These lists are based on global unique users connected to Xbox Live or in the case of Arcade, full versions purchased this week. Here are the top 3 for each charts, see the source for the complete top 10 list.

Xbox 360 Top Live Titles
1. Call of Duty 4
2. Halo 3
3. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2

Top Arcade Titles
1. Mr. DRILLER Online
2. DOOM
3. Brain Challenge

Original Xbox Top Live Titles
1. Halo 2
2. Star Wars: Battlefront 2
3. Fable
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7 Apr 2008

Say games made you evil and get paid

Xbox News | Xbox

A newspaper is offering cash for your stories on how videogames made you "turn to a life of crime."

A listing on recruitment site StarNow, a hub for actors and musicians looking for jobs, has appeared reading, "a national newspaper wants your story and will pay hundreds of pounds to the right person."

The listing comes in the wake of last week's Byron report, which made newspapers all across the UK, some with questionable ...

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3 Apr 2008

72% of the US plays games

Xbox News | Xbox

A new study from the NPD Group has found that 72 percent of Americans play videogames, but the research firm says online gaming is still not fully addressed.

The number of gamers in the US rose from 64 percent of the population in 2006 to an all-time high of 72 percent in 2007, according to NPD's latest study, Online Gaming 2008.

Of the total amount of gamers in the US, over half play games online, according to the ...

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27 Mar 2008

50 Cent: Bulletproof Game Called out by Hip-Hop Artist, Former Child Soldier

Xbox News from N4G | 50 Cent Bulletproof

Xbox - 50 Cent Bulletproof - 50 Cent: Bulletproof Game Called out by Hip-Hop Artist, Former Child Soldier

A Sudanese hip-hop musician who escaped a life as a child soldier takes rapper 50 Cent to task over his video games in an upcoming album in a song titled "50 Cent".
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26 Mar 2008

'It's time for gamers to grow up'

Xbox News | Xbox

American Chronicle writer Dave Gibson has joined the long list of writers hopping on the 'gamers are destroying the world' bandwagon - blaming lazy, television watching Americans for divorce, out-of-wedlock births and cancer (we made the last one up). "A society whose grown men seem to be more interested in the latest video game, rather than the survival of their nation or even of their own family--is doomed to failure," says the angry ...
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26 Mar 2008

Think you're good at online games? Prove it

Xbox News | Xbox

Think you've got the skills to school GamesRadar? Want a chance to hand us our asses online? Well now's your chance. Starting this Thursday (27 March) we're launching PlayRadar, a new fortnightly event that gives you the chance to show us your mettle in a multiplayer showdown.Every other Thursday at 4pm (GMT) two members of the GR team will take on all-comers in a series of online matches. All you have to do is send us a friend request from ...
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25 Mar 2008

50 Cent: Bulletproof gets sequel

Xbox News | 50 Cent Bulletproof

50 Cent is set to star in his second videogame, it has emerged via US mag Electronic Gaming Monthly. The millions of people that bought Bulletproof have given Vivendi/Activision Blizzard reason enough to churn out the rapper's second title which, as a cover scan reveals, is set to appear in the next issue of EGM. Simply known as 50 Cent II at the moment, no gameplay details have been revealed, but we're willing to bet that it won't be a pet ...
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19 Mar 2008

Next week: it's the Week of Hate on GR!

Xbox News | Xbox

Gamers hate everything. Of all people, doing all sorts of hobbies, all over the world, gamers hate the most. Whether it's moaning about console prices or release dates, complaining that a game is too long, or too short, or too hard, or too easy, or too realistic, or too unrealistic. Or typing bile at each other on forums, or screaming it down the headset on LIVE. Gamers love to hate.So in celebration of this integral piece of gaming ...
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13 Mar 2008

EA gets aggressive with Take-Two

Xbox News | Xbox

EA's conquest to buy GTA IV publisher Take-Two has stepped up a gear as it extends a tender offer directly to Take-Two shareholders, following the company's rejection of its original offer. EA has made a tender offer of $26 per share to Take-Two's shareholders, which is valued at approximately $2 Billion - the same sum Take-Two itself turned down last month. The offer is scheduled to expire at 5am GMT on Saturday, April 12. Take-Two is due to ...
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11 Mar 2008

Live activity for week of 3/3

Xbox News from N4G | Halo 2

Xbox - Halo 2 - Live activity for week of 3/3

These lists are based on global unique users connected to Xbox Live or in the case of Arcade, full versions purchased this week. Here are the top 3 for each charts, see the source for the complete top 10 list.

Xbox 360 Top Live Titles
1. Call of Duty 4
2. Halo 3
3. Guitar Hero III

Top Arcade Titles
1. N+
2. Rocketmen: Axis of Evil
3. Triggerheart Exelica

Original Xbox Top Live Titles
1. Halo 2
2. Star Wars: Battlefront 2
3. Counter-Strike
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