Footie keeps its grip on number one, but strategy games make a strong return.

 

The league football season may be almost over, but virtual fandom is clearly alive and kicking as Football Manager 2008 enjoys a third week at number one. Despite this, Championship Manager 2008 has dropped out of the Top 10 entirely. It’s not such a good week for The Sims franchise, either, as The Sims 2: Bon Voyage also says au revoir to the leader board for the time being. The Sims’s loss is Medieval II: Total War Gold Edition and Civilisation IV’s gain. The strategy game genres have made a healthy return to the Top 10, and Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War Soulstorm is holding steady at 5. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare continues its slow creep up the chart, with another single step to the second slot.

See the full top 10 below:

01 Football Manager 2008 (No change)
02 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Last week: 3)
03 The Sims 2: Freetime (Last week: 2)
04 Assassin's Creed (No change)
05 Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War Soulstorm (No change)
06 Civilization IV Complete (Last week: 14)
07 The Sims 2 (Last week: 6)
08 World of Warcraft: Battle Chest (Last week: 10)
09 Medieval II: Total War Gold Edition (Last week: 15)
10 The Sims: Castaway Stories (Last week: 7)

Delving deeper into the top 20, Unreal Tournament III continues its flirtation with chart-topping sales, returning at position 20. The Orange Box clearly also has some juice left, re-entering at position 19. But new in at 18th place is – yep, you guessed, another Sims game. In this case, it’s The Sims 2: Double Deluxe. Just in case you didn’t have enough of The Sims.

See this week's top 20 below:

11 The Sims 2: Bon Voyage (Last week: 8)
12 Crysis (Last week: 14)
13 Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars (No change)
14 Championship Manager 2008 (Last week: 9)
15 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 (Last week: 12)
16 Microsoft Flight Simulator X Deluxe (No change)
17 Frontlines: Fuel of War (Last week: 20)
18 The Sims 2: Double Deluxe (New entry)
19 The Orange Box (New entry)
20 Unreal Tournament III (New entry)

Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, © 2008 ELSPA Ltd