Microsoft Reveal The Top Live Games of 2009

Major Nelson has revealed what the top Live games were for 2009. they have provided top 20 games for Xbox 360, Xbox Live Arcade, Xbox, Indie Games, And Games For Windows Live.

Xbox 360 Top Live Titles (based on UU’s)

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


Top Arcade Titles (Full Versions purchased)

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 (based on UU’s)

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 (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 Games For Windows LIVE (based on UU’s)

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 Piñata
19 SWTCW: Republic Heroes
20 Juiced 2: HIN

From Major Nelson's Blog

Re-Cap of The Weekends News (oldest to newest)

• QTE Blog: Re-Cap of Yesterdays News (oldest to newest) http://ow.ly/16iKh2

• 360: Square Enix announce that Death by Cube is coming out on XBLA on January 20th. http://ow.ly/UySy

• 360: You Can't record programs onto the 360 using AT&T's U-verse service, 360 can't be used as a set top box + more http://ow.ly/UyUq

• 2K Boston will change its name back to Irrational Games. http://ow.ly/UyVd

• iPhone: Assassins Creed II Discovery accidentally came out for $11.99. it's been removed. http://ow.ly/UyWo

• 360: Halo Reach Will be the next GameInformer cover. the cover art is different from the earlier leaked art. http://ow.ly/UyWZ

• PS3: Kotaku have played Super Stardust HD in 3D http://ow.ly/UyXm And Gran Turismo 5 in 3D http://ow.ly/UyXu and talk about the experience

• Sony's newly announced Dash could have some interaction with the Playstation 3 and PSP. http://ow.ly/UyZs

• Namco Bandai have patented a new drumming game that uses Drumstick shells on 2 WiiMotes. Angle of impact changes sound http://ow.ly/Uz09

• Wii: Nintendo is no longer publishing and shipping Metroid Prime Trilogy. Nintendo say it was a limited edition. http://ow.ly/UCAV

• There will be a Aliens Vs Predator Demo, but no release date for it has been annoucned. http://ow.ly/UCCV

• Wii: Netflix say the chances of Netflix coming to Nintendo are "Excellent. http://ow.ly/UCDn

• 15% of 800 questioned gamers say they buy DLC. 41% say they were aware of DLC, 43% were not aware http://ow.ly/UCFc

• its being reported that working conditions at Rockstar San Diego have been deteriorating. many complaints reported http://ow.ly/UCGY

• DSi: Dark Void Zero has a feature which makes you blow the dust of a NES cartridge to continue. http://ow.ly/UCHq

• 360: Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg has said that there will be millions of Natals in consumer homes this holiday. http://ow.ly/UOSM

• Its rumoured Konami is releasing a collection of the 8bit/16bit Castlevania games and Symphony of the Night on PSP/Wii http://ow.ly/UOUm

• QTE Blog: THQ Have Released A Story Trailer For Metro 2033 http://ow.ly/16j8rZ

• 360: Bioware have said that Mass Effect 3 is already in development. Mass Effect 2 DLC coming soon after release http://ow.ly/URUC

• 360: Official Xbox Magazine has given Mass Effect 2 a 9.5/10. the story was apparently a bit disappointing. http://ow.ly/URYB

• PS3: A Hong Kong mag has rated Final Fantasy 4/10 and called it the “Biggest swindle in gaming history.” http://ow.ly/URZd

• QTE Blog: Android Game Of The Week - Action Potato http://ow.ly/16jb4R

• Ps3: Darksiders trophy list in the link. possible spoilers. 360 achievements may be the same. http://ow.ly/US05

• PS3: Uncharted 2 has outsold Uncharted (thats over 2.59 Million Units) http://ow.ly/US1w

• QTE Blog: What Have You Played This Week? http://ow.ly/16jbZG

• QTE Blog: QTE Tweets Of The Week http://ow.ly/16jcVv

QTE Tweets Of The Week

The Following are the top 10 most clicked QTE Gamers tweets of the week. there were some issues with the Owly service and some strange page hits like the Pokemon and some old tweets became popular like the No1 tweet.

