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