Top Ten Games on Live (May 27)

Here are last week's top ten most played games on Xbox Live:

Xbox 360 Top Live Games
1 Call of Duty 2
2 Ghost Recon 3
3 Oblivion
4 BFMC
5 Final Fantasy XI
6 PGR3
7 EA SPORTS Fight Night Round 3
8 UNO
9 Perfect Dark Zero
10 DEAD OR ALIVE 4

Original Xbox Top Live Games
1 Halo 2
2 Battlefield 2: MC
3 Counter-Strike
4 Pro Evolution Soccer 5
5 Splinter Cell Chaos
6 Madden NFL 2006
7 Rainbow Six 3 BA
8 Star Wars: Battlfrnt 2
9 Forza Motorsport
10 Ghost Recon 2: SS

From Major Nelson

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Top Ten Games on Live

The top ten most played games on Xbox Live last week, based on users playing:

1 Halo 2
2 Call of Duty 2
3 Ghost Recon 3
4 Oblivion
5 BFMC
6 UNO
7 MotoGP 06 Demo
8 プレイオンラインビューアー
9 EA SPORTS™ Fight Night Round 3
10 Lost Planet Demo

Note: Number 8 is 'PlayOnline Viewer' which means ‘Final Fantasy XI.’
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I'll be gone for a while...

I'm gone for about a week and a half, and I'll be back around the 30th. I'll try to update the site as much as I can, but it will probably be less frequent than usual.

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New Content on Marketplace-Movie Trailers, Kameo videos, NBA pics, College Hoops theme

Here what's new on marketplace:

Trailers and Videos (all the following are in both 480p and 720p):
See No Evil Trailer
Peaceful Warrior Trailer
Akeelah and the Bee Trailer
Hard Candy Trailer
La Mujer de mi Hermano Trailer
Kameo: New Demo and Downloads Trailer

Gamer pictures:
NBA 2K6 Picture Pack (80 Microsoft Points)

Themes:
College Hoops 2K6 Theme (150 Microsoft Points)

Should I start putting the sizes of the downloads too? It wouldn't be hard, I just don't know if anyone would use it.

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Marketplace download stats, Top Ten marketplace downloads during E3

Here are some of the stats for Xbox Live Marketplace, taken from Major Nelson:
-Over 24 million downloads since launch
-Over 1.5 million gamers connected to Live last week
-People downloaded over 5 million pieces of content during the 7 days of E3, which is over 600 Terabytes of data

Top ten downloads during E3: Bringing It Home:

1. Halo 3 Game Trailer (Microsoft Game Studios)
2. Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Free Playable Demo (Capcom)
3. Test Drive® Unlimited Free Playable Demo (Atari)
4. MotoGP™ '06 Free Playable Demo (THQ)
5. X-Men™: The Last Stand Pack (20th Century Fox)
6. Gears of War GameTrailer (Microsoft Game Studios)
7. Call of Duty ®2: Skirmish Map Pack (Activision)
8. Spiderman™ 3 Game Trailer (Activision)
9. Fable 2 Trailer (Microsoft Game Studios)
10. Uno® Xbox Live Arcade Game (Microsoft Game Studios)

Full article and more information at Major Nelson

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360 is top selling console for April

In the month of April the Xbox 360 sold more than any of the other consoles, about 295,000 (90,000 more than the PS2). Plus, five of the top-selling games were on the 360.

More at Team Xbox and Joystiq

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Top Ten Games on Live

The top ten games or demos based on how many people were playing last week:

1	Halo 2
2	Call of Duty 2
3	Oblivion
4	Ghost Recon 3
5	BFMC
6	Test Drive Unlimited Demo
7	Final Fantasy XI
8	EA SPORTS™ Fight Night Round 3
9	PGR3
10	Lost Planet Demo

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Brother in Arms: Hells Highway delayed

Ubisoft's WWII shooter, Brother in Arms: Hell's Highway, has been delayed until "first quarter" 2007.
More at OXM UK

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New Content on Marketplace-Backstage Pass for Thursday and Friday

Hardly anything, but here's what's new on Marketplace:

Trailers and Videos:
Backstage Pass -- Thursday
Backstage Pass -- Friday

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Dashboard update at the end of May

According to xboxic.com, there will be an Xbox Live update for the dashboard near the end of May. It will add many more options for downloading, such as a queue of up to 6 downloads, pausing downloads when the 360 is turned off that will then resume when you turn your 360 back on, and more. The update will have more than just increased downloading options, but what those will be is still unknown.

More at Xbox-Scene

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New Content on Marketplace-Trailers and Videos, X-Men themes and pics

There's not too much, but here's what's new on Marketplace:

Trailer and Videos:
Crackdown Backstage Pass
The Promise Trailer
Live performance by Chris Brown (Gimme That)
Live performance by Chris Brown (Just Fine)

Themes:
X-Men: The Last Stand Theme 3 (Free)
X-Men: The Last Stand Theme 4 (Free)

Gamer Pictures:
X-Men: The Last Stand Picture Pack 2 (Free)
X-Men: The Last Stand Picture Pack 3 (Free)
X-Men: The Last Stand Picture Pack 4 (Free)

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New Content on Marketplace-New trailers, a MotoGP '06 demo, and new themes

Here's what's new on Marketplace:
Trailers:
Spiderman 3 Trailer
Showfloor Behind the Scenes
Xbox Press Briefing
Splinter Cell Backstage Pass
Rainbow Six: Vegas Trailer
Live Performace by Chris Brown (Poppin')

Along with one new demo, MotoGP '06 Xbox Live Demo.

There are also of course new themes:
Adidas +10 Theme (Free)
Gold Member Theme (Free)
Silver Member Theme (Free)
X-Men: The Last Stand Theme 2 (Free)

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Man selling modded Xboxs pleads Guilty

Read about it at Yahoo! News and Xbox-Scene

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New Content on Marketplace-UNO Arcade game, Trailers, themes, pics

Here's what's new on Marketplace:
There's the arcade game UNO (it was up yesterday but with the excitement of Halo 3 I completely forgot to post it), along with an free UNO Theme.

There are of course new trailers, listed here:
X-Men: The Official Game Trailer
Xbox Live Arcade Montage
Xbox 360 Montge
Enchanted Arms Trailer
World Series of Poker: Tournament of Champions Trailer
Prey Trailer
MotoGP '06 Trailer
A Scanner Darkly Trailer
Games for Windows Montage
Ninety Nine Nights Trailer
DOA Xtreme Beach Volley Ball 2 Trailer
Shadowrun Backstage Pass

New themes:
Adidas Team Geist Theme (Free)
X-Men: The Last Stand Theme 1 (Free)

New gamer pictures:
Silver Member Picture Pack (Free)
Gold Member Picture Pack (Free)

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Microsoft Press Conference

Read about it at IGN, Joystiq, OXM UK, Xbox-Scene, and Xbox.com

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