Official UK game sales chart

This week's ELSPA official UK game sales chart as compiled by Chart-Track saw EyeToy: Play and Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness exiting the top two positions to make room for Nintendo's Pokémon Ruby and Pokémon Sapphire, respectively. The only other new arrival this week was the BBC's Robot Wars: Extreme Destruction at number 20, although FIFA 2003, The Lord of The Rings: The Two Towers, and Medal of Honor Frontline did all find their way back into the top 20 after periods of absence.

Games exiting the UK top 20 this week included Donkey Kong Country, Starsky & Hutch, World Championship Snooker 2003, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, and Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne.

Best-selling games in the UK for the week ending July 26, 2003:

Rank Last Week / Rank This Week / Title / Publisher / Platforms
* / 1 / Pokémon Ruby / Nintendo / GBA
* / 2 / Pokémon Sapphire / Nintendo / GBA
1 / 3 / EyeToy: Play / SCEE / PS2
2 / 4 / Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness / Eidos / PS2, PC
3 / 5 / Enter the Matrix / Atari / PS2, Xbox, PC, GC
4 / 6 / Formula One 2003 / SCEE / PS2
11 / 7 / James Bond 007: Nightfire / EA / PS2, Xbox, GC, GBA
5 / 8 / SOCOM: U.S. Navy Seals / SCEE / PS2
7 / 9 / The Sims: Superstar / EA / PC
9 / 10 / Grand Theft Auto: Vice City / Rockstar / PS2, PC
6 / 11 / The Hulk / VU Games / PS2, Xbox, GC, PC
18 / 12 / Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2003 / EA / PS2, Xbox, PC, GC
* / 13 / FIFA 2003 / EA / PS2, Xbox
8 / 14 / Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets / EA / PS2, GBA, PS, PC
10 / 15 / The Sims / EA / PC, PS2, Xbox, GC
* / 16 / The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers / EA / GBA, PS2, Xbox
* / 17 / Medal of Honor Frontline / EA / PS2, Xbox, GC
12 / 18 / Splinter Cell / Ubi Soft / PS2, GBA, Xbox, GC
13 / 19 / Midnight Club II / Rockstar / PS2, Xbox, PC
* / 20 / Robot Wars: Extreme Destruction / BBC / GBA, Xbox, PC

An asterisk indicates that the game did not appear on the previous week's list of best-selling games in the UK.

The list above ranks games across all formats according to retail sales in the UK. Where more than one platform is listed for a single game, the platforms are listed in order according to sales, with the best-selling version first. For a list of games ranked according to GameSpot review score, visit our Top 100 page.