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Call of Duty: WaW Dethrones Halo 3 on Xbox Live

For the first time in months, a new champion sits atop the Xbox Live User Activity List (which tracks games based on the number of users playing them in a given week.)For a very long time, Halo 3 has ruled the roost, and few have been able to challenge it. However, a new post on Major Nelson's blog has revealed the newest activity list, and Halo 3 has finally been dethroned.
Viewtiful - contributor
Published: 371 days 18 hours ago | News | Xbox 360 | Xbox | Gaming | Industry News
 
 

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italianbreadman - 371 days 18 hours ago
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Not a fan of either game.
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Viewtiful - 371 days 18 hours ago
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Yeah, I loved Halo 2 and Modern Warfare, but I thought both sequels were botched a bit.
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jamesrocks3147 - 371 days 16 hours ago
1.2 - this article very simular
happend with call of duty 4. cod4 did the same thing and to right cod4 is better then cod5 aswel.
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barom - 371 days 15 hours ago
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I can still never understand why Halo 3 is such a great game. It's good but I just don't see why it's like this top notch FPS that everybody likes. I mean I can totally see why people like Mass Effect, Bioshock, Gears Of War but I can't see it at all what makes Halo 3 so great.
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mario888 - 371 days 14 hours ago
1.4 - I can still never understand why Halo 3 is such a great game.
Halo 3 is a Noob game. All the little kiddies love this game because it so easy. I doesn't take much skill to just run up to someone and just use the plasma sword to get a kill. Then you hear the little kiddies screaming into the mike " I'm so F*ing good" and you suck.
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Dread - 371 days 13 hours ago
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clearly you havent played halo 3 much

hater
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znu - 371 days 8 hours ago
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If you don't like halo it's ur loss,
Just like 360 fanboys are at a loss if they don't like Resistance

My friend has a 360, and he brings his 360 over, we play halo for hours, then warhawk, then we go over to rockband and then to Resistance 2

I like halo, and i like resistance
If Bungie were to make it for ps3 id be like hell yes!
Just another great game added,

btw i've played Halo 3 for atleast 40 hours over the past few months and i have yet to see one kid crying on the mic, they're all adults crying because my friend keeps owning them xD

oh yea and btw, its not a kiddie game, if u see a pro play (like my friend) then u'll be like holy sh!t cause i swear that guy has no life past FPS games
1.7 Le Idiotce | 371 days 5 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show
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barom - 370 days 6 hours ago
1.8 - @znu
You know instead of almost implying that I'm a PS3 fanboy of some sort (quote from you "just like 360 fanboys are at loss if they don't like Resistance"). Why not just explain to me why Halo 3 is so great?

I mean I might be a bit biased but I try to remain objective. And like i said I can see why Mass Effect, Bioshock and Gears Of War is loved so much. But Halo 3 feel so generic, there's absolutely nothing outstanding about it. Why does it deserve 10s? I just can't see it.
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Viewtiful - 371 days 18 hours ago
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I never thought it would happen, again! I think Modern Warfare had the title for a while back in early 2008, but since then Halo 3 has been pretty much untouchable.
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cain141 - 371 days 18 hours ago
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Just glad to see that doritoes game is off the list
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power of Green - 371 days 18 hours ago
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New hot games always Dethrones Halo, as soon as the new hot title is out for awhile Halo always jumps to the top again.

Halo has the greatest staying power ever.
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cain141 - 371 days 18 hours ago
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For the most part it's true. I still play it from time to time...
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EastCoastSB - 371 days 16 hours ago
4.2 - Yea it does...
I actually popped it back in yesterday after a few months off.
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MrAnonymous - 371 days 16 hours ago
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yea...COD4 did this when it was pretty new and actually kept the title for a long time and Halo3 was thought to be down and out as king, but a couple months ago it took over again...now that COD WaW is out and still pretty new its their turn for top

the real question is HOW LONG WILL IT LAST? theres just something about halo 3 that is entertaining...for me, anyways

and with halo 3 coming out with its expansion game "Halo: ODST" and guaranteed new maps for halo 3 multiplayer...i see halo 3 coming back on top in 09' for sure
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ape007 - 371 days 18 hours ago
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waw mp is awesome,quick and satisfying

can't wait for IW's next blockbuster
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Gamingisfornerds - 371 days 17 hours ago
5.1 - WAW isn't IW though
Unless that's not what you're implying, your post does give that impression...

Edit: Just noticed Cain141's comment who pretty much nails it.
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ape007 - 371 days 17 hours ago
5.2 - omg
see comment 6.1

sorry,I wrote it like Im not an expert cod fan
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Gamingisfornerds - 371 days 14 hours ago
5.3 - No problem...
We can't all be COD expert fans. Just keep practising and you'll eventually get there. Took me years, but once you achieve this, a whole world of opportunities opens up for ya.
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cain141 - 371 days 18 hours ago
6 - @5 (should have been a reply lol
Just checking, but you know WaW was Tryarch? Hard to tell from how you worded that one.

But I'm also looking to the next CoD... IW is amazing...
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ape007 - 371 days 17 hours ago
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of course,teryarch made cod 3,waw and the spider man series

IW made medal of honor:allied assault(when they were with EA)after activision acquires them and formed IW in 2003,they made call of duty 1,2 and 4:modern warfare but activition wants to increase their profits and compete with other big companies,so they release a cod game each year(cod3 was the worst)but damn,treyarch made it with waw,you got to admit that cod 4's engine was hot and treyarch worked hard

sorry for long reply but yes,I wrote that up like I'm not an expert cod fan.sorry
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Hellangelzx - 371 days 17 hours ago
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And everyone said call of duty world at war would be a rip off of Modern Warfare and suck.

