Allied Assault overtakes Diablo II

Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, Electronic Arts' World War II first-person shooter, surpassed Blizzard's Diablo II to take second place on iGames' list of most popular multiplayer games for the month of May 2002. Half-Life: Counter-Strike, Sierra's team-based action game, remained in the top spot, while Diablo II slipped to third place. Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast, LucasArts' popular Star Wars action game, dropped to fourth place from third place in April. EverQuest, Sony's online role-playing game, climbed up to fifth place from seventh the month before.

Top 20 multiplayer games for May 2002:

Rank May 2002 / Rank April 2002 / Title
1 / 1 / Half-Life: Counter-Strike
2 / 4 / Medal of Honor: Allied Assault
3 / 2 / Diablo II
4 / 3 / Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
5 / 7 / EverQuest
6 / 5 / Dungeon Siege
7 / 8 / Command & Conquer Renegade
8 / 12 / Age of Empires II
9 / * / Serious Sam: The Second Encounter
10 / 9 / Starcraft
11 / 11 / Unreal
12 / 6 / Dark Age of Camelot
13 / 17 / Quake III
14 / 15 / Battle Realms
15 / 10 / Empire Earth
16 / 14 / Aliens Versus Predator 2
17 / * / Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon
18 / 20 / Command & Conquer Red Alert 2
19 / * / Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds
20 / 19 / Return to Castle Wolfenstein

The list above ranks games according to popularity at more than 150 game centers across North America. To see a list of games ranked by GameSpot review score, take a look at our best-selling games.