The PS2 version of the Sims has finally been toppled from its position atop ELSPA's official UK game sales chart as compiled by Chart-Track this week, not by a new entry but by Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven, which debuted at number four last week. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers has managed to climb a mighty 14 places up to third this week, thanks to the recent release of the Xbox and GameCube versions of the game, while last week's number two Resident Evil 0 has dropped seven places to ninth position.

　　There were only two new entries in the top 20 this week--the GameCube-exclusive Super Monkey Ball 2 made an impressive debut at number eight, and the multiformat Rayman 3 arrived just a couple of places behind in 10th position. The two titles that dropped out of the UK top 20 as a result of the new arrivals this week were Driving Test Success 2002/2003 and James Bond 007: Nightfire.

　　Best-selling games in the UK for the week ending March 8, 2003:

　　Rank This Week / Rank Last Week / Title / Publisher / Platforms

　　1 / 4 / Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven / Activision / PS2

　　2 / 1 / The Sims / EA / PS2, PC

　　3 / 17 / Lord of the Rings, Two Towers / EA / XB, GC, PS2, GBA

　　4 / 3 / The Getaway / SCEE / PS2

　　5 / 6 / Grand Theft Auto: Vice City / Rockstar / PS2

　　6 / 8 / FIFA 2003 / EA / PS2, XB, PS, GC

　　7 / 5 / Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance / Midway / PS2, XB, GC, GBA

　　8 / * / Super Monkey Ball 2 / Infogrames / GC

　　9 / 2 / Resident Evil 0 / Capcom / GC

　　10 / * / Rayman 3 / Ubi Soft / PS2, GBA, GC, XB

　　11 / 10 / Dancing Stage: Party Edition / Konami / PS

　　12 / 9 / Command & Conquer: Generals / EA / PC

　　13 / 7 / Splinter Cell / Ubi Soft / PC, XB

　　14 / 11 / Harry Potter and Philosopher's Stone / EA / PS, PC, GBA

　　15 / 12 / Crash Bandicoot: Wrath of Cortex / Vivendi / PS2, GC, XB

　　16 / 13 / Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance / Konami / XB

　　17 / 14 / Sonic Mega Collection / Infogrames / GC

　　18 / 15 / Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2003 / EA / PS2, XB, PC, GC

　　19 / 18 / Harry Potter and Chamber of Secrets / EA / PS2, PS, GBA, PC

　　20 / 16 / Max Payne / Take 2 / PS2, PC, XB

　　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 indicated for a single game, these are in order according to sales with the best-selling version first. For a list of games ranked according to GameSpot review score, visit our 6013548Top Games page.