Diablo III is Australia's best-selling title of 2012 to date

Diablo III is Australia's best-selling title of 2012 to date, according to NPD Group Australia.

Blizzard's RPG beat out titles including Activision's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Battlefield 3, and Mass Effect 3, to be the number one title sold through physical retail channels across all platforms for the period between January to September 2012.

In New Zealand, Modern Warfare 3 took out the top spot for the same period, with Battlefield 3 and Skyrim rounding out the top three.

See below for the full lists for the Australian and New Zealand markets.

Australia Top 10 Games sold from Jan-Sept 2012:

1. Diablo III
2. Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 3
3. Skylanders Spyro's Adventure
4. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
5. Mass Effect 3
6. Battlefield 3
7. Borderlands 2
8. FIFA 13
9. Batman Arkham City
10. Call Of Duty Black Ops

New Zealand Top 10 Games sold from Jan-Sept 2012:

1. Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 3
2. Battlefield 3
3. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
4. Mass Effect 3
5. Diablo III
6. Borderlands 2
7. The Sims 3
8. Call Of Duty Black Ops
9. FIFA 12
10. Xbox Live 1500 Point Card