Tomb Raider tops UK charts with biggest launch of 2013 yet

<p>The recently released <em>Tomb Raider<&sol;em> has debuted at the top of the UK all-formats all-prices chart and has enjoyed the biggest launch of 2013 to date&comma; outselling the year&&num;8217&semi;s previous most successful launch&comma; <em>Aliens&colon; Colonial Marines<&sol;em>&comma; by more than two to one&comma; according to retail monitor Chart-Track&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Despite a shambolic and controversial launch which left many people unable to play the game they had paid for&comma; EA&&num;8217&semi;s <em>SimCity<&sol;em> made a successful debut at no&period;2&comma; although the same couldn&&num;8217&semi;t be said for Nintendo 3DS exclusive <em>Castlevania&colon; Lords of Shadow &&num;8211&semi; Mirror of Fate<&sol;em>&comma; which failed to break into the top 40 of the same chart&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>GfK&sol;Chart-Track Top 10&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>1&period;<&sol;strong> <em>Tomb Raider<&sol;em> &lpar;Square Enix&rpar;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>2&period;<&sol;strong> <em>SimCity<&sol;em> &lpar;EA&rpar;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>3&period;<&sol;strong> <em>Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm 3<&sol;em> &lpar;Namco&rpar;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>4&period;<&sol;strong> <em>The Sims 3&colon; University Life<&sol;em> &lpar;EA&rpar;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>5&period;<&sol;strong> <em>FIFA 13<&sol;em> &lpar;EA&rpar;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>6&period;<&sol;strong> <em>Crysis 3<&sol;em> &lpar;EA&rpar;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>7&period;<&sol;strong> <em>Call of Duty&colon; Black Ops 2<&sol;em> &lpar;Activision&rpar;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>8&period;<&sol;strong> <em>Far Cry 3<&sol;em> &lpar;Ubisoft&rpar;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>9&period;<&sol;strong> <em>Metal Gear Rising&colon; Revengeance<&sol;em> &lpar;Konami&rpar;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>10&period;<&sol;strong> <em>The Elder Scrolls V&colon; Skyrim<&sol;em> &lpar;Bethesda&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;Via&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;computerandvideogames&period;com&sol;395277&sol;uk-chart-tomb-raider-is-biggest-launch-of-2013&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">CVG<&sol;a>&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;