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Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz

Cars PS2, Xbox, GCN, PSP, NDS, PC

June 1 Half-Life 2: Episode One PC

Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin NDS

January 30, 2006 — A mandatory update for Xbox Live on the COH Influence Xbox 360 was released. Microsoft claimed the Seal Online Cegel update was for bugfixes and improvements. Members of the Matrix Information modding community claim that “the true purpose of this update was to halt the Dungeons Dragons CD Key progress of the EQ2 Gold modding community”. (Gamasutra)

LEGO Star Wars II: the EVE Online ISK Original Trilogy NDS, GCN, PC, PS2, PSP, Xbox, Xbox 360

Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom

Super Monkey Ball Adventure (USA) GCN, PS2, PSP

January 27, 2006 — Microsoft of Japan made a statement to Japanese game magazine Famitsu regarding the Anarchy Online Credits Xbox 360 launch. “It was a lot more difficult than we had imagined. We couldn’t prepare the Buy EVE ISK launch titles that we had promised, and it made an impact,” said Microsoft of Japan Xbox chief of operations Yoshihiro Maruyama. At the RF Currency launch of the 9 Dragons Gold first Xbox in Japan, more units were sold in three days than have been sold of the Belt CP Xbox 360 in one month. (Gamasutra)

July 11 Chromehounds Xbox 360

January 31, 2006 — Sony is reportedly building a Xbox Live-killer for the Lord of the Rings Online Gold PlayStation 3. (Joystiq)

Zoo Tycoon 2

The Sims 2: Open for Business PC

May 9 Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends PC

October 31 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories PSP

October 26 Guild Wars Nightfall PC

October 17 Age of Empires III: the VC Coin War Chiefs PC

November 6 Lumines II PSP

GBC Game Boy Color

Tomb Raider: Legend GBA, GCN, NDS

Trauma Center: Second Opinion

April 11 Tomb Raider: Legend PC, PS2, Xbox, Xbox 360

Red Steel (America) Wii

August 1 Flatout 2 (USA) PC

Ridge Racer 7 PS3

Ninety-Nine Nights Xbox 360

Fight Night Round 3

Naruto: Clash of Ninja 2

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (America) Wii

Naruto: Clash of Ninja

Black

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team GBA

Bully PS2

January 26, 2006 — Nintendo announces its newly redesigned handheld, the Maple Gold Nintendo DS Lite. the cd key new model is lighter, smaller, has configurable brightness and features an improved user interface. (Nintendo) (GameSpot)

Madden NFL 07

Big Brain Academy

June 12 Rise and Fall: Civilizations at War PC

GCN Nintendo GameCube

Red Steel

Metroid Prime Hunters

Fight Night Round 3

December 5 Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops PSP

March 26 Act of War: High Treason PC

May 23 Jaws: Unleashed PC, Xbox, PS2

MLB 06: the KAL Geons Show

PS3 PlayStation 3

NCAA Football 07

Sid Meier’s Railroads! (North America) PC

May 30 Hitman: Blood Money Xbox 360, PC, PS2, Xbox

Wii Sports’

North American release dates:

January 30, 2006 — Shares of Take-Two Interactive, the The Matrix Information controversial creator of the 9 Dragons Gold Grand Theft Auto series, rose Monday after news that the Hellgate Online Gold company was in takeover talks with an unnamed buyer. (Yahoo), (Marketwatch), (TTWO Stock Chart)

Rampage: Total Destruction

Sony PlayStation 2

November 30 Final Fantasy VI Advance (Japan) GBA

September 19 Ōkami PS2

August 22 King of Fighters PS2

Call of Duty 3

Guitar Hero II

January 31, 2006 — Blizzard Entertainment responds to the Buy EQ2 Gold GLBT debate happening in World of Warcraft. the Cheap EQ Gold 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 EverQuest Game Card game, and we do our best to take action whenever we see such topics being broadcast.”(Edge)

March 15 Battlefield 2: Euro Force PC

Need for Speed: Carbon

Win Windows-based personal computer

F.E.A.R. Extraction Point PC

Saints Row Xbox 360

Star Trek: Legacy PC

Release Date Title Systems

The Godfather: the SilkRoad Gold Game PSP, Xbox 360

January 26, 2006 — Nintendo reports declining Nintendo GameCube and Game Boy Advance sales but increased profits: Yen92.2 billion. (GameCpot)

