Call of Duty Dominates Xbox Live in 2012

[Shawn Zipay]

Surprise! Call of Duty dominates the top two spots for the most played games on Xbox Live in 2012. Xbox Live's Major Nelson details the top Live titles across retail and Arcade releases and then breaks it down further.

Minecraft and Halo also had tremendous showings, as did Battlefield 3 and a good number of sports titles. In what may be a bit of a surprise, Grand Theft Auto IV dominated the Games for Windows Live titles, followed closely by Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition.

Xbox 360 Top LIVE Titles (based on average UU’s per day)

1. Call of Duty: Black Ops II
2. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
3. Halo 4
4. Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition
5. Call of Duty: Black Ops
6. FIFA Soccer 13
7. FIFA Soccer 12
8. Battlefield 3
9. Halo: Reach
10. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
11. Borderlands 2
12. Assassin’s Creed III
13. Skyrim
14. Madden NFL 13
15. Gears of War 3
16. NBA 2K13
17. NBA 2K12
18. Far Cry 3
19. Grand Theft Auto IV
20. Forza Motorsport 4

Top Arcade Titles (Full Versions purchased)

1. Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition
2. Trials Evolution
3. The Walking Dead
4. Pinball FX2
5. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
6. Castle Crashers
7. Gotham City Impostors
8. I Am Alive
9. Fruit Ninja Kinect
10. Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD
11. Trials HD
12. Magic 2013
13. Fez
14. Dungeon Defenders
15. Alan Wake’s American Nightmare
16. Peggle
17. The Simpsons Arcade Game
18. REAL STEEL
19. Toy Soldiers: Cold War
20. Full House Poker

Top Indie Games (Full Versions purchased)

1. CastleMiner Z
2. CastleMiner
3. Total Miner: Forge
4. Avatar Deathmatch
5. FortressCraft Chapter 1
6. Murder Miners
7. The Impossible Game
8. Avatar Laser Wars 2
9. The $1 Zombie Game
10. Avatar Paintball
11. Avatar Legends
12. Fortress Wars
13. Miner Of Duty
14. Miner4Ever
15. Avatar Laser Wars
16. End Of Days: Infected vs Mercs
17. Toy Stunt Bike 2
18. Flight Adventure 2
19. Don’t Die Dateless, Dummy!
20. Block World

Games for Windows Top LIVE Titles (based on average UU’s per day)

1. GTA IV
2. Dark Souls Prepare to Die Edition
3. Age of Empires Online
4. Batman Arkham City
5. Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition
6. Microsoft Flight
7. DiRT 3
8. F1 2011
9. Resident Evil 5
10. Fallout 3
11. Batman: Arkham Asylum
12. Fable III
13. Bioshock 2
14. Gotham City Impostors
15. Colin McRae : Dirt 2
16. Bulletstorm
17. Street Fighter X Tekken
18. Resident Evil Raccoon City
19. F1 2010
20. Street Fighter IV

(via Major Nelson)