Bioshock, the fab art-deco shooter/adventure, is at number one in this week's UK gaming charts. This is deserved success for a game which heralds the start of the most exciting pre-Christmas release schedule - Mass Effect, Mario Galaxy, Halo 3 - for years. Less exciting is the continual presence of the abysmal Transformers, which is still at number 2 after being top dog for weeks. You can blame the summer holidays, film tie-in, brand appeal and the rest, but the sad fact is that come the end of the year Transformers is likely to have outsold Bioshock.
The rest of the top ten holds few surprises, although Japanese RPG Blue Dragon has debuted higher than probably even Microsoft UK expected. And despite a pile of new releases this Friday - Stuntman Ignition, 08 versions of Tiger Woods and Madden, Total War Kingdoms - you can't imagine too many changes in next week's top five at least. And then there is Impossible Mission for DS and PS2. Due to my belated recent discovery of the excellent Retro Gamer magazine I'm looking forward to a nostalgia trip - but will it match the C64 original?
