August 24th - August 30th


01. World of Warcraft
02. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Multiplayer
03. Call of Duty 2 Multiplayer
04. Counter-Strike: Source
05. Battlefield 2
06. Warcraft III - The Frozen Throne
07. Guild Wars
08. Call of Duty: World at War Multiplayer
09. Silkroad Online
10. Team Fortress 2 (+1)
11. Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory (-1)
12. Heroes of newerth (+2)
13. Eve Online (+1)
14. Combat Arms (-2)
15. Metin 2 (+3)
16. Left 4 Dead (-1)
17. The Lord of the Rings Online
18. MapleStory (-2)
19. Diablo II: Lord of destruction (+5)
20. Counter-Strike 1.6 (+2)

We haven't had an edition of the Xfire charts for a couple of weeks and that's due to some late summer vacations, a lot of other stuff going on, and some considerable drunkenness. Or rather, let's forget about the last one. There was no alcohol involved.

Still, here we are, and the charts are back!
I think we can start by concluding that not that much has happened from where we left off. No new games to talk about, and no other major stuff going on.

It's like it usually is, with the Top 15 being basically unchanged, and the bottom having its share of the ruckus. Or wait.

What's this? Heroes of newerth at place 12? I guess it's a typo of some sort. I haven't even heard of a game called Heroes of Newerth.

*Goes to check stats*

Hmm. That's wierd. I guess I have to go google a bit. Aha, it's some sort of DotA inspired strategy. That explains a thing or two. It's still in closed beta, it seems. But hold on a sec. A game in closed beta is this near the Top 10 on the Xfire charts? Jikes!

I need to try and get myself an account or key, and check it out. This could be something epic in the happening. I'm guessing a lot of the action that Warcraft III - The Frozen Throne is getting on the charts is thanks to DotA. What if that were to be replaced with Heroes of Newerth?

I guess we have a couple of really interesting weeks ahead. If there's an open beta soon, I think we might start to see some real action here. Don't you agree?

Oh, and I just finished making a nifty little thing that we call The Official Xfire Video Community. The name, as usual, is pretty self explanatory. It's quite simply the place to be if you dig the video recording or broadcast features of Xfire, or just like watching our videos. Go join it, now!

Tomorrow, we'll revive the video of the week, I think!

Hans