Cole Protocol and the first volume of Cryptum appeared on The New York Times bestseller lists, [ 116 ] [ 186 ] [ 187 ] [ 188 ] [ 189 ] [ 190 ] and The Cole Protocol also opened 50th overall on USA Today ' s bestsellers list. [ 191 ] Tor's first three novels sold more than one million copies by April 2009. [ 192 ] Overall, the Halo series has been very well received by critics. Halo: Combat Evolved has received numerous Game of the Year awards. [ 193 ] [ 194 ] In March 2007, IGN listed it as the top Xbox game of all time, while readers ranked it the fourteenth best game ever on "IGN Readers' Choice 2006 – The Top 100 Games Ever". [ 195 ] [ 196 ] Conversely, GameSpy ranked Halo: Combat Evolved tenth on its list of "Top 25 Most Overrated Games of All Time", citing repetitive level design and the lack of an online multiplayer mode. [ 197 ] Halo 2 also received numerous awards, [ 198 ] with IGN listing it as the number two top Xbox game of all time in March 2007. [ 195 ] From its initial release on the Xbox in November 2004 until the launch of Gears of War on the Xbox 360 in November 2006 – two years later – Halo 2 was the most popular video game on Xbox Live. [ 199 ] Halo 3 was nominated for and won multiple