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Take-Two Interactive’s Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for PS2, in...

Take-Two Interactive’s Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for PS2, in its 12th week, was again the top- rented videogame in the U.S., Rentrak said its preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended Jan. 16 showed. Rentrak said…

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the game earned an additional $453,880 in the week, for a total of $10.61 million to date. The only new game in the top 10 was LucasArts Entertainment’s Mercenaries for PS2 at #7 ($122,787). Need for Speed Underground 2 from Electronic Arts (EA) for PS2, in its 9th week, was again #2 ($254,383 in the week, $3.29 million to date), while Microsoft’s Halo 2 for Xbox, in its 10th week, was again #3 ($160,004 and $4.36 million), the Xbox version of Need was again #4 ($149,615 and $2.04 million), Activision’s Call of Duty: Finest Hour for PS2, in its 9th week, was again #5 ($144,596 and $1.79 million) and EA’s NFL Street 2 for PS2, in its 4th week, was again #6 ($127,814 and $399,559). Rounding out the top 10 were 3 more PS2 games, each in its 11th week: Konami’s Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater up 2 at #8 ($105,773 and $1.46 million), THQ’s WWE Smackdown! Vs. Raw down 2 at #9 ($104,614 and $2.05 million) and Sony Computer Entertainment’s Killzone up 3 at #10 ($102,826 and $1.54 million).