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Batman: Arkham City tops GameFly's 2011 most requested list

Caped Crusader's latest outing proves to be non-PC game rental service's most popular cross-platform title last year.

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 may have been the biggest game of 2011 in terms of sales, but it was not the most requested title at game rental company GameFly. Instead, that mark goes to Rocksteady's well-received Batman: Arkham City.

Bats trump bullets, at least for GameFly users.
Bats trump bullets, at least for GameFly users.

Directly following Arkham City on GameFly's 2011 most requested cross-platform titles list are Activision's latest shooter Modern Warfare 3 and Deep Silver's zombie game Dead Island.

Platform-specific top-requested titles included Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (PS3), Batman: Arkham City (Xbox 360), Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Wii), Super Mario 3D Land (3DS), and New Super Mario Bros. (DS).

Of note, there were only two new intellectual properties to break GameFly's top 10 lists: Dead Island and Rage. GameFly's 2011 most requested lists are below.

Cross-platform:
1. Batman: Arkham City (PS3, Xbox 360)
2. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii)
3. Dead Island (PS3, Xbox 360)
4. Battlefield 3 (PS3, Xbox 360)
5. Assassin's Creed: Revelations (PS3, Xbox 360)
6. Saints Row: The Third (PS3, Xbox 360)
7. Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PS3, Xbox 360)
8. Rage (PS3, Xbox 360)
9. Madden NFL 12 (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, PS2, PSP)
10. Gears of War 3 (Xbox 360)

Xbox 360:
1. Batman: Arkham City
2. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
3. Dead Island
4. Gears of War 3
5. Battlefield 3
6. Assassin's Creed: Revelations
7. Saints Row: The Third
8. Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
9. Rage
10. Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary

PS3:
1. Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
2. Batman: Arkham City
3. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
4. Battlefield 3
5. Dead Island
6. Assassin's Creed: Revelations
7. Saints Row: The Third
8. Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim
9. Resistance 3
10. Rage

Wii:
1. Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
2. Donkey Kong Country Returns
3. Super Mario Galaxy 2
4. Kirby's Return to Dreamland
5. Just Dance 3
6. Mario Sports Mix
7. Disney Epic Mickey
8. New Super Mario Bros. Wii
9. Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games
10. Super Smash Bros. Brawl

3DS:
1. Super Mario 3D Land
2. Mario Kart 7
3. Sonic Generations
4. Star Fox 64 3D
5. Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
6. Pokemon Rumble Blast
7. Cave Story 3D
8. Pilotwings Resort
9. Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition
10. Harvest Moon: Tale of Two Towns

DS:
1. New Super Mario Bros.
2. Pokemon White
3. Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
4. Kirby Mass Attack
5. Pokemon Black
6. Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
7. Yoshi's Island DS
8. Mario Kart DS
9. Lego Battles: Ninjago
10. Smurfs

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