14 DAY TRIAL // It looks like NetherRealm Studios really struck gold with the recently released Mortal Kombat X, as it emerges once more victorious in the battle for sales chart dominance in the United Kingdom.
The information comes from retail sales tracking firm Chart Track, showing the evolution of entertainment software in the UK during the week ending May 2.
Mortal Kombat is at the top for the third time, marking one of the most successful entries in the series, and showing that the team was right to reboot the fighting video game franchise back in 2011.
Although the title noticed a significant dip in sales, if it manages to stay at the top one more week, it's going to break the record set by Battlefield Hardline.
Things are unchanged since last week on the podium, with MKX being followed by Rockstar Games' sprawling action-adventure game Grand Theft Auto V and Visceral Games' first-person shooter Battlefield Hardline.
Both games continue to get strong sales, and things are likely to go on, but this week we're getting two new solid entries, MachineGames' Wolfenstein: The Old Blood and Slightly Mad Studios' Project Cars, so MKX's crown might get snagged.
Beyond the podium
The bank holiday weekend apparently helped a bunch of titles get a spike in sales, and the FIFA 15 Xbox 360 bundle helped EA Games' football simulation to secure the fourth position.
Techland's first-person parkour and zombie bashing bonanza Dying Light noticed a similar increase, landing at position number five, right between the Xbox and PlayStation editions of Mojang's pixelated building game, Minecraft.
Sledgehammer Games' Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare follows at spot number eight, with Halo: The Master Chief Collection making a resurgence, climbing five positions, right above 2K's wrestling game, WWE 2K15.
Other interesting shifts are Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, Skylanders Trap Team, and Assassin's Creed Unity returning once again into the spotlight, at the bottom of the top 20.
Not that much action this week, but the next one, we'll surely see a more dynamic evolution of UK retail activity.