Top 10 video games for month, year
Top 10 video games of 2011* (publisher)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Activision Blizzard)
Just Dance 3 (Ubisoft Entertainment)
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Softworks)
Battlefield 3 (Electronic Arts)
Madden NFL 12 (Electronic Arts)
Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision Blizzard)
Batman: Arkham City (Warner Bros. Interactive)
Gears of War 3 (Microsoft)
Just Dance 2 (Ubisoft Entertainment)
Assassin’s Creed: Revelations (Ubisoft Entertainment)
Top 10 video games for December 2011* (publisher)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Activision Blizzard)
Just Dance 3 (Ubisoft Entertainment)
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Softworks)
Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo)
Battlefield 3 (Electronic Arts)
Madden NFL 12 (Electronic Arts)
Assassin’s Creed: Revelations (Ubisoft Entertainment)
NBA 2K12 (Take-Two Interactive Software)
Super Mario 3D Land (Nintendo)
Batman: Arkham City (Warner Bros. Interactive)
*Ranked by unit sales. Figures do not include used games or games sold as digital downloads.
Source: NPD Group Inc.
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