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Notable events of 2008 in video gaming. See also history of video games. The release dates listed in this article are the games' original release dates.

Contents 1 Events 1.1 Notable releases 1.2 Business 1.3 Open to the public 2 Releases 3 Hardware and software sales 3.1 Canada 3.2 Japan 3.3 United States 3.4 Other 4 References

[edit] Events

• May 28: Ubisoft announces Beyond Good & Evil 2 during the end of Ubidays at the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris, France, along with a teaser trailer featuring the game's first-two main characters: Pey'j and (possibly, though never focused clearly) Jade.
• June 28: Blizzard Entertainment announces Diablo III at Paris, France.
• November 13: Zeebo was announced. The console is aiming for developing countries.
• March 10, 2009: 5th British Academy Video Games Awards, honuring achievement for video games released in late 2007 and 2008.

[edit] Notable releases

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• January 31 - Super Smash Bros. Brawl, the successor to the Nintendo GameCube's best-selling game, Super Smash Bros. Melee,^[1][2] was released in Japan for the Wii. The game is a joint cooperation between former rival companies, Nintendo and Sega, along with the help of Konami.^[3][4] It is the first Wii game to strongly support online play.^[5] It dominated sales during its first week in Japan and the United States, selling 820,000 in Japan and becoming the fastest-selling video game in Nintendo of America's history with 1.4 million sold in the US.^[6][7][8]
• April 29 - Grand Theft Auto IV was released simultaneously for both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. A few Hollywood producers have set precedent by beginning to browse video game release dates to check for conflicts due to Grand Theft Auto IV's potential harm to the May 2, 2008 release of Iron Man.^[9] The PS3 and Xbox 360 version has taken the second and fourth positions of Game Rankings' best-rated games of all time, respectively;^[10] as well as being the first console game since 1999 to receive a perfect rating from IGN,^[11] and the first title to receive a perfect rating from GameSpot since 2001.^[12]
• June 12 - Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots for the PlayStation 3 was released to critical acclaim, earning also a 10 out of 10 from both IGN and GameSpot,^[13][14] and a 94% Metacritic rating.^[15] As of June 26, 2008, the game has shipped 3 million copies worldwide,^[16][17] selling 1 million in Europe^[18] over 500,000 in Japan,^[19] and 1 million in the US.^[20]
• November 13 - Blizzard Entertainment releases the anticipated World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King expansion set for the popular World of Warcraft computer game (MMORPG)^[21] to critical acclaim. It sold 2.8 million copies within the first 24 hours of availability. This makes it the fastest selling computer game of all time.^[22]

[edit] Business

• July 15 to July 17 - E3 2008 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California, United States.
• July 31 to August 3 - QuakeCon 2008 at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas, Texas, U.S.A.
• October 2 to October 4 - Nintendo conference held in San Francisco, USA and Tokyo, Japan.
• December 1 - National Amusements' Sumner Redstone sells his controlling stake in Midway Games to private investor Mark Thomas, for $100,000 ($0.0012 a share), and assumes $70 million of senior secured and unsecured debt.^[23]
• December 9 - Infogrames, Atari's parent company, purchases Cryptic Studios.^[24]

[edit] Open to the public

• August 21 to August 24 - Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany.
• October 3 to October 5 - E for All at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, U.S.A.
• October 9 to October 12 - Tokyo Game Show at the Makuhari Messe International Convention in Mihama-ku, Chiba, Japan.^[25]
• October 9 to October 12 - Games Convention Asia in Singapore.
• October 10 to October 11 - Blizzcon 2008 in Anaheim, California, U.S.A.

[edit] Releases

Video game platforms

iPod iPod Lin Linux Mac Macintosh / Mac OS NDS Nintendo DS PS2 PlayStation 2 PS3 PlayStation 3 PSP PlayStation Portable Wii Wii Win Microsoft Windows X360 Xbox 360 Xbox Xbox

