US gross sales evaluation agency Circana has revealed its information for January 2026, and a sure perennially fashionable 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 Obligation: 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 unhealthy for a recreation that is simply had an advert banned within the UK.
The remainder of the chart truthfully 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 vastly fashionable 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 Pink Useless Redemption II offering a Rockstar double-threat in seventh and eighth place, respectively.
In ninth is a shock reappearance for Last Fantasy VII Remake, in all probability spurred on by its launch on Xbox Sequence X|S and Change 2 that month, and Forza Horizon 5 is in tenth place.
In terms of particular person codecs, Black Ops 7 fairly boringly tops the PlayStation chart, with NBA 2K26 driving excessive on the Xbox listing and Pokemon Legends: Z-A seamless its gross sales dominance throughout Nintendo’s platforms.
Impressively sufficient, Bandai Namco’s Code Vein II put in a powerful exhibiting on PC, topping the aggregated PC storefront chart for January, with Pink Useless Redemption II and Battlefield 6 mentioning second and third place respectively.
In whole, subscription providers and {hardware} drove a modest 3% improve within the gaming business in January, when in comparison with a yr prior.
As normal, I might suggest testing Piscatella’s full thread on Bluesky if you wish to know extra. It is stuffed with enjoyable, nerdy stats to unpick and pore over.
