FIFA 10 Makes It Three in a Row

FIFA 10, the EA Sports Canada-developed football-simulation title, has managed to hold on to the top spot in the United Kingdom chart for the third week running, probing that the annual release manages to really offer an improved experience over '09 and that, with the Champions League in full swing, the beautiful game is more popular than ever. It might be safe to say that, until the release of Modern Warfare 2, which is set to arrive on November 10, the top spot for FIFA 10 might be all but assured.

The highest positioned newcomer in the video-game chart is Uncharted 2: Among Thieves from Sony Computer Entertainment and Naughty Dog, the new action-adventure featuring Nathan Drake and a powerful and old relic that he hunts for. The success of the new entry means that Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising from Codemasters has slipped to the third spot.

Wii Sports Resort from Nintendo has actually gained a spot going to the fourth and offering Nintendo a strong platform from which to assault the top three in the coming Christmas period, while Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games from SEGA has debuted at number five, even if the real-world games are about 100 days away. One of the biggest falls in the charts is registered by Need for Speed: Shift from Electronic Arts, which has dropped no less than three places to the sixth.

Brutal Legend, the latest game from Tim Schafer, has launched directly on the seventh spot, while Professor Layton and Pandora's Box from Nintendo is now in the eighth place, just ahead of Halo 3: ODST from Microsoft, which is also on a downward trend. At number ten, Bethesda Softworks has managed to get in its Game of the Year Edition of Fallout 3, the post-apocalyptic role-playing title that took home quite a few awards last year.