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  Halo 3, Battlefield 1943 Tops Xbox Live's 2009
by Leigh Alexander [PC, Console/PC]
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January 11, 2010
 
 Halo 3, Battlefield 1943  Tops Xbox Live's 2009

Halo 3 saw the most unique users on Xbox Live during 2009, and despite Modern Warfare 2's mammoth launch, predecessor Call of Duty 4 topped it to come in second.

Modern Warfare 2 -- which didn't launch until November 2009 -- came in third, followed by Call of Duty: World at War and Gears of War 2. That's according to new top 20 lists from Xbox Live program manager Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb, who also rounded up the top games on the service in terms of full versions purchased.

The Xbox Live Arcade title with the most full versions purchased is EA DICE's Battlefield 1943, followed by The Behemoth's Castle Crashers and RedLynx's Trials HD. Microsoft aggregated the entire Hasbro Family Game Night portfolio, which collectively took the fourth spot, with Chair Entertainment's Shadow Complex taking fifth.

Trials HD and Shadow Complex were doubtless aided in their list placement thanks to being part of Microsoft's "Summer of Arcade" promotion period, during which revenues on the service collectively rose 200 percent.

On Xbox Live Indie Games, I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1, the $1 project from creator 'Jamezilla', topped the list; among original Xbox titles downloadable on the service, Halo 2 came out on top.

According to Major Nelson, the top 20 games on the service in terms of connectivity are as follows:

1 Halo 3
2 Call of Duty 4
3 Modern Warfare 2
4 Call of Duty: WaW
5 Gears of War 2
6 GTA IV (Purchase and download the full game)
7 Left 4 Dead
8 Halo 3: ODST
9 FABLE II Episode 1 (of 5)
10 バイオハザード5」デモ (BioHazard 5 - Resident Evil 5)
11 Halo Wars - Demo
12 RESIDENT EVIL 5
13 Fallout 3
14 UFC 2009 Undisputed Demo
15 Left 4 Dead 2 - Demo
16 Gears of War
17 1 vs 100
18 Guitar Hero World Tour
19 Guitar Hero III
20 FIFA 09

The top Xbox Live Arcade Titles by full downloads are as follows:

1 Battlefield 1943
2 Castle Crashers
3 Trials HD
4 Hasbro Family Game Night **
5 Shadow Complex
6 Marvel vs. Capcom 2
7 Magic: The Gathering
8 UNO
9 Worms
10 Peggle
11 Worms 2: Armageddon
12 Turtles in Time Re-Shelled
13 'Splosion Man
14 A Kingdom for Keflings
15 3 on 3 NHL Arcade
16 The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
17 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1989 Classic Arcade
18 Marble Blast Ultra
19 Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
20 Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
**Combined sales of all Hasbro Family Game Night titles

Top original Xbox titles by unique users:

1 Halo 2
2 Star Wars: Battlfrnt 2
3 Fable
4 Counter-Strike
5 Conker: Live Reloaded
6 Doom 3
7 Splinter Cell Chaos
8 SW: KOTOR
9 Star Wars: Battlefront
10 SW: Republic Commando
11 Burnout 3
12 Fable: Lost Chapters
13 Call of Duty 2
14 Call of Duty 3
15 Call of Duty Finest
16 MechAssault 2
17 Crimson Skies
18 Guilty Gear XX #Reload
19 Rainbow Six 3
20 Gauntlet Seven Sorrows

Top Indie Games by full versions purchased:

1 I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1
2 Avatar Drop
3 RC-AirSim
4 Headshot
5 Miner Dig Deep
6 Rumble Massage
7 Who Did I Date Last Night
8 Kodu Game Lab
9 Avatar Golf
10 Aquarium HD
11 myFishtank
12 Head Shot 2
13 DrumKit
14 A Perfect Massage
15 The Impossible Game
16 Inside Lacrosse's CL2010
17 ZP2K9
18 ezmuze+ Hamst3r edition
19 The Drinking Game
20 Physics Sandbox

Top Windows Live Titles:

1 GTA IV
2 Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II
3 Fallout 3
4 Shadowrun
5 Street Fighter IV
6 Halo 2 (PC)
7 Batman: Arkham Asylum
8 Resident Evil 5
9 Gears of War (Windows)
10 Red Faction Guerrilla
11 Battlestations: Pacific
12 Kane & Lynch: Dead Men
13 DiRT 2
14 Section 8
15 Quantum of Solace PC
16 FlatOut UC (PC)
17 Fuel
18 Viva Pinata
19 SWTCW: Republic Heroes
20 Juiced 2: HIN
 
   
 
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Daniel Martinez
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Of course, Halo 3. It must be all those sad chaps still trying to get a 50.


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