Minecraft becomes Xbox Live's most popular game, over Call of Duty

Major Nelson revealed in his blog that for the first time in Xbox Live’s history, the most played Xbox Live game is not a shooter, but a strange strategy/simulation MMO played with LEGO-style blocks. In a case of the little indie game that could, Xbox Live Arcade title Minecraft surpassed Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 in the top spot.

For the week of the 15th October, the most played games on Xbox Live included:

1. Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition

1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

2. EA Sports FIFA Soccer 13

3. Call of Duty: Black Ops

4. Borderlands 2

5. Halo: Reach

6. Battlefield 3

7. Modern Warfare 2

8. Madden NFL 13

9. NBA 2K13

In the rest of the list, Microsoft’s free-to-play action-MMO, Happy Wars landed in #11, followed by The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Gears of War 3.