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While this week’s Xbox LIVE Activity ranking doesn’t include data for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (yet), it doesn’t matter because Activision’s previously released Call of Duty games still managed to run riot.
Call of Duty: Black Ops is still the number one most played game on Xbox LIVE, while Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has shifted down to third most popular game on the service. What’s in at second?
Battlefield 3. While EA’s game made progress from the week previous, being sandwiched in-between two Call of Duty titles isn’t a great place to be.
Find out where other popular titles (like Gears of War 3 and Halo: Reach) ended up in this past week’s activity chart, and also find out which are the best-selling Xbox LIVE Arcade and Indie titles, all below:
One million of anything is quite a lot by anyone’s standard, be it toasters, plush toys or money (well, depending on where you live).
One million units of a videogame, however, is a very special number – if you manage to sell or even ship that many copies of your game, it’s safe to say you’ve got a bit of a success on your hands.
So it’s encouraging to hear that three games have recently hit this sales and shipment benchmark, either for the first time or many times over, as is the case with Mortal Kombat, Dead Island and Grand Theft Auto IV this week.
It’s business as usual at the top of the Xbox LIVE Activity Chart this week, as Call of Duty occupies No. 1 and No. 2 and Halo: Reach and FIFA Soccer 11 follow closely behind
But.
New to the listing this week is Madden NFL 12 and Deus Ex: Human Revolution, which appear in the mix with GTA IV, Gears of War 2 and Battlefield: Bad Company 2.
We’re counting the days until the release of Battlefield 3 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 in October and November respectively to inject some fresh blood at the top of the chart, but until then, let’s look at some other activity on Xbox LIVE.
There’s hardly a single change in the list of Top Twenty most played games over Xbox LIVE compared to the week previous, with only a bit of shuffling going on in the last five entries as Mortal Kombat is relegated to the bottom of the chart.
What about the top of the chart, you ask? Call of Duty: Black Ops and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 are still bullying Halo: Reach, FIFA 11 and Grand Theft Auto IV, so it’s simply business as usual.
There has been a shake-up in the list of best-selling Xbox LIVE Arcade titles with the release of From Dust last week, as well as a few minor changes in the list of top-selling Xbox LIVE Indie games and the activity chart for Games For Windows LIVE.
But not much.
The full global list of top played Xbox Live games, top-selling XBLA and Xbox Indie Games and most played Games For Windows LIVE games follows below, all based on unique users and full versions purchased:
Call of Duty: Black Ops is as dominant as ever on the latest Xbox LIVE Activity chart, appearing at the top of the listing to remain the number one most played game on Xbox LIVE.
The rivalry between Black Ops and older sibling Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 makes for a good fight, but Infinity Ward’s title has to settle for second place on the chart ahead of Halo: Reach, FIFA 11 and GTA IV.
As for the top-selling Xbox LIVE Arcade game, that’s another easy answer: Bastion is solidly number one on this listing following its release last week, ahead of Warhammer 40: Kill Team and Deadliest Warrior: Legends.
Many people in the gaming world were surprised when no mention was made of Grand Theft Auto V at E3 this year. It’s been over three years since Grand Theft Auto IV was released, and given the overwhelming success of that game it’s surprising that Rockstar North’s next GTA title has yet to be announced.
It’s time once again to pore over the latest Xbox LIVE Activity listing to see which games were played the most on Microsoft’s online service, while also discovering which downloadable games sold the most.
Chart compiler Larry ‘Major Nelson’ Hryb has this week included the Gears of War 3 beta in the list of most played Xbox 360 titles, so it’s very interesting to see how that shook out, but of course Call of Duty: Black Ops simply can’t be beaten, and appears at No. 1.
Again.
The full global list of top played Xbox Live games, top selling XBLA and Xbox Indie Games and most played Games For Windows LIVE games follows below, all based on unique users and full versions purchased:
Yeah, Call of Duty: Black Ops is once again the number one most played game on Xbox LIVE, followed in hot pursuit by CoD: Modern Warfare 2 and Halo: Reach.
