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'Football Manager 2008' tops gaming chart

Published Tuesday, Oct 23 2007, 12:55 BST | By David Gibbon
Sega's Football Manager 2008 has entered the latest all-formats games chart at number one, knocking fellow football title FIFA 08 down into second position.

The acclaimed management game, developed by Championship Manager creators Sports Interactive, accounted for 38% of all PC games sold during the past week.

Meanwhile, PC and Xbox 360 epic The Orange Box made a strong entrance at number three, with 77% of its sales made via Microsoft's console.

Racer Project Gotham Racing 4 slid from two to six this week, while movie tie-in Ratatouille moved from four to seven and Tiger Woods dropped two places to this week's eighth position.

Elsewhere, Nintendo DS title The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass put in a strong performance, making its debut at number four.

Other new entries in the top 40 chart include High School Musical at number 18, with Take Two's Wii title Carnival: Funfair Games at 25.

The full top ten All-Formats Chart this week is:

1. (-) Football Manager 2008 (Sega)
2. (1) FIFA 08 (EA)
3. (-) The Orange Box (EA)
4. (-) The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Nintendo)
5. (3) Halo 3 (Microsoft)
6. (2) Project Gotham Racing 4 (Microsoft)
7. (4) Ratatouille (THQ)
8. (6) Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 (EA Sports)
9. (8) Resistance: Fall of Man (Sony)
10. (-) Crash of the Titans (Vivendi)

Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C)2007 ELSPA Ltd.
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