AU CHARTS: Black Ops still number one in first half of 2011

The NPD Group Australia has released its top ten all formats charts by units for Australia for the first half of 2011.

Call of Duty: Black Ops came out on top, defeating all major new releases in the first half of the year including Australian-developed LA Noire and Crysis 2.

Pokemon White and Pokemon Black took second and third places respectively, while Nintendo’s only appearance was Wii Fit Plus coming in at number 8.

1. Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision Blizzard)

2. Pokemon White (Nintendo)

3. Pokemon Black (Nintendo)

4. LA Noire (Rockstar Games)

5. Crysis 2 (Electronic Arts)

6. AFL Live (TruBlu)

7. Lego Star Wars 3: The Clone Wars (LucasArts)

8. Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)

9. The Sims 3 (Electronic Arts)

10. Killzone 3 (Sony)

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