Well there we go! ;)
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cain141 - 371 days 17 hours ago
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Let see how long it lasts. CoD 4 is still in the top 5 after over a year.
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Hellangelzx - 371 days 17 hours ago
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Cain:

May not last long, but everyone doubted it, that's all I'm saying :)
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Cheeseknight28 - 371 days 16 hours ago
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Well it's definitely not a ripoff of Modern Warfare, but it does indeed suck. I thought the addition of co-op Campaign would be cool, but you can't even get achievements from it! Now I have to run through it twice because they were too lazy to tune the game for two players. And don't even get me started on the strange split-screen choice. Vertical windows work fine on my TV, but I can't even imagine it on a smaller TV.

I don't know about the online though, I wasn't a fan of COD4's so I haven't tried this COD5's yet. Only games I play online now are Team Fortress (Amazing on PC), Gears 2, and LBP.
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GWAVE - 371 days 17 hours ago
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Wait. Halo 3 has been the most-played XBL game this year?

Does anyone else find that kind of...pathetic?
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cain141 - 371 days 17 hours ago
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Care to explain?
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GiantEnemyCrab - 371 days 17 hours ago
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It's like WoW man, people play it forever. This list is for weekly activity not most played for the year.
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Kigmal - 371 days 17 hours ago
8.3 - @GWAVE
Halo 3 isn't some quickie game that gets brushed off to the side. The online experience in Halo 3 is superior to any other online console game. The playlist always get updated, and the game breathes new life with map packs being released. It's no glitchfest and it doesn't lag either. There is no game more finely tuned then Halo 3.
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JOLLY1 - 371 days 17 hours ago
8.4 - Oh wow, I can't believe you only got 3 disagrees
There are a lot of halo haters out there. I would love to see what game the disagrees would say is the best.
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MrAnonymous - 371 days 16 hours ago
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pathetic? absolutely not

what i find pathetic are games that are hyped up and then played once and either sold, brushed aside, not looked at ever again...the replayability of halo 3 online and offline are why i consider that game a success and not as "overhyped" as ppl say it is

why would ppl go back to a game that is 2 years old and play it if it isnt even fun or enjoyable...that is because halo 3 is exactly that, a fun and enjoyable game that you can get back to ages after its release and still have fun playing it
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The Kingslayer - 371 days 17 hours ago
9 - Ummm
Halo 3 is very, very fun online. That's why its been up there for so long. CODWaW is just as fun also, in many ways I like it better than COD4. My boy is a beast in the game. I need to play it more. Well deserved.

Be a gamer...Not a hater
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OldParr - 371 days 17 hours ago
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there are no other games as fun as these two and cod4 online out there!
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kewlkat007 - 371 days 17 hours ago
11 - In the end which game has the LONGEST legs.....
We all know, but it's always a big deal when Gears of War or Halo is dethrone for a couple of weeks.....

I never see PS3 dethroning articles..
11.1 Bladestar | 371 days 17 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show
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kewlkat007 - 371 days 16 hours ago
11.2 - Why not, I would like to know whats really being played on PSN
I never knew Sony does not give out the stats..
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cereal_killa - 371 days 17 hours ago
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COD4 did it for a while and maybe Gears did it but Halo will go back to #1.
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XXXRATED - 371 days 16 hours ago
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WHY THE HELL ARE PEOPLE STILL PLAYING GALO3 THE GAME SUCKS BADLY.
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Hellangelzx - 371 days 16 hours ago
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Because only the single player sucks.

The multiplayer may have times where it makes you hate it, and you wanna just destroy it, but it's still pretty damn fun online.

Bungie is one of the few devs that supports their game well, and there are a lot of possibilities for halo 3's online.
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ambientFLIER - 370 days 20 hours ago
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So let me get this straight...The idiot above me calls it "Galo3", I call him an idiot, and MY comment gets deleted? Wow, the mods truly are retards here.

SUCK MY WANG, MODS.
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RedVsBlue - 371 days 16 hours ago
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Halo 3 will be back on top in no time
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Ldubbz - 371 days 14 hours ago
16 - Beacuse Halo is a BEAST!
Like someone deftly mentioned earlier, Halo is timeless, showing all that overhype talk is just that...overhyped!

For so many people to still play and enjoy Halo 3 (and Halo 2!!) is a testament to how great the game truly is. There are some other great MP games out there, but Halo is still the king. Best maps, vehicles, weapons, balance...and the auto replays are too fun to watch and laugh your ass off at. Dammit...now I wanna get outta work already and play me some Halo!
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SAiOSiN - 371 days 14 hours ago
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I prefer Halo 3 over CoDWaW. R2>CoD4>Halo3>Gears2

*Picks up fire extinguisher and runs for his life*
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The BS Police - 371 days 11 hours ago
18 - Halo 3 will retake the top spot.
Halo 3 always retakes the top spot.
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njr - 371 days 11 hours ago
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Halo 3 always gets an updated playlist, and its DLC has been seasonal as of recent so there's a reason to go back. Doesn't mean its the best game to play online though. I'm surprised to see treyarch's game being the most played recently. Hell, after Gears 2's broken multiplayer I should expect this.
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anubis12 - 371 days 11 hours ago
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halo will be back on top....it always is
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ASSASSYN 36o - 371 days 6 hours ago
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WaW sucks! WWII games are boring and over done.
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idontcare - 371 days 4 hours ago
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Halo 3 is da best ;-)

COD4 = 2nd place
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