Larry Hryb, aka Xbox LIVE's Major Nelson, recently posted the top games of 2012. For the most part, there aren’t a whole lot in way of surprises. But there's a few.
First let's look at the top 20 for the Xbox 360. These are based upon unique users per day that were connected to Xbox Live, playing the full versions…
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
Again, it's hardly shocking for the most part. Though it is interesting to see Minecraft so high up on the list, and nestled smack in the middle of AAA produced, first person shooters. As well as the presence of GTA IV, a definite oldie but goodie.
Next are the top arcade offerings. Again, these are based on the paid full versions…
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
Seeing Minecraft at the very top is no biggie. Also nice seeing Castle Crashers, yet another classic, hang in there.
Onto the top indie titles…
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
Nothing speaks more highly of the popularity of Minecraft than seeing so many clones dominate the indie charts. Though for those of us who think Xbox 360 avatars are somewhat useless, it's a shock seeing so many avatar games included.
As for the top twenty Windows LIVE games, at the very top is GTA IV. Guess everyone's just bidding their time, till V comes out.
