10 Best Xbox 360 Multiplayer Titles EVER

Quite simply, without Halo as a launch title then the original Xbox would've likely failed. This revolutionary, must-have FPS kicked off Microsoft's biggest franchise. It's sequel was the flag in the ground for video game consoles wading into the deep waters of online play. And so, Halo 3 was the moment of unification for the Xbox 360.

If you had this console, this game and a Gold account then you felt like you were in the it crowd.

Halo 3 was bursting at the seams with content that kept gamers' headsets firmly on for hours at a time. Players could jump into bustling social or ranked playlists as suited their style and party up with others that they clicked with. The game modes were perhaps the cherry on top because of how they intersected with maps. Stages were deliberately built around objectives types, standard rounds of slayer or big team battle.

More than this, Bungie embraced creativity.

Halo 3's Forge Mode opened the floodgates to map and game-type creation, several of which were popular enough to find themselves elevated to official status. This willingness to embrace its audience took Halo from being a game you played with a few friends into a huge worldwide community.

Not only is Halo 3 still the blueprint for which every game in the series has tried to follow, it's responsible for shaping how people connect and play together around the world.