UK charts: Batman straight in at the top
Eidos' knight in shiny armour beats Lara.
Batman: Arkham Asylum has swooped to the top of the UK all-formats chart, providing Eidos with a champion bigger than both Tomb Raider: Legend and Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness.
The platform split went 55 per cent in Xbox 360's favour, and Batman arrives for PC on 18th September.
Elsewhere, little has changed. Ashes Cricket 2009 extends an impressive innings by nudging past last week's high-profile newcomer Wolfenstein to take three. Wolfenstein, therefore, falls to four, and is tailed by Wii Fit, Call of Duty: World at War, Mario Kart Wii and Tiger Woods.
Lego Batman enjoys a boost to take nine, while Call of Duty: Modern Warfare rounds out the chart at 10 - it just keeps selling.
Other newcomers are the Fallout 3: Add-On Pack 2 (Broken Steel, Point Lookout) at 20, resulting in the reappearance of Fallout 3 at 37.
| This Week | Last Week | Title | Platform(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New entry | Batman: Arkham Asylum | PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 2 | 2 | Wii Sports Resort | Wii |
| 3 | 3 | Ashes Cricket 2009 | PC, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360 |
| 4 | 2 | Wolfenstein | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 5 | 4 | Wii Fit | Wii |
| 6 | 5 | Call of Duty: World at War | PC, Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, Wii, DS |
| 7 | 7 | Mario Kart Wii | Wii |
| 8 | 8 | Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 | PS2, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360 |
| 9 | 12 | LEGO Batman | DS, PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360 |
| 10 | 17 | Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare | Xbox 360, PS3, PC, DS |
| 11 | 6 | Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 12 | 11 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | DS, PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360 |
| 13 | 9 | Fight Night Round 4 | PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 14 | 14 | The Sims 3 | PC |
| 15 | 15 | FIFA 09 | PC, Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, PSP, Wii, DS |
| 16 | 10 | Prototype | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 17 | 22 | Guitar Hero: World Tour | Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, Wii |
| 18 | 16 | Wii Play | Wii |
| 19 | 21 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | DS, PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360 |
| 20 | New entry | Fallout 3: Add-On Pack 2 | Xbox 360 |
| 21 | 23 | Mario Kart DS | DS |
| 22 | 13 | G-Force | DS, PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360 |
| 23 | 25 | LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga | DS, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360 |
| 24 | 27 | Professor Layton and the Curious Village | DS |
| 25 | 24 | Assassin's Creed | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 26 | 33 | Grand Theft Auto IV | Xbox 360, PS3, PC |
| 27 | 31 | Mystery Stories | DS, PC |
| 28 | 28 | Guitar Hero On Tour | DS |
| 29 | 18 | Carnival: Funfair Games | Wii |
| 30 | 19 | EA Sports Active | Wii |
| 31 | 26 | Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games | Wii, DS |
| 32 | 35 | Dead Space | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 33 | 30 | Pokémon Platinum | DS |
| 34 | 34 | Brain Training | DS |
| 35 | 32 | Ben 10: Alien Force | DS, PS2, PSP, Wii |
| 36 | 39 | SEGA Superstars Tennis | DS, PS2, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360 |
| 37 | Re-entry | Fallout 3 | PC, PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 38 | 36 | New Super Mario Bros. | DS |
| 39 | Re-entry | Resident Evil 5 | PC PS3, Xbox 360 |
| 40 | 37 | Need for Speed: Undercover | DS, PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360 |