More people are playing Minecraft on XBLA than Modern Warfare 3 or FIFA 13

More people are playing Minecraft on Xbox Live Arcade than Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 or FIFA 13.

Microsoft Live activity chart for the week of 15th October shows Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition at the top for the first time, ahead of gargantuan retail games Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and FIFA 13. Call of Duty games have been at the top of the chart for much of the past four years.

It is yet another milestone for Minecraft. In early October developer 4J Studios revealed it had sold over four million copies. It is the best-selling XBLA game ever.

Other games Minecraft is more popular than on XBLA: Call of Duty: Black Ops, Borderlands 2, Halo: Reach, Battlefield 3 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.

Microsoft's Live Activity chart is based on unique users - that is, game playing while connected to Xbox Live.

• 1. Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition
• 2. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
• 3. EA Sports FIFA Soccer 13
• 4. Call of Duty: Black Ops
• 5. Borderlands 2
• 6. Halo: Reach
• 7. Battlefield 3
• 8. Modern Warfare 2
• 9. Madden NFL 13
• 10. NBA 2K13
• 11. Happy Wars
• 12. Skyrim
• 13. Gears of War 3
• 14. RESIDENT EVIL 6
• 15. GTA IV
• 16. FIFA 12
• 17. Forza Motorsport 4
• 18. Dishonored
• 19. EA SPORTS NHL13
• 20. Halo 3

As you'd expect, Minecraft is the top Arcade title, ahead of The Walking Dead, Sonic Adventure 2 and Trials Evolution.