LittleBigPlanet Wins Another UK Sales Award

A whole host of video games won UK sales awards in the month of December, including the PlayStation 3's LittleBigPlanet.

Last month we reported on the achievement of LittleBigPlanet reaching one-hundred thousand copies sold in the UK. The revelation was provided by ESPLA Charttrack's sales awards, which are given out monthly to video games that reach certain milestones.

Reporting on the news was meant to calm the fears of PS3 fans who believed that their beloved title wasn't performing at retail. The fears were fuelled by poor chart positions and rare advertisements from Sony.

LittleBigPlanet has now been awarded ESPLA's Gold Award for selling over two-hundred thousand units in the UK. A feat that's promising for the game's worldwide numbers.

December was indeed a boom month for video games, with a bunch being awarded the minor Silver Award. And before you take a gander, note that the awards are given to games that have surpassed those targets in that month, rather than the amount of copies sold in the month.

Other notable achievers are Wii Music (Gold Award), Fable II (Platinum Award), and Call of Duty: World at War passing six-hundred thousand for the Xbox 360 (the PlayStation 3 release was awarded the Platinum Award and should not be far behind its 360 brethren.)

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Silver Award (100k)

(PS3) BEIJING 2008
(360) FAR CRY 2
(NDS) PIPPA FUNNELL 2: FARM ADVENTURES
(WII) WII MUSIC
(PS3) FALLOUT 3
(PS3) FIGHT NIGHT ROUND 3
(PSP) FIFA 09
(NDS) CSI: DARK MOTIVES
(WII) GHOST SQUAD
(PS3) NEED FOR SPEED: UNDERCOVER
(PS3) RESISTANCE 2
(PS3) FAR CRY 2
(PSP) PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2008
(360) KUNG FU PANDA
(360) NEED FOR SPEED: UNDERCOVER
(360) SEGA SUPERSTAR TENNIS
(NDS) IMAGINE: TEACHER
(NDS) HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3
(NDS) PUZZLER COLLECTION
(NDS) CARNIVAL: FUNFAIR GAMES
(NDS) FASHION DESIGNER: STYLE ICON
(NDS) IMAGINE: PET VET
(NDS) MARIO PARTY DS
(WII) FAMILY SKI
(WII) FIFA 09
(WII) THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD 2 & 3
(PS2) SINGSTAR '90S
(PS3) TOMB RAIDER: UNDERWORLD
(PS3) SAINTS ROW 2
(PSP) RATCHET & CLANK: SIZE MATTERS
(360) GUITAR HERO: WORLD TOUR
(360) TOMB RAIDER: UNDERWORLD
(360) QUANTUM OF SOLACE
(NDS) DOGZ 2
(NDS) LEGO BATMAN: THE VIDEOGAME
(NDS) THE GOLDEN COMPASS
(WII) GUINESS WORLD RECORDS
(WII) GUITAR HERO: WORLD TOUR
(WII) RAYMAN RAVING RABBIDS TV PARTY
(WII) STAR WARS: THE FORCE UNLEASHED
(WII) FAMILY TRAINER
(WII) WALL-E
(WII) HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3
(WII) SMARTY PANTS
(PS2) SINGSTAR ABBA
(PS2) LEGO BATMAN: THE VIDEOGAME
(PS3) MOTORSTORM: PACIFIC RIFT
(PS3) QUANTUM OF SOLACE
(360) LIPS
(360) MIRROR'S EDGE
(360) THE SIMPSONS GAME
(360) MIDNIGHT CLUB: LOS ANGELES
(NDS) MYSIMS KINGDOM
(NDS) IMAGINE: HAPPY COOKING
(WII) ANIMAL CROSSING
(WII) SHAUN WHITE SNOWBOARDING
(WII) GT PRO SERIES

Gold Award (200k)

(PS3) PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2009
(PC) MEDIEVAL II: TOTAL WAR
(NDS) GUITAR HERO: ON TOUR
(PC) WORLD OF WARCRAFT: THE WRATH OF THE LICH KING
(PC) FOOTBALL MANAGER 2009
(360) FALLOUT 3
(360) PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2009
(WII) LEGO STAR WARS: THE COMPL. SAGA
(PS2) FIFA 09
(PS3) LITTLEBIGPLANET
(360) LEGO INDIANA JONES: THE OR. ADV.
(360) NEED FOR SPEED: CARBON
(NDS) PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE CURIOUS V.
(WII) WII MUSIC
(360) NEED FOR SPEED: UNDERCOVER
(360) FAR CRY 2
(360) KUNG FU PANDA
(360) NEED FOR SPEED: PROSTREET
(NDS) COOKING GUIDE
(NDS) PROFESSOR KAGEYAMA'S MATHS TRAINING
(WII) SPORTS PARTY

Platinum Award (300k)

(PS3) CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR
(360) PROJECT GOTHAM RACING 4
(NDS) THE SIMPSONS GAME
(360) FABLE II
(WII) WARIO WARE: SMOOTH MOVES
(PS2) HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: SING IT!
(PS2) NEED FOR SPEED: PROSTREET

Double Platinum Award (600k)

(NDS) NINTENDOGS: LAB & FRIENDS
(NDS) ANIMAL CROSSING: WILD WORLD
(WII) BIG BRAIN ACADEMY: WII DEGREE
(WII) CARNIVAL: FUNFAIR GAMES
(360) CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR

Source: ESPLA Charttrack