Major Nelson, posting on his blog, has detailed the top twenty Xbox Live games of 2011, based on unique users connected to Xbox Live. Coming is first is Angry Birds, followed in second by Fruit Ninja and third is Plants versus Zombies. For those new to Windows Phone the list might be a good place to start your game collection?

Here's the full top twenty list:

1. Angry Birds 
2. Fruit Ninja 
3. Plants verus Zombies 
4. Need for Speed Undercover 
5. Full House Poker 
6. Monopoly
7. Doodle Jump 
8. Bejeweled Live 
9. Rise Of Glory 
10. geoDefense 
11. ilomilo 
12. Assassin’s Creed – Altaïr’s Chronicles HD 
13. Sonic 4 Episode I 
14. Tetris 
15. Fable: Coin Golf 
16. Hydro Thunder GO 
17. The Harvest 
18. Uno 
19. Tentacles 
20. The Sims 3

Inevitably the list is weighted towards big name games and those released in 2010 or the first half of 2011, but nonetheless it a decent representation of the different types and style of games available through Windows Phone Xbox Live functionality. 

Windows Phone also has a large number of games released independently of Xbox Live. Here are three top 10 lists for Indie games (by current rank in the UK marketplace, games category, excluding Xbox Live titles):

Top 10 free Indie games

1. Physi Bricks
2. Sleigh
3. Penguin
4. FrogSling
5. Roulette
6. Solitaire
7. Top Truck Free
8. 3D Marble Tracks
9. Air Hockey Speed
10. Blow up the frog

Top 10 paid Indie games with (free) trial

1. LineBirds
2. Armed
3. Survivalcraft
4. International Snooker
5. Infinite Flight
6. Football Kicks
7. ORB
8. Pipes
9. Rubik's Cube
10. Submarine Patrol

Top 10 Indie paid games

1. Bubble Pop Pro
2. Rainbow Rapture
3. Jewell Burst
4. Own This World
5. Texas Hold'Em Online
6. Shift 2
7. Hooked on Darts
8. Snake Premium
9. TicTacToe
10. BTO Cribbage

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