This is not news.
What’s at least a little interesting is that Mortal Kombat has made it into the top ten most active games on the service. You know what else is interesting? Ubisoft’s downloadable title Outland was the best-selling title on Xbox LIVE Arcade last week, outselling the reduced-price Castlevania: Harmony of Despair.
It’s been a number of weeks since a new Xbox LIVE Activity chart has been released, but Xbox frontman Major Nelson has done due diligence and compiled an exhaustive list of the most played and best selling games on Xbox LIVE for the seven day period ending April 11th.
And wouldn’t you know it? Call of Duty: Black Ops and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 are still sitting at the top of the ranking!
Another week, another period of absolute dominance for Call of Duty: Black Ops on Xbox LIVE’s online activity chart, once again remaining the most played game on the service ahead of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Halo: Reach, FIFA 11 and NBA 2K11. Debut title Homefront is also in the mix…
As for best-selling games over Xbox LIVE Marketplace, Full House Poker slips ahead of Torchlight and Battle: Los Angeles on the Xbox LIVE Arcade circuit, while The Impossible Game once again makes it to the top of the Indie Game sales listing in front of Marksman: Long Range and Avatar Paintball.
Grand Theft Auto IV is still the most played game over Games For Windows LIVE, in case you were wondering.
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:
Last week, Xbox frontman Major Nelson alluded to a big special price sale that would be happening over on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace soon, giving us all an opportunity to save precious MS Points on tons of content for new and old games from Rockstar and 2K Games.
The full list of add-on content, full games and Xbox Avatar accessories that will be receiving price reductions on Xbox LIVE Marketplace from today until January 31st follows below:
For a portion of 2009 and most of 2010, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 dominated the Xbox LIVE Activity listing and was consistently, week after week, the most played game on Xbox 360 over the online service.
There were some glimmers of hope for other games, and Bungie’s Halo: Reach even managed to break the control that Infinity Ward’s game had over the chart by appearing at No. 1 for a number of weeks. Now, though, a new master has arrived on Xbox LIVE to continue the streak of supremacy.
Call of Duty: Black Ops is that game, and utter chart destruction is its… game.
Find out where Halo: Reach now sits on the chart, as well as see how the Xbox LIVE Arcade, Xbox Indie Games and Games for Windows LIVE listings looking:
The last time Xbox frontman Major Nelson released an Xbox LIVE Activity Chart, Bungie’s Halo: Reach has just taken the top spot on the ranking to become the most played game on Xbox LIVE.
Since then, the good Major has been incredibly busy, what with promoting the launch of Xbox 360 Kinect and all, so we haven’t really got any updates on the shape of global Xbox LIVE activity for a while now.
That’s about to change.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’s reign of terror on Xbox LIVE has come to an end.
After releasing in November 2009, it’s taken almost an entire year for another game to come along and successfully knock Modern Warfare 2 from the No. 1 spot on Xbox LIVE’s weekly activity ranking, and become the new most played game on the service.
Halo: Reach is that game.
After releasing on September 14th, Halo: Reach wasted no time in working its way up the listing, and this week sits at the No. 1 position on the chart. Will this be a lengthy stay, or will Modern Warfare 2 and Halo: Reach continue to swap positions leading up until the release of a new contender on November 9th: Call of Duty: Black Ops?
Lately, it seems as though the Halo series just can’t catch a break.
[Update] Updated to reflect the new Xbox LIVE Activity ranking, where Halo 3 and Halo: Reach have swapped places on the chart. Read more about why that happened over here. [Update]
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 hasn’t yet seen a suitable challenge on the Xbox LIVE Activity ranking since its release in November 2009, this much is true. Week in, week out, the game consistently shows up at the top of the chart, reigning supreme as the number one most played game on the service, worldwide.
That time may soon be at an end, however.
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