It’s official, folks: Halo 3 was the top Xbox LIVE game of 2008. Major Nelson’s final year-end tally is now up on his blog, and it lists the top 20 360 games based on LIVE activity, and the top 20 XBLA titles. Following Halo 3 are Call of Duty 4, GTA IV, Gears of War 2, and the first Gears of War.
The last few months have seen Gears 2, CoD4, and Halo 3 fight for position at the top of the rankings, but when it’s all said and done no one should be surprised that Master Chief won. Again.
On the Arcade side of things, surprisingly Castle Crashers topped the list. Even though it had some pretty nasty bugs that took months to fix, it beat out Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 and Braid. To see the Top 20 for each, hit the full story.
Xbox 360 Top Live Titles (based on UU’s)
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 - DemoTop Arcade Titles (Full Versions purchased)
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 3The above arcade list is based on full versions purchased.
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