November 7 Call of Duty 3 PS2, Xbox, Xbox 360

Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Double Agent Xbox 360

Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day

Fight Night Round 3

The Sims 2: Pets PC

Dead Rising

Dungeon Siege II: Broken World PC

LEGO Star Wars II: the EVE Online ISK Original Trilogy

July 5 the Knight Online Noah Lord of the FF11 Gil Rings: the Buy Cabal Online ALZ Battle for Middle-earth II Xbox 360

4 Xbox 360 2 million

Final Fantasy XII (United States) PS2

Sony’s PlayStation Portable

Scarface: the helicopters World is Yours

March 21 the EverQuest Game Card Godfather: the Tales of Pirates Gold Game PC, PS2, Xbox

Tetris DS NDS

Based on estimates from Electronic Arts.

January 31, 2006 — CNET reports that Cisco Systems might be interested in buying Nintendo. (CNET), (GameDaily.biz)

Heroes of Might and Magic V: Hammers of Fate PC

November 21 the Tabula Rasa Game Card Elder Scrolls IV: Knights of the EQ Plat Nine PC

Star Wars: Empire at War

NCAA Football 07

Excite Truck

Warhammer: Mark of Chaos PC

May 10 SiN Episodes: Emergence PC

September 26 Caesar IV PC

Mac Apple Macintosh personal computer

Madden NFL 07

Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter

Nintendo’s Game Boy Advance SP / Game Boy Micro

November 15 Xiaolin Showdown Xbox

Trauma Center: Second Opinion (America) Wii

Guitar Hero

Ten best-selling PS3 games of 2006:[3]

Ten best-selling Wii games of 2006:[7]

Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Double Agent PC

June 13 Armored Core: Last Raven (USA) PS2

Additionally, the Buy Hero Gold Sony PlayStation 3 and Nintendo’s Wii were released on November 11 and November 19, respectively.

November 28 the helicopter V4 lama Rise of the Rappelz Rupees Witch-king PC

March 31 Animal Crossing: Wild World (Europe) NDS

Final Fantasy XI Xbox 360

Madden NFL 07

Superman Returns: the PotBS CD Key Videogame GCN, PS2, Xbox 360, NDS

Killzone: Liberation PSP

June 21 Tomb Raider: Legend PSP

OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast Xbox, PS2, PSP

NCAA Football 07

Dreamfall: the WOW CD Keys Longest Journey PC

January 26, 2006 — Sony reports that strong sales of the Buy RO Zeny PlayStation Portable helped the HM 53 company make a profit of 70 billion yen, the Guild Wars CD Keys first time in 11 years that the GuildWars Gold company has managed to avoid an annual loss. (Herald Tribune) (Financial Times)

January 26, 2006 — Konami Corp. announces the HM 22#E list of titles it expects to ship in 2006, ranging from Beatmania to Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence, and covering multiple platforms. (TeamXbox)

January 27, 2006 — Players of the Lord of the Rings Game Card Horde clan from World of Warcraft start the Cheap EQ2 Gold “Gamers Against No Kash” charity, to pay the Free Message Board subscription fees for valuable players strapped for cash. (Gameshout)

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Kingdom Hearts II

May 15 New Super Mario Bros. NDS

January 9, 2006 — Take-Two Interactive acquires Irrational Games. (Shacknews)

XB Xbox

Nintendogs

Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz (America) Wii

August 28 Star Fox Command NDS

Ten best-selling Xbox 360 games of 2006:[5]

January 5, 2006 — Vivendi Universal Games acquires High Moon Studios (formerly Sammy Studios, Inc), which gained independence from Sammy in 2005. (Prnewswire)

Gears of War

September 18 Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team NDS

Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (America) Wii

Tony Hawk’s Project 8

Driver: Parallel Lines

GBA Game Boy Advance

Call of Duty 3

Ten best-selling PC games of 2006:[1]

January 27, 2006 — the Ragnarok Online Zeny Los Angeles attorney’s office sues Rockstar Games and Take-Two Interactive over the WOW Gold Hot Coffee mod. (Gamasutra)

May - IEMA (Interactive Entertainment Merchants Association) successfully merged with VSDA (Video Software Dealers Association) to form combined organization EMA (Entertainment Merchants Association)

Saints Row

Ridge Racer 7

Ten best-selling Xbox games of 2006:[4]

[edit]Notable releases

Tony Hawk’s Project 8 PSP

Sonic the Buy Anarchy Online Credits Hedgehog Genesis GBA

July – ECA (Entertainment Consumers Association) formed.

