March's 20 Best Selling PC Games Revealed by NPD, Empire: Total War Beats World of Warcraft

Rolling its weekly charts into one monthly bundle, sales-tracking firm NPD has compiled a list of the 20 best-selling PC games at US retailers during March 2009.

As seen below, Empire: Total War has ended Lich King's four month-long reign of the monthly charts, with the Diablo and StarCraft Battle Chests continuing to hold ground.

1. Empire: Total War / Creative Assembly / $48

2. World Of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King / Blizzard / $38

3. The Sims 2 Double Deluxe / EA Maxis / $19

4. Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War II / Relic / $48

5. World Of Warcraft Battle Chest / Blizzard / $38

6. World Of Warcraft / Blizzard / $20

7. The Sims 2 Apartment Life Exp. Pack / EA Maxis / $19

8. Spore / EA Maxis / $49

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

10. Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhearst / Big Fish Games / $20

11. Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 / EA LA / $28

12. StarCraft Battle Chest / Blizzard / $20

13. Fallout 3 / Bethesda / $49

14. Civilization IV / Firaxis / $21

15. Empire: Total War - Special Forces Edition / Creative Assembly / $70

16. The Sims 2 Pets Exp. Pack / EA Maxis / $19

17. Warhammer Online: Age Of Reckoning / EA Mythic / $29

18. The Sims 2 University Exp. Pack / EA Maxis / $19

19. Call Of Duty: World At War / Treyarch / $50

20. Diablo Battle Chest / Blizzard / $36