10 Wii: Capcom are disappointed with Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles sales. USA Sales are only around 16.000 http://ow.ly/T60b

9 its being reported that Dissidia Final Fantasy is coming to both the PS3 and Xbox 360. http://ow.ly/T03T

8 PSP: Nielsen have released statistics that show 52% of the USA PSP audience is Female. http://ow.ly/T2k6

7 QTE Blog: Nintendo News In General From The Christmas Break http://ow.ly/16gmCR

6 PS3: Its being reported that Gran Turismo 5 and God Of War III will both come out in Japan on March 25yh. http://ow.ly/SXp3

5 iPhone: Apple has announced that there have now been over 3 billion app downloads. http://ow.ly/T5Yr

4 QTE Blog: EA Have Released New Screenshots For Tiger Woods PGA Tour Online On The PC http://ow.ly/16h5eZ

3 PC: Sony Online Entertainment have sent out surveys to PlanetSide subscribers saying a new PlanetSide game is coming http://ow.ly/rb5D

2 Wii: The Pokemon Company have announced that they are working on a Wii game and it should be announced soon. http://ow.ly/rb5j

1 PS3: Some Uncharted 2 DLC has been confirmed as multiplayer maps. http://ow.ly/rb4F

What Have You Played This Week?

I've Played A Fair bit. i've got a Wii console again. unfortunately when i last had one i had to sell it, but i got this for Christmas which was nice. so i'm going to try and play some of the better Wii games out there. i've already started with Klonoa.

Football Manager 09 – PC – Decided to start something new with Cheltenham. Not far in so far, but having an average start to the season. In the Bayern Munich game, I won the World Cup with Italy.

Super Smash Brothers Brawl – Wii – This is my favourite Wii Game. When I had a Wii before, before I had to seel it, I played this game the most, so when I had a chance to get a Wii again this was the game I wanted most. I think it's one of the best looking games on the Wii, and can easy take up the most of your time. At the moment i've been working through the subspace emissary mode. I enjoy the story, the cutscenes look really good, and the gameplay is fun. This really is a must have for Wii Owners.

Wii Sports Resort – Wii – This came with the Wii and I can see why people in enjoy it. Some of the activities are boring, like canoeing, but new activities like Archery are fun and use the motion controls in a logical way. There is plenty to do and in each activity there are additional things to unlock. Again, this is one of the must have games for the Wii.

Klonoa – Wii – I played the demo for this game when it was on the Playstation 1 and enjoyed it, but I never played the game. The Wii version has been designed for the Wii and redesigned. Graphically it looks great. The art style is simple, the character design for Klonoa is distinctive which all adds up to one of the best looking Wii Games. The story isn't great, but there is a great twist at the end which explains one of the short comings in the story early on. The game is a platformer that slowly mixes it up as the game progresses, and it has enemies which also slowly change in difficulty and approach need to defeat them. The game is fairly traditional in how it plays, some people may call it oldschool, but it fits the platformer it is and the bosses in the game. The game fell under the radar for most Wii gamers which is a shame. It is a good 8 hour game, with unloackables to increase that, that is a solid single player experience. The story is easy to follow, there are very simple controls, and a slowly increasing difficulty makes the games pacing just perfect.

Uncharted 2 – PS3 – I Was in the mutliplayer Beta and loved it. When I finally got the game for Christmas, I jumped straight into the Multiplayer and its still great. The Co-Op is also fun and challenging. The main story is very engaging and hooks you from the off. The graphics are out standing, especially the vistas. The voice acting is top, perhaps even better and more natural than the first game. I'm coming up to the train stage and i'm excited for it. I've heard a lot about it, and many other parts of the game too, and can't wait for it. The puzzles are fairly simple but they fit with the game. I can't wait to see what the rest of the game brings.


What have you been playing this week? feel free to add your weeks gaming selection in the comments, or comment on my selection for this week

Android Game Of The Week - Action Potato

Action Potato
Developed By Sunflat
Free
Version: 1.0
Size: 259KB

The Good
Controls
Simple Gameplay

The Average
Graphics

The Bad
No Music
Sound Effects

Action Potato is a simple game that came out fairly recently on the Android Market. the game has a small file size which is due to the simple sound effects, simple graphics, and lack of game music, but it is this simplicity that makes the game fun. The artwork for the game is simple but it does have a kiddy look to it. The bins have eyes, mouths, and rosy cheeks which provide the game with a little extra charm. The game only comes with 1 game mode.

The one game mode could be described as a endless mode. You play until you loose. The aim of the game is to eat potatoes and avoid the blue ones. There are 3 bin looking things which bounce up when you hit them. Each one jumps at a different height and each will give you a different amount of points when you catch a potato. The potatoes come across the screen at different heights and land at different points across the screen. All you have to do is hit a bin that'll catch a particular potato when it comes across the screen.

