Weekly PC Sales: Nancy Drew Returns with Valor

April 22, 2009 8:04 AM

It's been five months since one of Her Interactive's Nancy Drew games broke into the top ten, but the prodigal daughter has returned thanks to a cheap jewel case edition.

While Direct2Drive's top ten downloads packs several of that week's new releases, including The Chronicles of Riddick, only Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor managed to appear on both D2D's chart and NPD's list of top-selling games at US retailers.

It was also a week for returning vets, with Left 4 Dead and the StarCraft Battle Chest both re-appearing on NPD's weekly list, and Universe at War hitting D2D's due to a sale.

NPD's Top Ten (4/5 - 4/11)

World Of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King / Blizzard / $36
The Sims 2 Double Deluxe / EA Maxis / $20
Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor / Relic / $29
World Of Warcraft Battle Chest / Blizzard / $35
Empire: Total War / Creative Assembly / $50
Left 4 Dead / Valve / $31
StarCraft Battle Chest / Blizzard / $15
The Sims 2 Apartment Life Exp. Pack / EA Maxis / $20
World Of Warcraft / Blizzard / $20
Nancy Drew: Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake / Her Interactive / $7

Direct2Drive's Top Ten (4/6 - 4/12)

Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor / Relic
Final Fantasy XI Vana'diel Collection / Square Enix
The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena / Starbreeze
The Godfather 2 / EA Redwood Shores
Company of Heroes Complete Bundle / Relic
BattleForge / EA Phonemic
Rome: Total War Gold / Creative Assembly
Universe at War: Earth Assault / Petroglyph
Fallout 3 / Bethesda
Empire: Total War / Creative Assembly

Remember, NPD's data only accounts for traditional (non-download) retailers in the United States, while D2D's list is only representative of one digital download outlet.

Chris Faylor

Chris Faylor was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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