Fallout 4 tops charts - ships 12 million

Fallout 4 finally arrived last week, and it's set to be one of the best-selling games of the year.

Fans have been waiting for a full eight years for a new numbered entry in the Fallout universe from Bethesda and their showed their support with massive opening week sales. The game shot right to the top of the UK charts, an especially impressive feat given the fact that it was competing with the latest entry in the Call of Duty series.

We don't have specific sales figures just yet but Fallout 4 has the third highest opening number of sales in 2015, just behind Call of Duty Black Ops 3 and FIFA 16. Considering the fact that it exists in the much more niche RPG genre, that's quite an achivement. Chart Track also confirmed that it sold 213 percent more copies than Fallout New Vegas did at launch in 2010.