Last week was a major week for new video game releases, but it should come as no surprise that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare ended up being the biggest launch of the week.

Over in the UK, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare ended up being the top-seller on the weekly video game sales chart, to the shock of absolutely no one. Modern Warfare will likely be the best-selling game for the entirety of 2019 once it's all said and done, meaning that it will likely sit highly on the chart here for awhile.

By comparison to last year's Call of Duty title, Black Ops 4, GamesIndustry.biz reports that Modern Warfare sold 39% more copies at retail compared to its predecessor. This wasn't enough to top the physical launch week sales of Call of Duty: WWII, but with digital sales being accounted for, both releases are said to be very close to one another.

Following behind Modern Warfare on the week was that of FIFA 20, which is almost always near the top of the charts in the UK. New releases in WWE 2K20The Outer Worlds, and MediEvil then rounded out the top five spots for the week. We'll have to see if these new releases end up having staying power on the UK sales chart as we continue to move forward.

You can find the full top-40 list for last week in the UK down below.

Last Week

This Week

Title

Age Rating

Publisher

1

CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE

PEGI 18+

ACTIVISION

1

2

FIFA 20

PEGI 3+

EA SPORTS

3

WWE 2K20

PEGI 16+

2K

4

THE OUTER WORLDS

PEGI 18+

PRIVATE DIVISION

5

MEDIEVIL

PEGI 7+

SONY COMPUTER ENT.

2

6

MARIO KART 8 DELUXE

PEGI 3+

NINTENDO

3

7

RING FIT ADVENTURE

PEGI 7+

NINTENDO

4

8

TOM CLANCY'S GHOST RECON: BREAKPOINT

PEGI 18+

UBISOFT

6

9

PLANTS VS ZOMBIES: BATTLE FOR NEIGHBORVILLE

PEGI 7+

EA GAMES

7

10

MINECRAFT

PEGI 7+

NINTENDO

9

11

GRAND THEFT AUTO V

PEGI 18+

ROCKSTAR

15

12

CRASH TEAM RACING NITRO-FUELED

PEGI 3+

ACTIVISION

8

13

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: LINK'S AWAKENING

PEGI 7+

NINTENDO

26

14

ANTHEM

PEGI 16+

EA GAMES

23

15

CRASH BANDICOOT N.SANE TRILOGY

PEGI 7+

ACTIVISION

12

16

SUPER MARIO MAKER 2

PEGI 3+

NINTENDO

17

RESIDENT EVIL 2

PEGI 18+

CAPCOM

13

18

SEA OF THIEVES

PEGI 12+

MICROSOFT

14

19

MINECRAFT: XBOX EDITION

PEGI 7+

MICROSOFT

10

20

BORDERLANDS 3

PEGI 18+

2K

18

21

MINECRAFT: PLAYSTATION EDITION

PEGI 7+

SONY COMPUTER ENT.

27

22

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: BREATH OF THE WILD

PEGI 12+

NINTENDO

24

23

BATTLEFIELD V

PEGI 16+

EA GAMES

24

TOM CLANCY'S THE DIVISION 2

PEGI 18+

UBISOFT

25

25

SPYRO REIGNITED TRILOGY

PEGI 7+

ACTIVISION

30

26

GEARS 5

PEGI 18+

MICROSOFT

16

27

SUPER SMASH BROS. ULTIMATE

PEGI 12+

NINTENDO

17

28

FORZA HORIZON 3

PEGI 3+

MICROSOFT

20

29

RED DEAD REDEMPTION 2

PEGI 18+

ROCKSTAR

5

30

THE WITCHER III: WILD HUNT GOTY EDITION

PEGI 18+

BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT

35

31

LEGO HARRY POTTER COLLECTION

PEGI 7+

WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE

21

32

HELLO NEIGHBOR

PEGI 7+

GEARBOX PUBLISHING

33

33

SUPER MARIO ODYSSEY

PEGI 7+

NINTENDO

29

34

GOD OF WAR

PEGI 18+

PLAYSTATION HITS

35

EFOOTBALL PES 2020

PEGI 3+

KONAMI

32

36

NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. U DELUXE

PEGI 3+

NINTENDO

22

37

GHOSTBUSTERS THE VIDEO GAME: REMASTERED

PEGI 12+

MAD DOG

11

38

OVERWATCH

PEGI 12+

BLIZZARD

36

39

MARVEL'S SPIDER-MAN

PEGI 16+

SONY COMPUTER ENT.

19

40

POKEMON: LET'S GO, PIKACHU!

PEGI 7+

NINTENDO