'Need For Speed' tops all-format chart

EA's yearly racing title Need For Speed: Shift has soared to the top of the all-format chart in its first week on sale.

Last week's number one Guitar Hero 5 drops down to number two, with Colin McRae: Dirt 2 behind it in third.

This week's only other new entry sees Bethesda Softwork's Wetslither into six, above The Beatles: Rock Band, which falls to seventh.

The top ten in full:

1. (-) Need For Speed: Shift (Electronic Arts)
2. (1) Guitar Hero 5 (Activision)
3. (2) Colin McRae: Dirt 2 (Codemasters)
4. (3) Batman: Arkham Asylum (Eidos)
5. (6) Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
6. (-) Wet (Bethesda Softworks)
7. (4) The Beatles: Rock Band (Electronic Arts)
8. (8) Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare (Activision)
9. (5) Wii Fit (Nintendo)
10. (11) Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 (Electronic Arts)

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