The year’s top Xbox Live games

This is it. The list to end all lists (for the current year, anyway)! Courtesy of Major Nelson, here are the top 20 Xbox 360 titles of 2006, as well as the year’s top 20 purchased arcade titles, based on data collected from January 1 to December 29.

Oh, before we move on to the lists, here’s a short reminder from the Major:

Remember, UU’s is the number of Gamertags that have played a game. In the case of Arcade titles, that list is ranked by purchased games. That is why the Arcade titles may be ranked out of order on the top list. Some Arcade titles may be purchased by one Gamertag, but played by multiple Gamertags.

2006 Top Xbox 360 Titles (UU’s)

1. Gears of War
2. Hexic HD
3. Call of Duty 2
4. Ghost Recon 3
5. Oblivion

Check out the complete lists after the jump!

This is it. The list to end all lists (for the current year, anyway)! Courtesy of Major Nelson, here are the top 20 Xbox 360 titles of 2006, as well as the year’s top 20 purchased arcade titles, based on data collected from January 1 to December 29.

Oh, before we move on to the lists, here’s a short reminder from the Major:

Remember, UU’s is the number of Gamertags that have played a game. In the case of Arcade titles, that list is ranked by purchased games. That is why the Arcade titles may be ranked out of order on the top list. Some Arcade titles may be purchased by one Gamertag, but played by multiple Gamertags.

2006 Top Xbox 360 Titles (UU’s)

1. Gears of War
2. Hexic HD
3. Call of Duty 2
4. Ghost Recon 3
5. Oblivion
6. PGR3
7. Perfect Dark Zero
8. Call Of Duty 3
9. UNO
10. EA SPORTS™ Fight Night Round 3
11. Saints Row
12. Geometry Wars Evolved
13. DEAD OR ALIVE 4
14. Texas Hold ’em
15. Madden NFL 07
16. DEAD RISING
17. Need for Speed™ Most Wanted
18. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six® Vegas
19. BFMC
20. Splinter Cell Double Agent

2006 Top Arcade Titles (Purchased)

1. UNO
2. Street Fighter II’ Hyper Fighting
3. Geometry Wars Evolved
4. Marble Blast Ultra
5. PAC-MAN
6. DOOM
7. Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
8. GALAGA
9. Gauntlet
10. Frogger
11. Bankshot Billiards 2
12. SmashTV
13. Contra
14. Zuma
15. Texas Hold ’em
16. Bejeweled 2
17. Feeding Frenzy
18. Small Arms
19. Cloning Clyde
20. LUMINES LIVE!

Now that we have the official list over with, let’s move on to the reader participation round. We want to know the year’s best from you guys. Tell us which Xbox360 games you enjoyed the most this year. We’re not just talking about commercially-released games here, either. If your choice was a piece of XNA homebrew, tell us about it. Just leave a comment below. We’re looking forward to you input.