’s ‘Skate 3’ (+15%), which continues to enjoy a cult following on 360/PS3. The game dates from 2010 but units sold in 2014 and 2015 so far are close to 25% of entire lifetime sell-through, which is a highly unusual sales pattern for a boxed product.
- 1 PROJECT CARS PS4 BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT
- 2 PROJECT CARS XB ONE BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT
1 3 MORTAL KOMBAT X PS4 WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
3 4 GRAND THEFT AUTO V PS4 ROCKSTAR TAKE 2
7 5 HALO: THE MASTER CHIEF COLLECTION XB ONE MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
4 6 GRAND THEFT AUTO V XB ONE ROCKSTAR TAKE 2
2 7 MORTAL KOMBAT X XB ONE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
5 8 MINECRAFT: XBOX EDITION XB360 MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
8 9 DYING LIGHT PS4 WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
13 10 FORZA HORIZON 2 XB ONE MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
- 11 PROJECT CARS PC BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT
11 12 DYING LIGHT XB ONE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
12 13 FIFA 15 XB360 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
9 14 BATTLEFIELD HARDLINE PS4 EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
15 15 CALL OF DUTY: ADVANCED WARFARE XB ONE ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
17 16 GRAND THEFT AUTO V XB360 ROCKSTAR TAKE 2
10 17 BATTLEFIELD HARDLINE XB ONE EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
- 18 KIRBY AND THE RAINBOW PAINTBRUSH WII U NINTENDO NINTENDO
19 19 MINECRAFT: PLAYSTATION EDITION PS3 SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
22 20 FIFA 15 XB ONE EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
30 21 ASSASSIN'S CREED: UNITY PS4 UBISOFT UBISOFT
18 22 CALL OF DUTY: ADVANCED WARFARE PS4 ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
23 23 TERRARIA XB360 XBOX 360 CLASSICS 505 GAMES
14 24 BLOODBORNE PS4 SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
16 25 FIFA 15 PS4 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
36 26 DESTINY XB ONE ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
21 27 MONSTER HUNTER 4 ULTIMATE 3DS CAPCOM CAPCOM
6 28 MINECRAFT: PLAYSTATION EDITION PS4 SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
- 29 DESTINY PS4 ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
26 30 MINECRAFT: XBOX EDITION XB ONE MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
27 31 DISNEY INFINITY 2.0 XB360 DISNEY INFINITY DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS
- 32 PUZZLE & DRAGONS Z + SUPER MARIO EDITION 3DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
- 33 WATCH DOGS PS4 UBISOFT UBISOFT
38 34 CALL OF DUTY: ADVANCED WARFARE XB360 ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
- 35 THE SIMS 4 PC EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
24 36 GRAND THEFT AUTO V PC ROCKSTAR TAKE 2
32 37 MARIO PARTY 10 WII U NINTENDO NINTENDO
40 38 ASSASSIN'S CREED: UNITY XB ONE UBISOFT UBISOFT
- 39 SKYLANDERS TRAP TEAM XB360 SKYLANDERS ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
33 40 THE SIMS 4: GET TO WORK PC EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS