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For the second week running Slightly Mad Studios’ Project Cars has taken the top spot on the UK game chart, according to sales monitor Chart-Track.

Interestingly, Project Cars is first Bandai Namco published title to hold on to No.1 for two weeks in a row since Ridge Racer Type 4, which shipped across the UK in 1999.

The game, which held off competition from Grand Theft Auto V in its first week, maintains its position ahead of new entry Wolfenstein: The Old Blood, a standalone prequel to Wolfenstein: The New Order.

Wolfenstein: The Old Blood was significantly more popular on PlayStation 4 than Xbox One, with 67 percent of sales on Sony’s console, compared to 27 percent on Microsoft’s console.

Grand Theft Auto V slips one position down to No.3, followed by Mortal Kombat X at No.4.

At No.5, Square Enix’s Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster for PlayStation 4 was the only other new entry in the top ten. FIFA 15, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, and Dying Light placed at No.6, No.7, and No.8 respectively.

Activision’s Destiny and Battlefield Hardline finish up the top ten at No.9 and No.10 respectively.

The full top ten follows:

1. Project Cars
2. Wolfenstein: The Old Blood
3. Grand Theft Auto V
4. Mortal Kombat X
5. Final FantasyX/X-2 HD Remaster
6. FIFA 15
7. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
8. Dying Light
9. Destiny
10. Battlefield Hardline

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This week sees the release of a highly anticipated open-world game that will bring a well-received series to the current generation of consoles. Farming Simulator 15 hits the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 on May 19 at Australian retailers.

The console version of Farming Simulator 15 is built on a new graphics and physics engine. The game will introduce woodcutting, with new vehicles and tools dedicated to the craft. Like previous games in the series, Farming Simulator 15 tasks players with managing and developing their own farm. This includes harvesting resources and taking care of animals such as cows, chicken, and sheep. Players will also need to sell your products and invest in additional vehicles and power tools.

Also out on May 19 is CD Projekt Red’s role-playing game, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. The game was very well-received in GameSpot’s review, scoring a ten out of ten. Editor Kevin VanOrd praised the game’s juxtaposition of violence with beauty in its open world, as well as its absorbing story and finer detailing.

Developer CD Projekt Red will release a day-one update for the game that improves the framerate and introduce a number of other technical tweaks. The patch will be automatically applied, and is available to all platforms. Thinking of picking up a PC copy? Check out the minimum system requirements first.

To see what everyone else is saying about the game, check out our review round up. If you want to know more about the game before diving in, we’ve listed everything you need to know about The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt in one place.

May 19, 2015

Farming Simulator 15 (PS4, Xbox One, PS3, Xbox 360)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (PS4, Xbox One, PC)

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R8 Games, a new independent studio formed by developers who previously worked on Sony’s futuristic racing series Wipeout, has released pre-alpha gameplay footage if its next game, Formula Fusion.

R8 Games first revealed Formula Fusion last year, saying that it’s a “huge” project that it can’t complete without help. In April, the developer took the game to Kickstarter, and hit its funding goal of £35,000 (about $52,000). At the time of writing, Formula Fusion raised £52,814 from 1,060 and still has five days to go before the campaign ends on May 23.

R8 Games describes Formula Fusion as a fast, frantic near-future anti-gravity racing game for PC. It will feature 21 tracks and five craft classes to progress through and master. The developer set a stretch goal at £100,000 that will allow it to bring the game to Xbox One and PlayStation 4 as well, but at the moment it doesn’t look like it reach that figure.

“Set in the dystopian year of 2075 in the redeveloped ruins of New York State, Formula Fusion’s stunning atmospheric environments complement the dirty-urban visual design of The Designers Republic that truly set the stage for the Formula Fusion W.A.R Leagues – a dog-eat-dog racing competition born on the back of F1 racing,” R8 Games said.

You can find out much more about the game on the Formula Fusion Kickstarter page.

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