The Most Played Games On Xbox Live In 2008
Now just because it’s January doesn’t mean we can’t do any “best of 2008″ lists. Because we so can. And the latest list comes courtesy of Microsoft’s Larry Hryb, and charts the years top Xbox Live games.
First, we have the 20 most popular full-price games. Note the 2 games whose demos were hot enough to make the list, but whose final versions did not.
Top 20 Popular Full Price Xbox 360 Games
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
Also listed are the 20 most popular Xbox Live Arcade games, Castle crashers taking top honours despite being quite unplayable over Xbox Live Arcade for much of the year. That’s one hell of an achievement.
1. Castle Crashers
2. Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2
3. Braid
4. A Kingdom for Keflings
5. UNO
6. Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
7. Fable II Pub Games
8. Duke Nukem 3D
9. Bionic Commando: Rearmed
10. Worms
11. SOULCALIBUR
12. Portal: Still Alive
13. DOOM
14. 1942: Joint Strike
15. Bomberman Live
16. MEGA MAN 9
17. N+
18. Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3
19. Marble Blast Ultra
20. Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
We’re kinda glad to see N+ make the list. Finally, for the big retro fetishists in the house, the most-played original Xbox games over Xbox 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
Keep up the good work Halo Players! Let’s continue this into 2009!
