The Digital Dozen: 26 March 2013

The rankings of the top twelve MMORPGs as determined by the players of the Xfire community from play on Sunday, 24 March 2013.  For more details about the methodology, click here.  Historical data can be found here.

Rank	Prev Week	Game	Score	Hours Played	+/- %
1	1	World of Warcraft	39.8	24,229	-5.5
2	2	Guild Wars 2	17.0	10,328	-2.0
3	3	Star Wars: The Old Republic	12.1	7,353	-1.8
4	4	Tera	8.0	4,841	+1.5
5	5	Aion	4.7	2,886	-13.6
6	6	Eve Online	4.1	2,518	-8.8
7	7	Lord of the Rings Online	3.1	1,902	-7.3
8	8	PlanetSide 2	2.6	1,607	-6.1
9	11	Runescape	2.2	1,360	+0.5
10	12	APB: Reloaded	2.2	1,315	+1.9
11	9	Metin 2	2.0	1,243	-20.3
12	10	The War Z	2.0	1,230	-10.9

 

Total Digital Dozen Hours: 60,812

 

The top MMORPGs saw interest from the Xfire community wane on Sunday, with users spending 4.8% less time playing the 12 most popular games.  The decline was lead by Metin 2 (-20.3%), Aion (-13.6%) and The War Z (-10.9%).  The positive side was not very positive as no game saw a rise of more than 2% in time played.

 

Bye bye to The War Z? - While not shown, Defiance registered 720 hours played for a beta weekend.  With Defiance showing up on PC, Xbox and PlayStation 3, the game probably won't top the charts, but may affect the popularity of other shooter games like PlanetSide 2 and The War Z.  With a final beta weekend scheduled and a launch date of 2 April, will Defiance force The War Z from the list?

The Tera Invasion - Tera bucked the downward trend on the strength of an event, the Dracoloth Sovereign Invasion.  Once killed, these big-ass monsters didn't respawn.  Players were also offered 50% off of swimsuits and the introduction of a new type of loot box.