Major Nelson reported a few days ago on the top titles of 2009 on Xbox Live. His lists included the most played games of the year by connectivity, the most played Xbox Live Arcade titles as well as lists for top Windows games and Top original Xbox titles.

The notable call-outs include Halo 3 taking top honors as having the most unique users play the game over Live throughout the year. Following this, we have the latest three Call of Duty games and Gears of War 2. On the Arcade side of things, Battlefield 1943 and the still-awesome Castle Crashers took the number one and two spots respectively.

Check out the lists below.

Xbox 360 Top Live Titles

  1. Halo 3
  2. Call of Duty 4
  3. Modern Warfare 2
  4. Call of Duty: WaW
  5. Gears of War 2
  6. GTA IV (Purchase and download the full game)
  7. Left 4 Dead
  8. Halo 3: ODST
  9. FABLE II Episode 1 (of 5)
  10. Resident Evil 5
  11. Halo Wars - Demo
  12. RESIDENT EVIL 5
  13. Fallout 3
  14. UFC 2009 Undisputed Demo
  15. Left 4 Dead 2 - Demo
  16. Gears of War
  17. 1 vs 100
  18. Guitar Hero World Tour
  19. Guitar Hero III
  20. FIFA 09

Top Arcade Titles (Full Versions purchased)

  1. Battlefield 1943
  2. Castle Crashers
  3. Trials HD
  4. Hasbro Family Game Night *
  5. Shadow Complex
  6. Marvel vs. Capcom 2
  7. Magic: The Gathering
  8. UNO
  9. Worms
  10. Peggle
  11. Worms 2: Armageddon
  12. Turtles in Time Re-Shelled
  13. 'Splosion Man
  14. A Kingdom for Keflings
  15. 3 on 3 NHL Arcade
  16. The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
  17. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1989 Classic Arcade
  18. Marble Blast Ultra
  19. Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
  20. Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix

*Combined sales of all Hasbro Family Game Night titles

Any surprises from the top of these lists for you? What game(s) did you play most over Live?

For the other lists, head over to Major Nelson.