Jan. 2, 2008 -- MSNBC tallied in their Game of the Year readers' votes between December 19 and 27. "Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare" garnered 33 percent of the over 17,000 votes and is MSNBC Readers' Game of the Year. The runner-up was "Bioshock" at 22 percent of the votes. The second runner-up was "Mass Effect" at 10 percent.

Here are MSNBC readers' picks for the best in each genre:

Â¿ Best sports game: Madden NFL '08
Â¿ Best racing game: Project Gotham Racing 4
Â¿ Best casual game: Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree
Â¿ Best family game: LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
Â¿ Best music game: Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
Â¿ Best handheld game: The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
Â¿ Best role-playing game: Mass Effect
Â¿ Best action/adventure game: Bioshock
Â¿ Best shooter: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

View the full report for the runners-up in each category.
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Dec 26, 2007

Live Activity for week of 12/17

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360 - Madden NFL 08 - Live Activity for week of 12/17

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. Halo 3
2. Call of Duty 4
3. Gears of War

Top Arcade Titles (Full Versions)
1. Sensible World of Soccer
2. Arkadian Warriors
3. Tempest

Original Xbox Top Live Games
1. Halo 2
2. Battlefield 2: Modern Combat
3. Star Wars: Battlefront 2
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Dec 21, 2007

Vote at MSNBC: Which game deserves the crown in 2007?

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360 - Madden NFL 08 - Vote at MSNBC: Which game deserves the crown in 2007?

MSNBC video game section has been polling gamers about their favorite games in a number of categories, trying to narrow down the search for the Game of the Year.

On Thursday the site put up the poll to decide which of the finalists, culled from the best of each genre, should be named the game of the year.

The finalists are:
Â¿ Madden NFL 08
Â¿ Project Gotham Racing 4
Â¿ Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree
Â¿ LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
Â¿ Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
Â¿ The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
Â¿ Mass Effect
Â¿ Bioshock
Â¿ Call of Duty 4

At the time of this writing Call of Duty 4 was leading with 31 percent of the vote. BioShock was close behind with 22 percent and Mass Effect was in a distant third with 8.6 percent.

[ Words: Kotaku's Brian Crecente ]
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Dec 18, 2007

Live Activity for week of 12/10

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360 - Madden NFL 08 - Live Activity for week of 12/10

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. Halo 3
2. Call of Duty 4
3. Gears of War

Top Arcade Titles (Full Versions)
1. Arkadian Warriors
2. Sonic The Hedgehog 2
3. GripShift

Original Xbox Top Live Games
1. Halo 2
2. Fable
3. Battlefield 2: Modern Combat
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Dec 11, 2007

Live Activity for week of 12/3

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360 - Madden NFL 08 - Live Activity for week of 12/3

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. Halo 3
2. Call of Duty 4
3. Gears of War

Top Arcade Titles (Full Versions)
1. Marble Blast Ultra
2. Sonic The Hedgehog 2
3. Asteroids & Deluxe

Original Xbox Top Live Games
1. Halo 2
2. Fable
3. Battlefield 2: Modern Combat
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Dec 5, 2007

Live Activity for week of 11/26

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360 - Madden NFL 08 - Live Activity for week of 11/26

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. Halo 3
2. Call of Duty 4
3. Assassin's Creed

Top Arcade Titles (Full Versions)
1. Asteroids & Deluxe
2. Sonic The Hedgehog 2
3. UNO

Original Xbox Top Live Games
1. Halo 2
2. Battlefield 2: Modern Combat
3. Star Wars: Battlefront 2
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Dec 4, 2007

Leaked: NIMF's Annual Video Game Report Card

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360 - Madden NFL 08 - Leaked: NIMF's Annual Video Game Report Card

Kotaku's Brian Crecente has a leaked copy of the National Institute on Media and the Family's annual Media Wise Video Game Report Card, set to be officially released tomorrow. This year's report card is broken into five parts:

Â¿ The MediaWise Video Game Report Card
Â¿ The Buying Guide
Â¿ The ESRB Rating System and Ratings Education Efforts
Â¿ The Retailer Ratings Education and Enforcement Surveys
Â¿ Annual MediaWise-Harris Interactive Poll of Kids and Parents

Kotaku gives a quick summary for each part.
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Nov 29, 2007

Madden 08 patch #2 released

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360 - Madden NFL 08 - Madden 08 patch #2 released

Madden 08 has received its second patch on the 360 with the PS3 soon to follow. This patch fixes the biggest issues with the game with details of what is fixed included.
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Nov 29, 2007

Bracket Announcement for Madden Finals

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360 - Madden NFL 08 - Bracket Announcement for Madden Finals

A board is meeting this week to determine the seeding of the regional, online and international Madden qualifiers to determine where each competitor will be seeded.
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Nov 27, 2007