The difficulty comes in slowly. At first the potatoes come across the screen slowly. But the speed gradually increases. As they get faster, it becomes possible to catch more than one potato with a bin. Blue, rotten, potatoes are also introduced. Again they come across the screen slowly, but they increase in speed and frequency and can on occasion out number the normal potatoes. Everytime a blue potato is caught by a bin, that bin gets removed from the screen. The game ends when you have no bins left. There are heart powerups which, if caught, can bring back a bin but these are rare and are mixed with the potatoes and blue potatoes.

The Game Controls are simple. You tap on a bin to make it jump and that's it. The menu button is a pause button and that's all the controls in the game. The bins are very responsive but some people may find them a bit floaty when the game gets more difficult. But this is part of the challenge, managing the bins whilst avoiding the blue potatoes.

Only having one game mode could be limiting but it makes this game the perfect mobile game. The games difficulty gradually increases, proving a reason to try and get better at the game. You can submit your score, via the internet, and see where you stand globally which can provide additional incentive to go back and try again. This is a fun game that players can go back to over and over again.

THQ Have Released A Story Trailer For Metro 2033

THQ Have released a story trailer for their upcoming Metro 2033 game. The Trailer shows alot of in-game footage from cutscenes and action.

Re-Cap of Yesterdays News (oldest to newest)

• PS3: Its being reported that the Latest Qore revealed Heavy Rains USA Release is February 16th. http://ow.ly/Udbc

• 360: Ninety Nine Nights II is coming out in Japan in Spring. http://ow.ly/Udcw

• Nvidia have shown of their Mobile Tegra processor running Unreal Engine 3. it is the same as the PC version. http://ow.ly/Uddp

• Greenpeace have rated Nintendo the Most Eco-unfriendly electronics company. Sony was Most Green console maker. http://ow.ly/UfqU

• 360: Reportedly leaked Halo Reach Artwork hints towards upcoming GameInformer cover. http://ow.ly/UfAu

• JP Console, Wii 163.855, PSP 132.911, PS3 114.368, DSi 92.461, DSi LL 70.643, DS 17.388, 360 6.878, PS2 4.023, PSPgo 3.903 http://ow.ly/UfCG

• iPhone: Mirrors Edge release has been delayed until early 2010. http://ow.ly/Udas

• Its rumoured that Infinity Ward is developing a MMO and is hiring Sony Online Entertainment developers. http://ow.ly/UhU4

• Wii: Zack & Wiki The Quest For Barbaros' Treasure is the 13th best reviewed Wii game, but only sold 126k copies. http://ow.ly/UiiQ

• 360: Fable III Will be shown next month in San Francisco. there will be new videos released also. http://ow.ly/Uikm

• Microsoft say the 3D home experience won't match that of the Cinema. it'll be some time before its widely adopted. http://ow.ly/Uimn

• QTE Blog: Sony Announce Heavy Rain Is Coming Out In The USA On February 23rd http://ow.ly/16iqpV

• Wii: New Super Mario Bros. Wii has sold over 2.7 Million copies in Japan, is number 1 in game charts http://ow.ly/Uk5x

• QTE Blog: Sony Announce Heavy Rain Is Coming Out On 26th February In The UK And February 24th In Europe http://ow.ly/16irtP

• QTE Blog: This Weeks UK WiiWare, DSiWare, And Virtual Console Releases http://ow.ly/16irtQ

• EA say that 75% of football games sold in the EU were FIFA 10. 'beating the heck out of Pro Evo' http://ow.ly/Uk6O

• After Yesterdays Profit Warning, GameStop shares fell 15% http://ow.ly/Uk7i

• PS3: Sony is still planning to release a Demo for Heavy Rain before the game launches. there'll be more info soon. http://ow.ly/Uk95

• PC: Dice have announced that a Public Battlefield Bad Company 2 will start on January 28th. it'll run to February 25th http://ow.ly/UkaW

• QTE Blog: EA Launch A New Marketing Campagin With Dr Pepper http://ow.ly/16isVU

• The Child's Play Charity has raised over $1.7 Million in 2009. http://ow.ly/UnHf

• QTE Blog: Sony Have Posted A CES 2010 3D Q/A Video For The Playstation 3 http://ow.ly/16iwww