One juggernaut dominated Xbox Live during 2011 – and it’s exactly what you expected.

Activision’s Call of Duty franchise nabbed the three top spots on 2011′s Xbopx Live activity charts, as revealed by Major Nelson.

2010′s Black Ops took top spot, with November’s Modern Warfare 3 in second place and 2009′s Modern Warfare 2 coming in third.

2007′s Call of Duty 4 managed 14th place, and 2008′s World at War came in at 20th, giving the franchise one quarter of total ranking positions for the whole year.

Shooters in general were the flavour of the year (again), with Halo: Reach in fourth, Battlefield 3 in fifth, Gears of War 3 in seventh – and more beyond the top ten.

Age of Empires Online topped Games for Windows Live activity, while Angry Birds took out Windows Phone 7.

On the Arcade games charts, Pinball FX2 proved most popular, and Minecraft Clone FortressCraft maintained its hold on the indie scene.

See the full charts below.

Xbox 360 Top LIVE Titles (based on UU’s)
1. Call of Duty: Black Ops
2. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
3. Modern Warfare 2
4. Halo: Reach
5. Battlefield 3
6. Skyrim
7. Gears of War 3
8. FIFA 12
9. FIFA Soccer 11
10. Madden NFL 12
11. GTA IV
12. NBA 2K11
13. Battlefield: Bad Co. 2
14. Call of Duty 4
15. Battlefield 3 Beta
16. Halo 3
17. Gears of War 2
18. Forza Motorsport 4
19. Red Dead Redemption
20. Call of Duty: WaW

Top Arcade Titles (Full Versions purchased)
1. Pinball FX2
2. Full House Poker
3. Castle Crashers
4. Fruit Ninja Kinect
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Contributor: vg247.com   Posted: Jan 9, 2012
Gaming Category: Gaming News
Tags: activision-blizzard, call-of-duty, charts, games for windows, major-nelson, Microsoft, Windows Phone 7, Xbox Live Activity, xbox-360, Xbox-Live