Games
Survival
Dead Island Riptide

UK Chart: Dead Island Riptide debuts at No.1

By Tom Ivan published 29 April 2013

But sequel sells less than half of the original’s first week total

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

Dead Island: Riptide claimed the top spot on the UK all formats all prices chart for the week ended April 27. The sequel to 2011's smash hit Dead Island matched the original by securing the No.1 position in its debut week despite shifting less than half the number of copies managed by its predecessor.

Injustice: Gods Among Us slipped to No.2, while Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen and Star Trek were new entries in third and fourth places respectively. Also new this week were 3DS exclusive Lego City Undercover: The Chase Begins at No.8 and PS3-only Deadly Premonition: Director's Cut at No.38.

GfK/Chart-Track Top 10 (previous week):

CATEGORIES

Tom Ivan

Silent Hill f sells over 1 million copies in just 4 days as Konami confirms the new horror game is already "exceeding" the success the Silent Hill 2 remake saw last year

An image from Mafia: The Old Country, showing a shootout between men in a dark crypt with bodies scattered across the floor.

Mafia: The Old Country debuts to the second-best reviews in the series, but has been beaten in Steam player count by a version of every past entry so far

Borderlands 4 launch "not as explosive as its predecessors," analyst reports, but "strong" Steam start and "steady console sales" make it "positioned for long legs" - especially once the discounts start flowing

Helldivers 2 may be a Sony-published game, but it's got off to a way better start on Xbox than it did on PS5 after selling almost 1 million copies in less than a week

Assassin's Creed Shadows screenshot showing female protagonist Naoe

Assassin's Creed Shadows beats Mario Kart World and Elden Ring Nightreign to be the top-selling 2025 game in Europe this year, but EA Sports FC 25 has still managed to sell more

"It did great": Ghost of Yotei sales are matching the famously efficient Ghost of Tsushima in the US, analyst says

Latest in Survival

A screenshot shows a No Man's Sky ship cruising through a dark and foggy wasteland

"The darker side of the universe": No Man's Sky adds "spooky" Breach Expedition update with new solar systems as devs celebrate last big patch hitting 110,000 concurrent PC players

Palworld dev's new publishing label isn't interested in AI slop: "If you're big on AI stuff ... we're not the right partner for that"

Palworld is getting a spooktacular new Halloween update featuring costumes and "mystery" just like in 2024, despite Pocketpair saying "things will be a little quiet" in preparation for 1.0

After asking for $50,000 and getting almost $4 million, the Don't Starve board game is running out of stretch goals on Kickstarter: "With a community like yours, is anything impossible?"

Co-op survival game Necesse is like Terraria but top-down with an "infinite" world – it just left early access and flew up the Steam charts with Palworld's blessing: "Absolute banger"

"We're doing just fine:" Palworld dev addresses hate surrounding the survival game, says it's just "an easy 500k views" that "doesn't actually have any impact on the game"

Latest in News

As Battlefield 6 cracks down on Portal bot farms with XP caps, rules for in-game activity and more, dev says "a curated list of community servers" will have progression enabled as a test

Daniel Craig in new James Bond movie No Time to Die

Despite previous reports suggesting James Bond was worth $1 billion, Amazon only paid $20 million for the rights to the 007 franchise

New anime movie Chainsaw Man unveils its popcorn bucket design, and it's surprisingly adorable

Helldivers 2 intro cutscene helldiver thumbs up

Helldivers 2 patch "marks a big step forward" for Arrowhead, which "made a bunch of changes behind the scenes" to fix over 200 bugs and finally tackle the game's performance woes

Guillermo del Toro would love to adapt The Phantom of the Opera after Frankenstein, but he'd "do it differently"

EA hits like Battlefield 4 and The Sims 4 were given time to bounce back from rough launches because they were "too big to fail," whereas with BioWare's Anthem, it wasn't "a given that it was going to be that big"

1
Once Upon a Katamari review: "Time traveling cowboy adventures, ninja thievery, pirate battles, and more make this the most inventive evolution of the series yet"
2
Jurassic World Evolution 3 review: "Far from a fossil, this park builder is one you'll keep coming back to, despite its flaws"
3
Ninja Gaiden 4 review: "Thrilling action and deep blood powers make this the series' best and a stunning return to form"
4
Keeper review: "One of the most wonderfully bizarre games I've ever played – a stunning slice of magic"
5
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 review: "My dream vampire RPG has been staked – this blunt-toothed sequel is just a boring, linear action brawler instead"

1
Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc review "Storytelling just as compelling as the chainsaws, devils, and visually excessive fight scenes"
2
Tron: Ares review: "Misses out by swapping the Grid for the real world"
3
One Battle After Another review: "One of the best studio movies in years and an instant classic"
4
The Conjuring: Last Rites review: "Not bold or memorable enough for the Warrens' final chapter"
5
Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle review: "Roars past Mugen Train as Demon Slayer's best adventure yet"

1
IT: Welcome to Derry review: "A supremely confident step back into the history of Stephen King's cursed town and killer clown"
2
Splinter Cell: Deathwatch review: "A pale imitation of the long-dormant stealth franchise"
3
Marvel Zombies review: "A fun expansion of the What If episode with delightful MCU Easter eggs and truly gross R-rated kills"
4
Gen V season 2 review: "As strong as the first season, if not stronger"
5
Wednesday season 2 part 2 review: "Ortega shines, but it's a zombie who steals the entire show"