2006 in video gaming

Year 2006

Duke Nukem Forever is now in it's 9th year of production, it was expected to be released this year, but slipped again.

Console Hardware Releases

Microsoft

Xbox 360

• Xbox 360 (X360)
  • Mexico/Colombia - February 2
  • Australia
  • South Korea
  • Asia

Nintendo

• Nintendo DS Lite(DSL)
• Wii

Sony

• PlayStation 3 (PS3)
  • Japan
  • North America

Console Hardware Non-Releases

Infinium Labs

• Phantom

Notable Software Releases

• Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure PS2/Xbox

The fashion world's entry into the video game industry.

• Full Auto X360
• Grandia III PS2
• Resident Evil: Deadly Silence DS
• Chibi-Robo GCN
• Drill Dozer GBA

The first non-Pokemon release from Game Freak since the NES days.

• Street Fighter Alpha 3 Max PSP
• Tales of Legendia PS2

First Tales of series game released outside of Japan since Tales of Symphonia.

• Mega Man: Maverick Hunter X PSP
• Ape Escape 3 PS2
• Ape Escape Academy PSP
• Mega Man X Collection PS2/GCN
• PQ: Practical Intelligence Quotient PSP
• ElectroPlankton DS

The largely hyped, innovative, musical toy, championed by Nintendo as an example of what unique concepts the DS is capable of having.

• Dead or Alive 4 X360

The next installment of the fan favorite Dead or Alive series, and Xbox 360 hit.

Key Events

See February 2006 for more details.

• February 9 - The Interactive Achievement Awards 9th annual ceremony was handed out. The big winner of the night was God of War.
• February 15 - Nintendo announces Opera based browser:"Nintendo DS Browser" and a TV tuner: DS Terrestrial Digital Broadcast Receiver.
• February 22 - Japan revises it's rating system to accommodate what would be an equal to the ESRB's Adults Only rating.

See May 2006 for more details.

• May 10 - May 12 - E3 2006 show takes place.
• September 14/15 - In three seperate announcements held by the three regional divisions of Nintendo, the price, launch date for Wii was announced.
• TGS06
• X06

Videogame Sales

Video game sales

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

• 1) World of Warcraft
• 2) The Sims 2: Open for Business
• 3) The Sims 2
• 4) The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
• 5) Star Wars: Empire at War
• 6) Age of Empires III
• 7) Civilization IV
• 8) The Sims 2: Nightlife
• 9) Guild Wars Factions
• 10) Zoo Tycoon 2

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

• 1) Madden NFL 07
• 2) Kingdom Hearts 2
• 3) Guitar Hero
• 4) Final Fantasy XII
• 5) NCAA Football 07
• 6) Guitar Hero II
• 7) MLB 06: The Show
• 8) Scarface: The World is Yours
• 9) LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
• 10) Fight Night Round 3

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

• 1) Resistance: Fall of Man
• 2) Madden NFL 07
• 3) Call of Duty 3
• 4) Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
• 5) Ridge Racer 7
• 6) Need for Speed: Carbon
• 7) Tony Hawk's Project 8
• 8) NBA 2K7
• 9) NBA 07
• 10) Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom

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

• 1) Madden NFL 07
• 2) Black
• 3) NCAA Football 07
• 4) MVP 06: NCAA Baseball
• 5) The Godfather: The Game
• 6) Fight Night Round 3
• 7) Major League Baseball 2K6
• 8) LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
• 9) Scarface: The World is Yours
• 10) Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter

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

• 1) Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter
• 2) Madden NFL 07
• 3) Gears of War
• 4) The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
• 5) Fight Night Round 3
• 6) Saints Row
• 7) Dead Rising
• 8) NCAA Football 07
• 9) Call of Duty 3
• 10) Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent

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

• 1) Sonic Riders
• 2) Naruto: Clash of Ninja
• 3) LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
• 4) Cars
• 5) Madden NFL 07
• 6) Naruto: Clash of Ninja 2
• 7) Rampage: Total Destruction
• 8) Over the Hedge
• 9) Harvest Moon: Magical Melody
• 10) Teen Titans

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

• 1) The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
• 2) Red Steel
• 3) Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz
• 4) Rayman Raving Rabbids
• 5) Call of Duty 3
• 6) Madden NFL 07
• 7) Trauma Center: Second Opinion
• 8) Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
• 9) Excite Truck
• 10) Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2

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

• 1) New Super Mario Bros.
• 2) Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Blue Rescue Team
• 3) Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day
• 4) Metroid Prime: Hunters
• 5) Super Princess Peach
• 6) Big Brain Academy
• 7) Tetris DS
• 8) Nintendogs
• 9) Mario Hoops 3-on-3
• 10) Pokémon Ranger

2006

January • February • March • April • May • June • July
August • September • October • November • December

See 2006 for other events during the year.