FIFA 09 Scores the Winning Goal in UK; Resistance 2 Slips to 30th

UK - FIFA 09 kicked itself into first place just before the Christmas holiday according to GfK Chart-Track's Software Charts for the week ending December 20th.

After sitting in the top 5 for several weeks, it was able to finally pass Call of Duty: World of War, which held on to the spot for eight weeks.

Nintendo has a strong presense in the top ten with Mario Kart Wii holding onto third, Wii Play sitting in sixth, the DS phenom Professor Layton debuts at eighth, and Wii Fit coming in at tenth.

Sony's LittleBigPlanet remains steady at fifteenth, but Resistance 2 slips another four spots to thirtieth.

Top 40 Software
01. FIFA 09
02. CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR
03. MARIO KART WII
04. NEED FOR SPEED: UNDERCOVER
05. DR KAWASHIMA'S BRAIN TRAINING
06. WII PLAY
07. QUANTUM OF SOLACE
08. PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE CURIOUS VILLAGE
09. TOMB RAIDER: UNDERWORLD
10. WII FIT
11. GUITAR HERO: WORLD TOUR
12. MARIO & SONIC AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES
13. LEGO INDIANA JONES: ORIGINAL ADVENTURES
14. FALLOUT 3
15. LITTLEBIGPLANET
16. PRINCE OF PERSIA
17. FAR CRY 2
18. CARNIVAL: FUNFAIR GAMES
19. LEGO BATMAN: THE VIDEOGAME
20. SONIC UNLEASHED
21. GEARS OF WAR 2
22. KUNG FU PANDA
23. GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS: THE VIDEOGAME
24. MORE BRAIN TRAINING FROM DR KAWASHIMA
25. SINGSTAR ABBA
26. PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2009
27. RAYMAN RAVING RABBIDS TV PARTY
28. WWE SMACKDOWN VS RAW 2009
29. STAR WARS: THE FORCE UNLEASHED
30. RESISTANCE 2
31. WII MUSIC
32. ANIMAL CROSSING: LET'S GO TO THE CITY
33. SHAUN WHITE SNOWBOARDING
34. FOOTBALL MANAGER 2009
35. MADAGASCAR: ESCAPE 2 AFRICA
36. MIRROR'S EDGE
37. WALL-E
38. LIPS
39. GRAND THEFT AUTO IV
40. NINTENDOGS: LAB & FRIENDS