DR2: Case Zero tops 2010 XBLA chart
While Black Ops takes XBL crown.
Dead Rising 2: Case Zero was the top Xbox Live Arcade game of 2010, Microsoft mouthpiece Major Nelson has revealed.
Based on games' first seven days on sale, Capcom's zombie sequel expansion beat out Limbo and Perfect Dark for the top spot.
Here's the full top 18 (convention, be damned):
- Dead Rising 2: Case Zero
- LIMBO
- Perfect Dark
- Toy Soldiers
- Monday Night Combat
- Deadliest Warrior
- Dead Rising 2: Case West
- X-Men Arcade
- Castlevania Harmony of Despair
- Plants vs Zombies
- Scott Pilgrim
- Sonic 4 Episode 1
- Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
- Blacklight: Tango Down
- Hydro Thunder Hurricane
- RISK Factions
- Super Meat Boy
- World of Keflings
Nelson also revealed the top 20 most played games on Xbox Live. No surprises here: based on unique users logging on during a game's first week on sales, Call of Duty: Black Ops smashed it, followed by Halo: Reach and Red Dead Redemption.
- Call of Duty: Black Ops
- Halo: Reach
- Red Dead Redemption
- Fable III
- Battlefield: Bad Co. 2
- Medal of Honor
- Mass Effect 2
- FIFA Soccer 11
- Fallout: New Vegas
- BioShock 2
- Madden NFL 11
- Splinter Cell Conviction
- Assassin's Creed Brotherhood
- Dead Rising 2
- Kinect Adventures!
- NBA 2K11
- Crackdown 2
- Aliens vs Predator
- Mafia II
- Army of TWO: TFD
For good measure, he also offered up the Xbox Live Indie Games chart for the last 12 months, which saw Baby Maker Extreme come out on top.
- Baby Maker Extreme
- Avatar Showdown
- Avatar Paintball
- Avatar Ninja!
- Avatar Racedrome
- Try Not To Fart
- Nuclear Wasteland
- Avatar Onslaught
- Yet Another Zombie Defense
- Zombie Estate
- Breath of Death VII
- MILITARY SNIPER-SIM 3.18
- Get Rich or Die Gaming
- Avatar Bumper Cars
- Avatar Meet Up Live!
- GET TO THA CHOPPA!!1
- Shoot 1UP
- Toy Stunt Bike
- The Impossible Game
- So Many Girls So Little Time