Xbox Live Director of Programming Larry Hryb, aka Major Nelson, has released a ranking of the Xbox Live activity for the week of 4/14.
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare remains as the top of the ranking and with the recent news that the Variety Map Pack set a new record for the number of paid downloads on Xbox Live Marketplace, surpassing one million downloads in the first nine days since its release, you can bet Call of Duty 4 will be the most played game on Xbox Live for a long time, or at least until the release of Grand Theft Auto IV or Gears of War 2…which lead us to the third place.
As expected, Halo 3 is the second most played game, but surprisingly, Gears of War jumped again to the third place, pushing down Rainbow Six Vegas 2. This could be a consequence of the recent Gears of War 2 buzz, which may have pushed several Xbox 360 owners to play again Epic Games’ third person shooter.
Below is the ranking:
Xbox 360 Top Live Titles (based on UU’s)
- Call of Duty 4
- Halo 3
- Gears of War
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2
- Guitar Hero III
- Rock Band
- FIFA 08
- Forza Motorsport 2
- NBA 2K8
- Oblivion
Top Arcade Titles (Full Versions)
- Ikaruga
- Battlezone
- Brain Challenge
- Rocky and Bullwinkle
- DOOM
- UNO
- N+
- Worms
- Bomberman LIVE
- Sonic The Hedgehog 2
The above arcade list is based on full versions purchased.
Original Xbox Top Live Titles (based on UU’s)
- Halo 2
- Star Wars: Battlfrnt 2
- Battlefield 2: MC
- Counter-Strike
- Call of Duty 3
- Fable
- Street Fighter Anniv.
- Madden NFL 08
- Rainbow Six 3
- Ghost Recon 2
Popularity: 3%
