US gross sales evaluation agency Circana has printed its knowledge for January 2026, and a sure perennially standard first-person shooter franchise has topped the all-format chart as soon as once more.
That is proper: in keeping with Circana’s Mat Piscatella, Name of Responsibility: Black Ops 7 is as soon as once more on the high of the chart throughout all platforms, and that features each bodily and digital gross sales. Not dangerous for a recreation that is simply had an advert banned within the UK.
The remainder of the chart actually is not too stunning. NBA 2K26 is in second place, and Madden NFL 26 brings up third. That is to be anticipated; they’re each from massively standard sports activities franchises, in spite of everything. Fourth place is occupied by Minecraft, and Battlefield 6 is in fifth.
EA Sports activities FC 26 is in sixth, with Grand Theft Auto V and Purple Lifeless Redemption II offering a Rockstar double-threat in seventh and eighth place, respectively.
In ninth is a shock reappearance for Remaining Fantasy VII Remake, most likely spurred on by its launch on Xbox Collection X|S and Swap 2 that month, and Forza Horizon 5 is in tenth place.
On the subject of particular person codecs, Black Ops 7 quite boringly tops the PlayStation chart, with NBA 2K26 driving excessive on the Xbox listing and Pokemon Legends: Z-A unbroken its gross sales dominance throughout Nintendo’s platforms.
Impressively sufficient, Bandai Namco’s Code Vein II put in a robust displaying on PC, topping the aggregated PC storefront chart for January, with Purple Lifeless Redemption II and Battlefield 6 citing second and third place respectively.
In whole, subscription companies and {hardware} drove a modest 3% improve within the gaming business in January, when in comparison with a 12 months prior.
As traditional, I might advocate testing Piscatella’s full thread on Bluesky if you wish to know extra. It is filled with enjoyable, nerdy stats to unpick and pore over.
