It's time for a look at the final UK boxed sales charts data of 2023, and one of the year's most popular games has once again emerged victorious.
Hogwarts Legacy takes the last top spot of the year, hitting number one for the week ending December 30th. This isn't the game's first time topping the charts, either.
Second place for this week goes to Super Mario Bros. Wonder, which was engaged in a fierce battle with Marvel's Spider-Man 2 for chart supremacy throughout October.
In third place, it's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, proving that controversy can't always beat brand recognition. After all, this third game in the trilogy earned the highest player engagement across all three games.
Fourth place in the UK boxed sales charts for the week ending December 30th is Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, because of course it is. In fifth, it's Marvel's Spider-Man 2.
Sixth place goes to EA Sports FC 24, which appears to have endured quite the precipitous fall after having hit number one numerous times throughout the last part of 2023.
You'll find Grand Theft Auto 5 in seventh place, no doubt because of the enduring success of GTA Online. With GTA 6 on the horizon, though, GTA 5's days in the charts may be numbered.
Eighth place goes to Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate, with newest installment Mortal Kombat 1 currently nowhere to be seen anywhere in the UK top 40. Oh dear.
In ninth, it's Ubisoft's open-world extravaganza Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, a game by which our very own Andrew Stretch was distinctly underwhelmed.
Lastly, in tenth place, you'll find Nintendo Switch Sports, an eternally popular multiplayer staple that hasn't quite hit Mario Kart 8 Deluxe's heights this week, but that has performed respectably nonetheless.
Eleventh through fifteenth places run as follows: Gran Turismo 7, Minecraft, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Assassin's Creed Mirage, and Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope.
