January 25th 2012 6:49 pm PT

LIVE Activity for week of January 16

Xbox 360 Top LIVE Titles (based on UU’s)

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Call of Duty: Black Ops
Skyrim
FIFA 12
Battlefield 3
Halo: Reach
Gears of War 3
Modern Warfare 2
Madden NFL 12
NBA 2K12
GTA IV
Saints Row: The Third
Forza Motorsport 3
NHL12
Assassin’s Creed Revelations
Halo 3
Batman: Arkham City
Call of Duty 4
Red Dead Redemption
NBA 2K11

Top Arcade Titles (Full Versions purchased)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Dungeon Defenders Fruit Ninja Kinect NFL Blitz Pinball FX2 DOOM Castle Crashers Trials HD AMY Peggle NBA JAM: On Fire Edition REAL STEEL Orcs Must Die! Full House Poker Magic: The Gathering — Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012 Haunt Sonic CD UNO A Kingdom for Keflings Toy Soldiers: Cold War RISK: FACTIONS
	The above list is based on full versions purchased.

Top Indie Games (Full Versions purchased)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	CastleMiner Z Total Miner: Forge CastleMiner FortressCraft Chapter 1 Avatar Paintball The Impossible Game The $1 Zombie Game Avatar Legends Don’t Die Dateless, Dummy! Lootfest: Live Design FLIRT I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1 Avatar Laser Wars Toy Stunt Bike Techno Kitten Adventure! Firing Range DLC Quest Perfect Shooting Training Camp Trailer Park King Episode 2 Avatar Rumble
	The above list is based on full versions purchased.

Games for Windows Top LIVE Titles (based onUU’s

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GTA IV
Batman Arkham City
Age of Empires Online
Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition
DiRT 3
F1 2011
Resident Evil 5
Fallout 3
Fable III
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Bioshock 2
Bulletstorm
Colin McRae : Dirt 2
Street Fighter IV
F1 2010
Section 8: Prejudice
Virtua Tennis 4
Red Faction Guerrilla
Operation Flashpoint Red River
Dead Rising 2

These lists are based on global unique users connected to Xbox Live or in the case of Arcade and Indie Games, full versions purchased during the week.

Some content (and therefore the links) may not be available in all Xbox LIVE regions.

Top LIVE By Larry Hryb, Xbox LIVE's Major Nelson

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http://twitter.com/turningtodusk Austin

Awesome list!!! Why is Saints Row The Third listed twice as #12 and #13?
- http://www.majornelson.com Major Nelson
  
  Oops. Fixed!
  - http://twitter.com/turningtodusk Austin
    
    Haha no worries Larry! Good to see GTA IV on there though now
Anonymous

We wait for the return of our king…John 117!!!!!!!!!!
- Anonymous
  
  It’s sad, but Halo may never be #1 again
  - Anonymous
    
    It’s not sad, it’s awesome. Call of Duty pwns Halo.
    - Anonymous
      
      Lol!
    - http://pulse.yahoo.com/_D2BKNKEAI56XXMJESGNLNY2P5A David
      
      Oh, child…
      - Anonymous
        
        Oh–i get it– Everyone who enjoys the COD franchise is a child! Now that’s clever, right there.
- Anonymous
  
  It’s sad, but Halo may never be #1 again
- Anonymous
  
  Exactly, 343i will bring Halo back to it’s former glory and all gamers worthy of the name will return to Halo 4.
  While CoD will still be present and a great options for casuals and younger players who lack the skill to play a game like HAlo, where camping is not the only decent tactic and perks won’t save you
http://twitter.com/TheKrazyCookie Aaron

Not surprised FIFA 12 is 3rd… after all the hacked accounts… smh… When will this get dealt with?
Joe Popp

I think you mean Forza 4 (not 3), and it’s a shame it’s down that far on the list. Maybe it’s all of the server trouble they’ve had?
- Anonymous
  
  Server trouble, no drop in game types, “meh” DLC… there’s only so many times I can race a certain track before I get bored. It doesn’t help that a lot of people race like idiots and smash into you every chance they get.
- Anonymous
  
  Remember, the list isn’t about who is playing multiplayer the most–it measures the amount of people playing games *while signed into XBox Live* – this includes single player portions of each game (That’s why games like Skyrim are on the list). My point is that, sadly, I have tot think people are just not playing Forza 4 as much as they did — multiplayer or not.
Anonymous

I’m almost ashamed to see Battlefield 3 so low on this list. I suppose it doesn’t help that I too have been playing MW3…but then I’d still been playing BF3 as well so I guess it balances out.
Anonymous

Whoo hoo! Yes! Call of Duty is undefeated for over 2 years! How do you like that, Nawlins08 and Searing Wave? I was right and you weren’t. Whose stupid now?
- http://twitter.com/TheKrazyCookie Aaron
  
  Quality over quantity…. You’re the one stupid for being a CoD fanboy…
  - Anonymous
    
    He may be a fanboy, but calling someone stupid for loving a game is about as ridiculous.
- fsdfg dsfds
  
  Owned
Anonymous

I doubt Halo will ever be #1 again. Who wants to play a game where you watch other guys jumping around, galloping side to side, and t bagging dead bodies?
- Jakob Kettler
  
  Fanboy alert!
- Anonymous
  
  Who wants to play a game where you watch other players prone on the ground, not moving side to side, and not going anywhere near the enemy out of fear of losing their 4 killstreak?
  - Anonymous
    
    Actually, who wants to see either of your scenarios?
http://twitter.com/davidkenobi davidkenobi

#13 Forza Motorsport 3 …. ??? That’s a surprise ^^
- Anonymous
  
  It links to Forza 4 so I’m guessing that’s what it actually means.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_RL4W6IDNLLY4AIRBU6ZRRQTMTE Steve

Major, #13 is still showing Forza 3, think it should be Forza 4 as the hyperlink goes to Forza 4.
Robert M

These lists never cease to entertain me.

