Mafia II leads UK chart for third consecutive week

2K Czech's crime shooter Mafia II has retained its spot at the top of the UK all-format chart for the third week of its release, holding off a surge from last week's biggest new entry HAWX 2, which climbed eight places from tenth place to second, boosted by the release of the PlayStation 3 SKU.

Square Enix held on to a top three spot with Kane & Lynch 2, which slipped one place from last week's number two. Sixth, seventh and eighth places on the chart were taken by new entries this week, as Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, Kindom Hearts: Birth by Sleep and R.U.S.E. all hit the top ten in their opening weeks.

Nintendo's Metroid: Other M, which only managed 12th place on release last week, despite a high-profile marketing campaign, slipped all the way to 40th place in the chart.