EA Canada's FIFA 10 has thrashed opposition in the UK all-format charts during the week ended October 3.

The launch of the revamped football sim is the most successful since that of Grand Theft Auto IV and the second largest in UK chart history. It's also a 48 per cent improvement on that of its predecessor, FIFA 09, and bigger than that of GTA: San Andreas. That launch, however, was exclusive to PS2 whereas FIFA 10 arrives on six platforms.

Falling from the top spot was Halo 3: ODST, which suffered a 75 per cent sales drop to land at number three, leaving Level-5's Professor Layton And Pandora's Box stable at number two. EA's other franchise revival, Need For Speed: Shift, moves down a place to number four.

A 33 per cent jump in sales of Wii Sports Resort can be attributed to a £179.99 hardware bundle which also launched last week. Conversely, the arrival of the UMD version of Gran Turismo PSP at number twelve can be blamed on the launch of PSPGo, with its purchase incentive of a free downloadable copy.

PS3 exclusive Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2, meanwhile, was a new entry at number 26, three spots higher than Deep Silver RPG Risen.

01. FIFA 10 (EA)
02. Professor Layton And Pandora's Box (Nintendo)
03. Halo 3: ODST (Microsoft)
04. Need For Speed: Shift (EA)
05. Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
06. Guitar Hero 5 (Activision)
07. MySims Agents (EA)
08. Colin McRae: Dirt 2 (Codemasters)
09. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
10. Batman: Arkham Asylum (Eidos)

Source: GfK Chart-Track.
UK  2009  Chart History.