LIVE Activity for week of March 16th

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FourZeroTwoIW — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:53:31 GMT

Searing Wave,

I think the COD5 maps are pretty good. It was better than the variety Map Pack we got during COD4.

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STANNY — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:06:46 GMT

Is there anywhere we can see which addons are most downloaded? Im interested to see what addons are purchased most, Particularly regarding tracks for the music games!

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MeS FEAR — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:31:45 GMT

Damn....L4D is dying without any DLC :( Valve why it takes so long? Hope to see the DLC soon

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Warrengonline — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:22:40 GMT

@MaimKILLRepeat

Yeh, the 'cheese' is turn to MAXIMUM for online play ranked matches on SFIV. Most of my friends only play against each other. I almost got barred because I resorted to throwing and most started complaining about, even my own cousin. He pointed out that I've never thrown so much in ANY Street Fighter, and in Street Fighter Alpha 3 (MY personal fave), I NEVER threw opponent and played for the battle, not for the win. Yes, I won majority of the time. Un-training myself not to throw was hard, especially with Zangief, man it was hard. Next time Capcom should have it where throwing is three punch buttons instead of one or two. Also, like SNES SFIIHF, they should give the option to turn off special moves - as that makes hand-to-hand combat more diverse and less jumpkicking and sweeping all the time. I've also learned I've become too dependent of my dragon punch. :(

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MetalGearFloppy — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 08:51:20 GMT

Here's hoping L4D can hang in there til mid-April when the free DLC arrives... much anticipated, so don't screw us over by changing it to PDLC microsoft, m'kay!

Also, good to see no sign of that extortion that was the Hasbro Family Rip-Off Night... lolz

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Searing Wave — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 06:21:45 GMT

MaimKILLRepeat, I think you ought to get your brain back inside your head. "Children" play most games, and you'll find that most adult gamers also play Halo 3. Plenty of too-young-for-the-rating kids also play Call of Duty, and I might add seem more obnoxious there. In addition, your opinion of Halo Wars is noted, but not law. I think it's a terrific game, and merely because it fell one notch on the list does not mean it "didn't last long." Enough angst. Ease up.

World at War will probably enjoy a short-lived boost due to the map pack, but I'm certainly not downloading anything that will cost Microsoft Points for that game. Not worth it in the least, in my opinion. The game is a poor impersonator of Call of Duty 4 with World War II flavoring.

At least the general public will now be able to enjoy the Mythic Map Pack come 4/09/09. It's spectacular. Bungie has yet to disappoint.

Hopefully Gears of War 2 will see some more action, considering that I believe the latest title update is a huge improvement. If this were what the game was like at launch, it would have fared so much better. Too bad Epic couldn't fix these things before release.

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Blue Thunder28 — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 02:55:03 GMT

Peggle!

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Nod Nolan — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:00:54 GMT

@ Barb130

at the moment there is separate playlist for the Downloadble maps, in the multiplayer options below the "hardcore" games option

they're going to be integrated into the normal playlists later

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Barb130 — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:41:56 GMT

I have a question about the map pack. I bought it and played online a few times but I have yet to see one of the new maps. Granted I have been playing WAR... but if the new maps aren't acailable for all gameplay modes that should have been made clear... I don't really like deathmatch/Team deathmatch and if the maps aren't avaialable for other moddes I will be really mad

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TSA jpicard — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 08:56:42 GMT

I personally Play halo wars like every night im free from misses commitments with a few buddies I know from work or what ever and have a good night of gaming. Halo wars is a great game cant wait for DLC or halo wars 2.

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FourZeroTwoIW — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 05:52:44 GMT

It looks like COD has pulled, yet another, miracle.

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MaimKILLRepeat — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 05:01:22 GMT

"LMAO,Halo Wars didn't last long,as expected."

Roger that man. I bought that game at midnight because they promised a rich stategy experience. Turns out it's the same vanillia bull s#%t as all the other RTS games. Horde resources, build as many powerful units as possible, stream roll, ECT. No strategy. I mean, that's not what war is like.

Strategy is about flanking, and fire power. Game devs, you guys need to learn from Total War.

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MaimKILLRepeat — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:57:42 GMT

Alright, looks like the children who play Halo 3 got beat out again. Oh and no more Street Fighter. That's great too. Oh and people are probably curious why Street Fighter isn't up there. Well, here it is. IT'S FRIGGEN CHEESY! They should call it Cheese Fighter IV. Yes, I played it online and I enjoyed it somewhat, but it really is one of the most cheesiest games I've ever played. It's so cheesy, that it would always make me crave pizza when I played.

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Rykin Poe — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:52:49 GMT

Nice to see the Community Game data here. I really wish you and E would cover them a bit in your podcast as well. Maybe get some interviews with creators and such.

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Mcmax3000 — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:03:04 GMT

@The 7raveler

Nope:

majornelson.com/.../live-activity-for-week-of-december-15th.aspx

It was pretty high on the Most Played list but didn't appear on the purchased games list.

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Noctys — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:59:56 GMT

Just adding in that I too am glad the Family Game Night made very few sales. I would put forth that everyone should download the basic "player" & all the free game rooms to show that you want the games but are not willing to pay $10 a game for them. My advice to Hasbro would be to release the games @ $5 each and all of them for $15.