UK Video Game Chart: Ashes 2009 is No.1

Is Codemasters' first chart topper since Brian Lara International Cricket 2005.

GfK ChartTrack reports that Codemasters' Ashes Cricket 2009 has entered the UK All Formats All Prices video game chart at No.1.

The game is Codemasters' first All Formats No.1 since Brian Lara International Cricket 2005, but a strong marketing push has seen Ashes Cricket 2009 outsell it by almost three to one in their respective debut weeks.

Sales of Wii Sports Resort are down 49%, and although the game slips to No.2 it is still well ahead of the chasing pack. Wii Fit and Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 each slip one place to No.3 and No.4 respectively, while Fight Night Round 4 is a non-mover at No.5.

Elsewhere the week's big climber is Disney's G-Force which jumps 18 places in its second week and breaks into the Top 10 at No.9.

While we can't see a new release challenging at the top next week, you can expect a solid new entry from EA's Madden NFL 10.

Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C)2001 ELSPA Ltd Entertainment Software (All Prices) Week 32, 2009

1: ASHES CRICKET 2009
2: WII SPORTS RESORT
3: WII FIT
4: TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 10
5: FIGHT NIGHT ROUND 4
6: HARRY POTTER & THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE
7: CALL OF JUAREZ: BOUND IN BLOOD
8: MARIO KART WII
9: G-FORCE
10: THE SIMS 3
11: CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR
12: FIFA 09
13: CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE
14: EA SPORTS ACTIVE
15: WII PLAY
16: TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN
17: [PROTOTYPE]
18: MARIO & SONIC AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES
19: GUITAR HERO: WORLD TOUR
20: PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE CURIOUS VILLAGE