Release date	Title	Platform(s)
January 3	Rune Factory 2: A Fantasy Harvest Moon	NDS
January 8	Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law	PS2, PSP, Wii
	Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity	PS2, Wii
January 15	CSI: Hard Evidence	Wii
	Nanostray 2	NDS
	Nitrobike	Wii
January 16	Rail Simulator	Win
January 17	Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games	NDS
January 21	Advance Wars: Days of Ruin	NDS
January 22	Burnout Paradise	PS3, X360
	No More Heroes	Wii
	Pirates of the Burning Sea	Win
January 31	Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice	PS3
	Super Smash Bros. Brawl	Wii
	We Ski	Wii
February 4	Sins of a Solar Empire	Win
	Zoo Tycoon 2 DS	NDS
February 5	Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles	NDS
	Devil May Cry 4‎	PS3, X360
	Turok	PS3, X360
February 7	L the Prologue to Death Note -Rasen no Wana-	NDS
	The Club	PS3, Win, X360
February 8	Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None	Wii
February 12	Conflict: Denied Ops	PS3, Win, X360
	Dark Messiah of Might and Magic	X360
	Penumbra: Black Plague	Lin, Win
February 18	MX vs. ATV: Untamed	Wii
	Need for Speed: ProStreet	PSP
February 19	Etrian Odyssey II: Heroes of Lagaard	NDS
	The History Channel: Battle for the Pacific	PS3
February 21	Lost Planet: Extreme Condition	PS3
	Space Invaders Extreme	NDS, PSP
February 25	Destroy All Humans! Big Willy Unleashed	Wii
	Frontlines: Fuel of War	Win, X360
February 26	Lost: Via Domus	PS3, Win, X360
	Turning Point: Fall of Liberty	PS3, Win, X360
	Universe at War: Earth Assault	X360
February 28	The Idolmaster: Live For You!	X360
	The Sims 2: FreeTime	Win
March 3	Bully: Scholarship Edition	Wii, X360
	Major League Baseball 2K8	PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, X360
	Super Dodgeball Brawlers	NDS
March 4	Army of Two	PS3, X360
	God of War: Chains of Olympus	PSP
	MLB 08: The Show	PS2, PS3, PSP
	Ninja Reflex	Wii
	Silent Hill: Origins	PS2
March 5	Harvest: Massive Encounter	Mac, Win
	Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: Soulstorm	Win
March 6	Yakuza: Kenzan!	PS3
March 10	Worms: A Space Oddity	Wii
March 11	Condemned 2: Bloodshot	PS3, X360
	Insecticide	NDS, Win
	Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters	PS2
	The House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return	Wii
March 18	Enemy Territory: Quake Wars	Mac
	Pro Evolution Soccer 2008	Wii
	Sega Superstars Tennis	NDS, PS2, PS3, Wii, X360
	Target: Terror	Wii
	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2	PS3, Win, X360
March 19	Deca Sports	Wii
	SimCity DS 2	NDS
March 20	Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia	NDS
	Ys I	NDS
	Ys II	NDS
March 24	Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath	Win, X360
March 25	ObsCure II	Wii
March 28
	Dark Sector	PS3, X360
	Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword	NDS
	Viking: Battle for Asgard	PS3, X360
April 1	Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30	Wii
April 2	Star Ocean: Second Evolution	PSP
April 8	Assassin's Creed	Win
	Baroque	Wii
	Supreme Commander	X360
April 10	Mario Kart Wii	Wii
April 15	Ōkami	Wii
	Teenage Zombies: Invasion of the Alien Brain Thingys!	NDS
April 22	Turok	Win
April 24	Valkyria Chronicles	PS3
April 25	King's Bounty: The Legend	Win
April 29	Grand Theft Auto IV	PS3, X360
April 30	Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Arnor	Win
May 2	Iron Man	NDS, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Win, X360
May 5	Crosswords DS	NDS
May 6	Boom Blox	Mobile, Wii
	Speed Racer	NDS, Wii
May 13	Drone Tactics	NDS
	The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian	NDS, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Win, X360
May 15	Luminous Arc 2: Will	NDS
May 17	Monster Madness: Grave Danger	PS3
May 20	Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures	Win
May 21	Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness	Lin, Mac, Win, X360
May 23	Haze	PS3
May 27	Emergency Heroes	Wii
	Enemy Territory: Quake Wars	PS3, X360
May 28	Mass Effect	Win
May 30	Race Driver: GRID	PS3, Win, X360
June 3	Kung Fu Panda	NDS, PS2, PS3, Wii, Win, X360
	Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures	NDS, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Win, X360
	Ninja Gaiden II	X360
	Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Conspiracy	PS3, X360
June 5	Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit	PS3, X360
	Fushigi no Dungeon - Furai no Shiren 3: Karakuri Yashiki no Nemuri Hime	Wii
	The Incredible Hulk	NDS, PS2, PS3, Wii, X360
June 10	Don King Presents: Prizefighter	X360
	NASCAR 09	PS2, PS3, X360
	The Incredible Hulk	Win
June 12	Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots	PS3
June 13	Civilization Revolution	PS3, X360
June 17	Supreme Ruler 2020	Win
June 19	Mario Super Sluggers	Wii
June 20	Alone in the Dark	PS2, Wii, Win, X360
	Top Spin 3	PS3, Wii, X360
June 22	Guitar Hero: On Tour	NDS
	Rock Band	Wii
June 23	Battlefield: Bad Company	PS3, X360
	Top Spin 3	NDS
June 24	WALL-E	NDS, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Win, X360
	Big Beach Sports	Wii
June 25	Happy Tree Friends: False Alarm	X360
June 26	Disgaea DS: Prince of the Demon World and the Red Moon	NDS
	Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World	Wii
June 29	Guitar Hero: Aerosmith	PS2, PS3, Wii, X360
July 1	Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2	NDS
July 3	Initial D Extreme Stage	PS3
	Nanashi no Game	NDS
	Unreal Tournament 3	X360
July 7	Song Summoner: The Unsung Heroes‎	iPod
July 8	Civilization Revolution	NDS
	Devil May Cry 4	Win
July 10	Resident Evil Zero	Wii
	Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4	PS2
July 11	Dynasty Warriors 6	Win
July 14	Major League Eating: The Game	Wii
July 15	NCAA Football 09	PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, X360
	Space Chimps	NDS, PS2, Wii, Win, X360
July 17	Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride	NDS
	Tears to Tiara: Kakan no Daichi	PS3
July 24	Siren: Blood Curse	PS3
	Wario Land: The Shake Dimension	Wii
July 29	MLB Power Pros 2008	PS2, Wii
	Soulcalibur IV	PS3, X360
July 31	Fatal Frame IV	Wii
	Phantasy Star Portable	PSP
	Rhythm Heaven	NDS
August 1	Race Driver: GRID	NDS
August 7	Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon	NDS
	Tales of Vesperia	X360
August 12	Space Siege	Win
August 13	Madden NFL 09	NDS, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, X360, Xbox
August 19	Too Human	X360
August 21	Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty	PS3
	Sigma Harmonics	NDS
August 22	Inazuma Eleven	NDS
August 25	MLB Power Pros 2008	NDS
August 26	The Sims 2: Apartment Life	Win
	The Sims 2: Apartment Pets	NDS
	Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09	PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, X360
August 28	Afrika	PS3
	Captain Rainbow	Wii
August 31	Mercenaries 2: World in Flames	PS2, PS3, Win, X360
September 2	Infinite Undiscovery	X360
	Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise	X360
September 4	Blue Dragon Plus	NDS
September 5	FaceBreaker	PS3, X360
	S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky	Win
	Spore	Mac, mobile, NDS, Win
	Viva Piñata: Pocket Paradise	NDS
September 8	NHL 2K9	PS2, PS3, Wii, X360
September 9	NHL 09	PS3, X360
	TNA iMPACT!	PS2, PS3, Wii, X360
September 11	One Piece: Unlimited Cruise: Episode 1	Wii
September 12	Crysis Warhead	Win
September 13	Pokémon Platinum	NDS
September 14	Rock Band 2	X360
September 16	Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party 2	Wii
	Dance Dance Revolution X	PS2
	Star Wars: The Force Unleashed	NDS, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, X360
	The Witcher: Enhanced Edition	Win
	Pure	PS3, X360, Win
September 18	Dragon Ball: Origins	NDS
	Eternal Sonata	PS3
	Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning	Win
September 22	Civilization IV: Colonization	Win
	De Blob	NDS, Wii, Win
	Kirby Super Star Ultra	NDS
	SimCity Creator	Wii
September 23	Brothers in Arms: Double Time	Wii
	Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway	PS3, Win, X360
	Lego Batman: The Video Game	NDS, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Win, X360
September 25	Aquanaut's Holiday: Hidden Memories	PS3
	Cross Edge	PS3
	Disaster: Day of Crisis	Wii
	World Destruction: Michibikareshi Ishi	NDS
September 30	Silent Hill: Homecoming	PS3, Win, X360
	Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood	NDS
October 2	Dynasty Warriors 6	PS2
	Ikki Tousen: Eloquent Fist	PSP
October 7	Crash: Mind over Mutant	NDS, PS2, PSP, Wii, X360
	Fracture	PS3, X360
