Assassin's Creed 3 has topped the UK charts with the best sales of the series to date. It was the biggest launch in publisher Ubisoft's history and the second biggest launch of any game in the UK this year (behind FIFA 13).

It doubled the launch week sales of Assassin's Creed 2, and beat last year's Revelations by over 117,000 copies.

Wow.

Need for Speed: Most Wanted appeared fifth in the UK all-format charts - it could only manage the week's fourth highest new entry. The Criterion-developed game was beaten by WWE 13 in third and Football Manager 13 in fourth.

FIFA 13 clung onto second, meanwhile.

PlayStation Vita spin-off Assassin's Creed 3: Liberation arrived in 14th place - the third biggest release for the system behind launch titles Uncharted: Golden Abyss and FIFA Football (counting physical copies at least - Chart-Track does not measure digital sales).

Medal of Honor: Warfighter, last week's number one, fell to sixth. Forza Horizon, Skylanders Giants, Just Dance 4 and Dishonored made up the rest of the top ten.

The full chart lies below.

This Week Last Week Title Platform(s) 1 New entry Assassin's Creed 3 PS3, Xbox 360 2 2 FIFA 13 PS3, Xbox 360 3 New entry WWE 13 PS3, Xbox 360 4 New entry Football Manager 2013 PC 5 New entry Need for Speed: Most Wanted PC, PS3, Xbox 360 6 1 Medal of Honor: Warfighter PC, PS3, Xbox 360 7 3 Forza Horizon Xbox 360 8 4 Skylanders Giants PS3, Wii, Xbox 360 9 6 Just Dance 4 PS3, Wii, Xbox 360 10 5 Dishonored PC, PS3, Xbox 360 11 7 Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask 3DS 12 8 Moshi Nonsters: Moshlings Theme Park 3DS, DS 13 10 Resident Evil 6 PC, PS3, Xbox 360 14 New entry Assassin's Creed 3: Liberation Vita 15 12 Pokémon Black 2 DS 16 13 The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim PC, PS3, Xbox 360 17 15 F1 2012 PC, PS3, Xbox 360 18 9 Doom 3: BFG Edition PS3, PC, Xbox 360 19 11 Borderlands 2 PC, PS3, Xbox 360 20 19 Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes DS, PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360 21 18 New Super Mario Bros. 2 3DS 22 16 Pokémon White 2 DS 23 21 Forza 4 Xbox 360 24 14 007 Legends PS3, Xbox 360 25 17 PES 2013 PC, PS3, Xbox 360 26 22 Sleeping Dogs PC, PS3, Xbox 360 27 20 XCOM: Enemy Unknown PC, PS3, Xbox 360 28 33 Assassin's Creed: Revelations PC, PS3, Xbox 360 29 35 Angry Birds Trilogy 3DS, PS3, Xbox 360 30 24 Dead Island: GOTY Edition PC, Xbox 360, Xbox 360 31 23 Gran Turismo 5 Academy Edition PS3 32 31 Mario & Sonic: London 2012 Olympic Games Wii 33 25 Rocksmith PC, PS3, Xbox 360 34 32 Call of Duty: Black Ops PC, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360 35 29 Super Mario 3D Land 3DS 36 26 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 PC, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360 37 28 Kinect Disneyland Adventures Wii 38 40 Sonic Generations 3DS, PS3, Xbox 360 39 38 Mario Kart 7 PS3 40 37 Kinect Sports Xbox 360