Major Nelson’s weekly list of the top online played games surprised the gaming world. Halo 3 continued to top the charts.. Just like yours truly tops the Halo charts. With all of the new Gears of War 2 content, we were sure that game would be at the top, but Epic’s title only managed to keep its 4th place position. It was bested by the usual double dose of Call of Duty action in Call of Duty 4 and Call of Duty: World at War.

On the XBLA side, the frenetic tag-based combat of Marvel vs Capcom 2 was too much for the competition, bumping down Battlefield 1943 to second place. Coming in at third was none other than ‘Splosion Man.