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.