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