Allied Assault storms back to the front

Electronic Arts took the top honors on both of NPD Techworld's latest lists of best-selling games. Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, EA's popular World War II first-person action game, shot back into first place on the latest weekly list, followed by The Sims: Vacation, EA's popular virtual-life game expansion. Grand Theft Auto III, Take-Two's third-person urban action game, fell from first place to third place, bumping The Sims, EA's best-selling virtual-life game, down to the fourth position. Activision rounded out the top five with Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix, its gory modern-day shooter.

The Sims: Vacation remained in first place on the monthly list for the third time in a row, which isn't surprising, considering it is an expansion pack for the best-selling PC game of all time, The Sims. Grand Theft Auto III came in second place for the month, followed by Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast, LucasArts' popular Star Wars action game. The Sims itself came in fourth place for the month, while The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, Bethesda's ambitious fantasy role-playing game, took the fifth position.

Best-selling PC games for the week of June 9-15, 2002:

Rank / Title / Publisher / Average Price
1 / Medal of Honor: Allied Assault / Electronic Arts / $44
2 / The Sims: Vacation / Electronic Arts / $29
3 / Grand Theft Auto III / Take-Two / $42
4 / The Sims / Electronic Arts / $42
5 / Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix / Activision / $43
6 / Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast / LucasArts / $49
7 / Zoo Tycoon / Microsoft / $26
8 / Backyard Baseball 2003 / Infogrames / $19
9 / Dungeon Siege / Microsoft / $46
10 / The Sims: Hot Date / Electronic Arts / $30

Best-selling PC games for the month of May 2002:

Rank This Month / Rank Last Month / Title / Publisher / Average Price
1 / 1 / The Sims: Vacation / Electronic Arts / $28
2 / * / Grand Theft Auto III / Take-Two / $49
3 / 4 / Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast / LucasArts / $48
4 / 3 / The Sims / Electronic Arts / $41
5 / 11 / The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind / Bethesda / $47
6 / * / Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix / Activision / $43
7 / 2 / Dungeon Siege / Microsoft / $43
8 / 5 / Medal of Honor: Allied Assault / Electronic Arts / $46
9 / 7 / Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone / Electronic Arts / $27
10 / * / Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns / LucasArts / $29
11 / 6 / The Sims: Hot Date / Electronic Arts / $29
12 / * / Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds / LucasArts / $40
13 / 10 / RollerCoaster Tycoon / Infogrames / $20
14 / 13 / Zoo Tycoon / Microsoft / $26
15 / 8 / The Sims: Livin' Large / Electronic Arts / $28
16 / 12 / Starcraft: Battle Chest / Vivendi Universal / $21
17 / * / Spider-Man: The Movie / Activision / $27
18 / 15 / Diablo II: Lord of Destruction / Vivendi Universal / $31
19 / 17 / SimTheme Park / Electronic Arts / $17
20 / 19 / Civilization III / Infogrames / $49

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

The lists above rank games according to retail sales. To see a list of games ranked according to GameSpot review score, visit our Top Games page.