Xbox Gameplay Chart: Week Ending March 3rd, 2019

By Rebecca Smith,

Apex Legends has dominated the Xbox Gameplay Chart for the last three weeks, but the gap between it and fellow battle royale competitor Fortnite is getting smaller. Is this the week where the games change position, or will something else come along to take the top spot? You can find out for yourself by taking a look at the gameplay chart and the top 40 most played games below.

Position	Game	Publisher	Last week
1	Apex Legends	Electronic Arts	1
2	Fortnite	Epic Games	2
3	Anthem	Electronic Arts	3
4	Call of Duty: Black Ops 4	Activision	5
5	Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 - Beta		RE
6	Red Dead Redemption 2	Rockstar	7
7	FIFA 19	Electronic Arts	8
8	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege	Ubisoft	6
9	Grand Theft Auto V	Rockstar	10
10	Forza Horizon 4	Microsoft Studios	9
11	Rocket League	Psyonix	11
12	Crackdown 3: Campaign	Microsoft Studios	4
13	Minecraft	Microsoft Studios	12
14	Destiny 2	Activision	14
15	Overwatch: Origins Edition	Blizzard Entertainment	15
16	Adventure Time: Pirates of the Enchiridion	Outright Games	-
17	PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds	Microsoft	16
18	ROBLOX	Roblox Corporation	18
19	Battlefield V	Electronic Arts	17
20	NBA 2K19	2K Sports	19
21	SUPER BOMBERMAN R	Konami Digital Entertainment Inc.	13
22	Assassin's Creed Odyssey	Ubisoft	21
23	Shadow of the Tomb Raider	Square Enix	20
24	Halo: The Master Chief Collection	Microsoft Studios	22
25	Gears of War 4	Microsoft Studios	26
26	Sea of Thieves	Microsoft Studios	25
27	Madden NFL 19	EA Games	29
28	SMITE	Hi-Rez Studios	31
29	Star Wars Battlefront II	Electronic Arts	39
30	ARK: Survival Evolved	Reverb Publishing	32
31	Minecraft: Xbox One Edition	Microsoft Studios	33
32	Warframe	Digital Extremes	37
33	Star Wars Republic Commando		-
34	KINGDOM HEARTS III	Square Enix	23
35	Halo 5: Guardians	Microsoft Studios	35
36	Resident Evil 2	Capcom Entertainment Inc.	24
37	Far Cry 5	Ubisoft	40
38	Far Cry New Dawn	Ubisoft	30
39	Metro Exodus	Deep Silver	27
40	Trials Rising	Ubisoft	-

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Well, the top three stays the same. Apex Legends stays in the top spot, but the gap between Apex Legends and Fortnite in #2 continues to get smaller, possibly thanks to the start of Season 8 and new content in the latter. Anthem stays firm in #3 with just the slightest drop in numbers from last week. In fact, the biggest news of the week is the reappearance of the Tom Clancy's The Division 2 beta at #5, which bodes well for the game's full release on March 15th and proves that in the right hands, betas are a great way of advertising your upcoming game.

Most games only move up or down the chart by a couple of spots this week, but there are some notable leaps and drops. First, Star Wars Battlefront II climbs ten spots to #29 since the release of the latest community update that brough Anakin Skywalker into the fray. On the other hand, Crackdown 3: Campaign falls out of the top 10, dropping eight spots to #12, the attraction of the new release evidently starting to wear off. It isn't the only recent title to suffer — KINGDOM HEARTS III drops 11 spots to #34, Resident Evil 2 drops 12 spots to #36, Far Cry New Dawn drops eight spots to #38 (even lower than its predecessor Far Cry 5), and Metro Exodus drops 12 spots to #39. The last Games with Gold title SUPER BOMBERMAN R also drops eight spots to #21 now that the newer titles are out.

Speaking of Games With Gold, the programme is responsible for the most notable new entries this week. Adventure Time: Pirates of the Enchiridion enters the chart at #16, while Xbox Original title Star Wars Republic Commando enters at #33. The only other new entry of the week is from new release Trials Rising, which just clips into the chart at #40. None of this week's other new releases, Dead or Alive 6, DiRT Rally 2.0, and The LEGO Movie 2 Videogame, come anywhere close to the chart, nor did either of the new Xbox Game Pass releases.

For next week's chart, the only notable new retail release is Devil May Cry 5, although the latest MMORPG Black Desert also makes its full debut. There may also be new Xbox Game Pass games as there's an announcement due on March 7th. Will we see any of these in the chart next week? Don't forget to tune in to see what next week will bring, and in the meantime, you can subscribe to get alerts for all future Xbox Gameplay Charts here.

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Written by Rebecca Smith

Rebecca is the Newshound Manager at TrueGaming Network. She has been contributing articles since 2010, especially those that involve intimidatingly long lists. When not writing news, she works in an independent game shop so that she can spend all day talking about games too. She'll occasionally go outside.