Gears of War Xbox 360

Ten best-selling GameCube games of 2006:[6]

April 24 Black & White 2 - Battle of the Buy Guild Wars Gold Gods PC

Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the KAL Online Geons Minis NDS

Rockstar Games: Table Tennis Xbox 360

Battlefield 2: Modern Combat Xbox 360

See February 2006 in video gaming, March 2006 in video gaming

X360 Xbox 360

Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories PS2

Pokémon Ranger

PS2 PlayStation 2

Major League Baseball 2K6

Tony Hawk’s Project 8 PS2, Xbox, Xbox 360

[edit]Video game sales

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

October 24 Dark Messiah of Might and Magic PC

Cars

Wii Wii

January 30, 2006 — Nintendo released a statement regarding the Cabal Alz Red Tulip phenomenon on Animal Crossing: Wild World, stating “We have isolated the Buy Dofus Kamas problem and determined that there was a temporary error with the Matrix Info upload tool when this letter was posted”. Earlier, there had been speculation that the Cheap DAOC Plat tulips were a result of black hat hackers. (Gamasutra)

November 14 Final Fantasy III NDS

November 19 Wii (America)

April 17 Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day NDS

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 Hellgate Gold yearly estimate (4.5 to 5.5 million) is unchanged since Microsoft plans to increase its console production with the Buy Last Chaos Gold help of a new manufacturer, Celestica. (TeamXbox) Meanwhile, Microsoft postpones the HONEY-BEE-CP2 Australian 360 launch from March 2 to March 23, 2006 due to a “short term manufacturing challenge” . (Gamasutra)

Nintendo DS / Nintendo DS Lite

June 6 Battlefield 2: Armored Fury PC

January 27, 2006 — the Lord of the Rings Online EU Gold PlayStation Portable 2.01-2.50 firmware versions, previously considered unhackable, are hacked by Fanjita. (PSP Updates)

Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Double Agent

January 27, 2006 — the Buy Second Life Linden Nintendo DS returns to the Star Wars Galaxies Credits top of the Lineage 2 Adena weekly Japanese charts, with 64,515 units sold compared to 38,271 for the Cheap LOTRO Gold PlayStation Portable. the Buy Holic Online Gold PlayStation 2 is third with 26,135 units sold, while the The Matrix Information Xbox 360 continues to sell poorly (just 3,616, less than the WOW Gold Europe GameCube). the Guild Wars 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)

March 28 Kingdom Hearts II PS2

New Super Mario Bros.

Madden NFL 07

February 28 Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach PC

Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra PS2

Xiaolin Showdown PS2, PSP

[edit]Business

April 28 Guild Wars: Factions PC

August 29 Enchanted Arms Xbox 360

September 29 DEFCON (Europe) PC

Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter

April 20 Mother 3 GBA

1 Nintendo DS 6.4 million

The Sims 2: Open for Business

Marvel: Ultimate Alliance

PS2

September 13 Company of Heroes PC

Lost Magic NDS

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

Prey PC, Xbox 360

Battlefield 2142 PC

The Sims 2: Nightlife

The Sims 2

May 16 Heroes of Might and Magic V PC

September 12 Joint Task Force PC

Marvel: Ultimate Alliance PS3

November 20 Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Vegas Xbox 360

Tony Hawk’s Project 8 PS3

Excite Truck (America) Wii

July 20 AFL Premiership 2006 PS2

January 31, 2006 — StarForce, a DRM maker for computer games, threatens to sue popular weblog Boing Boing for criticising its products. (Gamasutra), (Boing Boing)

Ten best-selling DS games of 2006:[8]

Wii Sports (America) Wii

Tetris DS

Madden NFL 07

Place Console Units sold

February 27 Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords PC

March 2 the SWG Credits Lord of the Cheap LOTRO Gold Rings: the Fiesta Gold Battle for Middle-earth II PC

October – ECA (Entertainment Consumers Association) soft-launched.

