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Fallout 3 is doing pretty well on the Xbox 360 and PS3, but the game is doing particularly well on the PC charts where it has managed to land at the number one spot for the month of Oct., according to NPD Group. Fallout 3 managed to beat out Spore and a new Nancy Drew game, as well as Far Cry 2, Warhammer Online and the ever popular World of Warcraft Battle Chest. With the new world of Warcraft expansion hitting retail this month, Fallout 3 better enjoiy its time on the top of the hill..

Coming in at the number 2 spot for Oct. was Spore, followed by Nancy Drew The Haunting of Castle Malloy, Far Cry 2, and Warhammer Online. The Fallout 3 Collector’s Edition also managed to land at the number 8 spot, shoring up Bethesda’s number for the game even more. top ten after the break.

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NPD has released software and hardware sales data for the month of August and, to be quite honest, there are no real shockers here. DS, Wii and PSP (in that order) continue to dominate the market while Xbox 360, PS3 and PS2 fight for the leftovers. The Nintendo DS was the best selling system for the month, selling 518,000 units, while the Wii managed to move $53,000, the PSP moved 253,000, the Xbox 360 sold 195,000 units, the PS3 followed closely with 185,000 and the PS2 sold 144,000.

Things were even tamer on the software front with Madden NFL 09 selling well across multiple platforms and dominating four of the top ten slots. Also doing well this month: Wii Fit, Mario Kart Wii, Wii Play, Guitar Hero: On Tour, Too Human and Soulcalibur IV. It should also be noted that while EA said earlier this week that Madden did 6 percent better over last year’s version , the truth is it did only 2 percent better. So they were a little bit off.. The full lists after the jump:

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