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
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
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EA Sports FIFA Soccer 13
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Call of Duty: Black Ops
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Borderlands 2
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Halo: Reach
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Battlefield 3
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Modern Warfare 2
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Madden NFL 13
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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.