Gears 2 is the new king of Xbox Live
by Dustin Burg 
{ Nov 19th 2008 at 10:30AM }
After a much too intense (and admittedly repetitive) weekly brawl between Halo 3 and Call of Duty 4, where each fought for Xbox Live supremacy, we are proud to bring you news that a new game has chainsawed its way to the top.
For the week of November 10th, Gears of War 2 has achieved the honor of being called the most played game on Xbox Live. Surprising, eh? Gears 2 kicked CoD4 to the second spot, Halo 3 to the third (how appropriate) and World at War to the fourth. Now we get to keep a weekly watch on the Live most played list to see how long Gears 2 can hold the number one honors. We're guessing four months and three days. What say you?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Dralthi @ Nov 19th 2008 10:38AM
Considering how horrible the Gears 2 matchmaking service is right now and all the complaints it is receiving I don't think it will be at the top for very long.
brytdavis @ Nov 19th 2008 11:22AM
Agreed ... the matchmaking SUCKS ...
Bravo6 @ Nov 19th 2008 11:28AM
Agreed. I quit trying the matchmaking until they get a fix for it.
TORO @ Nov 19th 2008 11:46AM
I was playing matchmaking with 2-3 friends yesterday, and it was surprisingly fast at finding other players. 2 days ago it was slow as hell, but I was able to get in matches 100% percent of the time yesterday...weird
Urza @ Nov 19th 2008 4:50PM
Agreed. I wouldn't be surprised to see Left4Dead ahead of Gears.
Ellianth @ Nov 20th 2008 12:23PM
Maybe when epic sees the how fast the game drops from the top of the charts they'll fix the multiplayer.
I still can't get over them making me wait 30 minutes to play a game then telling me which game type I'm gonna play. Bunch of fucking jackasses.
Isn't America sue-happy? One of you Americans find a way to sue them for this crappy multiplayer experience :p.
Josh @ Nov 19th 2008 10:42AM
Hopefully Left 4 Dead will take this crown...it's simply an amazing experience and insane fun!
borocouncilman @ Nov 19th 2008 10:46AM
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joeybeast @ Nov 19th 2008 10:50AM
Halo 3: Recon next year.
The Dom @ Nov 19th 2008 10:59AM
What's in four months and three days?
Also I thought it was funny how Gears 1 took the number 10 spot!
BKB @ Nov 19th 2008 10:59AM
At first I was surprised seeing that COD4 was still above CODWOW... but when i think about it COD4 is f****G awesome. I have been killing Fable 2 lately but I miss me some COD4
Bobluling @ Nov 19th 2008 11:00AM
I agree, I hope L4D takes the top spot and kicks GOW off, the matchmaking is just horrible.
SadisticHam @ Nov 19th 2008 11:08AM
Having played gears of war 1 from 06-08 i can say I've not played gears 2 online since the week of it's launch.
Hopefully epic patch it to shit cause right now it's trash, that #1 spot wont last more than a month unless they fix a lot.
ChewyDogg @ Nov 19th 2008 11:12AM
Here comes L4D...
drdre74 @ Nov 19th 2008 11:13AM
Could be more if it wasnt for the long waits to get in a game. I just give up. I havent been able to get into games. After like waiting 5 min i just give up.
Xanto @ Nov 19th 2008 11:29AM
I guess I'm just lucky, but I haven't had a problem with its matchmaking yet.
MDJ2010 @ Nov 19th 2008 3:31PM
Me neither, 2 mins longest wait yet
WiseGuy @ Nov 19th 2008 11:46AM
Wow. Nobody saw that coming. I must admit to GoW2 sucking up a good chunk of my life lately... but there is room for more than one top dog... I'm sure. I sure miss the vehicles of Halo 3 and may be returning soon. Hopefully all the teamkilling, quitting, loud mouthed jackasses have moved onto something else! Halo 4 better have bots!!! Anyone try UT3? How come that never made the top 10?
Chance Morgan @ Nov 19th 2008 12:05PM
They didn't...we played last night and those douchebags appear to be all that is left. Oh, and the laggers.
ryan @ Nov 19th 2008 1:22PM
The king is not a kind king. :(
Vash @ Nov 19th 2008 2:20PM
Honestly with how long matchmaking takes and how terribly glitchy Gears 2 is I wouldnt be surprised if it'll be knocked down to #3 after a week or two.
Epic must really suck at testing their games.
Ellianth @ Nov 20th 2008 12:24PM
They didn't test gears 2.
price & fury @ Nov 19th 2008 1:44PM
As a huge fan of the gears franchise, and still loving Gears 2 for its unprecedented presentation, Gears 2 won't stay long as #1. Give it a month, it'll rank down.
Unless Epic fixes the demoralizing lag, broken gameplay and matchmaking.
chris @ Nov 19th 2008 9:08PM
It probably counts as a lot of people playing when everyone is just sitting in front of their f'n screens with the "remote parties restarted the matchmaking process"
The original gears had the crappiest lobby system BS (I don't think I ever was able to play a decent balanced game of 4on4), but this is ridiculous. . .
Basically i've been playing horde, at least with horde I get a game in 5-10. When your controller powers down while your waiting for a game you know it is BS
vadermaggot @ Nov 19th 2008 9:38PM
call of duty waw isn't up there??? haha that game is so not as cool as cod4 I played the demo and canceled my pre-order