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The festive charts for the Vita... Tearaway, Tennis and Metal Gear

So, here's the festive charts out of various places for the Vita, I don't normally use the full list, but the official chart shows some activity across the board. Tearaway rightfully holds on to the top spot, showing FIFA 14, which is the all formats No. 1, a clean pair of heels.

Killzone is back up to No. 3 and there's only four games over a year old in the top 10, which is nice. Injustice doesn't look like it did much, despite that excellent Argos offer. Warner wins the publisher battle thanks to all those LEGO games, while Sony can only manage four.

1 = TEARAWAY SONY 1 5
2 = LITTLEBIGPLANET PS VITA SONY 2 66
3 + KILLZONE: MERCENARY SONY 5 16
4 = FIFA 14 EA SPORTS 4 13
5 - LEGO MARVEL SUPER HEROES WARNER 3 6
6 + RAYMAN LEGENDS UBISOFT 7 16
7 - BATMAN: ARKHAM ORIGINS WARNER 6 9
8 + VIRTUA TENNIS 4: WORLD TOUR EDITION SEGA 9 84
9 - ASSASSIN'S CREED III LIBERATION UBISOFT 8 60
10 re NEED FOR SPEED MOST WANTED EA GAMES - 59
11 = LEGO BATMAN 2: DC SUPER HEROES WARNER 11 70
12 + LEGO THE LORD OF THE RINGS WARNER 13 49
13 + UNCHARTED: GOLDEN ABYSS SONY 17 96
14 + FIFA 13 EA SPORTS 18 65
15 - INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US. WARNER 14 4
16 - CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS ACTIVISION 15 58
17 - ANGRY BIRDS STAR WARS ACTIVISION 12 6
18 + LEGO LEGENDS OF CHIMA WARNER 19 25
19 - SONIC & ALL STARS RACING SEGA 16 37
20 re MORTAL KOMBAT WARNER - 57

Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C)2013 UKIE Ltd

On Amazon, the mega-budget Virtua Tennis is the only game in the overall Vita Best Sellers, with consoles, PSN vouchers and memory cards (thanks likely to its own PSN store) filling out the rest of the chart. On the games only chart, Football Manager 14 is at No. 12 based on pre-orders.

On the PSN Top Sellers list, Sony still doesn't seem to be accounting for Tearaway, with the chart skewed to newer releases, it should be in there somewhere.

1 Metal Gear HD
2 Injustice
3 Amazing Spiderman
4 LEGO Marvel
5 FIFA 14
6 Killzone

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