April 30th, 2011

1. FortressCraft Chapter 1 (240)
   
2. [new] Prank Call (80)
   
3. The Impossible Game (80)
4. [new] Hack this game (80)
   
5. Avatar Paintball (80)
   
6. Toy Stunt-Bike (80)
   
7. I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1 (80)
8. Avatar Adventurers online (240)
   
9. Bird Assassin (80)
10. The Impossible Game Level Pack (80)
    

HA! Finaly some changes! Yesterday i was yawning at the lack of changes in the top, and wondering if the new system was the reason for it. Well today we have 2 new games entering the top10, at #2 and #4 ! Also of note: both Lacrosse games are gone from the top10. Both of these games are selling for 400 MSP, i wonder if this is the reason for their sudden fall and if the new system has something to do with it. I have decided to add the price of the games to add details to the top.

“Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
(Turn and face the strain)
Ch-ch-Changes
Don’t want to be a richer man”

-David Bowie “Changes”

Pictures after the break.

April 29th, 2011

1. FortressCraft Chapter 1
2. The Impossible Game
3. Avatar Paintball
4. Toy Stunt-Bike
5. I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1
6. The Impossible Game Level Pack
7. College Lacrosse 11
8. Bird Assassin
   
9. Avatar Adventurers online
10. NLL 11
    

The new system seems to be doing wonders on the top10… yawn… theses titles are at home here.

April 28th, 2011

1. FortressCraft Chapter 1
2. The Impossible Game
3. Avatar Paintball
4. Toy Stunt-Bike
5. I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1
6. The Impossible Game Level Pack
7. College Lacrosse 11
8. NLL 11
9. Bird Assassin
   
10. Avatar Adventurers online

Avatar Adventurers online and Bird Assassin switch places. Zzz zzz ZZZ zzz…

April 27th, 2011

1. FortressCraft Chapter 1
2. The Impossible Game
3. Avatar Paintball
4. Toy Stunt-Bike
5. I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1
6. The Impossible Game Level Pack
   
7. College Lacrosse 11
8. NLL 11
9. Avatar Adventurers online
10. Bird Assassin

College Lacrosse 11 and The Impossible Game Level Pack switch place. No much movements…

April 26th, 2011

1. FortressCraft Chapter 1
2. The Impossible Game
3. Avatar Paintball
4. Toy Stunt-Bike
5. I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1
6. College Lacrosse 11
7. The Impossible Game Level Pack
   
8. NLL 11
9. Avatar Adventurers online
10. Bird Assassin
    

Avatar Fighter leaves the top, Bird Assassin takes its spot.

Change in the way the Top download list is handled

Interesting, some changes in the way the top download list is handled on the dashboard. This could explain why in the past days there has been very little changes.

Previously games were selected and ordered based on the previous day’s sales information. This caused an illusion of the channel being frozen if sales data was delayed as well as exposing an instability in the channel due to occasional daily spikes.

To improve this experience, we have changed the time interval from daily to rolling weekly. What this means is that the top downloads channel will show games based on the previous week’s data each day.  Though it will be slightly more difficult to get on the list in the first place, the top downloads channel will be more reliable and less likely to be affected by daily delays or issues.

Go read the whole article on the MSDN blogs here: 

Updates to the Top Downloads Channel on Xbox LIVE Indie Games

Is this new way going to help brand new games get their share of the top, or will it profit the ones that have already been there for ages ??? Time will tell…

April 25th, 2011

1. FortressCraft Chapter 1
2. The Impossible Game
3. Avatar Paintball
4. NLL 11
5. Toy Stunt-Bike
6. College Lacrosse 11
7. The Impossible Game Level Pack
8. I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1
9. Avatar Adventurers online
10. Avatar Fighter
    

Again, again, very little change…

April 24th, 2011

1. FortressCraft Chapter 1
2. The Impossible Game
3. Avatar Paintball
4. NLL 11
5. Toy Stunt-Bike
6. College Lacrosse 11
7. The Impossible Game Level Pack
   
8. I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1
9. Avatar Fighter
10. Avatar Adventurers online

Again, very little change since the day before.

April 23rd, 2011

1. FortressCraft Chapter 1
2. The Impossible Game
3. Avatar Paintball
4. Toy Stunt-Bike
5. NLL 11
6. College Lacrosse 11
7. I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1
   
8. The Impossible Game Level Pack
9. Avatar Fighter
   
10. Avatar Adventurers online

Very little change since yesterday.

