March 10
Xbox Live’s Director of programming Larry Hyrb, more commonly known as Major Nelson, announced the past week’s most played Xbox Live games today via his official blog.
Halo 3 fragged its way back to the top, giving Call of Duty: World at War, the backsmack dropping it to number two for the week, in the Xbox 360 category. The influx of Halo activity can most likey be attributed to the March 3rd release of Halo Wars, with the LE containing the exclusive Mythic Map Pack
Halo 3 has remained at or near the summit as Xbox Lives most played games since the day it was released almost two years ago! Others have come and gone, but Bungie’s incredible ability to continually offer new and exciting content has kept the fans coming back. How does 1 billion games played sound? Yeah, thought so.
Watchmen: The End is Nigh took the top spot for Arcade titles, Halo 2 in the original Xbox department, and RC-AirSim led the way in Community Games.
Xbox 360 and original Xbox figures are based on unique users while Arcade and Community games are figured by full versions purchased.
I’d like to think I tipped Halo over the top this weekend with my hours and hours of Grifball played earning me double XP.
The next time someone says “Halo 3? People still play that game?” Well, you’ll know what to say.
Xbox 360 Top Live Titles
1Â Â Â Halo 3
2Â Â Â Call of Duty: WaW
3Â Â Â Call of Duty 4
4Â Â Â Gears of War 2
5Â Â Â GTA IV
6Â Â Â Halo Wars
7Â Â Â Left 4 Dead
8Â Â Â Halo Wars demo
9Â Â Â FIFA 09
10Â Â STREET FIGHTER IV
Top Arcade Titles
1Â Â Â Â Watchmen: The End is Nigh
2Â Â Â Castle Crashers
3Â Â Â Â 3 on 3 NHL Arcade
4Â Â Â Â Worms
5Â Â Â Â UNO
6Â Â Â Â Braid
7Â Â Â Â Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
8Â Â Â Â Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
9Â Â Â Â A Kingdom for Keflings
10Â Â Â Marble Blast Ultra
Original Xbox Top Live Titles
1Â Â Â Halo 2
2Â Â Â Star Wars: Battlfrnt 2
3Â Â Â Counter-Strike
4Â Â Â Fable
5Â Â Â Splinter Cell Chaos
6Â Â Â Conker: Live Reloaded
7Â Â Â Doom 3
8Â Â Â Burnout 3
9Â Â Â Call of Duty 3
10Â Â Â Star Wars: Battlefront
Top Community Games
1Â Â Â RC-AirSim
2Â Â Â Aquarium HD
3Â Â Â DrumKit
4Â Â Â TV Calibration
5Â Â Â Rumble Massage
6Â Â Â ZP2K9
7Â Â Â Bowling X
8Â Â Â Miner Dig Deep
9Â Â Â Remote Masseuse
10Â Â Â bricks4ever
Yes, Sniper bullets bounce, evidence in the gallery!
Eddie Makuch is Blast's Director of Video Game News. Reach him at Makuch.E@BlastMagazine.com.
