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List of the most played Live games of 2008
Joystiq [Xbox] — ... Just in case you weren't keeping (weekly) track of the most played games of 2008, our pal Major Nelson thought he'd do the community a service by listing the Top 20 Live Games of 2008, based on Live connectivity over the course of the past 52 weeks. We copied ...

Major Nelson reveals top 20 Xbox Live games and arcade downloads
Joystiq — ... Well, that was entirely unexpected. How, in a year chock-full of incredible Xbox Live-enabled releases, did Yaris manage to not only be the most downloaded XBLA title of 2008, but also place first on the annual Xbox Live activity charts? We could have sworn ...

Top Twenty Live Games of 2008
Evil Avatar - News Items — ... Major Nelson posted quite a list tonight, showing off which games were the most played on Xbox Live. He was kind enough to break it up into three categories: 360 Retail, 360 Arcade, Original Xbox. Here's the top three from each: ...

The Top 20 LIVE Games of 2008 - Halo Tops the Charts
Planet Xbox 360 — ... Nelson's blog: Xbox 360 Top Live Titles (based on UU’s): 1. Halo 3 2. Call of Duty 4 3. GTA IV 4. Gears of War 2 5. Gears of War 6. CoD: World at War 7. Guitar Hero III 8. Battlefield: Bad Company Demo 9. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Demo 10. Rock Band 11. Fable II 12. Mirror's Edge Demo 13. Madden NFL 09 14. BF: Bad Company 15. Rainbow Six Vegas 2 16. UNO 17. Castle Crashers 18. COD: World at War Multiplayer Beta 19. Forza Motorsport 2 20. Too Human - Demo The Top 20 LIVE Games of 2008 - MajorNelson.com

These Were The Most-Played Games Over Xbox Live In 2008 [Xbox]
Kotaku — ... Live were also recorded. 1 Halo 2 2 Fable 3 Star Wars: Battlfront 2 4 Counter-Strike 5 Fable: Lost Chapters 6 Doom 3 7 Conker: Live Reloaded 8 Splinter Cell Chaos 9 SW: KOTOR 10 SW: Republic Commando 11 Star Wars: Battlefront 12 Burnout 3 13 Guilty Gear XX #Reload 14 Gauntlet Seven Sorrows 15 Call of Duty 3 16 Ninja Gaiden Black 17 Crimson Skies 18 MechAssault 2 19 Call of Duty 2 20 Rainbow Six 3 The Top 20 LIVE Games of 2008 [Microsoft] ...

More people played Castle Crashers than Geometry Wars 2 last year :(
xbox360 — ... Microsoft man Major Nelson has told the world what the most-played Xbox Live games of 2008 were. The world is not going to be very surprised. Halo 3 was, unshockingly, the top proper comes-in-a-box game, beating Call of Duty 4 into second place and GTA IV (it had an online mode?) into third. On the much more interesting XBLA scene, ...

Major Nelson reveals 2008 most played Xbox 360 games
Ars Technica - Opposable Thumbs — ... any time soon, and so on. As one final bit of trivia to close the year, Major Nelson has shared some final 2008 statistics for the Xbox 360, including a ranking of the most-played games in 2008 based on Xbox Live connectivity. Here's a look at the 10 most popular online games of the year: Halo 3 [image] Call of Duty 4 GTA IV Gears of War 2 Gears of War Call of Duty: World at War Guitar Hero III Battlefield: Bad Company (demo) Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (demo) Rock Band Talk about staying power two of 2007's big titles continued to reign last year. ...

Most played games on Xbox Live in ‘08
That VideoGame Blog — ... Major Nelson recently announced via his blog the top 20 Xbox Live games of 2008. The list isn’t all that surprising until you start seeing demos. In some cases demos actually surpassed the actual retail release of the game. So, without further ado, here is the list of the top played XBL games of 2008. Also included are the top 20 Arcade and Xbox Original titles. ...

GamerBytes Analysis: The Top Downloaded XBLA Games Of 2008
GamerBytes — ... Below is the Xbox Live Arcade Top 20 list, released by Major Nelson on his blog. While he states these are based on unique users for each game, the difference in position for UNO and Castle Crashers on the Top Live titles and Top XBLA titles leads me to believe that this list is based on the games sales. ...

Top Xbox Titles Of 2008
GayGamer.net — ... The Top 20 LIVE Games of 2008 [Major Nelson]

The Most-Played Games on Xbox 360 (and Xbox) in 2008
Second Story Gamer — ... Major Nelson just released the Xbox Live usage statistics for all of 2008.  Let’s start with the full retail games.  This list was based on the amount of unique users for each game: ...

Microsoft Reveals Top 20 Xbox Live And Xbox Live Arcade Titles Of 2008
G4 TV - TheFeed — ... Crimson Skies MechAssault 2 Call of Duty 2 Rainbow Six 3 The lists look totally straightforward, but there are some oddities. I was surprised that the Too Human demo was so popular, but I wonder if it was just people wanting to see a car wreck. Anyone surprised by any of the games of the lists? Source

The Top 20 Xbox Live Games of 2008
Kombo.com — ... ) 1 Halo 2 2 Fable 3 Star Wars: Battlfrnt 2 4 Counter-Strike 5 Fable: Lost Chapters 6 Doom 3 7 Conker: Live Reloaded 8 Splinter Cell Chaos 9 SW: KOTOR 10 SW: Republic Commando 11 Star Wars: Battlefront 12 Burnout 3 13 Guilty Gear XX #Reload 14 Gauntlet Seven Sorrows 15 Call of Duty 3 16 Ninja Gaiden Black 17 Crimson Skies 18 MechAssault 2 19 Call of Duty 2 20 Rainbow Six 3 -- Major Nelson Wow, Mega Man 9 at only #16 on the XBLA list? Then again, most people who could probably opted for the Wii version.

Microsoft Reveals Most Popular Xbox 360 Online Games For 2008
MTV Multiplayer — [image]“Halo 3″ was the most played game on Xbox Live in 2008 according to a top 10 list released by Microsoft today , but gamers might be shocked at what else ended up on the list. The list of top Xbox game downloads also packs some surprises. *** There are several demos featured on Major Nelson’s list, but the most notable is“Too Human.” Other Xbox 360 releases with a multiplayer component featured on the list — “Call of Duty: World at War” and “Battlefield: Bad Company” – also had the full game show up. That didn’t happen with “Too Human.” It at least shows people were ...

Doritos: Dash of Destruction - A Bonafide Hit
Crispy Gamer | Video Game News, Rumors and Updates — ... , who is at the show this week, caught up with Kroese shortly after his presentation to ask him why he thought the game did so well, beyond being a freebie. He pointed out that Dash of Destruction was much better than other free games they’ve offered, like the Yaris advergame: “it’s actually a good game!” And if you’re wondering why it doesn’t show up in any of Major Nelson’s list of Top Xbox Live Arcade titles in 2008 , the answer is simple: it’s free. Dash of Destruction is a free arcade racing advergame developed by Ninja Bee for Xbox Live Arcade to promote one of the ...