A question just popped into my head: any reason this list can’t be displayed in the dashboard?
http://www.facebook.com/people/Marcos-Carvalhedo-de-Campos/100000468554268 Marcos Carvalhedo de Campos

i think it’s awesome that cod is so popular, i mean, less kids casuals and noobs at GOW3 and halo, so i keep playing the games that i like without the lame players of the past
- http://www.facebook.com/people/James-Terrez/100001329706208 James Terrez
  
  other way around lol
  - http://pulse.yahoo.com/_T7LOQAEEWPFE7UBMQGVCTNELQI huck
    
    i know u r, but what am i?
- Anonymous
  
  LOL… ridiculous comment is ridiculous.
Anonymous

I can’t help but wonder if this new Dashboard is effecting sales — I know that I browse through the new release a lot less than I use to.

It use to be simple and I would look forward to checking the new releases everyday. One click and a few pushes of the thumb-stick and I could see everything. Now it’s just a pain in the ass. I have to click, go back, click go back and it takes longer. I think I have check the new releases 2 or 3 times since the new dashboard came out and I dread having to do it again.
- http://twitter.com/GreenMistt Miller
  
  Same here, i rarely ever browse through the marketplace anymore. Now, if i ever do go on the dashboard, it’s only to remain in party chat when i’m not doing anything.
- http://pulse.yahoo.com/_T7LOQAEEWPFE7UBMQGVCTNELQI huck
  
  yer its kinda sad that its easier to sign in on my phone or computer to browse xboxlive content…
  if it wasnt for the guide button i think they would have alot more angry gamers…
Anonymous

Amy cracked the Top Ten most downloaded XBLA games, huh? I know it’s new, but that still surprised me a tad.
http://twitter.com/HTLoneWolf HTLoneWolf

Halo: 3 still in the top 20 4 years after launch.

<3 Halo: 3.
b knight

FIFA is played to hack/steal from XBL members!
Anonymous

No Bad Company 2………
buried_horizon

Dungeon Defenders is first? Well, grats for them I guess. They just announced that apart from the 4-part DLCs we won’t be getting any of the content the PC version has, so no point in playing it anymore. I wonder what is to blame for this stupid crap… *patching process* *cough cough*
- Timothy Simon
  
  Looks like they no longer see XBLA as fiscally viable for their company, shifting all development to the PC and leaving us in the cold. Wouldn’t be so bad if the game was named Dungeon Defenders Lite because we sure aren’t getting the same game anymore. I hope the next time Trendy Entertainment tries to sell a game on XBLA Microsoft brings down the hammer on them and denies them sales on this non-viable revenue stream.
http://profiles.google.com/harrypottersdaddy Harry Potter

Where is World at War? We need gamers to get back on that game and help Activision dominate this list. Oh yeah, good to see Amy in the top ten for XBLA
http://twitter.com/TapouTime Jason Block/Jayrock

Shit over half those games i own!
http://twitter.com/jamescannon24 James

Is anybody here having problems with NBA jam.Because alot of people being complaining about it freezing,but EA wont take the initiative to fix it
https://twitter.com/#!/BeeDizz BeeDizz

Only 2 games I play regularly are on the list. Excellent.
http://twitter.com/myPARspective P.RicoeurPhilosopher

Typo. Forza 4 not 3 (Even link leads to an Amazon listing of 4)
Anonymous

What about all the stolen accounts? Until when it will happen?
Mine was not, but I know lots of cases…
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=809362795 Jaqub Ajmal

Where is the Windows phone list? =(
warlord_killer74

Forza 3? Really Major? First party title and you don’t even know what the latest iteration is…
- Michael Selby
  
  It could be Forza 3. Black OPS and Modern Warfare are still going strong even after a newer release of the game came out. Might be the same for Forza.
Michael Selby

I am stoked to see Skyrim at #3 three. It is the best game I have ever played!
Anonymous

AMMY is one of the most horrible games I have played!! :s
http://twitter.com/Byyys Byyys

Can’t wait for the day Battlefield 3 beats COD on this list, but as this is fixed. it may never happen.
http://twitter.com/Eddy23 Eddy23

I was not even aware of this fifa 12 fraud till reading the comments on this site. I then just realized my roommate had been hacked. M$ do something about this sh*t.
http://www.facebook.com/original.mikee Original MikeE

Will the independent games be soon available for Switzerland ???
http://www.facebook.com/people/Noah-Throop/1030695690 Noah Throop

DOOM is fun.

January 25th 2012 6:49 pm PT

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