Venerable Xbox LIVE community manager Major Nelson (aka Larry Hyrb) has posted up a list of the top Xbox LIVE games played in 2012, as measured by their unique users and full versions purchased between 1 January and 31 December 2012.
The Major also posted a list of the top played games on Xbox LIVE’s sister service, Games for Windows LIVE.
These lists are based on global average unique users per day connected to Xbox Live or in the case of Arcade and Indie Games, full versions purchased during 2012.
Xbox 360 Top LIVE Titles (based on average UU’s per day)
- Call of Duty: Black Ops II
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
- Halo 4
- Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition
- Call of Duty: Black Ops
- FIFA Soccer 13
- FIFA Soccer 12
- Battlefield 3
- Halo: Reach
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
- Borderlands 2
- Assassin’s Creed III
- Skyrim
- Madden NFL 13
- Gears of War 3
- NBA 2K13
- NBA 2K12
- Far Cry 3
- Grand Theft Auto IV
- Forza Motorsport 4
Top Arcade Titles (Full Versions purchased)
- Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition
- Trials Evolution
- The Walking Dead
- Pinball FX2
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
- Castle Crashers
- Gotham City Impostors
- I Am Alive
- Fruit Ninja Kinect
- Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD
- Trials HD
- Magic 2013
- Fez
- Dungeon Defenders
- Alan Wake’s American Nightmare
- Peggle
- The Simpsons Arcade Game
- REAL STEEL
- Toy Soldiers: Cold War
- Full House Poker
The above list is based on full versions purchased.
Top Indie Games (Full Versions purchased)
- CastleMiner Z
- CastleMiner
- Total Miner: Forge
- Avatar Deathmatch
- FortressCraft Chapter 1
- Murder Miners
- The Impossible Game
- Avatar Laser Wars 2
- The $1 Zombie Game
- Avatar Paintball
- Avatar Legends
- Fortress Wars
- Miner Of Duty
- Miner4Ever
- Avatar Laser Wars
- End Of Days: Infected vs Mercs
- Toy Stunt Bike 2
- Flight Adventure 2
- Don’t Die Dateless, Dummy!
- Block World
The above list is based on full versions purchased.
Games for Windows Top LIVE Titles (based on average UU’s per day)
- GTA IV
- Dark Souls Prepare to Die Edition
- Age of Empires Online
- Batman Arkham City
- Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition
- Microsoft Flight
- DiRT 3
- F1 2011
- Resident Evil 5
- Fallout 3
- Batman: Arkham Asylum
- Fable III
- Bioshock 2
- Gotham City Impostors
- Colin McRae : Dirt 2
- Bulletstorm
- Street Fighter X Tekken
- Resident Evil Raccoon City
- F1 2010
- Street Fighter IV
Which of the games on the lists have you been playing? Let us know in the comments below and on the MyGaming forum.
Source: Major Nelson
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