Rank This Month	Rank Last Month	Title	Publisher	Avg. Sale Price
1	--	The Sims 2 Open For Business Expansion Pack	Electronic Arts	$32
2	--	Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion	2K Games (Take-Two)	$49
3	1	Star Wars: Empire At War	LucasArts	$48
4	--	Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach	Atari	$49
5	--	Lord of the Rings: Battle For Middle Earth II	Electronic Arts	$48
6	2	World Of Warcraft	Vivendi Universal	$47
7	4	The Sims 2	Electronic Arts	$40
8	--	Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Collector's Ed	2K Games (Take-Two)	$59
9	--	Lord of the Rings: Battle For Middle Earth II Collector's Ed.	Electronic Arts	$59
10	3	MS Age Of Empires III	Microsoft	$48
11	7	The Sims 2 Nightlife Expansion Pack	Electronic Arts	$31
12	5	Civilization IV	2K Games (Take-Two)	$49
13	6	Battlefield 2	Electronic Arts	$48
14	9	MS Zoo Tycoon 2	Microsoft	$24
15	--	Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach Limited Ed.	Atari	$59
16	8	Call Of Duty 2	Activision	$47
17	10	Guild Wars	NCsoft	$46
18	11	Harry Potter & The Goblet Of Fire	Electronic Arts	$24
19	12	MS Zoo Tycoon: Complete Collection	Microsoft	$25
20	14	The Sims Complete Collection	Electronic Arts	$39

Source: The NPD Group/NPD Funworld

Make Sims Not War

The Sims continues to be one of the most dominant franchises in computer gaming. Its new Open for Business expansion pack took the No. 1 slot in game sales in March, relegating Star Wars: Empire At War to No. 3, according to NPD. World of Warcraft, last month's second-best seller, slipped to No. 6.

Electronic Arts led publishers with a total of eight games in the top twenty, followed by Microsoft and Take-Two Interactive's 2KGames brand, with three apiece.

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Posted: 5/18/06