Minecraft is the first Arcade game to top weekly Xbox Live activity

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Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition has knocked Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 from the top of the weekly Xbox Live activity charts.

According to Edge, it's the first Arcade game to garner the most unique users over retail titles.
Minecraft recently surpassed four million sales on Xbox 360. CVG said in it's 9/10 Minecraft: Xbox 360 review: "Whether you're mining, crafting, building, or fighting - either alone, or with friends - there's nothing quite like Minecraft. An accomplished, streamlined port that's a perfect fit for Xbox 360."

Here's a full rundown of Xbox Live activity for the week of October 15:

Top Xbox 360 Live titles (based on unique users)

Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
FIFA Soccer 13
Call of Duty: Black Ops
Borderlands 2
Halo: Reach
Battlefield 3
Modern Warfare 2
Madden NFL 13
NBA 2K13
Happy Wars
Skyrim
Gears of War 3
Resident Evil 6
GTA IV
FIFA 12
Forza Motorsport 4
Dishonored
EA SPORTS NHL13
Halo 3


Top Arcade titles (full versions purchased)
Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition
The Walking Dead
Sonic Adventure 2
Trials Evolution
Serious Sam 3: BFE
Worms Revolution
Counter-Strike: GO
Pinball FX2
Zombie Driver HD
Trials HD
Castle Crashers
Naughty Bear Panic in Paradise
Mark of the Ninja
Magic 2013
Nexuiz
Jet Set Radio
Toy Soldiers: Cold War
Fruit Ninja Kinect
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD
Toy Soldiers

Top Indie games (full versions purchased)
CastleMiner Z
Murder Miners
CastleMiner
Avatar Laser Wars 2
Avatar Deathmatch
Total Miner: Forge
The Impossible Game
Avatar Legends
Paintball War
The $1 Zombie Game
Miner Of Duty
Avatar Laser Wars
Hidden in Plain Sight
Fortress Wars
Block World
Avatar Paintball
Miner4Ever
End Of Days: Infected vs Mercs
Don't Die Dateless, Dummy!
Toy Stunt Bike 2

Games for Windows top Live titles (based on unique users)
GTA IV
Dark Souls Prepare to Die Edition
Age of Empires Online
Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition
Batman Arkham City
Resident Evil 5
Microsoft Flight
DiRT 3
Fallout 3
F1 2011
Fable III
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Bioshock 2
Colin McRae : Dirt 2
Resident Evil Racoon City
Bulletstorm
F1 2010
Street Fighter IV
Street Fighter X Tekken
Virtua Tennis 4

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VisionaryMGMTPosted:

Can't believe Fortress Craft died out. I remember having one of the top rated worlds on there for a week. That game was great.

FeatPosted:

I love how this happens AFTER the creative mode implementation.

ImNotPhlegmAnymoreOKPosted:

4JStudios deserves it! Great game, if you haven't bought it yet, you should seriously think about buying it.

CentPosted:

I knew this would happen lol

AR15Posted:

Minecraft is fun and highly addictive. This was more than expected.

PlotPosted:

aww yea man because it is SUCH a good game .
but yea it was expected

NodePosted:

Minecraft is one of the high end arcade games, This is highly expected.

yo2434Posted:

Mortar That is quite an accomplishment indeed, good on them. It is a great game and well deserving the top spot. Now to see how long it can stay there.


i for one will be contributing to cod again when my internet will actually go above .5mbs :( but until then ill probably help minecraft,ps nobody buy windstream's internet.its absolutely pathetic!

iiFlipxPosted:

Minecraft

YaoMingPosted:

Don't understand how happy wars is doing that well everyone i know only played it once