For the next seven days, Xbox LIVE Gold members are able to save fifty percent off of the acclaimed downloadable first-person shooter, Blacklight: Tango Down.

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OK, so here’s my latest theory.

Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has been the most played game on Xbox LIVE more or less since it launched at the end of 2009, beating back games like Halo 3 and the other Call of Duty games with ease. How is this possible? Bots.

Activision has created millions of Xbox LIVE accounts for millions of computer-controlled in-game bots which are constantly playing Modern Warfare 2, and therefore contributing to the game’s constant, consistent and dominating presence on Xbox LIVE, week after week, month after month.

What’s the alternative? Millions and millions of real people have actually bought Modern Warfare 2, and play the game night after night online? Ha ha, please! Give me a break. My ‘bot’ theory is logical. The alternative is pure fantasy.

Anyways… Blacklight: Tango Down is this past week’s top-selling Xbox LIVE Arcade game, followed by Monkey Island 2: Special Edition – LeChuck’s Revenge and After Burner Climax, while the list of best-selling Xbox Indie Games is topped by (do I really have to say this? Really?! OK, fine) Try Not to Fart, followed by I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1 and Avatar Ninja!

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

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Two super games have just hit Xbox LIVE Arcade today in the form of the timeless adventure game, Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck’s Revenge for 800 MS Points, and the impressive first-person squad-based shooter, Blacklight: Tango Down for 1200 MS Points.

You can see both of these games in action in a collection of trailers and videos below, accompanied by official descriptions explaining the titles’ USPs (Unique Selling Points, don’t you know?):

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