The week of Black Friday every year always throws off the patterns that we glean from sales charts and that has been no different here in 2018. Last week's sales in the UK for the week of Black Friday and with it one of the year's best performing games in the market has found its way back to the top of the chart.

Yes, FIFA 19, the ever-popular soccer title in Europe, has once again surged back to the first place position. The game jumped four spots from fifth the week prior and in the process beat out Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 and Red Dead Redemption 2, which slotted in at third and fourth respectively. Compared to many other recent releases on this list, FIFA 19 was discounted by quite a bit on Black Friday, which is likely the biggest contributor as to why it ended back in the first place spot.

As for new releases on the week, EA's Battlefield 5 was the only major game to launch during this period and it debuted in fourth. According to GamesIndustry.biz, launch sales for Battlefield 5 are down by 63% compared to the release of Battlefield 1. Despite sales looking soft though, it still managed to outperform first week numbers for both Fallout 76 and Assassin's Creed Odyssey. It'll be interesting to see how the game charts from this point onward.

And last but not least, other notable movements on the week include Spyro: Reignited Trilogy dropping down to ninth after debuting last week at first. Much like others on this list, this is almost certainly attributed to the fact that the game wasn't on sale in many places during Black Friday. Also worth noting is Fallout 76's drop from third to seventh, Forza Horizon 4 climbing back into fifth, and the Pokemon: Let's Go games each falling with the Pikachu edition ranking much higher than that of the Eevee version.

The full top-40 for last week can be seen below.

Last Week

This Week

Title

Age Rating

Publisher

5

1

FIFA 19

PEGI 3+

EA SPORTS

7

2

CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS 4

PEGI 18+

ACTIVISION

2

3

RED DEAD REDEMPTION 2

PEGI 18+

ROCKSTAR

4

BATTLEFIELD V

PEGI 16+

EA GAMES

11

5

FORZA HORIZON 4

PEGI 3+

MICROSOFT

13

6

MARVEL'S SPIDER-MAN

PEGI 16+

SONY COMPUTER ENT.

3

7

FALLOUT 76

PEGI 18+

BETHESDA SOFTWORKS

4

8

POKEMON: LET'S GO, PIKACHU!

PEGI 7+

NINTENDO

1

9

SPYRO REIGNITED TRILOGY

PEGI 7+

ACTIVISION

9

10

MARIO KART 8 DELUXE

PEGI 3+

NINTENDO

15

11

ASSASSIN'S CREED ODYSSEY

PEGI 18+

UBISOFT

8

12

FORTNITE: DEEP FREEZE BUNDLE

PEGI 12+

WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE

16

13

CRASH BANDICOOT N.SANE TRILOGY

PEGI 7+

ACTIVISION

12

14

WWE 2K19

PEGI 16+

2K

17

15

PLAYSTATION VR WORLDS

PEGI 16+

SONY COMPUTER ENT.

16

FARMING SIMULATOR 19

PEGI 3+

FOCUS HOME INTERACTIVE

26

17

SHADOW OF THE TOMB RAIDER

PEGI 18+

SQUARE ENIX

6

18

POKEMON: LET'S GO, EEVEE!

PEGI 7+

NINTENDO

22

19

ASTRO BOT RESCUE MISSION

PEGI 7+

SONY COMPUTER ENT.

27

20

LEGO THE INCREDIBLES

PEGI 7+

WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE

21

GOD OF WAR

PEGI 18+

SONY COMPUTER ENT.

22

TEKKEN 7

PEGI 16+

BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT

23

PROJECT CARS 2

PEGI 3+

BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT

18

24

SUPER MARIO PARTY

PEGI 3+

NINTENDO

19

25

SUPER MARIO ODYSSEY

PEGI 7+

NINTENDO

23

26

GRAND THEFT AUTO V

PEGI 18+

ROCKSTAR

14

27

JUST DANCE 2019

PEGI 3+

UBISOFT

25

28

RESIDENT EVIL 7: BIOHAZARD

PEGI 18+

CAPCOM

21

29

MINECRAFT

PEGI 7+

NINTENDO

30

BENDY AND THE INK MACHINE

PEGI 12+

MAXIMUM GAMES

31

NBA 2K19

PEGI 3+

2K

29

32

FAR CRY 5

PEGI 18+

UBISOFT

33

MINECRAFT: MASTER COLLECTION

PEGI 7+

MICROSOFT

34

FORZA MOTORSPORT 7

PEGI 3+

MICROSOFT

35

DETROIT: BECOME HUMAN

PEGI 18+

SONY COMPUTER ENT.

20

36

LEGO DC SUPER-VILLAINS

PEGI 7+

WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE

37

MINECRAFT: XBOX EDITION

PEGI 7+

MICROSOFT

28

38

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: BREATH OF THE WILD

PEGI 12+

NINTENDO

39

F1 2018

PEGI 3+

CODEMASTERS

24

40

LEGO HARRY POTTER COLLECTION

PEGI 7+

WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE