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Assassin's Creed 3 and Halo 4 are the most keenly anticipated games of 2012 according to a new Nielsen poll.

The respected US statistics outfit has published platform specific lists for PlayStation 3, Wii and Xbox 360 by polling "eight key consumer metrics, including Awareness and Purchase Interest" and then combining them into one overall score.

Halo 4 topped the Xbox 360 chart, Assassin's Creed 3 won out on PlayStation 3 and Madden NFL 13 took the Wii crown.

Max Payne 3 also put in a strong showing, listed in third place on Xbox and second on PS3. Surprisingly, the buzz for BioShock Infinite appears to be a little muted - it came in at 10th on 360, behind Fable: The Journey and Kinect Star Wars, and 11th on PS3.

There's not a single platform exclusive on the PS3 run-down, and the only new IPs listed were on Wii - The Last Story and Xenoblade Chronicles, both of which are still unreleased in the US.

The Wii list generally made for a depressing read, with licensed titles like Battleship, The Amazing Spider-Man and Men in Black making it into the platform's top 10. Roll on Wii U.

Here are the three charts in full:

Xbox 360:

1. Halo 4
2. Assassin's Creed 3
3. Max Payne 3
4. Madden NFL 13
5. Resident Evil 6
6. Ghost Recon: Future Soldie
7. Fable: The Journey
8. Kinect: Star Wars
9. NCAA Football 13
10. Bioshock: Infinite
11. Tomb Raider

PlayStation 3:

1. Assassin's Creed 3
2. Max Payne 3
3. Madden NFL 13
4. Resident Evil 6
5. Medal of Honor: Warfighter
6. NCAA Football 13
7. Prototype 2
8. Ghost Recon: Future Soldier
9. Bioshock: Infinite
10. Tomb Raider
11. NBA Live 13

Wii:

1. Madden NFL 13
2. Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two
3. Battleship
4. LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes
5. The Amazing Spider-Man
6. Men In Black
7. The Last Story
8. Xenoblade Chronicles

No exclusives on the PS3 list at all ...

Look's likely to have been taking from a survey of North Americans so it's not accurate whatsoever.

lol

anyway will have to add lost planet 3 to that list for me

List seems solid for the area in which it was conducted, I assume both Tomb Raider and Bioshock will do quite well globally.

Halo 4 and Assassin's Creed 3 are obviously not suprises.

It's a 2013 game

And you seriously care for this game? On the announcement thread I joked about "the 5 fans of the game must be so happy". Now I just have to find the other 4!

These are the moments when I'm ashamed to be part of the people who own a Wii...
Madden NFL 13
Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two
Battleship
LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes
The Amazing Spider-Man
Men In Black
The Last Story
Xenoblade Chronicles

Two movie games and Madden... >_>

it's a guilty pleasure of mine lol 

I am shocked Madden topped the list considering how poorly it's sold the last couple years.

Otherwise this list is basically everything that's been announced for Wii in 2012.   There's nothing else to choose.  

Not surprised (saddened though) that TLS and Xeno are at the bottom, Wii is mostly a Dance machine now.  If they were announced Just Dance 4 and Zumba 3 would have easily topped this chart. 

BTW:  3 movie games

I'm surprised The Last Story even made it on that list! I hope it sells well enough.