Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare claims Christmas number one

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare has become the fifth Call of Duty game to claim the coveted Christmas number one title

                                                   Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare 

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare has fought off competition from FIFA 15 and Grand Theft Auto 5 to claim the coveted top spot in the Christmas 2014 video games chart.

Grand Theft Auto 5 remains the top selling game in the UK on the PlayStation 4, but did not sell enough across other formats to beat Call of Duty to the top spot, coming third overall.

Sales of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare received a last-minute boost, thanks to a well-timed promotion on the PS4 version, helping it leapfrog FIFA 15, according to GfK Chart-Track, which compiles the video games chart.

"Last year, FIFA 14 pulled off a similar trick, sneaking ahead of Call of Duty: Ghosts at the last minute to claim the festive top spot, and it appears that Activision Blizzard were set on exacting revenge in 2014," said GfK.

Sales of Call of Duty were up 33 per cent this week, while FIFA 15 sales were up 8 per cent and Grand Theft Auto V sales were up 16 per cent.

Despite a 97 per cent surge in sales of Assassin’s Creed: Unity, and sales of The Crew up 92 per cent due to a huge price promotion, Far Cry 4 remained Ubisoft’s top selling game over the festive week, claiming fourth spot.

The full chart for the week of 20 December is as follows:

1. Call Of Duty: Advanced Warfare

2. FIFA 15

3. Grand Theft Auto V

4. Far Cry 4

5. Assassin’s Creed Unity

6. The Crew

7. Destiny 

8. Minecraft (Xbox edition)

9. Minecraft (PlayStation edition)

10. Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham 

11. Just Dance 2015

12. Driveclub

13. WWE 2K15

14. The Evil Within

15. Assassin's Creed: Rogue

16. Super Smash Bros

17. Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor

18. Dragon Age: Inquisition

19. Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag

20. LittleBigPlanet 3 - .telegraph.co.uk