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Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla Beats Call Of Duty: Black Ops Cold War In UK Physical Sales

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Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla raided the number one spot in UK physical sales last week topping Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War.

This is certainly a rare occurrence because it is the first time in 13 years that a Call of Duty game hasn’t claimed the top-spot during its debut week.

Image from Assassins Creed Valhalla
Credit: Ubisoft

The Call of Duty game that was released 13 years ago was Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare which is considered to be by many as the best in the long-running series.

Although this is a huge success for Valhalla [via GamesIndustry.biz], it is worth bearing in mind that this particular sales chart is for physical releases and does not include digital sales.

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Credit: Activision

From November 8th to November 14th Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla took the top spot in the top 10 across PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S with Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War clinching second place.

Taking up the third spot was Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales from Insomniac Games which released for PS4 and PS5, although the PS5 version was made available a week ahead of the UK next-gen console launch.

Miles Morales in Spider Man
Credit: Insomniac Games

Another statistic that will surely please those that still like to purchase their games in physical form is that overall sales of physical games were up by 96% compared to the previous week.

However it is also worth mentioning that once the numbers come in that includes digital sales, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War may claim the overall top spot.

Activision Blizzard Marketing Director Anna Malmhake told Call of Duty fansite CharlieIntel that Black Ops Cold War set a record for first-day digital sales and is expected to outperform last year’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.

Image from Assassins Creed Valhalla
Credit: Ubisoft

Just last week it was revealed that the online active player-count was doubled in Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla when compared to that of 2018’s Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey at launch.

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