Below are the top ten most downloaded games on Torrentfreak for 2008. Included in brackets are the official release dates for the games. <\/p>\n
1 Spore (1,700,000) (Sept. 2008)
2 The Sims 2 (1,150,000) (Sept. 2004)
3 Assassins Creed (1,070,000) (Nov. 2007)
4 Crysis (940,000) (Nov. 2007)
5 Command & Conquer 3 (860,000) (Mar. 2007)
6 Call of Duty 4 (830,000) (Nov. 2007)
7 GTA San Andreas (740,000) (Jun. 2005)
8 Fallout 3 (645,000) (Oct. 2008)
9 Far Cry 2 (585,000) (Oct. 2008)
10 Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (470,000) (Oct. 2008)<\/p>\n
Not to many surprises this year, with high profile titles like Spore and The Sims 2 taking top honors.<\/p>\n
There was a massive gap of 549000 downloads between Spore at number one and its closest competitor The Sims 2 in second place. This can be largely put down to the massive backlash Spore’s obtrusive DRM software caused in the gaming community.<\/p>\n
Interestingly, the two most downloaded titles of the year are both the brain-child of one man, Will Wright, who must be wondering what he did wrong in a previous life to end up with the most copied intellectual property in the games industry.<\/p>\n
Spore’s download figure is the highest ever recorded for a PC game, with half a million downloads in the first ten days.<\/p>\n