EA's football sim shows it can still kick it.

FIFA 13 has taken the No. 1 spot in the UK charts for the first week in 2013, knocking Christmas No.1 Far Cry 3 off the top spot. EA's latest football sim has never been outside of the top 4 since its release in September 2012.

Further down the list, Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Hitman: Absolution, and Need for Speed: Most Wanted stand firm at third, fourth, and fifth, with Halo 4, Just Dance 4, Forza Horizon, Lego The Lord of the Rings, and Skyrim charting at 6 through 10.

For the third week running, no Wii U exclusives made the top 40. Wii U shares of multiplatform titles were also tiny: the Wii U version of Call of Duty: Black Ops II took just a 1 percent share of the game's weekly sales.

The Ukie Games Charts, compiled by GfK Chart-Track for the week ending January 5, 2013:

1. FIFA 13
2. Far Cry 3
3. Call of Duty: Black Ops II
4. Hitman: Absolution
5. Need for Speed: Most Wanted
6. Halo 4
7. Just Dance 4
8. Forza Horizon
9. Lego The Lord of the Rings
10. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

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