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Matt Martin 07:55 (BST)
08/04/2008

Matt Martin

Gran Turismo 5 spends second week at number one

Sony and Polyphony Digital's Gran Turismo 5: Prologue has spent a second week at the top of the Chart Track All Formats charts in the UK, despite a drop in sales of 40 per cent.

Sega's Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games climbs up one place to two, while Ubisoft's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 is at three with sales falling 43 per cent.

Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 remains at four this week helped by the Wii SKU which has boosted sales of the football favourite by 34 per cent.

The highest new entry is Sega's Condemned 2 at five, with the publisher also seeing sales of Viking: Battle for Asgard climb as the game moves up the charts one place from eight to seven.

The only other new entry this week is D3P's new release, Dark Sector, which just manages to miss the top ten at number 11.

The Top Ten best-selling titles in UK are:

1. Gran Turismo 5: Prologue

2. Mario & sonic at the Olympic Games

3. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2

4. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008

5. Condemned 2

6. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock

7. Viking: Battle for Asgard

8. Wii Play

9. Dr Kawashima's Brain Training

10. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

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