Weekly PC Sales: WoW Topples Nancy Drew

Sales-tracking marketing firm The NPD Group has released its regular chart of the best-selling PC games at US retailers, this time covering October 12 to October 18.

Despite being topped by World of Warcraft and Spore, Nancy Drew stays strong with a #3 position, following its debut at #2 last week. Meanwhile, Gearbox's Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway has disappeared from the top 10, making room for a revival of the constantly-selling World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade expansion pack.

1. Spore / EA Maxis / $49 (Average)

2. World Of Warcraft: Battle Chest / Blizzard / $32 (Average)

3. Nancy Drew: The Haunting of Castle Malloy / Her Interactive / $20 (Average)

4. Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning / EA Mythic / $49 (Average)

5. The Sims 2 Apartment Life Expansion Pack / EA Maxis / $30 (Average)

6. The Sims 2 Double Deluxe / EA Maxis / $30 (Average)

7. Civilization IV: Colonization / Firaxis / $30 (Average)

8. World Of Warcraft / Blizzard / $20 (Average)

9. World Of Warcraft: Burning Crusade Expansion Pack / Blizzard / $29 (Average)

10. Crysis Warhead / Crytek (Publisher: EA) / $29 (Average)