 Living Things sold over 220 @,@ 000 copies during its debut week , ranking No. 1 on the US Albums Charts . Linkin Park 's single , " Castle of Glass " , was nominated for ' Best Song in a Game ' at the 2012 Spike Video Game Awards . The band also performed at the award ceremony on December 7 , but lost the award to " Cities " by Beck . Linkin Park also played at the Soundwave music festival in Australia , where they shared the stage with Metallica , Paramore , Slayer and Sum 41 . 