Rayman Raving Rabbids (America) Wii

PSP PlayStation Portable

X-Men: the Hellgate Gold Official Game Xbox 360, PS2, PC, Xbox, NDS, GCN, GBA

June 29 Panzer Command PC

September 28 Pokémon Diamond and Pearl (Japan) NDS

5 Wii 0.7 million

March 7 Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai PSP

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion PC, Xbox 360

Marvel: Ultimate Alliance

[edit]Handheld game consoles

PS1 PlayStation

Sonic the Hellgate Gold Hedgehog Xbox 360

Harvest Moon: Magical Melody

The Movies: Stunts & Effects PC

Teen Titans

Scarface: the V3 LAMA World is Yours

Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Double Agent GCN, PS2, Xbox

DC Dreamcast

Nintendo GameCube

December 29 Ape Escape: Million Monkeys PS2

February 21 EverQuest II: Kingdom of Sky PC

Rayman Raving Rabbids

Marvel: Ultimate Alliance GBA, PC, PS2, Xbox, Xbox 360

July 24 CivCity: Rome PC

Neverwinter Nights 2 PC

Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption PC

GB Game Boy

SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Combined Assault PS2

Civilization IV: Warlords PC

August 15 Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII PS2

Call of Duty 3 PS3

Sonic Riders

Mario Hoops 3-on-3

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team

NDS Nintendo DS

November 13 EverQuest II: Echoes of Faydwer PC

Civilization IV

October 18 Football Manager 2007 PC, Mac

NBA 2K7

April 25 Ace Combat Zero: the Fiesta Silver Belkan War PS2

The Godfather: the Buy DAOC Plat Game

June 26 Titan Quest PC

February 14 Empire Earth II: the Buy Lineage2 Adena Art of Supremacy PC

Video game console sales of 2007 in Europe[2][3]

NBA 07

October 30 Pokemon Ranger (North America) NDS

Madden NFL 07

Medieval 2: Total War PC

December 13 the Buy Dofus Kamas Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess GCN

Left Behind: Eternal Forces PC

WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2007 PSP

Final Fantasy XII

Call of Duty 3 (America) Wii

Yoshi’s Island DS NDS

Call of Duty 3

Need for Speed: Carbon GCN, PC, PS2, Xbox, Xbox 360

MVP 06: NCAA Baseball

April 18 Dreamfall: the Buy EVE ISK Longest Journey Xbox

November 17 PlayStation 3

Guitar Hero II PS2

LEGO Star Wars II: the Honey-bee-king-2 Original Trilogy

Kingdom Hearts II (Australia, Europe) PS2

EverQuest: the buy warcraft gold Serpent’s Spine PC

[edit]Trends

WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2007 PS2, Xbox 360

Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Double Agent Wii

Resistance: Fall of Man

3 PlayStation Portable 4 million

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)

September 5 LocoRoco PSP

Xiaolin Showdown NDS

Microsoft Xbox and Xbox 360

January 26, 2006 — Microsoft announces $293 million losses in its Home and Entertainment division, record revenues overall. (Gamasutra)

September 25 Baten Kaitos Origins (North America) GCN

Final Fantasy XI: Treasures of Aht Urhgan PC, PS2

Super Princess Peach

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: Dark Crusade PC

March 17 24: the LOTRO EU Gold Game

Resistance: Fall of Man PS3

[edit]Video game consoles

Ten best-selling PS2 games of 2006:[2]

March 20 Metroid Prime Hunters NDS

Sonic Riders GCN, PS2, Xbox

August 8 Dead Rising Xbox 360

April 13 Auto Assault PC

[edit]Europe

2 PlayStation 2 6 million

Platform key

LEGO Star Wars II: the Free Message Boards Original Trilogy

February 18 Star Wars: Empire at War PC

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

Guild Wars Factions

World of Warcraft[1]

October 9 Mortal Kombat: Armageddon PS2, Xbox

Age of Empires III

January 31, 2006 — Sony announces that ten servers will be merged with ten others on Everquest 2. Players are cautiously optimistic. (Sony), (Darniaq)