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The NPD Group’s sales report for the month of October is in, and reveals that Battlefield 3 was the best-selling game of the month, with just under 2 million copies sold in the U.S. Not far behind it was Batman: Arkham City at over 1.5 million copies sold.
Something to take into account, though, is that digital sales for Battlefield 3 aren’t accounted for here, so a large portion of the game’s PC sales aren’t represented at all. Also representing the first-person shooter genre alongside Battlefield was id Software’s Rage.
Finally, From Software and Namco Bandai are probably pleased by the fact that Dark Souls made an appearance in the top-ten sellers list for last month, too, coming in at #7.
The top-ten sales chart for the U.S. in October is as follows:
| Rank | Title | System | Publisher |
| 01. | Battlefield 3 | PS3, 360, PC | Electronic Arts |
| 02. | Batman: Arkham City | PS3, 360 | Warner Bros. |
| 03. | NBA 2K12 | PS3, 360, PC, Wii, PSP, PS2 | Deep Silver |
| 04. | Rage | PS3, 360, PC | Bethesda Softworks |
| 05. | Just Dance 3 | 360, Wii | Ubisoft |
| 06. | Dark Souls | PS3, 360 | Namco Bandai |
| 07. | Madden NFL 12 | PS3, 360, Wii, PSP, PS2 | Electronic Arts |
| 08. | Forza Motorsport 4 | 360 | Microsoft |
| 09. | Gears of War 3 | 360 | Microsoft |
| 10. | Fifa Soccer 12 | PS3, 360, Wii, 3DS, PSP, PS2 | Electronic Arts |