Madden NFL 08 Tournament Announced

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360 - Madden NFL 08 - Madden NFL 08 Tournament Announced

With two successful events in the books, GamerSaloon.com and Cygames of Ann Arbor, Michigan presents their third installment of a $1,000 grand prize Madden Tournament on Jan. 12. The event will be hosted by Chuck Hollywood of Madden Nation Season 3. All information is available on the flyer.
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Nov 20, 2007

Best of Xbox 360 Black Friday deals

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360 - Madden NFL 08 - Best of Xbox 360 Black Friday deals

Xbox360Fanboy took the time to go through all the Black Friday ads and list all the Xbox 360 deals.
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Nov 17, 2007

Live Activity for week of 11/12

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360 - Madden NFL 08 - Live Activity for week of 11/12

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

Xbox 360 Top Live Titles
1. Halo 3
2. Call of Duty 4
3. Gears of War

Top Arcade Titles (Full Versions)
1. Switchball
2. Word Puzzle
3. Sonic The Hedgehog 2

Original Xbox Top Live Games
1. Halo 2
2. Battlefield 2: Modern Combat
3. Star Wars: Battlefront 2
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Nov 16, 2007

NPD: 2007 Sales So Far - Plus Top Sellers of the Year

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360 - Madden NFL 08 - NPD: 2007 Sales So Far - Plus Top Sellers of the Year

The best selling games in units sold, across all platforms, for the year are as follows, with more year-to-date sales data available at the source.

Â¿ Halo 3 - 3,700,000
Â¿ Madden NFL 08 - 3,200,000
Â¿ Guitar Hero II - 2,800,00
Â¿ Wii Play with Remote - 2,500,000
Â¿ Pokemon Diamond - 2,100,000
Â¿ Pokemon Pearl - 1,500,000
Â¿ Spider-Man 3 - 1,400,000
Â¿ Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock - 1,400,000
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Nov 15, 2007

Ahead of the Bell: Electronic Arts Cuts Sport Games Prices

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360 - Madden NFL 08 - Ahead of the Bell: Electronic Arts Cuts Sport Games Prices

Analysts said Tuesday that Electronic Arts is cutting prices on sports games such as "NBA Live 08," "Madden NFL 08" and "Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08," which the analysts said is a bad sign going into the holiday season.
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Nov 13, 2007

Madden 08 roster update #5 details

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360 - Madden NFL 08 - Madden 08 roster update #5 details

All the changes made in the most recent Madden 08 roster update for the 360 and PS3 versions detailed. Includes ratings, weapons, transactions, and injuries.
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Nov 7, 2007

Xbox Officially Wins September

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360 - Madden NFL 08 - Xbox Officially Wins September

The official NPD numbers are in for September, and the Xbox 360 swept, even beating out the Nintendo Wii for that month.

We think it has something to do with Halo 3.

Here are the hard Numbers, from industry analysts at the NPD Group:

Hardware

Xbox 360: 527,800
Wii: 501,000
Nintendo DS: 495,800
PlayStation Portable: 284,500
PlayStation 2: 215,000
Playstation 3: 119,400
Game Boy Advance: 75,000
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Oct 23, 2007

Complete details of Madden 08 roster update due out tomorrow

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360 - Madden NFL 08 - Complete details of Madden 08 roster update due out tomorrow

The fourth roster update for Madden 08 on 360/PS3 will be out on Wednesday October 24th. Here is the entire list of every change in ratings, weapons, transactions, and injuries.
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Oct 23, 2007

Patch for Madden 08 nearly here

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360 - Madden NFL 08 - Patch for Madden 08 nearly here

A second patch for Madden 08, which is believed to fix problems in franchise mode and tone down fumbling, is in testing and should be out soon.
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Oct 20, 2007

Live activity for week of 10/15

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360 - Madden NFL 08 - Live activity for week of 10/15

These lists are based on global unique users connected to Xbox Live. Major Nelson had no access to the Arcade title data this week, so no Arcade list for now. Here are the top 5 for both charts, see the source for the complete top 10 list.

Xbox 360 Top Live Titles
1. Halo 3
2. Gears of War
3. Madden NFL 08
4. Virtua Fighter 5 Demo
5. Guitar Hero II

Original Xbox Top Live Games
1. Halo 2
2. Battlefield 2: MC
3. Counter-Strike
4. Star Wars: Battlefront 2
5. Madden NFL 08
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Oct 14, 2007

Live activity for week of 10/8

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360 - Madden NFL 08 - Live activity for week of 10/8

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. Halo 3
2. Gears of War
3. The Simpsons Game Demo

Top Arcade Titles (Full Versions)
1. Tetris Splash
2. Puzzle Quest
3. Sonic The Hedgehog 2

Original Xbox Top Live Games
1. Halo 2
2. Battlefield 2: MC
3. Star Wars: Battlfrnt 2
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