Major Nelson just posted the top games being played on Live for the last week, the week of 4/2. He’s got it broken down by platform (Xbox and Xbox 360) and has the XLA games broken out as well.

[b]Xbox 360 Top Live Titles[/b]
1 Gears of War
2 Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas
3 Call Of Duty 3
4 GRAW 2
5 Crackdown
6 Oblivion
7 Castlevania: SOTN
8 Guitar Hero II
9 Worms
10 Pro Evolution Soccer 6

[b]Top Arcade Titles (Full Versions)[/b]
1 Castlevania: SOTN
2 TMNT 1989 Arcade
3 Jetpac Refuelled
4 Worms
5 Luxor 2
6 UNO
7 Alien Hominid HD
8 Geometry Wars Evolved
9 Texas Hold ’em
10 Contra

[b]Original Xbox Top Live Games[/b]
1 Halo 2
2 Battlefield 2: MC
3 Star Wars: Battlfrnt 2
4 Counter-Strike
5 Forza Motorsport
6 Madden NFL 07
7 Call of Duty 3
8 Ghost Recon 2
9 Rainbow Six 3
10 PGR 2

Nothing altogether surprising here. It’s nice to see GH2 climbed onto the list during it’s first week at #7. This list is based on global unique users on Live. Major also mentioned that if you combined the Xbox and 360 lists that Gears of War would still be on top of Halo 2. GoW needs to enjoy that success because that will drastically change when Halo 3 drops later this year.

Since Guitar Hero II showed up today and I’ve got my hands full with the new Wii (yes, I just got one) I have my Easter weekend full of digital fun. What’s going to hold your attention through this holiday weekend?

Nintendo just put out some new artwork for the upcoming Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree. Wii Degree is set for release on 6/11/07 and features 15 new activities in five categories: memory, analysis, number crunching, visual recognition and quick thinking. Players can exchange training data wirelessly with other players and compete against their save data.

The game is designed around the Wii Remote so it’s sure to be an exhausting learning experience and will definitely keep you from falling asleep.