Top PC Games of May 2009

BY Abbas Jaffar Ali | POSTED: 17 June 2009

The latest list from NPD reveals that the landscape of PC Gaming has certainly changed from mindless action games to ones that require more thought. We are growing up!



The NPD Group, the top game-industry research firm, recently released their top-selling PC Games list for the month of May and here it is:

1. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King - Blizzard
2. The Sims 2 Double Deluxe - Electronic Arts
3. World of Warcraft Battle Chest - Blizzard
4. World of Warcraft - Blizzard
5. Empire: Total War - Creative Assembly/Sega
6. Spore - Electronic Arts
7. Left 4 Dead - Valve
8. The Sims 2 Apartment Life - Electronic Arts
9. Fallout Trilogy - Interplay
10. StarCraft: Battle Chest - Blizzard
11. World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade - Blizzard
12. Demigod - Gas Powered Games/Stardock
13. Real Deal Slots Adventure - Phantom EFX
14. The SimCity Box - Electronic Arts
15. Fallout 3 - Bethesda Softworks
16. Diablo Battle Chest - Blizzard
17. Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition - Bethesda Softworks
18. Warcraft III Battle Chest - Blizzard
19. Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War II - Relic/THQ
20. Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor - Relic/THQ

Out of the top 5, three are just different versions of World of Warcraft with another one at number 11. Add to that Starcraft, Diablo and Warcraft III battle chests and you have two genres and seven games from Blizzard on this list. Continuing with RTS we have Empire: Total War, Demigod, Warhammer 40K and Company of Heroes. Other notable titles are three “Sims” and a Spore- a somewhat different and casual gaming experience. Rounding off, we have RPGs like the Fallout series and Elder Scrolls.

Action games that once used to rule the PC charts have almost disappeared with Left 4 Dead really being the only one. What I gather from this is that PC gamers have matured and moved into more complicated categories in general while consoles have pretty much taken up the entire share of young gamers.