According to the folks over at TeamXbox.com, Larry Hryb, the Xbox Live Director of Programming, has posted a list of the top 10 most-played games over Xbox Live, revealing that Halo 3 is back in the #1 spot. Hit the jump to see the other nine games that made the list.

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

1. Halo 3
2. Call of Duty: World at War
3. Gears of War 2
4. Call of Duty 4
5. GTA IV
6. Left 4 Dead
7. Madden NFL 09
8. Fable II
9. Fallout 3
10. FIFA 09

That’s right. Even with new releases like Gears of War 2, Call of Duty: World at War, Fable II and Left 4 Dead, Halo 3 (which is now over a year old) is currently the most played game on Xbox Live. Not totally hard to believe seeing that Microsoft recently put a discount on the Halo 3 Legendary Map Pack, which might have gotten a bunch of gamers back into the Halo 3 mood.

Personally, even after playing some of the newest games for a few awhile, I’ll always somehow manage to drift back to Halo 3. I think it just has that much depth, replay value, and not to mention a lot of my friends still play. Looks like there are a lot of gamers out there who might feel the same way.

Source: TeamXbox.com

Tags: Halo 3 ranks #1 on Xbox Live, Halo-3, Xbox-Live

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3 Comments » shamon on December 10, 2008 11:22 pm With gears online being the same thing as the last along with the online needing a patch im not shock that people are now playing halo again. nick on December 10, 2008 11:48 pm i’m not surprised by this. i played BioShock (loved it), and immediately went back to Halo 3. the same exact things happened for me with games that have very good online matchups (GTA IV, Gears 2). R on December 12, 2008 5:42 am For online multiplayer my favourite game, even on Xbox Live, is still Team Fortress 2. No-one I know owns it anymore though, and the one person who does uses the PC, so Halo 3 is pretty much all I can play with friends. But I have to agree that it is very replayable. RSS feed for comments on this post. Comment Now Note: Commenting on Ripten does not currently require registration, however to be eligible for contests on the site, you must be a registered user. Name (required) Mail (will not be published) (required) Website Commenting Rules: No hate speech allowed. If you must argue, please debate intelligently. Comments containing selected keywords or outbound links will be put into moderation to help prevent spam. Ripten reserves the right to delete comments and ban anyone who doesn't follow the rules. Thanks. Notify me of followup comments Tired of the Goomba? Upload your own custom comment avatar.