The most played game on Giant Bomb

What is it? I was looking through some achievements and you know how it says how many people have played the game, (well, those who have signed up for their achievements) and Halo 3 is leading, from what I can tell from looking through mine. After that it's Mass Effect, which I'm really freaking glad about. They both managed to beat out CoD4 and MW2. :P 
 
It also would be interesting to see the least played game.  
 
EDIT: Between 360 games.

I think perhaps you need to offer a bit more exlanation. The site shows the most played games right on the front of the site (and it continues to be -- fucking amazingly enough -- World of Warcraft). I tend to avoid looking at that list, because that's depressing as a mother fucker.

Interesting how much it drops off after the first two.

It's really too bad PS3 games can't be tracked. It would be interesting to see how they stack up.

" It's really too bad PS3 games can't be tracked. It would be interesting to see how they stack up. "

Considering World of Warcraft is the single most successful video game in the history of the industry I am not at all surprised to see it at the top of the list each day, everyday!

Currently it's Modern Warfare 2, but usually is WoW.

I am getting tired of seeing WoW every day.

The WoW numbers are both amazing and depressing in equal measure.  You can point at it and say "So PC gaming is dying is it lolol?!?", but you can also point at it and say "How many awesome PC exclusives are we missing out on because half of the consumer base has been playing the same goddamn game for the last 5 goddamn years?".  Naturally, I will use whichever argument suits me at any given time.

I was on a month-long WoW trial once, and I could never understand the appeal of the game.

" I was on a month-long WoW trial once, and I could never understand the appeal of the game. "

" @MurderByDeath said:

" I was on a month-long WoW trial once, and I could never understand the appeal of the game. "

Probably because the trial limits you to 20 short levels and takes away a bucketload of functionality.

Ah well Yeah I guess WoW could be the most played, but that chart is from the "Yesterday's Most played" thing on the front. I'm talking about when you go into your achievements and see a game, and it shows how many people have played that game in total. Basically, like how many people on the site who have shared their achievements played, say, Halo 3 on their profile. So I guess it's just between 360 games, because PSN Trophies don't count here and WoW is bound to always have a lot.

Actually Rock Band is on that list mostly everyday. Really awesome for a game that's like 2-3 years old now.

It's Wow, just like it was yesterday, and the day before, and the day before, and the day before....... e.t.c

360 games, people.

Its really funny when you think that WoW, on these boards, is treated pretty badly but still, its the most played game by a majority of users. 
 
then again i guess the WoW players are talking about wow..... on the wow board.

If wii, ps2, and ds games could be on that board too, then it really would be a interesting read.

It is Modern Warfare 2.

It is Modern Warfare 2.

Acutally the real list would be a little different if it could count the other consoles and combine for each multiplatform game. I am pretty sure that where it says XBOX Live it also includes "Games for Windows" on PC as well as they go in the XBOX Live achievements (they have mentioned this on the podcast I think). Certain games such as Dragon Age will not show up on PC as their Achievements are independent and not part of Windows Live or Steam. I think the real list would have Modern Warfare at the top with WOW then... well I think AS2/Borderlands and Dragon Age would be swapping for 3rd place day to day.

So we are all shut-in nerds or bill swilling 'bros'.

So we are all shut-in nerds or bill swilling 'bros'.

Just from looking at my list it seems like Halo 3 has the most with the original Gears of War behind which has about 800 less players.  It's still possible that there's something between them, but I doubt there's any game above Halo 3.  It even beat out GTA IV and Hexic, the game that comes free with every 360 and has about 16000 players.

He's talking about the most people played, not in a single day
 
Its Halo 3 I think

He's talking about the most people played, not in a single day
 
Its Halo 3 I think

" @Magresda said:

" @MurderByDeath said:

" I was on a month-long WoW trial once, and I could never understand the appeal of the game. "

Probably because the trial limits you to 20 short levels and takes away a bucketload of functionality.

Well, if Blizzard wanted me to get hooked on their game, they shouldn't have borked the trial the way they did.  All I remember about it is just killing bandits and goblins for hours, collecting bandannas and ears. Not exactly riveting gameplay. "

" It's really too bad PS3 games can't be tracked. It would be interesting to see how they stack up. "