'Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim' crowned all-format Christmas number one

Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim celebrates Christmas as the number one game in the all-format weekly chart.

Modern Warfare 3, the early favourite for the Christmas crown, slips to third, below Just Dance 3, which climbs to second.

It marks the first time in eight years that the Christmas number one spot has not been held by an Activision or Electronic Arts title, according to Chart Track.

Elsewhere in the top ten, Mario & Sonic At The London 2012 Olympic Games and Need For Speed: The Run re-enter the chart at eighth and ninth respectively, outing Mario Kart 7 and Uncharted 3 in the process.

The top ten in full:

1. (1) Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Softworks)
2. (3) Just Dance 3 (Ubisoft)
3. (2) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Activision)
4. (4) FIFA 12 (Electronic Arts)
5. (8) Saints Row: The Third (THQ)
6. (6) Battlefield 3 (Electronic Arts)
7. (5) Assassin's Creed: Revelations (Ubisoft)
8. (11) Mario & Sonic At The London 2012 Olympic Games (Sega)
9. (13) Need For Speed: The Run (Electronic Arts)
10. (7) Professor Layton And The Spectre's Call (Nintendo)

Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C) 2011 UKIE Ltd.

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