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UK Charts: COD stocks depleted

Now with entire Top 40 list inside.

Call of Duty, or COD (stay with it), is back in the all formats chart, or menu, at number one. You know, like fish. Tom said he would fire me if I said that.

Anyway! It's muscled previous leader FIFA 08 down in to second this week, followed eagerly by a rejuvenated Assassin's Creed at three.

The shove from Altair [twat - Dep Ed] meant Simpsons fell down to four. Guitar Hero III is at five - see, it is good, even if star power goes off when you sneeze.

Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 stayed put at six, edging ahead of Need For Speed: ProStreet at seven.

Elsewhere Nintendo chart heroes Brain Training and More Brain Training occupied both eight and nine, with the original proving marginally more popular. Dreadful film tie-in The Golden Compass rounded the chart off at ten.

Winning the exclusive battle further down was Mario Galaxy, climbing slightly to 15, followed by Uncharted: Drake's Fortune up to 22. And oh look Halo 3 could only manage 32.

The UK All-Formats Top 40 courtesy of Chart-Track:

  1. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Xbox 360, PS3, PC, DS)
  2. FIFA 08 (Xbox 360, PS3, PC, Wii, PS2, DS, PSP)
  3. Assassin's Creed (Xbox 360, PS3)
  4. The Simpsons Game (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PS2, DS, PSP)
  5. Guitar Hero III: Legend of Rock (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC, DS)
  6. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, PC, DS, PSP)
  7. Need For Speed: ProStreet (Xbox 360, PS3, PC, Wii, PS2, DS, PSP)
  8. Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (DS)
  9. More Brain Training From Dr Kawashima (DS)
  10. The Golden Compass (Xbox 360, PS3, PC, PS2, DS, PSP)
  11. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PC, PS2, DS, PSP)
  12. Cooking Mama (Wii, DS)
  13. WWE SmackDown Vs. Raw 2008 (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PS2, DS, PSP)
  14. Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree (Wii)
  15. Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)
  16. New Super Mario Bros. (DS)
  17. Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, DS)
  18. Football Manager 2008 (PC, Mac)
  19. The Sims 2: Castaway (PS2, Wii, DS, PSP)
  20. Kane & Lynch: Dead Men (Xbox 360, PS3, PC)
  21. Tomb Raider: Anniversary (Xbox 360, Wii, PC, PS2, PSP)
  22. Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (PS3)
  23. High School Musical: Sing It! (PS2)
  24. The Sims 2 (PC, PS2, Xbox, Cube, DS, PSP, GBA)
  25. Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights (Xbox 360, PS3, PC, PS2, PSP)
  26. Crash of the Titans (Xbox 360, Wii, PS2, DS, PSP, GBA)
  27. The Sims 2: Pets (PC, Wii, PS2, Cube, DS, PSP, GBA)
  28. MySims (Wii, DS)
  29. Medal of Honor: Airborne (Xbox 360, PS3, PC)
  30. Ratatouille (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PC, PS2, DS, PSP, GBA)
  31. Bee Movie - The Game (Xbox 360, PC, Wii, DS, PS2)
  32. Halo 3 (Xbox 360)
  33. Transformers: The Game (Xbox 360, PS3, PC, Wii, PS2, DS, PSP)
  34. Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? (Wii, DS)
  35. The Orange Box (PC, Xbox 360, PS3)
  36. Wii Play (Wii)
  37. Super Paper Mario (Wii)
  38. Sight Training (DS)
  39. Mario Strikers: Charged Football (Wii)
  40. SEGA Rally (Xbox 360, PS3, PC, PSP)