UK Gaming Charts | 21st June, 2003

V Rally 3 (GC) Atari UK LTD 27/6/2003
F1 Career Challenge (GC) EA 27/6/2003
Sonic Adventure DX Director's Cut (GC) Sega 27/6/2003
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Wrath of the Darkhul King (GBA) THQ 27/6/2003
The Simpsons Road Rage (GBA) THQ 27/6/2003
Wing Commander Prophecy (GBA) Take 2 Interactive 27/6/2003
Hamtaro: Ham-Ham Heartbreak (GBA) Nintendo 27/6/2003
Piglet's Big Game (GC) Take 2 Interactive 27/6/2003
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin (GC) Eidos 27/6/2003

V Rally 3, Hitman 2: Silent Assassion and Sonic Adventure DX are definitely the big-hitters due for release on the GameCube this coming Friday. In fact, after the past couple of dry weeks this could be seen as quite an important upcoming one - but will any of them manage to top the charts next Monday? The Game Boy has been busy over the past few weeks, and this Friday sees two more potential hits appearing on the shelves. Many of the new Game Boy Player adopters will be looking for games to play on the big screen, and what better than the handheld version of Simpsons Road Rage? Well, there is always the new Hamtaro title, Ham-Ham Heartbreak. Anyone remember the first UK Hamtaro game on the GBC back in January? No? Well, that's because it sold about three copies! Nintendo will certainly be hoping to emulate the series success in both Japan and the US over here this time around. Make sure you see what happens next week...

ENDING 21ST JUNE

LW TW TITLE PUBLISHER

(1) 1 ENTER THE MATRIX ATARI

(2) 2 SOCOM: US NAVY SEALS SONY COMPUTER ENT.

(3) 3 THE SIMS: SUPERSTAR EA GAMES

(N) 4 BRUTE FORCE MICROSOFT

(9) 5 HULK UNIVERSAL INTERACTIVE

(15) 6 MIDNIGHT CLUB II ROCKSTAR

(4) 7 GRAND THEFT AUTO: VICE CITY ROCKSTAR

(6) 8 THE SIMS EA GAMES

(5) 9 TOM CLANCY'S SPLINTER CELL UBISOFT

(7) 10 DEF JAM VENDETTA EA SPORTS

(N) 11 SOLDIER OF FORTUNE II: DOUBLE HELIX ACTIVISION

(8) 12 RETURN TO CASTLE
WOLFENSTEIN: OPERATION ACTIVISION

(N) 13 STAR TREK: ELITE FORCE II ACTIVISION

(10) 14 CHAMPIONSHIP MANAGER 4 EIDOS INTERACTIVE

(N) 15 STARSKY & HUTCH EMPIRE

(16) 16 DANCING STAGE PARTY EDITION KONAMI

(13) 17 TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 2003 EA SPORTS

(11) 18 THE GETAWAY SONY COMPUTER ENT.

(12) 19 FIFA 2003 EA SPORTS

(14) 20 DANCING STAGE MEGAMIX KONAMI

(18) 21 YU-GI-OH! WORLDWIDE EDITION KONAMI

(19) 22 HARRY POTTER - CHAMBER OF SECRETS EA GAMES

(17) 23 COLIN MCRAE RALLY 3 CODEMASTERS

(20) 24 BURNOUT 2: POINT OF IMPACT ACCLAIM

(25) 25 PRIMAL SONY COMPUTER ENT.

(N) 26 WARIO WORLD NINTENDO

(22) 27 DONKEY KONG COUNTRY NINTENDO

(27) 28 THE SIMS: UNLEASHED EA GAMES

(26) 29 RISE OF NATIONS MICROSOFT

(21) 30 THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: THE WIND WAKER NINTENDO

(24) 31 SILENT HILL 3 KONAMI

(34) 32 PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2 KONAMI

(29) 33 LORD OF THE RINGS - THE TWO TOWERS EA GAMES

(30) 34 RAYMAN 3 UBISOFT

(36) 35 YU-GI-OH! FORBIDDEN MEMORIES KONAMI

(23) 36 RETURN TO CASTLE WOLFENSTEIN: TIDES... ACTIVISION

(31) 37 NORTON ANTIVIRUS 2003 NORTON

(32) 38 ZELDA 3 - LINK TO THE PAST NINTENDO

(33) 39 TOM CLANCY'S GHOST RECON RED STORM

(N) 40 CRASH BANDICOOT 2: N-TRANCED UNIVERSAL INTERACTIVE

Enter the Matrix lands the No.1 spot for the Nth week now, holding off the online bore-fest that is SOCOM on the PS2 (No.2) and The Sims: Superstar on the PC (No.3). The XBOX, which has been performing extremely well relative to a few months back, sees its exclusive title Brute Force enter in at No.4. Multi-format Hulk gets a huge boost from the PS2 table, bumping it up four to No.5 and the XBOX release of Midnight Club II helps the game turn around and move back up to No.6 from last week's No.15. Yet another XBOX game is found at No.11 - Soldier of Fortune II is a new entry, and at No.13 is a brand new PC, Star Trek: Elite Force II.