Most played Xbox 360 games of 2011 revealed
Plus, Microsoft lists best selling XBLA titles.
More people logged on to Xbox Live to play Call of Duty: Black Ops during 2011 than any other game, Microsoft has revealed.
Call of Duty took the top three spots, with Modern Warfare 3 coming in second and Modern Warfare 2 in third.
Halo Reach followed in fourth, with Battlefield 3 in fifth.
12 out of the top 20 games were not released in 2011. The oldest title on the chart was Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, which was first released back in November 2007.
Here's the full chart as seen on Major Nelson's blog, based on global unique users:
- Call of Duty: Black Ops
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
- Modern Warfare 2
- Halo: Reach
- Battlefield 3
- Skyrim
- Gears of War 3
- FIFA 12
- FIFA Soccer 11
- Madden NFL 12
- GTA IV
- NBA 2K11
- Battlefield: Bad Company 2
- Call of Duty 4
- Battlefield 3 Beta
- Halo 3
- Gears of War 2
- Forza Motorsport 4
- Red Dead Redemption
- Call of Duty: World at War
Nelson also listed the Xbox Live Arcade sales chart, which saw Pinball FX2 come out on top, followed by Full House Poker and chart perennial Castle Crashers. 2011 critical darlings From Dust and Bastion finished in fifth and 13th respectively.
Here's the complete top 20, based on full versions purchased:
- Pinball FX2
- Full House Poker
- Castle Crashers
- Fruit Ninja Kinect
- From Dust
- Trials HD
- Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012
- Dead Rising 2: Case West
- Torchlight
- Toy Soldiers: Cold War
- Plants vs. Zombies
- Portal: Still Alive
- Bastion
- Limbo
- Game Room
- Dead Rising 2: Case Zero
- Peggle
- Dungeons & Dragons Daggerdale
- Battlefield 1943
- Beyond Good & Evil HD
And for all those keeping score, here are the top selling Xbox Live Indie Games of 2011 too:
- FortressCraft Chapter 1
- Total Miner: Forge
- The Impossible Game
- Avatar Paintball
- Toy Stunt Bike
- CastleMiner Z
- I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1
- Avatar Legends
- CastleMiner
- Miner Dig Deep
- Avatar Laser Wars
- Bird Assassin
- Voice Changer 360
- Nuclear Wasteland
- Avatar Karting
- Zombie Estate
- Avatar Drop
- Baby Maker Extreme 2
- College Lacrosse 2011
- The $1 Zombie Game