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UK charts: Force Unleashed the new star

WAR also strong. Top 40 inside.

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Star Wars: The Force Unleashed has crushed opposition and taken top honours in the UK all-formats chart this week, in what was the biggest multi-platform launch since GTA IV.

The Xbox 360 version bossed 48 per cent of total sales, with 30 per cent falling to PS3, 15 per cent on Wii, and the remainder on PS2, PSP and DS.

Chart stalwarts Wii Fit and Mario Kart Wii took two and three, thanks to renewed stock, which helped them fend off the other top 10 newcomer Warhammer Online at four.

The rest was a familiar picture: Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 at five, last week's leader Mercenaries 2 at 6, Wii Play up to 7, Carnival: Funfair Games at 8 and TNA iMPACT at 9.

Spore, the fourth EA title in the top flight, rounded out the list at 10.

Further down, Crysis Warhead made its debut at 21, just ahead of a resurgent Too Human up from 38 to 22.

The pack shuffled rather a lot this week, with a handful of past chart faces such as Need For Speed and LEGO Star Wars reappearing.

This means waving goodbye to Soulcalibur IV, Viva Piñata 2 and Metal Gear Solid 4.

  1. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, PSP, Wii, DS)
  2. Wii Fit (Wii)
  3. Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
  4. Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (PC)
  5. Tiger Woods PGA Tour '09 (Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, PSP, Wii)
  6. Mercenaries 2 (PC, Xbox 360, PS3, PS2)
  7. Wii Play (Wii)
  8. Carnival: Funfair Games (Wii)
  9. TNA iMPACT (Xbox 360, PS3, PS2)
  10. Spore (PC)
  11. Big Beach Sports (Wii)
  12. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC, DS)
  13. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii, DS)
  14. Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (DS)
  15. LEGO Indiana Jones (PC, Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, PSP, Wii, DS)
  16. WALL-E (PC, Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, PSP, Wii, DS)
  17. Mario Kart DS (DS)
  18. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Xbox 360, PS3, PC, DS)
  19. Rock Band (Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, Wii)
  20. Ben 10: Protector of Earth (Wii, DS, PS2, PSP)
  21. Crysis Warhead (PC)
  22. Too Human (Xbox 360
  23. Guitar Hero: On Tour (DS)
  24. FIFA 08 (Xbox 360, PS3, PC, Wii, PS2, DS, PSP)
  25. The Simpsons Game (Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, PSP, Wii, DS)
  26. Grand Theft Auto IV (PS3, Xbox 360)
  27. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (PC, Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, PSP, Wii, DS)
  28. Sports Party (Wii)
  29. Battlefield: Bad Company (Xbox 360, PS3)
  30. Need For Speed ProStreet (PC, Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, PS2, PSP, Wii, DS)
  31. LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, DS)
  32. Imagine: Teacher (DS)
  33. Beijing 2008 (PC, Xbox 360, PS3)
  34. Cooking Mama 2 (DS)
  35. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii)
  36. The Sims 2: Apartment Pets (DS
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  37. More Brain Training (DS)
  38. Spore Creatures (DS)
  39. Off Road (Wii, PS2, PSP, PC)
  40. New Super Mairo Bros. (DS)

Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, ©2008 ELSPA (UK) Ltd.

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