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Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 was the most popular game on Xbox LIVE during 2012 based on the average number of unique users per day.
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
The Xbox LIVE Arcade chart was dominated by Minecraft, which isn’t surprising given we know it sold over five million copies. Trials Evolution comes in second, and The Walking Dead takes third.
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
The best-selling Indie Game of 2012 was CastleMiner Z, followed by CastleMiner, Total Minder: Forge, Avatar Deathmatch and FortressCraft Chapter 1.
Source: Major Nelson