FIFA 08 Kicks Halo Down the Chart

Master Chief's game sells way less this week, leaving the door open for EA.

Last week more than a third of all Xbox 360 owners in the UK bought a copy of Halo 3, so perhaps it's understandable then that sales for the game were way down this week.

Halo 3 sales dropped by nearly 80 per cent, according to research group Chart Track, and that was enough to let EA's FIFA 08 in for the kill. A glance at the individual platform charts shows the publishing behemoth's new football game taking up four of the top five spots, with the PlayStation 2 edition being the most popular.

Elsewhere it was business as usual for the most part. There were no big-name releases this week and those games that did come out didn't trouble the frontrunners.

Don't be surprised if rat-tastic movie tie-in Ratatouille jumps further up the charts next week. The new Pixar flick is earning gushing reviews and that's sure to help the already surging game make up a few more places.

The Top 20 games for the week ending 6 October, as determined by Chart Track, are below:

1. FIFA 08 (EA)
2. Halo 3 (Microsoft)
3. Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights (THQ)
4. MySims (EA)
5. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 (EA)
6. More Brain Training From Dr Kawashima (Nintendo)
7. Sega Rally (Sega)
8. Ratatouille (THQ)
9. Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)
10. Forza Motorsport 2 (Microsoft)
11. Wii Play (Nintendo)
12. Cooking Mama (505)
13. Transformers: The Game (Activision)
14. Skate (EA)
15. Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree (Nintendo)
16. Stuntman: Ignition (THQ)
17. Super Paper Mario (Nintendo)
18. Quake Wars: Enemy Territory (Activision)
19. Medal of Honor: Airborne (EA)
20. New Super Mario Bros (Nintendo)

Alex Wollenschlaeger
Editor, Kikizo