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Fez tops Xbox Live Arcade chart in debut week

Acclaimed indie platformer just ahead of Skullgirls.

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Image credit: Eurogamer

Rapturously received indie platformer Fez has entered the weekly Xbox Live Arcade chart at number one.

As detailed on Major Nelson's blog, Polytron's game (fresh off a 10/10 Eurogamer endorsement) came in just ahead of 2D fighter Skullgirls, which debuted at number two.

Ubisoft's survival adventure I Am Alive is holding up well in third place, perennial seller Pinball FX2 is at four and Gotham City Impostors is showing some legs at five.

Here's the full top 20:

  1. Fez
  2. Skullgirls
  3. I Am Alive
  4. Pinball FX2
  5. Gotham City Impostors
  6. Castle Crashers
  7. Fruit Ninja Kinect
  8. South Park: Tenorman's Revenge
  9. Trials HD
  10. Toy Soldiers: Cold War
  11. Dungeon Defenders
  12. Real Steel
  13. Pinball Arcade
  14. Full House Poker
  15. NBA Jam: On Fire Edition
  16. Peggle
  17. World Gone Sour
  18. Rayman 3 HD
  19. Alan Wake's American Nightmare
  20. The Splatters

Business was very much as usual over on the Xbox Live activity chart, with Modern Warfare 3 and Black Ops continuing to dominate 360 owners' time.

The only new entry was the Sniper Elite V2 demo way down in 20th. See below for 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. Skyrim
  8. Gears of War 3
  9. NBA 2K12
  10. Mass Effect 3
  11. GTA IV
  12. Forza Motorsport 4
  13. NHL12
  14. Madden NFL 12
  15. Halo 3
  16. Saints Row: The Third
  17. Red Dead Redemption
  18. Call of Duty 4
  19. Call of Duty: World at War
  20. Sniper Elite V2 demo

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