March 31 Animal Crossing: Wild World (Europe) NDS
August 1 Flatout 2 (USA) PC
DC Dreamcast
Civilization IV
Lost Magic NDS
Resistance: Fall of Man PS3
Nintendo DS / Nintendo DS Lite
Guitar Hero
January 27, 2006 — Microsoft of Japan made a statement to Japanese game magazine Famitsu regarding the Hero Online Gold Xbox 360 launch. “It was a lot more difficult than we had imagined. We couldn’t prepare the WOW Gold launch titles that we had promised, and it made an impact,” said Microsoft of Japan Xbox chief of operations Yoshihiro Maruyama. At the L2 Adena launch of the L2 Adena first Xbox in Japan, more units were sold in three days than have been sold of the Buy EVE ISK Xbox 360 in one month. (Gamasutra)
November 7 Call of Duty 3 PS2, Xbox, Xbox 360
Sid Meier’s Railroads! (North America) PC
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Yoshi’s Island DS NDS
The Sims 2: Open for Business PC
XB Xbox
June 13 Armored Core: Last Raven (USA) PS2
Tony Hawk’s Project 8
The Sims 2: Open for Business
February 18 Star Wars: Empire at War PC
October 24 Dark Messiah of Might and Magic PC
Neverwinter Nights 2 PC
Gears of War Xbox 360
November 30 Final Fantasy VI Advance (Japan) GBA
Metroid Prime Hunters
Trauma Center: Second Opinion (America) Wii
Ridge Racer 7 PS3
Guitar Hero II PS2
Guitar Hero II
Star Trek: Legacy PC
Ten best-selling Wii games of 2006:[7]
X-Men: the Buy Lineage2 Adena Official Game Xbox 360, PS2, PC, Xbox, NDS, GCN, GBA
Dead Rising
[edit]Trends
5 Wii 0.7 million
January 31, 2006 — Blizzard Entertainment responds to the Buy EQ2 Plat GLBT debate happening in World of Warcraft. the Tabula Rasa CD Key company stated: “To promote a positive game environment for everyone and help prevent such harassment from taking place as best we can, we prohibit mention of topics related to sensitive real-world subjects in open chat within the Lineage 2 CD Key game, and we do our best to take action whenever we see such topics being broadcast.”(Edge)
Zoo Tycoon 2
LEGO Star Wars II: the Lineage 2 Adena Original Trilogy
Rockstar Games: Table Tennis Xbox 360
Harvest Moon: Magical Melody
Final Fantasy XII (United States) PS2
Kingdom Hearts II
Over the Tales of Pirates Online Gold Hedge
January 5, 2006 — Vivendi Universal Games acquires High Moon Studios (formerly Sammy Studios, Inc), which gained independence from Sammy in 2005. (Prnewswire)
Tetris DS
April 24 Black & White 2 - Battle of the EVE ISK Gods PC
February 14 Empire Earth II: the Maple Mesos Art of Supremacy PC
Ninety-Nine Nights Xbox 360
July 11 Chromehounds Xbox 360
Madden NFL 07
Ridge Racer 7
September 13 Company of Heroes PC
Medieval 2: Total War PC
October 17 Age of Empires III: the Fiesta Gold War Chiefs PC
Dungeon Siege II: Broken World PC
Major League Baseball 2K6
October 26 Guild Wars Nightfall PC
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: Dark Crusade PC
October – ECA (Entertainment Consumers Association) soft-launched.
