House Party rolls on

Electronic Arts solidified its hold this week on the top spaces in NPD Intelect's weekly list of best-selling games. At the top of the list is The Sims: House Party, the second expansion pack to the wildly popular virtual-life game, The Sims. Lionhead's innovative god game Black & White, also published by EA, took second place, while the original version of The Sims came in at third, followed by The Sims: Livin' Large, another expansion for The Sims, giving EA a sweep of the top four places. The team-based action game Tribes 2 slipped from fourth place to fifth place in its third full week of sales.

The list below ranks games according to recent sales figures. To see a list of games ranked by GameSpot review score, head over to our 6013054Top Games page .

Top-selling games for the week of April 15-21, 2001

Rank / Title / Publisher / Average price
1 / The Sims: House Party / Electronic Arts / $27
2 / Black & White / Electronic Arts / $43
3 / The Sims / Electronic Arts / $42
4 / The Sims: Livin' Large / Electronic Arts / $29
5 / Tribes 2 / Vivendi Universal / $43
6 / Roller Coaster Tycoon / Infogrames Entertainment / $27
7 / Age of Empires II: Age of Kings / Microsoft / $44
8 / NASCAR Racing 4 / Vivendi Universal / $38
9 / Hoyle Casino 2001 / Vivendi Universal / $27
10 / Command & Conquer Red Alert 2 / Electronic Arts / $38