Despite Darksiders 2 winning the NPD war in August overall, a smaller battle was waged the week of August 14 when both Darksiders 2 and Square Enix's Sleeping Dogs launched. Darksiders 2 managed to come out on top in August, selling 247,000 copies across PS3, Xbox 360 and PC; Sleeping Dogs sold 172,000 across PS3 and Xbox 360, an NPD rep confirmed with Joystiq.

PC sales for Sleeping Dogs were omitted from the report because it was only available as a download - no boxed retail version for the PC is available in the US.