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It had a horrible launch when it was released in late December 2008 but the PC port of Rockstar Games' open world action title Grand Theft Auto IV was the number one biggest online game on Microsoft's Games For Windows Live online service in 2009. Major Nelson's web site revealed the stats on Sunday, which is based on unique users (specific numbers were not revealed).

Relic's RTS game Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War II was the number two Games For Windows Live Games title while Bethesda Softworks' Fallout 3 was number three. Surprisingly the 2007 released multiplayer shooter Shadowrun was the number four game on the list in 2009, indicating that perhaps the title from the now defunct FASA Interactive still has a strong online following. You can check out the entire top 20 list after the jump: