UK Charts: Mafia II Puts the Muscle on Kane & Lynch

2K Games' mobster sequel Mafia II has clearly made the UK public an offer it couldn't refuse, taking the number one spot from Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days in this week's sales chart turf war. The period-set gangster epic debuted in first place as this week's only new entry according to GFK Chart-Track, despite more strong sales from Kane & Lynch.

Summer favourites Toy Story 3: The Video Game and Red Dead Redemption both slip down a place to make way for Mafia II, landing at three and four respectively, while Super Mario Galaxy 2 creeps up a notch to grab fifth position. The hairy plumber actually occupies five spaces in the Top Twenty this week, as Mario Kart Wii and Mario Kart DS both scurry back up to claim numbers 18 and 19.

Mafia II's release heralds the end of the summer game drought with a slew of AAA titles scheduled to arrive over the next few months. Could this mean everyone's favourite Italian-American stereotype will slip back down out of the charts, as the new titles stack up?

The full chart line-up is below.

UK All Format Full-Price Top 20, Week Ending August 28, 2010

1 Mafia II
2 Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days
3 Toy Story 3
4 Red Dead Redemption
5 Super Mario Galaxy 2
6 Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4
7 Sniper: Ghost Warrior
8 Battlefield: Bad Company 2
9 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
10 New Super Mario Bros.
11 Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies
12 New Super Mario Bros. Wii
13 Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11
14 UFC 2010: Undisputed
15 StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
16 FIFA 10
17 Just Cause 2
18 Mario Kart Wii
19 Mario Kart DS
20 Crackdown 2

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UK Charts: Mafia II Puts the Muscle on Kane & Lynch

Dog Days slips as the Cosa Nostra roll into town.

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