Call of Duty 4 overtakes Halo 3 as top game on Xbox Live

Now I’m not one to argue back and forth about one game being better than another, I just don’t do it, because typically if your 1 of the top 10 most played games, then you’re probably a damn good game and no one should take that away from you.

So that’s not what this is about, it’s not about which game is “better” as that’s really just a matter of opinion and preference (and fanboi alliance). What this is about is good ole’ friendly competition between two solid games and a lot of mutual respect for one another.

That said…

Holy shit, we’ve done beat the Halos!!!

Is essentially what I was stoked to read all over the interwebs this morning when I woke up to the widely reported fact that Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare took the #1 spot as the “Most played game on Xbox Live” last week according to Major Nelson over at his blog (www.majornelson.com)!

This is huge because it means more people around the world we’re playing Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare multiplayer last week rather than ANY other game available. That’s amazing and something that honestly and simply NOT POSSIBLE with out the incredible support from the community who logs on to play every night.

So THANK YOU. This is a really big accomplishment and proud moment for the entire team here at Infinity Ward and I can’t express that enough, how grateful we are for your continual support of the game.

We won’t let you guys down, we’re still working hard on improving Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and have are working on a lot of cool stuff to improve and add to the multiplayer experience to keep it fresh and new. I’ll keep you guys updated on that when I can give you firm details and confirmations, but for now just know we’re still working on making the game better and better everyday.

For the full breakdown of the Top 10 games on LIVE be sure to check out the full post over at:
http://www.majornelson.com/archive/2008/01/21/live-activity-for-week-of-1-14.aspx

* Thanks to Kotaku.com for the awesome graphic (which I stole) because it was so awesome. I <3 Kotaku.