	NBA Live 09	PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, X360
	NBA 2K9	PS2, PS3, Wii, X360
	Spectrobes: Beyond the Portals	NDS
October 9	Macross Ace Frontier	PSP
October 13	Blitz: The League II	PS3, X360
October 14	Dead Space	PS3, X360
	FIFA 09	Mobile, NDS, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Win, X360
	Rock Revolution	NDS, PS3, Wii, X360
	Saints Row 2	PS3, X360
	SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation	PS3
	Golden Axe: Beast Rider	PS3, X360
	Boogie Superstar	Wii
October 16	Culdcept DS	NDS
	Wii Music	Wii
	X3: Terran Conflict	Win
October 19	Rock Band 2	PS3
October 20	Midnight Club: Los Angeles	PS3, X360, PSP
	NHL 09	Win
	Dead Space	Win
October 21	Bully: Scholarship Edition	Win
	BioShock	PS3
	Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia	NDS
	Dance Dance Revolution Universe 3	X360
	Far Cry 2	PS3, Win, X360
	Fable II	X360
	Spider-Man: Web of Shadows	NDS, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Win, X360
	The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon	NDS, PS2, PS3, Wii, X360
	NBA 2K9	Win
	What's Cooking? with Jamie Oliver	NDS
October 26	Guitar Hero World Tour	Mac, PS2, PS3, Wii, Win, X360
October 27	MySims Kingdom	NDS, Wii
October 28	Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3	Win
	Fallout 3	PS3, Win, X360
	Goosebumps HorrorLand	NDS, PS2, Wii
	LittleBigPlanet	PS3
	MotorStorm: Pacific Rift	PS3
	MySims	Win
October 29	Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness - Episode 2	Lin, Mac, Win, X360
October 30	Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume	NDS
	Thunder Force VI	PS2
October 31	Don King Presents: Prizefighter	NDS, Wii
	Quantum of Solace	NDS, PS2, PS3, Wii, Win, X360
November 3	Legendary	PS3, Win, X360
November 4	Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm	PS3
	Tom Clancy's EndWar	NDS, PS3, PSP, X360
	Resistance 2	PS3
November 7	Gears of War 2	X360
	Men of War	Win
	Sacred 2 Fallen Angel	Win
November 11	Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts	X360
	Call of Duty: World at War	NDS, PS3, Wii, Win, X360, PS2
	Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3	X360
	FaceBreaker	Wii
	Mirror's Edge	PS3, X360
	WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009	Mobile, NDS, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, X360
	Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Lightsaber Duels	Wii
	Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Jedi Alliance	NDS
	Tecmo Bowl: Kickoff	NDS
November 12	Pro Evolution Soccer 2009	PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Win, X360
November 13	World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King	Win, Mac
November 14	Football Manager 2009	Win, Mac, PSP
November 16	Animal Crossing: City Folk	Wii
	Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe	PS3, X360
	Shaun White Snowboarding	PS3, Wii, Win, X360
November 17	Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades	NDS
	Skate It	NDS, Wii
November 18	Alone in the Dark: Inferno	PS3
	Ultimate Band	NDS, Wii
	Castlevania Judgment	Wii
	Left 4 Dead	Win, X360
	Need for Speed: Undercover	Mobile, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Win, X360
	Sonic Unleashed	PS2, PS3, Wii, X360
	Tomb Raider: Underworld	NDS, PS2, PS3, Wii, Win, X360
	Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party	NDS, Wii
	Naruto: The Broken Bond	X360
	CSI: NY	Win,
November 20	The Last Remnant	X360
November 21	LocoRoco 2	PSP
	Beyond Protocol	Win
November 25	Chrono Trigger	NDS
	Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force	NDS
November 27	Patapon 2	PSP
	Rune Factory Frontier	Wii
December 1	Destroy All Humans! Path of the Furon	X360
December 2	Prince of Persia: The Fallen King	NDS
	Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars	Wii
	Mushroom Men: Rise of the Fungi	NDS
	Grand Theft Auto IV	Win
	Prince of Persia	PS3, X360
	Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories	PS2
December 4	Rygar: The Battle of Argus	Wii
December 9	Prince of Persia	Win
December 11	Elebits: The Adventures of Kai and Zero	NDS
December 16	Rise of the Argonauts	PS3, Win, X360
December 18	Dissidia: Final Fantasy	PSP
	Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2	PS2, PS3, X360
	Suikoden Tierkreis	NDS
	Tales of Hearts	NDS
December 25	White Knight Chronicles	PS3
	RIZ-ZOAWD	NDS

