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The NPD Group may have decided to forgo releasing weekly lists of the top 10 best selling PC games in the US but they are still releasing their regular monthly top 20 lists for the same catagory. Today it was revealed, to no one's surprise, that the debut of Electronic Arts' The Sims 3 was the top selling PC game in retail stores for June in the US.

In fact Gamasutra states that The Sims 3 sold a total of 820,000 copies in June in US retail stores. That made the game the number one best selling game title of the month, console or PC. The Xbox 360 version of Prototype was the number one best selling console game in June but sold just 419,000 copies.

1. The Sims 3 - Electronic Arts
2. The Sims 3 Collector's Edition - Electronic Arts
3. The Sims 2 Double Deluxe - Electronic Arts
4. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King - Blizzard
5. World of Warcraft Battle Chest - Blizzard
6. Spore: Galactic Adventures - Electronic Arts
7. World of Warcraft - Blizzard
8. Spore - Electronic Arts
9. Empire: Total War - The Creative Assembly/Sega
10. StarCraft Battle Chest - Blizzard
11. World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade - Blizzard
12. Reel Deal Slots Adventure - Phantom EFX
13. Civilization IV: Complete Edition - Firaxis Games/2K Games
14. WarCraft III Battle Chest - Blizzard
15. SimCity Box - Electronic Arts
16. Diablo Battle Chest - Blizzard
17. The Sims 2: Apartment Life - Electronic Arts
18. Prototype - Radical Entertainment/Activision
19. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion GOTY Edition - Bethesda Softworks/2K Games
20. Ghostbusters: The Video Game - Terminal Reality, Atari

While we are firmly in June, the NPD Group has gone ahead and set out their top 20 best selling PC games in the US for the month of May. As you can see there's a lot of familar games in the top 20. In fact not one of the games listed was released in May. That will likely change for June with The Sims 3 and possibly other titles.

Blizzard took seven out of the top 20 slots for the May list and three of the top five, including the number one slot for the MMO expansion World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King.

1. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King - Blizzard
2. The Sims 2 Double Deluxe - Electronic Arts
3. World of Warcraft Battle Chest - Blizzard
4. World of Warcraft - Blizzard
5. Empire: Total War - Creative Assembly/Sega
6. Spore - Electronic Arts
7. Left 4 Dead - Valve
8. The Sims 2 Apartment Life - Electronic Arts
9. Fallout Trilogy - Interplay
10. StarCraft: Battle Chest - Blizzard
11. World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade - Blizzard
12. Demigod - Gas Powered Games/Stardock
13. Real Deal Slots Adventure - Phantom EFX
14. The SimCity Box - Electronic Arts
15. Fallout 3 - Bethesda Softworks
16. Diablo Battle Chest - Blizzard
17. Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition - Bethesda Softworks
18. Warcraft III Battle Chest - Blizzard
19. Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War II - Relic/THQ
20. Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor - Relic/THQ

The NPD Group's latest list of the top 10 best selling PC games in retail stores is, well, boring with little change from the previous week's list. The list below is for the week that ended on May 30. However we expect the next week to see The Sims 3 on top of the list in its debut week:

1. The Sims 2 Double Deluxe - Electronic Arts
2. World Of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King - Blizzard
3. Spore - Electronic Arts
4. World Of Warcraft Battle Chest - Blizzard
5. World Of Warcraft - Blizzard
6. Empire: Total War - Creative Assembly/Sega
7. Reel Deal Slots Adventure - Phantom EFX
8. Civilization IV: The Complete Edition - Firaxis/2K Games
9. The Sims 2 Apartment Life - Electronic Arts
10. Left 4 Dead - Valve

Perhaps because of this week's launch of The Sims 3, the people sim's previous entry, The Sims 2 Double Deluxe, managed to outpace World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King to sit on top of the NPD Group's latest list of the top 10 best selling retail PC games in the US.

There's little else that's different in this week's list (for the week ending May 23) other than a n ppearance for the casual game Reel Deal Slots Adventure! by Phantom EFX (which was released over a month ago).

1. The Sims 2: Double Deluxe - Electronic Arts
2. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King - Blizzard
3. World of Warcraft - Blizzard
4. World of WarCraft: Battle Chest - Blizzard
5. Spore - Electronic Arts
6. Empire: Total War - Creative Assembly/Sega
7. Fallout Trilogy - Interplay
8. Left 4 Dead - Valve
9. Reel Deal Slots Adventure! - Phantom EFX
10. The Sims 2: Apartment Life - Electronic Arts

It's good to be working at Blizzard. The massive PC game developer continues to rule as its various games sell, sell and sell more copies. The NPD Group's list of the top 20 best selling PC games for April 2009 (via info from US retail stores) shows that Blizzard-published titles took up a full third of the games on the list

Also of note are two strong debuts for Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor at number four and Demigod at number 6. And an ultra-cheap price point has put Illusion Softworks' 2004 released WWII shooter Hidden And Dangerous II at the number 20 slot.

