Aussie game charts: January 15-21

After being lauded as the biggest PC game launch in Australian history, The Burning Crusade--World of Warcraft's first expansion pack--has surprised absolutely no one by snaring the top spot in the country's latest game sales charts.

The Burning Crusade scorched all opposition, becoming the best-selling game down under for the week of January 15 to 21, according to data trackers GfK Australia. The expansion's strong debut even propelled the original World of Warcraft to third place in the overall sales charts. The previous week's number-one game--Lost Planet for the Xbox 360--slipped back to second, with console stablemate Gears of War hanging firm at fifth position.

Sony's PlayStation 2 had strong representation in the top 10 thanks to Cricket 07, Need for Speed Carbon, WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2007, and Guitar Hero II. The sole Nintendo entrant was New Super Mario Bros. for the Nintendo DS, which squeaked in at ninth position.

All sales stats, including console-by-console breakdowns, can be found below:

Top 10 Full-Priced Games
1. World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, PC
2. Lost Planet, Xbox 360
3. World of Warcraft, PC
4. Cricket 07, PS2
5. Gears of War, Xbox 360
6. Need for Speed Carbon, PS2
7. The Sims 2: Pets, PC
8. WWE SmackDown vs. RAW 2007, PS2
9. New Super Mario Bros., Nintendo DS
10. Guitar Hero 2 bundle, PS2

Top 10 Game Boy Advance Games (over A$40)
1. Pokémon Emerald
2. Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team
3. Pokémon Ruby
4. Bratz: Forever Diamonds
5. Pokémon Sapphire
6. Dogz 2005
7. Mario Tennis: Power Tour
8. Happy Feet
9. Cars
10. Dogz Fashion

Top 10 Wii Games (over A$50)
1. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
2. Rayman Raving Rabbids
3. Red Steel
4. Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
5. Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz
6. Need for Speed Carbon
7. Far Cry Vengeance
8. Call of Duty 3
9. Madden NFL 07
10. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent

Top 10 PC Games (over A$20)
1. World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade
2. World of Warcraft
3. The Sims 2: Pets
4. Age of Empires III
5. The Sims 2: Open For Business
6. The Sims 2: Nightlife
7. The Sims 2
8. Battlefield 2142
9. The Sims 2: University
10. EA Warfare Collection

Top 10 Nintendo DS Games (over A$40)
1. New Super Mario Bros.
2. Nintendogs: Dalmatian and Friends
3. The Sims 2: Pets
4. Mario Kart
5. Bratz Forever Diamonds
6. Nintendogs: Dachshund and Friends
7. Pokemon Ranger
8. Dr Kawashima's Brain Training
9. Nintendogs: Labrador and Friends
10. Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team

Top 10 PS2 Games (over A$50)
1. Cricket 07
2. Need for Speed Carbon
3. WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2007
4. Guitar Hero II bundle
5. EyeToy: Play 3 pack
6. Happy Feet
7. Lego Star Wars 2
8. Buzz! Junior Jungle Party bundle
9. Scarface: The World Is Yours
10. Canis Canem Edit (Bully)

Top 10 PSP games (over A$40)
1. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
2. Need for Speed Carbon
3. Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
4. WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2007
5. Tekken: Dark Resurrection
6. Cars
7. Sonic Rivals
8. The Family Guy
9. Ace Combat X: Skies of Deception
10. Virtua Tennis: World Tour

Top 10 Xbox Games (over A$50)
1. Need For Speed Carbon
2. Call of Duty 3
3. Scarface: The World Is Yours
4. Eragon
5. The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning
6. Lego Star Wars 2
7. FIFA 2007
8. Destroy All Humans! 2
9. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07
10. Superman Returns

Top 10 Xbox 360 Games (over A$50)
1. Lost Planet
2. Gears of War
3. Massive Entertainment Pack
4. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas
5. Need for Speed Carbon
6. Viva Pinata
7. Saints Row
8. Call of Duty 3
9. Fight Night Round 3
10. Top Spin 2

All data supplied by GfK Australia.