Asheron's Call Dark Majesty ousts Camelot

Asheron's Call Dark Majesty, Microsoft's stand-alone online role-playing game expansion, took the lead in NPD Intelect's latest list of best-selling games. The $20 expansion includes the full version of the massively multiplayer game Asheron's Call, as well as a number of new features, including housing, storage, and the new land of Marae Lassel, which features new quests, dungeons, and items.

Command & Conquer Yuri's Revenge, Westwood's latest real-time strategy game expansion, held on to second place, followed by Mythic's online role-playing game Dark Age of Camelot, which slipped to third after enjoying two weeks at number one. The Sims, Electronic Arts' popular virtual-life game, took fourth place, and Microsoft's Flight Simulator 2002 took fifth place. Stronghold, GodGames' castle building and siege warfare game, took sixth place in its first week of release.

The following list ranks games according to number of retail sales. To see a list of games ranked according to GameSpot review score, visit our Top Games page.

Best-selling games for the week of October 21-27, 2001

Rank / Title / Publisher / Average price
1 / Asheron's Call Dark Majesty / Microsoft / $20
2 / Command & Conquer Yuri's Revenge / Electronic Arts / $24
3 / Dark Age of Camelot / Vivendi Universal / $40
4 / The Sims / Electronic Arts / $40
5 / Flight Simulator 2002 / Microsoft / $70
6 / Stronghold / GodGames / $42
7 / Operation Flashpoint / Codemasters / $36
8 / RollerCoaster Tycoon / Infogrames / $22
9 / Diablo II: Lord of Destruction / Vivendi Universal / $32
10 / The Sims: House Party / Electronic Arts / $29