Sales of the game outpaced those of long-time bestseller World Of Warcraft: Wrath Of The Lich King. The Sims 3, which is reviewed here, releases this week.
World Of Warcraft titles took the next two spots ahead of Spore, Empire: Total War and Fallout Trilogy.
Left 4 Dead, Reel Deal Slots Adventure and The Sims 2: Apartment Life rounded off the top ten.
1. The Sims 2: Double Deluxe (Electronic Arts)
2. World Of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (Activision Blizzard)
3. World Of Warcraft (Activision Blizzard)
4. World Of WarCraft: Battle Chest (Activision Blizzard)
5. Spore (Electronic Arts)
6. Empire: Total War (Sega)
7. Fallout Trilogy (Interplay)
8. Left 4 Dead (Electronic Arts)
9. Reel Deal Slots Adventure (Phantom EFX)
10. The Sims 2: Apartment Life (Electronic Arts)
KeenGamer: "From IKEA homeware to fun kids' stuff, let's rank all the Stuff Packs for The Sims 2. Expansion Packs gave us lots of great new ways to play, but Stuff Packs allowed you to deck your Sims out in cool new outfits and jazz up their homes with great new objects."
A voice actor for The Sims spoke about his experiences doing voice work for the game's fictional Simlish language, and how there was no dictionary for them
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