April 22nd, 2011

1. FortressCraft Chapter 1
2. The Impossible Game
3. Avatar Paintball
4. Toy Stunt-Bike
5. NLL 11
6. College Lacrosse 11
   
7. Avatar Fighter
8. The Impossible Game Level Pack
   
9. I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1
10. Avatar Adventurers online

…

April 21st, 2011

1. FortressCraft Chapter 1
2. The Impossible Game
3. Avatar Paintball
4. Toy Stunt-Bike
5. NLL 11
6. Avatar Fighter
7. College Lacrosse 11
8. I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1
9. Avatar Adventurers online
10. Undead Empire

Exact same as yesterday. Is the dashboard lagging ?

April 20th, 2011

1. FortressCraft Chapter 1
2. The Impossible Game
3. Avatar Paintball
4. Toy Stunt-Bike
5. NLL 11
6. Avatar Fighter
7. College Lacrosse 11
8. I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1
9. Avatar Adventurers online
10. Undead Empire

The Impossible Game Level Pack leaves the top 10 for the first time in a long time. Undead Empire back in the top 10.

April 19th, 2011

1. FortressCraft Chapter 1
2. The Impossible Game
3. Avatar Paintball
4. NLL 11
5. Toy Stunt-Bike
6. College Lacrosse 11
7. Avatar Fighter
   
8. The Impossible Game Level Pack
9. I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1
   
10. Avatar Adventurers online

Lacrosse must be a pretty famous game to be that much downloaded and be able to have 2 games in the top… Wonder how a decent soccer game would do.

April 18th, 2011

1. FortressCraft Chapter 1
2. [new] NLL 11
3. The Impossible Game
4. Avatar Paintball
5. Toy Stunt-Bike
6. College Lacrosse 11
7. The Impossible Game Level Pack
   
8. Avatar Fighter
9. Avatar Adventurers online
10. I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1

New game entering at #2 NLL 11. 2 Lacrosse games in the top.

April 17th, 2011

1. FortressCraft Chapter 1
2. The Impossible Game
3. Avatar Paintball
4. Toy Stunt-Bike
5. Avatar Fighter
6. I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1
   
7. Avatar Adventurers online
8. The Impossible Game Level Pack
9. [new] Undead Empire
10. College Lacrosse 11

A new game enters the top 10: Undead Empire !

April 16th, 2011

1. FortressCraft Chapter 1
2. The Impossible Game
3. Toy Stunt-Bike
4. Avatar Paintball
5. Avatar Fighter
6. Avatar Adventurers online
7. The Impossible Game Level Pack
   
8. I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1
9. The Most Addicting Sheep Game
10. College Lacrosse 11

Toy Stunt Bikes and Avatar Paintball switch places at #3 and #4. Otherwise the same little moves but nothing new.

April 15th, 2011

1. FortressCraft Chapter 1
2. The Impossible Game
3. Avatar Paintball
4. Toy Stunt-Bike
5. Avatar Adventurers online
6. College Lacrosse 11
   
7. Avatar Fighter
8. The Impossible Game Level Pack
   
9. I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1
10. Voice Changer 360

Meh.

April 14th, 2011

1. FortressCraft Chapter 1
2. The Impossible Game
3. Avatar Paintball
4. Toy Stunt-Bike
5. Avatar Adventurers online
6. Avatar Fighter
   
7. The Most Addicting Sheep Game
8. I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1
   
9. The Impossible Game Level Pack
10. College Lacrosse 11

Still the same at the 4 top positions. Wish there was more dynamic and we’d see a greater variety of games but that’s the way the top download seems to work these days…

April 13th, 2011

1. FortressCraft Chapter 1
2. The Impossible Game
3. Avatar Paintball
4. Toy Stunt-Bike
5. The Most Addicting Sheep Game
6. The Impossible Game Level Pack
7. Avatar Adventurers online
8. I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1
9. College Lacrosse 11
10. Avatar Fighter

Very little  changes since yesterday…

April 12th, 2011

1. FortressCraft Chapter 1
2. The Impossible Game
3. Avatar Paintball
4. Toy Stunt-Bike
5. The Most Addicting Sheep Game
6. College Lacrosse 11
7. The Impossible Game Level Pack
8. I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1
9. Avatar Adventurers online
10. Avatar Fighter

April 11th, 2011

1. FortressCraft Chapter 1
2. The Impossible Game
3. Avatar Paintball
4. Toy Stunt-Bike
5. The Impossible Game Level Pack
6. [new] The Most Addicting Sheep Game
7. I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1
8. College Lacrosse 11
9. Avatar Fighter
10. Miner Dig Deep

 

The Most Addicting Sheep Game enters the top at #6. That’s a good thing, it’s a fun game. FortressCraft Chapter 1 stays on top of the list.

