14 DAY TRIAL // These are truly exciting times for videogame enthusiasts. After the lack of big releases in both January and February, which allowed Wii Fit and other Nintendo platform games to dominate the United Kingdom videogame charts, March has brought a variety of new titles that have shaken up the top positions.
The most recently launched title to occupy the top spot is Resident Evil 5 from Capcom, the new horror shooter in the long running series. Although a few voices have criticized the control scheme of the game and some of the design decisions the developers made, the game managed to impress as far as sales go, pushing around 4 million units in its launch week all over the world.
Nintendo's Wii Fit moves to number two in the chart, up one position from number three last week. Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X., which is a plane combat title that blends arcade-like moves with more hardcore options, has done better in its second week on sales, gaining one position to reach third spot in the sales charts.
The Nintendo DS title Professor Layton and the Curious Village has claimed fourth sport, while Killzone 2, the PlayStation 3 exclusive shooter, has dropped three places, holding number five in the chart.
FIFA 09 from EA Sports has shown its worth by being at number six, while Call of Duty: World at War has actually managed to gain two places in the chart, going from nine to seven.
Surprisingly, Empire: Total War, which was the best sold game last week, has dropped to number eight in the overall sales chart, while another strategy title, Halo Wars, which is exclusive to the Xbox 360, is at number nine. There's a surge in interest for Olympic-themed games, as Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games from SEGA is closing the chart. Another big surprise is the fact that Street Fighter IV has dropped out of the top ten.