January 26, 2006 — Microsoft announces $293 million losses in its Home and Entertainment division, record revenues overall. (Gamasutra)
Gears of War
PS2
January 26, 2006 — Nintendo announces its newly redesigned handheld, the ArchLord Gold Nintendo DS Lite. the Hellgate Online Gold new model is lighter, smaller, has configurable brightness and features an improved user interface. (Nintendo) (GameSpot)
EverQuest: the Lineage2 Adena Serpent’s Spine PC
April 20 Mother 3 GBA
Bully PS2
NCAA Football 07
January 30, 2006 — Shares of Take-Two Interactive, the Buy RS Gold controversial creator of the Buy Gaia Gold Grand Theft Auto series, rose Monday after news that the Buy EQ2 Plat company was in takeover talks with an unnamed buyer. (Yahoo), (Marketwatch), (TTWO Stock Chart)
September 26 Caesar IV PC
The Movies: Stunts & Effects PC
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Double Agent GCN, PS2, Xbox
January 9, 2006 — Take-Two Interactive acquires Irrational Games. (Shacknews)
The Godfather: the Rose Zuly Game PSP, Xbox 360
August 29 Enchanted Arms Xbox 360
January 26, 2006 — Nintendo reports declining Nintendo GameCube and Game Boy Advance sales but increased profits: Yen92.2 billion. (GameCpot)
Call of Duty 3
February 28 Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach PC
GCN Nintendo GameCube
Tomb Raider: Legend GBA, GCN, NDS
Battlefield 2142 PC
Ten best-selling DS games of 2006:[8]
August 22 King of Fighters PS2
January 27, 2006 — the EverQuest2 Gold Los Angeles attorney’s office sues Rockstar Games and Take-Two Interactive over the Cabal ALZ Hot Coffee mod. (Gamasutra)
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin NDS
Final Fantasy XI: Treasures of Aht Urhgan PC, PS2
Left Behind: Eternal Forces PC
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team
April 17 Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day NDS
Video game console sales of 2007 in Europe[2][3]
January 26, 2006 — Public schools in West Virginia will add Dance Dance Revolution by Konami to their curriculum, in an effort to combat obesity. (Reuters) (GameSpot)
[edit]Business
March 21 the Final Fantasy 11 CD Key Godfather: the Lord of the Rings Online Gold Game PC, PS2, Xbox
Additionally, the Cabal Alz Sony PlayStation 3 and Nintendo’s Wii were released on November 11 and November 19, respectively.
[edit]Europe
July 24 CivCity: Rome PC
Wii Sports (America) Wii
April 18 Dreamfall: the EQ2 Gold Longest Journey Xbox
August 15 Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII PS2
Nintendogs
January 30, 2006 — Nintendo released a statement regarding the Rasa Credit Red Tulip phenomenon on Animal Crossing: Wild World, stating “We have isolated the Lineage 2 Game Card problem and determined that there was a temporary error with the Perfect World Coin upload tool when this letter was posted”. Earlier, there had been speculation that the Maple Europe Mesos tulips were a result of black hat hackers. (Gamasutra)
Tony Hawk’s Project 8 PS2, Xbox, Xbox 360
January 31, 2006 — Sony is reportedly building a Xbox Live-killer for the COV Infamy PlayStation 3. (Joystiq)
February 27 Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords PC
March 26 Act of War: High Treason PC
Trauma Center: Second Opinion
Sonic Riders
January 31, 2006 — StarForce, a DRM maker for computer games, threatens to sue popular weblog Boing Boing for criticising its products. (Gamasutra), (Boing Boing)
Teen Titans
[edit]Video game consoles
April 11 Tomb Raider: Legend PC, PS2, Xbox, Xbox 360
Super Monkey Ball Adventure (USA) GCN, PS2, PSP
September 29 DEFCON (Europe) PC
Platform key
Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Buy EQ2 Gold Minis NDS
February 21 EverQuest II: Kingdom of Sky PC
January 27, 2006 — Microsoft lowers its estimate of Xbox 360 sales in its first 90 days from 2.75-3.0 million units to 2.5 million due to supply shortage. the Cheap EQ2 Gold yearly estimate (4.5 to 5.5 million) is unchanged since Microsoft plans to increase its console production with the Buy Tales of Pirates Gold help of a new manufacturer, Celestica. (TeamXbox) Meanwhile, Microsoft postpones the Flyff Penya Australian 360 launch from March 2 to March 23, 2006 due to a “short term manufacturing challenge” . (Gamasutra)
May 10 SiN Episodes: Emergence PC
October 9 Mortal Kombat: Armageddon PS2, Xbox
GBC Game Boy Color
Heroes of Might and Magic V: Hammers of Fate PC
Black
Saints Row
1 Nintendo DS 6.4 million
Madden NFL 07
Sony PlayStation 2
Xiaolin Showdown NDS
Star Wars: Empire at War
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion PC, Xbox 360
Call of Duty 3 PS3
New Super Mario Bros.
September 5 LocoRoco PSP
Need for Speed: Carbon GCN, PC, PS2, Xbox, Xbox 360
Red Steel
November 28 the Tabula Rasa Game Card Rise of the EVE Online ISK Witch-king PC
Cars PS2, Xbox, GCN, PSP, NDS, PC
Nintendo’s Game Boy Advance SP / Game Boy Micro
Saints Row Xbox 360
Sonic the LOTRO Europe Gold Hedgehog Genesis GBA
June 1 Half-Life 2: Episode One PC
Mario Hoops 3-on-3
Madden NFL 07
November 6 Lumines II PSP
Warhammer: Mark of Chaos PC
PS2 PlayStation 2
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Double Agent PC
May - IEMA (Interactive Entertainment Merchants Association) successfully merged with VSDA (Video Software Dealers Association) to form combined organization EMA (Entertainment Merchants Association)
MLB 06: the Star Wars Galaxies Game Card Show
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Double Agent Wii
Excite Truck (America) Wii
July – ECA (Entertainment Consumers Association) formed.
LEGO Star Wars II: the Cheap Flyff Penya Original Trilogy
March 7 Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai PSP
Final Fantasy XII
March 17 24: the WOW Game Card Game
NCAA Football 07
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories PS2
Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom
Guild Wars Factions
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
Resistance: Fall of Man
WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2007 PSP
November 20 Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Vegas Xbox 360
July 20 AFL Premiership 2006 PS2
The Sims 2: Nightlife
Ten best-selling PS3 games of 2006:[3]
The Godfather: the Lord of the Rings Card Game Game
November 19 Wii (America)
May 23 Jaws: Unleashed PC, Xbox, PS2
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter
Big Brain Academy
Red Steel (America) Wii
May 16 Heroes of Might and Magic V PC
October 31 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories PSP
Superman Returns: the Seal Online Gold Videogame GCN, PS2, Xbox 360, NDS
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz (America) Wii
July 5 the Warcraft Gold Lord of the EVE ISK Rings: the WOW Gold Battle for Middle-earth II Xbox 360
June 29 Panzer Command PC
Naruto: Clash of Ninja 2
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team GBA
December 13 the Hero Online Gold Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess GCN
Ten best-selling PC games of 2006:[1]
April 25 Ace Combat Zero: the Buy MxO Information Belkan War PS2
November 21 the Buy Guild Wars Gold Elder Scrolls IV: Knights of the Fiesta Silver Nine PC
Driver: Parallel Lines
Rampage: Total Destruction
Excite Truck
Fight Night Round 3
Kingdom Hearts II (Australia, Europe) PS2
January 30, 2006 — A mandatory update for Xbox Live on the EQ2 Gold Xbox 360 was released. Microsoft claimed the Maple Story Europe Mesos update was for bugfixes and improvements. Members of the Guild Wars CD Keys modding community claim that “the true purpose of this update was to halt the EQ2 Gold progress of the Flashlights modding community”. (Gamasutra)
[edit]Handheld game consoles
November 13 EverQuest II: Echoes of Faydwer PC
Final Fantasy XI Xbox 360
Microsoft Xbox and Xbox 360
June 12 Rise and Fall: Civilizations at War PC
Fight Night Round 3
NCAA Football 07
Place Console Units sold
January 27, 2006 — Players of the DAOC Plat Horde clan from World of Warcraft start the Buy Rappelz Rupees “Gamers Against No Kash” charity, to pay the Fiesta Gold subscription fees for valuable players strapped for cash. (Gameshout)
September 18 Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team NDS
Based on estimates from Electronic Arts.
WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2007 PS2, Xbox 360
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter
September 25 Baten Kaitos Origins (North America) GCN
December 29 Ape Escape: Million Monkeys PS2
OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast Xbox, PS2, PSP
January 31, 2006 — Sony announces that ten servers will be merged with ten others on Everquest 2. Players are cautiously optimistic. (Sony), (Darniaq)
April 28 Guild Wars: Factions PC
Madden NFL 07
Sonic the Buy Rappelz Rupees Hedgehog Xbox 360
PS1 PlayStation
January 27, 2006 — the Guild Wars CD Key Nintendo DS returns to the Anarchy Credits top of the Lineage2 Adena weekly Japanese charts, with 64,515 units sold compared to 38,271 for the Rasa Credit PlayStation Portable. the Kamas for Dofus PlayStation 2 is third with 26,135 units sold, while the EQ2 Gold Xbox 360 continues to sell poorly (just 3,616, less than the Buy Vanguard Gold GameCube). the Gaia Gold five best-selling games were Brain Training for Adults 2, Animal Crossing: Wild World, Super Mario Strikers, Brain Training for Adults and Mario Kart DS, all published by Nintendo. (Media Create)
GB Game Boy
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance GBA, PC, PS2, Xbox, Xbox 360
Sony’s PlayStation Portable
Ten best-selling Xbox games of 2006:[4]
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (America) Wii
Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra PS2
NDS Nintendo DS
Xiaolin Showdown PS2, PSP
See February 2006 in video gaming, March 2006 in video gaming
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz
Prey PC, Xbox 360
January 27, 2006 — the Cheap L2 Adena PlayStation Portable 2.01-2.50 firmware versions, previously considered unhackable, are hacked by Fanjita. (PSP Updates)
The Sims 2: Pets PC
NBA 2K7
X360 Xbox 360
April 13 Auto Assault PC
Fight Night Round 3
Scarface: the Voyage Century Silver World is Yours
3 PlayStation Portable 4 million
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Naruto: Clash of Ninja
Killzone: Liberation PSP
PS3 PlayStation 3
January 31, 2006 — CNET reports that Cisco Systems might be interested in buying Nintendo. (CNET), (GameDaily.biz)
F.E.A.R. Extraction Point PC
[edit]Notable releases
Pokémon Ranger
Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day
December 5 Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops PSP
January 26, 2006 — Konami Corp. announces the Hellgate London Palladium list of titles it expects to ship in 2006, ranging from Beatmania to Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence, and covering multiple platforms. (TeamXbox)
Rayman Raving Rabbids (America) Wii
September 19 Ōkami PS2
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
LEGO Star Wars II: the The Matrix Information Original Trilogy
MVP 06: NCAA Baseball
March 2 the Tabula Rasa CD Key Lord of the Buy EverQuest Plat Rings: the Pirates of the Burning Sea CD Key Battle for Middle-earth II PC
4 Xbox 360 2 million
PSP PlayStation Portable
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
Madden NFL 07
Cars
September 28 Pokémon Diamond and Pearl (Japan) NDS
August 28 Star Fox Command NDS
November 17 PlayStation 3
Release Date Title Systems
Nintendo GameCube
March 15 Battlefield 2: Euro Force PC
September 12 Joint Task Force PC
GBA Game Boy Advance
October 18 Football Manager 2007 PC, Mac
August 8 Dead Rising Xbox 360
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Double Agent Xbox 360
Age of Empires III
May 15 New Super Mario Bros. NDS
Dreamfall: the Flashlights Longest Journey PC
October 30 Pokemon Ranger (North America) NDS
January 26, 2006 — Sony reports that strong sales of the Gaia Online Gold PlayStation Portable helped the Buy Guild Wars Gold company make a profit of 70 billion yen, the Buy Hellgate Palladium first time in 11 years that the WOW CD Keys company has managed to avoid an annual loss. (Herald Tribune) (Financial Times)
Need for Speed: Carbon
North American release dates:
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance PS3
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Double Agent
LEGO Star Wars II: the Last Chaos Gold Original Trilogy NDS, GCN, PC, PS2, PSP, Xbox, Xbox 360
Mac Apple Macintosh personal computer
November 14 Final Fantasy III NDS
Call of Duty 3
[edit]Video game sales
Wii Sports’
March 28 Kingdom Hearts II PS2
Tony Hawk’s Project 8 PS3
Ten best-selling GameCube games of 2006:[6]
June 26 Titan Quest PC
March 20 Metroid Prime Hunters NDS
Tetris DS NDS
June 6 Battlefield 2: Armored Fury PC
May 30 Hitman: Blood Money Xbox 360, PC, PS2, Xbox
Tony Hawk’s Project 8 PSP
Battlefield 2: Modern Combat Xbox 360
Win Windows-based personal computer
NBA 07
Ten best-selling Xbox 360 games of 2006:[5]
Wii Wii
Scarface: the World of Warcraft Europe Gold World is Yours
Call of Duty 3
May 9 Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends PC
Sonic Riders GCN, PS2, Xbox
Ten best-selling PS2 games of 2006:[2]
Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption PC
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (America) Wii
November 15 Xiaolin Showdown Xbox
Super Princess Peach
2 PlayStation 2 6 million
Civilization IV: Warlords PC
Madden NFL 07
June 21 Tomb Raider: Legend PSP
SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Combined Assault PS2
The Sims 2
Rayman Raving Rabbids
Call of Duty 3 (America) Wii
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