Our "Quarterly Reports" provide a handy list of the 25 best games for each platform, both for the current year so far and for all time. There's a separate report for each platform, and they will be updated again during the first week in January.

Best-reviewed Xbox 360 games of 2012 (through September 30)

Games released during the last three months (if any) are marked with a symbol.

	Game		Publisher	Metascore
1		Mass Effect 3	Electronic Arts	93
		The final chapter in the Mass Effect trilogy currently tops the charts for PS3 as well, but it is this Xbox 360 version that has the highest score from critics.
2	Trials Evolution		Microsoft Game Studios	90
3	Borderlands 2		2K Games	90
4	Mark of the Ninja		Microsoft Game Studios/Klei	90
5	FIFA Soccer 13		EA Sports	90
6	Fez		Polytron Corp.	89
7	Pinball FX 2: Marvel Pinball - Avengers Chronicles		Zen Studios	88
8	The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings		Warner Bros. Interactive	88
9	The Walking Dead: Episode 3 - Long Road Ahead		Telltale Games	88
10	Spelunky		Microsoft Game Studios/Mossmouth	86
11	Max Payne 3		Rockstar Games	86
12	F1 2012		Codemasters	85
13	UFC Undisputed 3		THQ	85
14	The Walking Dead: Episode 2 - Starved for Help		Telltale Games	84
15	Darksiders II		THQ	83
16	Persona 4 Arena		Atlus Co.	83
17	Street Fighter X Tekken		Capcom	83
18	Sine Mora		Microsoft Game Studios	83
19	NHL 13		Electronic Arts	83
20	Pro Evolution Soccer 2013		Konami	82
21	Dust: An Elysian Tail		Microsoft Game Studios	82
22	Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition		Microsoft Game Studios	82
23	The Pinball Arcade		Farsight Studios/Crave	82
24	Tekken Tag Tournament 2		Namco Bandai	82
25	Madden NFL 13		Electronic Arts	82
... and the worst-reviewed:
144	Dragon's Lair		Digital Leisure Inc./Microsoft	41
145	Battleship		Activision	38
146	The Expendables 2 Videogame		Ubisoft	38
147	Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor		Capcom	38
148	AMY		Lexis Numerique	25

Includes games released between January 1, 2012 and September 30, 2012 with at least seven reviews in our database. Note that games are ranked by Metascore prior to rounding. The Metascore is a weighted average of critic reviews on a scale of 0 (bad) to 100 (good). All scores are from September 30, 2012.

Best-reviewed Xbox 360 games of all time

Games released during the last three months (if any) are marked with a symbol.

Games with fewer than 7 reviews are not eligible for inclusion.

For a complete list of all Xbox 360 high (and low) scores, visit Metacritic's Xbox 360 section.