 

April 10th, 2011

1. [new] FortressCraft Chapter 1
2. The Impossible Game
3. Avatar Paintball
4. The Impossible Game Level Pack
5. Toy Stunt-Bike
6. Avatar Fighter
7. Avatar Adventurers online
8. I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1
9. College Lacrosse 11
10. Miner Dig Deep

FortressCraft Chapter 1 enters straight at #1! What looks like a Minecraft clone with only building capabilities  but pretty rendering, could very well stay at the top for a while. It already has almost 3000 positive ratings just 2 days after release.  Nicely done!

April 9th, 2011

1. The Impossible Game
2. Avatar Paintball
3. The Impossible Game Level Pack
4. I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1
5. Toy Stunt-Bike
6. Avatar Fighter
7. Miner Dig Deep
8. College Lacrosse 11
9. Avatar Adventurers online
10. Voice Changer 360

April 8th, 2011

1. The Impossible Game
2. Avatar Paintball
3. The Impossible Game Level Pack
4. Toy Stunt-Bike
5. Avatar Fighter
6. I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1
7. College Lacrosse 11
8. Miner Dig Deep
9. Voice Changer 360
10. Avatar Adventurers online

Back to the ‘usual suspects’ ;). It seems like new games that enter the top don’t stick in it for long …

April 7th, 2011

1. The Impossible Game
2. Avatar Paintball
3. The Impossible Game Level Pack
4. I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1
5. Miner Dig Deep
6. College Lacrosse 11
7. Avatar Fighter
8. [new] Swamp Defense
   
9. Toy Stunt-Bike
10. Avatar Adventurers online

New game in: Swamp Defense enters the top10 at #8.

 

April 6th, 2011

1. The Impossible Game
2. Avatar Paintball
3. College Lacrosse 11
4. The Impossible Game Level Pack
5. Toy Stunt-Bike
6. Avatar Fighter
7. I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1
8. Miner Dig Deep
9. [new] Shifters
10. Avatar Adventurers online

New game in the top#10: Shifters.

 

 

April 5th, 2011

1. The Impossible Game
2. Avatar Paintball
3. College Lacrosse 11
4. I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1
5. The Impossible Game Level Pack
6. Avatar Fighter
7. Toy Stunt-Bike
8. Avatar Adventurers online
9. Miner Dig Deep
10. Voice Changer 360

 

 

April 4th, 2011

1. The Impossible Game
2. Avatar Paintball
3. I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1
4. Avatar Fighter
5. College Lacrosse 11
6. The Impossible Game Level Pack
7. Toy Stunt-Bike
8. Avatar Adventurers online
9. Miner Dig Deep
10. Marskman: Long Range

Always the same, slightly different order.

April 3rd, 2011

1. The Impossible Game
2. Avatar Paintball
3. Avatar Fighter
4. I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1
5. College Lacrosse 11
6. The Impossible Game Level Pack
7. Toy Stunt-Bike
8. Miner Dig Deep
9. Avatar Adventurers online
10. Voice Changer 360

Very little change since yesterday.

1. The Impossible Game
2. Avatar Paintball
3. Avatar Fighter
4. I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1
5. College Lacrosse 11
6. The Impossible Game Level Pack
7. Miner Dig Deep
8. Toy Stunt-Bike
9. Avatar Adventurers online
10. Marskman: Long Range

April 2nd, 2011

1. The Impossible Game
2. Avatar Paintball
3. Avatar Fighter
4. I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1
5. College Lacrosse 11
6. The Impossible Game Level Pack
7. Miner Dig Deep
8. Toy Stunt-Bike
9. Avatar Adventurers online
10. Marskman: Long Range

Back to the regular ones. The new comers are already gone from the top#10.