This week's NPC PC game sales chart sees Bungie Studios' Halo: Combat Evolved retaining its number one spot ahead of Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne--this week's highest new entry. Halo also claimed fourth position on the monthly sales chart for September behind Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy, and two of Electronic Arts' latest expansion packs.

　　Best-selling PC games for the week of October 12-18, 2003:

　　Rank / Title / Publisher / Average Price

　　1 / Halo: Combat Evolved / Microsoft / $41

　　2 / Max Payne 2 / Rockstar / $49

　　3 / MoH: Allied Assault Breakthrough / EA / $27

　　4 / Age of Mythology: Titans / Microsoft / $29

　　5 / Age of Mythology / Microsoft / $35

　　6 / The Sims Double Deluxe / EA / $40

　　7 / C&C: Generals Zero Hour / EA / $29

　　8 / Sim City 4 Deluxe / EA / $38

　　9 / Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy / LucasArts / $48

　　10 / The Sims: Superstar / EA / $27

　　Best-selling PC games for the month of September:

　　This Month / Last Month / Title / Publisher / Average Price

　　1 / * / Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy / LucasArts / $48

　　2 / * / C&C: Generals Zero Hour / EA / $28

　　3 / * / Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII / EA / $27

　　4 / * / Halo: Combat Evolved / Microsoft / $38

　　5 / * / EverQuest: Lost Dungeons of Norrath / Sony / $29

　　6 / * / MoH: Allied Assault Breakthrough / EA / $26

　　7 / 1 / Flight Simulator 2004 / Microsoft / $52

　　8 / 12 / Battlefield 1942 / EA / $41

　　9 / 5 / The Sims Deluxe / EA / $40

　　10 / * / Temple of Elemental Evil / Atari / $49

　　11 / * / Homeworld 2 / VU Games / $47

　　12 / 3 / The Sims: Superstar / EA / $30

　　13 / 7 / Age of Mythology / Microsoft / $35

　　14 / 2 / Warcraft III: Frozen Throne / VU Games / $34

　　15 / 11 / Diablo II / VU Games / $20

　　16 / 4 / Madden NFL 2004 / EA / $38

　　17 / 19 / C&C: Generals / EA / $41

　　18 / 9 / Zoo Tycoon: Complete Collection / Microsoft / $29

　　19 / * / SimCity 4: Rush Hour / EA / $16

　　20 / 10 / The Sims: Unleashed / EA / $29

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

　　The lists above ranks games according to retail sales. To see a list of games ranked according to GameSpot review score, visit our Top 100 page.