Editorials
Microsoft reveals top Xbox Live games of 2010
February 11, 2011, Author: Neil Hughes
Microsoft’s Larry Hyrb (or Major Nelson as most of us know him) last week published the most popular titles on Xbox Live for 2010. The lists do not appear to be recorded from total downloads but when the actual downloads are at their highest in their first week. So the lists below are based on unique users playing whilst connected to Live in the first week of release, and both Arcade and Indie titles are based on week one downloads.
It’s a little predictable to see the ubiquitous COD franchise and Halo Reach dominating the top two places but the great thing about these lists are the hidden gems that can be found on the Arcade and Indie Titles.
Call of Duty: Black Ops has seen over 1.1 trillion shots fired on Xbox live according to the recent release from Treyarch.
Black Ops the most played game on Xbox live, here is the science bit.
It is a little surprising for me to see that more people have been playing Red Dead Redemption, Fable III, Medal of Honor and Mass Effect 2 than the popular football game Fifa 11.
Full price games:
- 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
Dead Rising 2: Case Zero sits top of the Arcade chart for 2010, but This Is My Joystick favourite, Limbo, is more than a worthy runner-up, although we thought that Hydro Thunder Hurricane would have performed a little stronger than its placing suggests.
Gamers just cannot enough of zombies it would seem.
Arcade titles:
- 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
In order to gain a place in the Indie chart, it appears you need to feature either Avatars or zombies, or even both. Under closer inspection you will find bizarre and addictive games such as Baby Maker Extreme and The Impossible Game.
Baby Maker Extreme tops the Indie chart.
We can see from looking at the Indie game chart that it is dominated by Avatar games, most of which are quite poor but what do you expect for 80 Microsoft points? I wonder how long until Microsoft and big developers jump on board with Avatar based titles as there certainly appears to be a market for them.
Indie games:
- 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
For those of you that want to look under the bonnet and examine the sales data, it is worth checking out Gamastura, who have looked at the successes and failures of the past 12 months of Xbox Live Arcade games.
So has this list inspired you to check out some of the lesser known titles or games you have missed? What were your favourites? Please let us know here at This Is My Joystick.
Tagged Arcade Games 2010, Baby Maker Extreme, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Dead Rising 2: Case Zero Limbo, Fable III, halo reach, Indie Games 2010, Larry Hyrb, Major Nelson, Microsoft reveals top Xbox Live games of 2010, Red Dead Redemption
