Here are the latest UK software and hardware charts. Slightly late off the mark - sorry - but better late than never!

Behold, the multiformat charts are below, and Mario Kart ain't doin all that bad...charts are thanks to ELSPA.

1. Fifa 2004 (EA/ PS2, Xbox, PC, PlayStation)
2. True Crime: Streets of L.A. (Activision/ Xbox, PS2)
3. Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (Nintendo/Gamecube)
4. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (EA/ PS2, Xbox, PC, GameCube)
5. WWE Smackdown: Here Comes the Pain (THQ/ PS2) 6. The Simpsons Hit & Run (Fox Interactive/ PS2, Xbox, GameCube)
7. Finding Nemo (THQ/ GBA, PS2, Xbox, PC, GameCube)
8. Harry Potter Quidditch World Cup (EA/ PS2, PC, Xbox, GameCube)
9. SSX3 (EA/ PS2, Xbox, GameCube)
10. Pro Evolution Soccer 3 (Konami/ PS2)
11. The Sims: Makin? Magic (EA/ PC)
12. Dance: UK (Big Ben/ PS2, PlayStation)
13. Call of Duty (Activision/ PC) 14. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004 (EA/ PS2, Xbox, PC, GC)
15. EyeToy: Play (Sony/ PS2) 16. Pop Idol (Codemasters/ PS2, PC, GBA)
17. Tom Clancy?s Rainbow Six (Ubisoft/ Xbox) 18. Harry Potter- Chamber of Secrets (EA/ PS2, PC, Xbox, PlayStation)
19. Crash Bandicoot- Wrath of Cortex (Vivendi Universal/ PS2, Xbox, PC,)
20. Norton Internet Security 2004 (Norton/ PC)

Next of course are the GameCube charts, and no surprises here really...

1. Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (Nintendo)
2 .Star Wars: Rebel Strike (LucasArts)
3. LOTR: The Return of the King (EA)
4. The Simpsons: Hit and Run (Vivendi)
5. FIFA 2004 (EA)
6. F-Zero GX (Nintendo)
7. Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup (EA)
8. Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg (Sega UK
9. Viewtiful Joe (Capcom)
10. SSX 3 (EA)

And finally my friends, the latest hardware charts. And the good old GC is doing rather well...

1. PlayStation2 55,000
2. Game Boy Advance SP 24,000 (+ 1/5)
3. Xbox over 17,500 (+ 10 %)
4. Gamecube 14,000 (Increase of 100 %)
5. N-Gage only 300 sold