PlayStation Store PAL charts: January 2013

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As ever, January was a relatively quiet month for new releases, so the charts were dominated by a mix of end-of-year blockbusters and older titles benefiting from discounted prices. Let’s have a look how everything lined up:

Full PS3 game downloads:

Saints Row: The Third took the top spot by a whisker thanks to some nice savings in our January sale. New releases DmC Devil May Cry and Demon’s Souls didn’t quite make the top 10, though both were released at the end of the month.

• Saints Row: The Third (Re-entry)
• Just Cause 2 (5)
• Sports Champions 2 (RE)
• Far Cry 3 (1)
• PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale (RE)
• Deus Ex: Human Revolution (RE)
• Lord of the Rings: War in the North (New)
• Borderlands 2 (RE)
• Red Dead Redemption (RE)
• Max Payne 3 (RE)

PSN games:

Journey rocketed back to the top spot, buoyed by its appearance in a number of Game of the Year lists. Elsewhere, Double Fine’s eccentric subterranean adventure The Cave entered in second place, and The Walking Dead showed great legs at five.

• Journey (6)
• The Cave (New)
• Sonic Adventure 2 (RE)
• The Walking Dead – Season Pass (4)
• Mass Effect (1)
• Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD (5)
• Okami HD (7)
• TOKYO JUNGLE (3)
• Hydrophobia Prophecy (RE)
• Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection (RE)

PS Vita games:

It was a second month of chart domination for Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath HD on the PS Vita chart. Congratulations to the team at Just Add Water. Retro City Rampage put in a strong showing to debut in second place, while Table Top Tanks and Table Ice Hockey popped up courtesy of price cuts.

• Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath HD (1)
• Retro City Rampage (New)