Three new launch titles managed to claim the top three spots on the UK Top Ten this week, with Call of Duty: World at War simultaneously attaining the No. 1 spot and becoming the UK’s 3rd fastest selling game of all time (1st and 2nd go to GTA IV and GTA: San Andreas respectively).

World at War has surprisingly managed to outsell its predecessor, Modern Warfare, at least in terms of sales to date. I’m a little stunned considering the massive strides forward COD4 made, whereas WAW is merely the same engine with a lick of paint, astonishing.

No.2 is World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, which is apparently the fastest selling PC title in the UK, not that I give a flying shit.

Fifa ’09, the behemoth of UK gaming is currently sitting at number 5, don’t expect a massive drop anytime soon either. Guitar Hero: World Tour, has moved up to No. 6, as THQ have released the complete instrument packages. I’m amazed that this, and Rock Band sell as well as they do considering the UK is being royally butt-fucked with regards to prices. Luckily the PS3 is not region locked so users can purchase a US one for almost half the price

Mario Kart Wii sits at number 8. Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 stays at 9, while WWE Smackdown VS Raw 2009 drops to tenth.

The full UK top ten follows below:

1.Call of Duty: World at War (Activision Blizzard)
2.World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (Activision Blizzard)
3.Football Manager 2009 (SEGA)
4.Gears of War 2 (Microsoft)
5.Fifa 09 (EA)
6.Guitar Hero: World Tour (Activision Blizzard)
7.Professor Layton and the Curious Village (Nintendo)
8.Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
9.Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (Konami)
10.WWE Smackdown VS Raw 2009 (THQ)

This weeks charts also include the laughable debut entry of Wii Music at No. 16 – seriously, what an awful piece of software. I could perhaps understand its place in the market if other peripheral based music games had not been released, but someone actually green lighted the concept of “pretending” to play instruments. What the fuck?
Games like Rock Band and Guitar Hero World Tour give you something akin to the real deal, Wii music is a joke.

Surprisingly, Mirror’s Edge debuts at No. 20, which may climb, but considering the evolution it brings to traditional first person games it’s disappointing to see it chart so low. The fat person’s new best friend, Wii Fit, has dropped to No. 12, this time NOT due to hardware shortages, but instead due to novelty value shortages – expect this to power back up the charts come Christmas.

Fallout 3, this years best game, has dropped to No. 14, and in another huge surprise (for me at least) LittleBigPlanet has dropped to number 19 from 4 last week. The most innovative games package of the year not selling its way to a well deserved top spot is a fucking travesty. Look at the top ten, and tell me what is in there that deserves to be over Fallout 3 and LBP. Because I can’t see it.