UK Video Game Chart: No stopping FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup Germany 2006 makes it three weeks at the top, in a week of little change.

Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C)2001 ELSPA Ltd
Entertainment Software (Full Price) Week 19, 2006

1. FIFA WORLD CUP GERMANY 2006
2. TOMB RAIDER: LEGEND
3. CHAMPIONSHIP MANAGER 2006
4. THE GODFATHER
5. TOM CLANCY'S GHOST RECON: ADV WARFIGHTER
6. ANIMAL CROSSING: WILD WORLD
7. THE SIMS 2
8. FIFA STREET 2
9. ICE AGE 2: THE MELTDOWN
10. METROID PRIME: HUNTERS
11. THE ELDER SCROLLS IV: OBLIVION
12. BUZZ! THE BIG QUIZ
13. FOOTBALL MANAGER 2006
14. POKEMON LINK!
15. PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 5
16. FIGHT NIGHT ROUND 3
17. MONSTER HUNTER: FREEDOM
18. WORMS: OPEN WARFARE
19. GUILD WARS: FACTIONS
20. DRIVER: PARALLEL LINES

FIFA is too strong at the top

Despite sales dropping 44% over the previous week, FIFA World Cup Germany 2006 makes it three weeks at the top, with Tomb Raider unable to improve on second, itself also seeing a 44% drop in sales. A rise in PlayStation 2 sales of Championship Manager 2006, together with the release of the Xbox version see it catapult up the chart to No.3.

DS game sales continue to impress. Pokemon Link! Rises from No.36 to No.14, and joins Animal Crossing: Wild World (No.6) and Metroid Prime: Hunters (No.10) in the top twenty. Monster Hunter: Freedom on the PSP is this week's highest new entry, at a somewhat surprising No.17.

Next week a pair of movie tie-ins, The Da Vinci Code and X-Men: The Official Game will attempt to topple FIFA World Cup from the top spot. Expect to see X-Men make a real challenge, especially given that the game will arrive on six platforms. Also hoping to make a splash are Metal Gear Acid 2 on the PSP, the PS2 and Xbox FPS Urban Chaos, and Ubisoft's Heroes of Might & Magic V.