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