Weekly PC Sales: The Sims Strike Back

After claiming and quickly losing the title of best-selling PC game at United States retailers, The Sims 2 Double Deluxe was back on top between January 17 and 24.

Accompanying The Sims 2 in its rise to the top was the Apartment Life Expansion Pack, which reclaimed the #4 spot it held when the month first kicked off . The week also ended World of Goo's one-week stint, replaced by surprise returnee Civilization IV.

NPD's complete list of the week's best-selling U.S. retail games is as follows:

1. The Sims 2 Double Deluxe / EA Maxis / $19 (Average)

2. World Of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King / Blizzard / $39 (Average)

3. Spore / EA Maxis / $46 (Average)

4. The Sims 2 Apartment Life Exp. Pack / EA Maxis / $20 (Average)

5. Fallout 3 / Bethesda / $48 (Average)

6. World Of Warcraft Battle Chest / Blizzard / $39 (Average)

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

8. Left 4 Dead / Valve / $48 (Average)

9. Civilization IV / Firaxis / $24 (Average)

10. Call Of Duty: World At War / Treyarch / $48 (Average)