FIFA top of UK charts for a fourth week as Evil Within debuts at No.2

FIFA 15 has held off competition from The Evil Within and Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel to stay top of the UK charts for another week running.

EA’s sports game made it a fourth week at the top, matching FIFA 13’s success, according to the latestUkie Games Charts, compiled by GfK Chart-Track.

This is despite close competition from the latest horror game from Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami, Bethesda’s The Evil Within.

The title replaced fellow horror survival game Alien: Isolation in second place, with the latter falling to sixth as sales drop by 70 per cent.

Meanwhile, the second biggest new release last week was Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, which launched on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 at number three.

Warner Bros’ Lord of the Rings spin-off Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor saw its sales halve, falling a place to fourth.

Microsoft’s Xbox-exclusive open-world racer Forza Horizon 2 was also pushed down a spot to fifth in its third week in the charts, while the PS4-exclusive Driveclub drops down to eiggth in its second week.

In contrast, Minecraft: Playstation Edition climbed a place this week thanks to a bump in sales, reaching number nine.

Codemasters’ latest Formula One title F1 2014 fills out the Top Ten.

Here’s the software Top Ten for the week ending October 18th:

1. FIFA 15 – EA
2. The Evil Within – Bethesda
3. Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel – 2K
4. Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
5. Forza Horizon 2 – Microsoft
6. Alien: Isolation – Sega
7. Destiny – Activision
8. Driveclub – Sony
9. Minecraft: PlayStation Edition – Sony
10. F1 2014 – Codemasters
11. Skylanders Trap Team – Activision
12. Super Smash Bros for 3DS – Nintendo
13. Minecraft: Xbox Edition – Microsoft
14. NBA 2K15 – 2K
15. Disney Infinity 2.0 – Disney
16. The LEGO Movie Videogame – Warner Bros
17. Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare – EA
18. Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition – Square Enix
19. Grand Theft Auto V – Rockstar
20. The Sims 4 – EA
21. Call of Duty: Ghosts – Activision
22. Wolfenstein: The New Order – Bethesda
23. Frozen: Olaf’s Quest – ASP/Avanquest
24. Watch Dogs – Ubisoft
25. The Borderlands Collection – 2K
26. LEGO Marvel Super Heroes – Warner Bros
27. Terraria – 505 Games
28. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
29. The Last of Us Remastered – Sony
30. Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
31. Battlefield 4 – EA
32. Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag – Ubisoft
33. Disney Infinity – Disney
34. New Super Mario Bros U – Nintendo
35. Skate 3 – EA
36. Diablo III: Reaper of Souls – Ultimate Evil Edition – Blizzard
37. Titanfall – EA
38. Command & Conquer: Ultimate Collection – EA
39. Sniper Elite 3 – 505 Games
40. Just Dance 2014 – Ubisoft