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UK Chart: Dead Space 3 shoots to No.1

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By Tom Ivan published 11 February 2013

Game records the best launch of 2013 to date

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Dead Space 3 has entered the UK all formats chart at No.1.

Retail monitor Chart-Track said the game enjoyed the biggest launch of 2013 so far, but that first week sales were down almost 27 per cent compared to those of Dead Space 2, which also claimed the top spot following its January 2011 release.

The Xbox 360 version of the new game captured 65 per cent of total sales, the PS3 edition 31 per cent and the PC one four per cent. In comparison, the Dead Space 2 split was 56 per cent on Xbox 360, 40 per cent on PS3 and four per cent on PC.

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