[edit] Hardware and software sales

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[edit] Canada

• Based on figures from the NPD Group:

Video game console sales in Canada (first seven months of 2008)^[26]

Place	Console	Units sold
1	Wii	376,000
2	PlayStation 3	200,000
3	Xbox 360	154,000

[edit] Japan

• Based on figures from Enterbrain:

Video game console sales of 2008 in Japan (December 31, 2007 – December 28, 2008)^[27][28][29]

Place	Console	Units sold
1	Nintendo DS	4,029,804
2	PlayStation Portable	3,543,171
3	Wii	2,908,342
4	PlayStation 3	991,303
5	PlayStation 2	480,664
6	Xbox 360	317,859
7	Other	9,575

Best-selling video games of 2008 in Japan (December 31, 2007 – December 28, 2008)^[27][28][29]

Place	Title	Platform	Publisher	Units sold
1	Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G	PSP	Capcom	2,452,111
2	Pokémon Platinum	NDS	Pokémon Company	2,187,337
3	Wii Fit	Wii	Nintendo	2,149,131
4	Mario Kart Wii	Wii	Nintendo	2,003,315
5	Super Smash Bros. Brawl	Wii	Nintendo	1,747,113
6	Rhythm Heaven	NDS	Nintendo	1,350,671
7	Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride	NDS	Square Enix	1,176,082
8	Animal Crossing: City Folk	Wii	Nintendo	895,302
9	Kirby Super Star Ultra	NDS	Nintendo	855,427
10	Wii Sports	Wii	Nintendo	841,736

• Based on figures from Dengeki:

Best-selling video games of 2008 in Japan (December 31, 2007 – December 21, 2008)^[30][31][32]

Place	Title	Platform	Publisher	Units sold
1	Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G	PSP	Capcom	2,507,400
2	Pokémon Platinum	NDS	Pokémon Company	2,125,348
3	Wii Fit	Wii	Nintendo	2,024,113
4	Mario Kart Wii	Wii	Nintendo	1,973,089
5	Super Smash Bros. Brawl	Wii	Nintendo	1,808,709
6	Rhythm Heaven	NDS	Nintendo	1,320,047
7	Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride	NDS	Square Enix	1,228,014
8	Kirby Super Star Ultra	NDS	Nintendo	724,608
9	Animal Crossing City Folk	Wii	Nintendo	709,640
10	Wii Sports	Wii	Nintendo	694,765

[edit] United States

• Based on figures from the NPD Group:

Video game console sales in the US (first six months of 2008)^[33]

Place	Console	Units sold
1	Wii	3.5 million
2	PlayStation 3	1.6 million
3	Xbox 360	1.34 million

Best-selling video games of 2008 in the US^[34][35]

Place	Title	Platform	Publisher	Units sold
1	Wii Play	Wii	Nintendo	5.28 million
2	Mario Kart Wii	Wii	Nintendo	5.00 million
3	Wii Fit	Wii	Nintendo	4.53 million
4	Super Smash Bros. Brawl	Wii	Nintendo	4.17 million
5	Grand Theft Auto IV	X360	Take-Two Interactive	3.29 million
6	Call of Duty: World at War	X360	Activision	2.75 million
7	Gears of War 2	X360	Microsoft	2.31 million
8	Grand Theft Auto IV	PS3	Take-Two Interactive	1.89 million
9	Madden NFL 09	X360	Electronic Arts	1.87 million
10	Mario Kart DS	NDS	Nintendo	1.65 million

