The very good, but not *quite* as good as I thought when I first played it, Killzone 2 has hit the top of the UK games charts. The PS3 exclusive saw off the challenge of Halo Wars to clinch the top spot. But while Killzone 2 will linger around the top ten for at least a couple of weeks you'd expect Halo Wars to plummet fairly sharpish. Halo branded it may be but real-time strategy, no matter how good, just isn't going to worry the likes of Mario Kart and Wii Fit in the long term.
Talking of Nintendo the success of Professor Layton and the Curious Village is easily as big a mystery to me as any of the conundrums in the game itself. Did I miss the big advertising push – maybe I did? – but clearly this game has connected with DS owners in a way that only the Brain Training games have.
The other main point of note is the relative success of the Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection, which charts at No6. The compilation is the perfect retro filler for gaming granddads – anyone over 30 – and also works out cheaper than downloading the likes of Sonic the Hedgehog separately on Xbox Live.
The full list:
1. Killzone 2 (Sony)
2. Halo Wars (Microsoft)
3. Street Fighter IV (Capcom)
4. Wii Fit (Nintendo)
5. Professor Layton and the Curious Village (Nintendo)
6. Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection (Sega)
7. FIFA 09 (EA)
8. Call of Duty: World at War (Activision Blizzard)
9. Ben 10: Alien Force (D3P)
10. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
