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Top 10 UK PC games chart

Published on 20th May 2009 by Alex Watson

Popcap's Plants vs. Zombies enters the Steam chart in third place and pits plants against zombies, hence the name.

It’s a slow time for PC gaming at the moment, with only one new entry in the top ten – Eidos’ Battlestations: Pacific, the sequel to 2007’s Battlestations: Midway. It makes a modest splash at number nine in the chart. Further up the chart, Fallout 3 drops one position to eight, although its position may well be buoyed by the fact developer Bethesda has announced more downloadable expansions for the game.

There are clearly several people who don’t yet have World of Warcraft and they’re still enthusiastically snapping up copies of the Battlechest set and the latest expansion, Wrath of the Lich King. At the top of the chart, the positions are unchanged, with Empire: Total War continuing to sell strongly, and the latest version of Football Manager reigning supreme. You can see the retail top ten for the week ending 16th May below:

1 Football Manager 2009 (No change)
2 Empire: Total War (No change)
3 World Of Warcraft: Wrath Of The Lich King (Last week: 5)
4 Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II (Last week: 3)
5 The Sims 2 Double Deluxe (Last week: 4)
6 Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 (No change)
7 World of Warcraft Battlechest (Last week: 8)
8 Fallout 3 (Last week: 7)
9 Battlestations: Pacific (new entry)
10 SPORE (No change)

Meanwhile, in the Steam chart, Battlestations: Pacific makes an appearance in an identical position to the ELSPA charts, but aside from that it features a very different selection of games. Valve classics such as The Orange Box and Counter-Strike: Source continue to sell well, but Popcap’s Plants vs. Zombies is the highest new entry at number three. It’s a tower defence game featuring Popcap’s signature colourful graphics and instantly appealing gameplay. The fact it’s only £6.99 no doubt helps, too. Top of the chart are two co-op focussed titles – Valve’s own Left 4 Dead and Tripwire Interactive’s Killing Floor. You can see the full Steam top ten below:

1 Killing Floor
2 Left 4 Dead
3 Plants vs. Zombies
4 Team Fortress 2
5 Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: The Complete Edition
6 Counter-Strike: Source
7 The Orange Box
8 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
9 Battlestations: Pacific
10 Empire: Total War

Have you bought any of these games? Let us know which ones you're currently playing in the forums.

Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, © 2009, ELSPA Ltd

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mjm25 20th May 2009, 13:10

Killing Floor SHOULD be crap.... but it isn't... and i can't stop playing it... and i think the lever action rifle is my favourite game gun ever... oh god.

Ryu_ookami 20th May 2009, 13:37

Isn't killing floor a UT2004 mod ?

could have sworn I've already downloaded it

EDIT: I just checked and yep its a UT2004 mod

available from here

it describes the mod as being

Quote:

Originally Posted by Softpedia
Killing Floor is a Total Conversion of the Unreal Tournament 2004 game. Playing as a squad of marines, you must use firepower and teamwork to drive back massive hordes of bloodthirsty zombies.

and the steam one is described as

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steam
Killing Floor is a Co-op Survival Horror FPS set in the devastated cities and countryside of England after a series of cloning experiments for the military goes horribly wrong. You and your friends are members of the military dropped into these locations with a simple mission

so

In both you play a member of the military.
In both your fighting flesh eating monsters.
In both teamwork is important
In both you can interact with the enviroment to block doors etc.

So is the one steam is selling a whole different game or just a re-make of a free mod ?

V3ctor 20th May 2009, 13:45

The Steam game is a more polished game (or so they say) by Tripwire... I bought it, but didn't have the time to test it... Maybe tonight... if I can get into a server...

von_stylon 20th May 2009, 13:56

Oh my killing floor is so rubbish I got a "sample copy" as a few friends parted with cash and immediately regreted it. what a waste of bandwidth that was.

Krikkit 20th May 2009, 14:11

I'm surprised CoD5: WaW wasn't in there - £15 on the weekend special was too cheap to pass up, for me at least.

sakzzz 20th May 2009, 14:23

TF2 ftw..........

reflux 20th May 2009, 14:46

Killing Floor is the commercial version of the original UT2004 mod, just to clarify. It's actually pretty good; there is a good variety of monsters and weapons, and there may only be a few levels but they are well laid-out.

Those who'd like to compare it to Left4Dead, don't; the only similarities are the co-op play and undead enemies. The game mechanics are very different.

mjm25 20th May 2009, 14:55

I'm with reflux on this one, it is completely different though the premise may be similar... seriously, get a few good guys on your team, back yourself into a corner and feel the joy as the slow mo kicks in, heads start to fly and KER-CHUNK you've cocked your rifle again... i might be getting a semi

fodder 20th May 2009, 14:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by Krikkit
I'm surprised CoD5: WaW wasn't in there - £15 on the weekend special was too cheap to pass up, for me at least.

Becuase it's just not that good a game. This was Treyarch's turn, and as usual stuffed it up. Looks ok, plays poorly in single player and ok in multiplayer. Can't use it for clan ladders or comps as half the management needed for that simply isn't there.
COD4 still going strong though. Compare the two and you can see why WAW bombed.

Thank god Treyarch aren't doing COD:MW2!

p3n 20th May 2009, 15:17

All the poor souls in wow :< (yes I have finally seen the light that the game is made for these mongs and not real gamers...)

EvilRusk 20th May 2009, 15:57

Why in God's name are people still buying Red Alert 3?

Is it about time for Microsoft to bundle all versions of Windows with WoW and The Sims 2 preinstalled?

pendragon 20th May 2009, 18:03

I've been playing Puzzle Quest a ton, myself.. guess that's old news by now though.. good to see a PopCap game on the list :)

frontline 20th May 2009, 18:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by EvilRusk
Why in God's name are people still buying Red Alert 3?

Boobies?

naokaji 20th May 2009, 19:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by EvilRusk
Why in God's name are people still buying Red Alert 3?

Because it is still one of the best games that has been released in the past year or so...
in short, lack of competition.

Mentai 20th May 2009, 23:09

I felt ripped off after buying Killing Floor at first, then I had a good game... it's pretty fun once you get going. It reminds me of a cross between invasion mode in UT and Painkiller. I think it needs a little patching though, perks/achievements were broken when I played, and there was an exploit my mate showed me that hadn't been fixed since the original mod.

DriftCarl 21st May 2009, 07:16

is there any chance we could get actual figures for these games? I am amased that WoW is still in there and it would be interesting to know how many games it takes to sell per week to get into the charts.