FIFA 12, Batman, DC Universe Online, L.A. Noire also get awards

Dec 9, 2011 14:02 GMT  ·  By

Raptr, a game network which also tracks which video games its users are interested in playing, has launched a series of Most Played Awards, showing which were the video games of 2011 that players spent the most time with.

Here is the full list of wines:

Most Played Game – The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim from Bethesda Softworks Most Played Shooter – Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 released by Activision Most Played RPG – The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim published by Bethesda Softworks Most Played Open-World Game – Batman: Arkham City from Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Most Played Sports Game – FIFA Soccer 12 by EA Sports Most Played Social Game – The Sims Social from EA Play Most Played New IP – L.A. Noire by Rockstar Most Successful Paid to Free-to-Play Game – DC Universe Online by Sony Online Entertainment

Raptr also chose to offer some other tidbits of information, showing that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, from Infinity Ward and Activision, has managed to generate double the amount of playtime during its first month after launch when compared to Battlefield 3 from DICE and Electronic Arts.

The closest competition for Skyrim in the role playing game category was Dragon Age 2, the BioWare game launched earlier in the year, which only got one sixth of the playtime of the Bethesda juggernaut.

Raptr also says that when DC Universe Online moved from a subscription based model to free to play the increase in play time reached an impressive 2500 percent.

The opening month of The Sims Social managed to generate more playing time than all other social games launched in 2011 during their first months.

Dennis Fong, who is the Chief Executive Officer at Raptr, stated, “2011 is turning out to be a boon for gamers, and our awards highlight how gamers are investing the most amount of their precious time playing every day.”

He added, “We want to congratulate all the people involved in creating the hit games that won in their respective categories.”