The tragic story of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is relatively unknown, but is heartbreaking nonetheless.

Known as ‘Modern Warfare 2’ to its friends, the game grew up happy and extremely popular in its younger days, but as it got older, and people began to turn on it due to inevitable backlash, its heart grew cold and black and it started to lash out at its old friends.

Even though its popularity never waned, Modern Warfare 2’s lust for attention grew and grew, and it was never satisfied with the friends that it had – it started to steal friends from other games, like Halo 3 and its brother, Call of Duty: World at War, by handing out expensive gifts, and coveted its newfound companions like precious jewels, jealously guarding them against the temptation of others.

And so we find ourselves in the current situation – Modern Warfare 2 is still the most popular game on Xbox LIVE, surrounded by a sea of ‘friends’ who would sooner turn on it when the next best thing comes along than stay and keep it company.

Elsewhere on Xbox LIVE…

The much talked about (and seemingly excellent) Limbo is the best-selling Xbox LIVE Arcade game this past week on Xbox LIVE, followed by Hydro Thunder Hurricane and Deadliest Warrior. The top-selling Xbox Indie Game, on the other hand, is Baby Maker Extreme, with regulars I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1 and The Impossible Game in hot pursuit.

Grand Theft Auto IV is the most played game on Games For Windows LIVE, while Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II and Colin McRae: Dirt 2 have to settle for second and third respectively.

The full global list of top played Xbox Live games, top selling XBLA games, Xbox Indie Games and most played Games For Windows LIVE games follows below, all based on unique users and full versions purchased:

Xbox 360 Top LIVE Titles

• Modern Warfare 2
  
• Halo 3
• Call of Duty: WaW
• Red Dead Redemption
• Call of Duty 4
• FIFA 10
• Gears of War 2
• GTA IV
• Battlefield Bad Co. 2
• LIMBO
• Madden NFL 11 demo
• Left 4 Dead 2
• Halo 3: ODST
• Forza Motorsport 3
• Hydro Thunder Hurricane
• Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days Demo
• Deadliest Warrior
• NBA 2K10
• NCAA Football 11
• Madden NFL 10

Top Arcade Titles

• LIMBO
• Hydro Thunder Hurricane
• Deadliest Warrior
• DeathSpank
• Castle Crashers
• RISK: FACTIONS
• Trials HD
• Blacklight: Tango Down
• Toy Soldiers
• UNO
• Game Room
• SONIC & KNUCKLES
• Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2
• Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck’s Revenge
• Magic: The Gathering
• Marvel vs. Capcom 2
• Worms 2- Armageddon
• Battlefield 1943
• Hasbro Family Game Night
• Peggle

Top Indie Games

• Baby Maker Extreme
• I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1
• The Impossible Game
• Avatar Ninja!
  
• Avatar Paintball
• Try Not To Fart
• Avatar Racedrome
• How Smart Are You? IQ Test
• PLATFORMANCE : Castle Pain
• Zombie Estate
• GET TO THA CHOPPA!!1
• The Impossible Avatar Getaway2
• Super Avatar World
• Avatar Onslaught
  
• Avatar Drop
• Avatar Showdown
• Miner Dig Deep
• Flight Adventure
• The Impossible Avatar Getaway
• Breath of Death VII

Games for Windows Top LIVE Titles

• GTA IV
• Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II
• Colin McRae : Dirt 2
• Street Fighter IV
• Fallout 3
• Bioshock 2
• Resident Evil 5
• Halo 2
• Red Faction Guerrilla
• Batman: Arkham Asylum
• Blacklight: Tango Down
• Gears of War
• FlatOut UC
• Tinker
• Fuel
• Kane & Lynch: Dead Men
• Battlestations: Pacific
• Quantum of Solace
• LOST PLANET COLONIES
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