Xbox Live Arcade » News http://www.xboxarcadelive.com Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 16 Oct 2010 08:50:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Top 20 XBLA Games Of 2009 http://www.xboxarcadelive.com/top-20-xbla-games-of-2009/ http://www.xboxarcadelive.com/top-20-xbla-games-of-2009/#comments Sun, 14 Feb 2010 12:33:38 +0000 Masterchief http://www.xboxarcadelive.com/?p=2938 We took a look back to see the top 20 games of 2009. How do we know the top 20 ? Well Director of Programming, Larry Hryb let it all spill on his blog. Check the list out below.

1. Battlefield 1943
2. Castle Crashers
3. Trials HD
4. Hasbro Family Game Night series
5. Shadow Complex
6. Marvel vs. Capcom 2
7. Magic: The Gathering
8. UNO
9. Worms
10. Peggle
11. Worms 2: Armageddon
12. Turtles in Time Re-Shelled
13. ‘Splosion Man
14. A Kingdom for Keflings
15. 3 on 3 NHL Arcade
16. The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
17. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1989 Classic Arcade
18. Marble Blast Ultra
19. Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
20. Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix

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FADE says that Battlefield 1943 was the most successful Arcade release, reaching 800,000 sales and generating $12.5 million in revenue. It was also reported that the average price of XBLA games “increased rapidly” during the 2009 from an average of $8.33 in 2008 to $9.12 (via CVG).

Here are the report’s estimated top titles by revenue:

Battlefield 1943 (EA Dice) – $12.5 million ($15.00)
Castle Crashers (The Behemoth) – $7.3 million ($15.00)
Trials HD (RedLynx, LTD) – $7.1 million ($15.00)
Shadow Complex (Chair Entertainment / Epic Games) – $6.1 million ($14.38)
Family Game Night (Hasbro) – $4.2 million ($9.53)
Marvel vs. Capcom 2 (Capcom) – $4.2 million ($15.00)
Magic: The Gathering (Stainless Games) – $2.8 million ($10.00)
Worms 2 (Team 17) – $1.8 million ($10.00)
Peggle (PopCap Games) – $1.8 million ($8.86)
Turtles in Time: Reshelled (Ubisoft Singapore) – $1.7 million ($10.00)

Source: Edge Online

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