Call Of Duty: Black Ops 2 Leads Charge On XBLA In 2012

The past 12 months were pretty big for gaming and now Microsoft's own Major Nelson is here to let everyone know which games had the biggest 2012 on the Xbox 360. This year's top online game was a massive shocker: Call of Duty: Black Ops II. (Checks figures) No, wait, that was pretty much expected, as it turns out.

The Xbox's “Top Games of 2012” have now been reported on Major Nelson's blog, giving us some insight into what everyone was playing this past year. The following rankings, according to the Major, are based on “average unique users per day” connected to Xbox Live, or full versions of the game that were purchased between Jan. 1, 2012 and Dec. 31, 2012, when said numbers could not be obtained.

So, here are this year's results broken down into four categories. The top Live titles list unsurprisingly featured a heck of a lot of shooting goodness, but at least the other categories show you gamers are getting some variety in your diet.

Xbox 360 Top Live Titles
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

Top Arcade Titles
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

Top Indie Games
1. CastleMiner Z
2. CastleMiner
3. Total Miner: Forge
4. Avatar Deathmatch
5. FortressCraft Chapter 1
6. Murder Miners
7. The Impossible Game
8. Avatar Laser Wars 2
9. The $1 Zombie Game
10. Avatar Paintball
11. Avatar Legends
12. Fortress Wars
13. Miner Of Duty
14. Miner4Ever
15. Avatar Laser Wars
16. End Of Days: Infected vs Mercs
17. Toy Stunt Bike 2
18. Flight Adventure 2
19. Don’t Die Dateless, Dummy!
20. Block World

Games for Windows Top Live Titles
1. GTA IV
2. Dark Souls Prepare to Die Edition
3. Age of Empires Online
4. Batman Arkham City
5. Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition
6. Microsoft Flight
7. DiRT 3
8. F1 2011
9. Resident Evil 5
10. Fallout 3
11. Batman: Arkham Asylum
12. Fable III
13. Bioshock 2
14. Gotham City Impostors
15. Colin McRae : Dirt 2
16. Bulletstorm
17. Street Fighter X Tekken
18. Resident Evil Raccoon City
19. F1 2010
20. Street Fighter IV