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I Am Alive hogs Xbox Live Arcade top spot

Sine Mora debuts at five.

Ubisoft's survival caper I Am Alive is the most downloaded game on Xbox Live Arcade three weeks after it launched, Microsoft has announced.

As detailed in Major Nelson's chart rundown, Gotham City Impostors is showing impressive legs at two, followed by perennial seller Pinball FX2.

Rayman 3 HD is the highest new entry at four followed by critically lauded shoot 'em up Sine Mora at five.

Here's the full top 20:

  1. I Am Alive
  2. Gotham City Impostors
  3. Pinball FX2
  4. Rayman 3 HD
  5. Sine Mora
  6. Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team
  7. Shoot Many Robots
  8. Fruit Ninja Kinect 
  9. Castle Crashers
  10. Trials HD
  11. Alan Wake's American Nightmare
  12. NBA Jam: On Fire Edition
  13. Stacking
  14. Costume Quest
  15. Real Steel
  16. The Simpsons Arcade Game
  17. Full House Poker
  18. Dungeon Defenders
  19. Uno
  20. Peggle

Nelson also published the weekly Xbox Live activity chart, but there are few surprises there. Modern Warfare 3 still rules all, followed by Black Ops, FIFA 12, Battlefield 3 and Halo Reach.

The only game released this year to feature in the top 10 is Mass Effect 3 at 7. The only new entry in the top 20 is Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City at 14.

The full rundown:

  1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
  2. Call of Duty: Black Ops
  3. FIFA 12
  4. Battlefield 3
  5. Halo: Reach
  6. Modern Warfare 2
  7. Mass Effect 3
  8. NBA 2K12
  9. Skyrim
  10. Gears of War 3
  11. GTA IV
  12. Forza Motorsport 4
  13. Madden NFL 12
  14. Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
  15. NHL12
  16. Saints Row: The Third
  17. Halo 3
  18. Red Dead Redemption
  19. Call of Duty 4
  20. NBA 2K11

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