1. World Of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King - Blizzard
2. The Sims 2 Double Deluxe - Electronic Arts
3. World Of Warcraft Battle Chest - Blizzard
4. Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor - Relic/THQ
5. Empire: Total War - Creative Assembly/Sega
6. Left 4 Dead - Valve
7. Demigod - Gas Powered Games/Stardock
8. Diablo Battle Chest - Blizzard
9. The Sims 2 Apartment Life - Electronic Arts
10. Spore - Electronic Arts
11. Warcraft III Battle Chest - Blizzard
12. StarCraft Battle Chest - Blizzard
13. World Of Warcraft: Burning Crusade - Blizzard
14. Warhammer 40, 000: Dawn of War II - Relic/THQ
15. World Of Warcraft - Blizzard
16. The SimCity Box - Electronic Arts
17. Bejeweled Twist - PopCap Games
18. Fallout 3 - Bethesda Softworks
19. The Sims 2 Pets - Electronic Arts
20. Hidden & Dangerous 2 - Illusion Softworks/2K Games

The NPD Group's top 10 best selling PC games list (for sales of games at US retail stores) has a new edition for the week ending May 2 and in a bit of a surprise a new bundle of three classic Fallout games from its original developer Interplay made the list at number 7.

The $20 retail bundle called Fallout Trilogy contains the RPG titles Fallout 1 and Fallout 2 along with the spin-off game Fallout Tactics. It just goes to show even games made over 10 years ago can find new audiences. The rest of the list contains repeats from the last two weeks with World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King continuing to top the list.

1. World Of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King - Blizzard
2. The Sims 2 Double Deluxe - Electronic Arts
3. Left 4 Dead - Valve
4. World Of Warcraft Battle Chest - Blizzard
5. Empire: Total War - Creative Assembly/Sega
6. World Of Warcraft - Blizzard
7. Fallout Trilogy - Interplay
8. Demigod - Gas Powered Games/Stardock
9. The Sims 2 Apartment Life - Electronic Arts
10. Spore - Electronic Arts

Stardock may have had some multiplayer connection issues when Demigod was first released but the RTS-RPG title from developer Gas Powered Games still managed to have a strong first week in sales. The latest list of the top 10 best selling PC games in retail stores (via, as always, by the NPD Group) shows Demigod debuting at number three on the list for the week ending April 18 (that number does not include purchases of the game via Stardock's Impulse download service).

Old stand-bys World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King and The Sims 2 Double Deluxe claimed the number one and two spots, respectively.
1. World Of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King - Blizzard
2. The Sims 2 Double Deluxe - Electronic Arts
3. Demigod - Gas Powered Games/Stardock
4. Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor - Relic/THQ
5. Empire: Total War - Sega
6. Left 4 Dead - Valve
7. World Of Warcraft Battle Chest - Blizzard
8. World Of Warcraft - Blizzard
9. The Sims 2 Apartment Life - Electronic Arts
10. Spore - Electronic Arts

There was a lack of new PC games for the week ending April 4 which is why the NPD Group's list of the top 10 best selling PC games in US retail stores looks fairly familar. It's mostly shifting in positions with the top spot for EA's The Sims 2 Double Deluxe. Indeed that game and three Sims 2 expansion pack take up four of the top 10 spaces on the list this week with two older Sims 2 expansions showing back up again on the list.

1. The Sims 2 Double Deluxe - Electronic Arts
2. World Of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King - Blizzard
3. Empire: Total War - The Creative Assembly/Sega
4. The Sims 2 Apartment Life - Electronic Arts
5. World of Warcraft Battle Chest - Blizzard
6. World of Warcraft - Blizzard
7.Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War II - THQ
8. The Sims 2 Pets - Electronic Arts
9. Spore - Electronic Arts
10. The Sims 2 University - Electronic Arts

The Creative Assembly's latest RTS game Empire: Total War is doing extremely well for its publisher Sega. The title remains at the number one spot on NPD Group's latest list of the top 10 best selling PC games in retail stores, this time for the week ending March 14.

The rest of the list has a couple of other minor changes including the return of Spore to the top 10 list after its departure for one week.

1. Empire: Total War - The Creative Assembly/Sega
2. World Of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King - Blizzard
3. The Sims 2 Double Deluxe - Electronic Arts
4. Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War II - THQ
5. World of Warcraft Battle Chest - Blizzard
6. World of Warcraft - Blizzard
7.The Sims 2 Apartment Life - Electronic Arts
8. Spore - Electronic Arts
9. Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhearst - Big Fish Games
10. Command and Conquer Red Alert 3 - Electronic Arts

The first week of March saw The Creative Assembly's latest historical RTS game make a huge debut on top of the best seller list. According to the NPD Group, Empire Total War was the number one best selling PC game in US retail stores for the week that ended March 7. In addition the game's Special Forces Edition made the list in seventh place.

Warhammer Online made a reappearance in the top 10 list this week at number 3 (thanks in part to a cut in its price). In fact there are quite a few changes in this week's list including the fact that Spore has departed the top 10 for the first time since its release last September.

1. Empire: Total War - The Creative Assembly/Sega
2. World Of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King - Blizzard
3. Warhammer Online - Mythic/EA
4. The Sims 2 Double Deluxe - Electronic Arts
5. Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War II - THQ
6. The Sims Carnival: Snap: Bumper Blast - Electronic Arts
7.Empire: Total War Special Forces Edition - The Creative Assembly/Sega
8. Command and Conquer 3 Premier Edition - Electronic Arts
9. World of Warcraft Battle Chest - Blizzard
10. World of Warcraft - Blizzard