Black Ops beats Gears 3 in XBL chart

Gears of War 3 has failed to usurp perennial chart hog Call of Duty: Black Ops as the most played title on Xbox Live.

As detailed on Major Nelson's blog, Epic's game debuted at two on the Xbox Live activity chart for the week starting September 19th, one ahead of Modern Warfare 2.

Dead Island is down in seventh, while the FIFA 12 demo is at eight. Here's the full top 20, taking into account global unique users connected to Xbox Live:

1. Call of Duty: Black Ops
2. Gears of War 3
3. Modern Warfare 2
4. Halo: Reach
5. FIFA Soccer 11
6. Madden NFL 12
7. Dead Island
8. FIFA 12 Demo
9. GTA IV
10. Battlefield: Bad Company 2
11. Gears of War 2
12. Call of Duty 4
13. NHL12
14. Halo 3
15. NBA 2K11
16. NCAA Football 12
17. Fallout: New Vegas
18. Forza Motorsport 3
19. Red Dead Redemption
20. Call of Duty: World at War

Over on the Xbox Live Arcade chart, EA's Burnout Crash was beaten to the number one spot in its first week on sale by Portal: Still Alive.

Here's the full chart, which only counts full versions purchased:

1. Portal: Still Alive
2. Burnout Crash!
3. Pinball FX2
4. Fruit Ninja Kinect
5. ilomilo
6. Renegade Ops
7. Bejeweled Blitz LIVE
8. Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection
9. Castle Crashers
10. Toy Soldiers: Cold War
11. Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012
12. Trials HD
13. Radiant Silvergun
14. From Dust
15. Bastion
16. Game Room
17. Full House Poker
18. Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online Edition
19. Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour
20. Battlefield 1943