• Based on figures from the NPD Group via IGN;^[36][37] the games' publishers are listed in brackets:

Best-selling video games of 2008 in the US (by platform)^a[›]

Place	NDS[38]	PC[39]	PS3[40]
1	Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega)	Spore (Electronic Arts)	Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar Games)
2	Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness (Nintendo)	Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (Funcom)	Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (Konami)
3	Guitar Hero: On Tour (Activision)	Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (Electronic Arts)	Madden NFL 09 (Electronic Arts)
4	Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures (LucasArts)	The Sims 2: FreeTime (Electronic Arts)	Gran Turismo 5 Prologue (Sony Computer Entertainment)
5	Kirby Super Star Ultra (Nintendo)	Spore Creature Creator (Electronic Arts)	MLB 08: The Show (Sony Computer Entertainment)
6	Professor Layton and the Curious Village (Nintendo)	Sins of a Solar Empire (Stardock)	Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (LucasArts)
7	Kung Fu Panda (Activision)	The Sims 2: Apartment Life (Electronic Arts)	NCAA Football 09 (Electronic Arts)
8	Advance Wars: Days of Ruin (Nintendo)	The Sims 2: Kitchen & Bath Interior Design Stuff (Electronic Arts)	Army of Two (Electronic Arts)
9	Crosswords DS (Nintendo)	Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: Soulstorm (THQ)	Soulcalibur IV (Namco Bandai)
10	Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift (Square Enix)	The Sims Castaway Stories (Electronic Arts)	Devil May Cry 4 (Capcom)

Place	PSP[41]	Wii[42]	X360[36]
1	Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (Square Enix)	Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo)	Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar Games)
2	God of War: Chains of Olympus (Sony Computer Entertainment)	Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)	Madden NFL 09 (Electronic Arts)
3	MLB 08: The Show (Sony Computer Entertainment)	Wii Fit (Nintendo)	Fable II (Microsoft)
4	Iron Man (Sega)	Rock Band (MTV Games)	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 (Ubisoft)
5	Patapon (Sony Computer Entertainment)	Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures (LucasArts)	Army of Two (Electronic Arts)
6	Madden NFL 09 (Electronic Arts)	Mario Super Sluggers (Nintendo)	Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (LucasArts)
7	Lego Indiana Jones (LucasArts)	Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (LucasArts)	Battlefield: Bad Company (Electronic Arts)
8	Major League Baseball 2K8 (2K Games)	Deca Sports (Hudson Soft)	NCAA Football 09 (Electronic Arts)
9	Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (LucasArts)	Endless Ocean (Nintendo)	Rock Band 2 (MTV Games)
10	Need for Speed: ProStreet (Electronic Arts)	Unknown	Ninja Gaiden II (Microsoft)

^ a: In the IGN articles used as sources, IGN lists the titles as the "Top 10 Sellers in 2008"; however, the IGN articles were published on December 9–12, 2008, so the articles might not take into account November and December sales figures, as the NPD Group did not release November's console game sales figures until December 11, 2008.^[43]

• Based on figures from the NPD Group:

Best-selling console games of all time in the US (as of May 1, 2008)^[44]

Note: This list only includes games that were released after NPD started tracking video game sales data.

Place	Title	Units sold
1	Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas	9.40 million
2	Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock	8.20 million
3	Madden NFL 07	7.70 million
4	Grand Theft Auto: Vice City	7.30 million
5	Madden NFL 06	6.70 million
6	Halo 2	6.61 million
7	Madden NFL 08	6.60 million
8	Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare	6.25 million
9	Grand Theft Auto 3	6.20 million
10	Madden NFL 2005	6.10 million

[edit] Other

• Based on figures from Enterbrain, GfK Chart-Track, and the NPD Group, respectively:

Best-selling video games in Japan, United Kingdom, and the United States combined (January–July 2008)^[45]

Place	Title	Units sold in Japan	Units sold in the UK	Units sold in the US	Total units sold
1	Grand Theft Auto IV	–	1,582,000	4,711,000	6,293,000
2	Super Smash Bros. Brawl	1,681,000	213,000	3,539,000	5,433,000
3	Mario Kart Wii	1,601,000	687,000	2,409,000	4,697,000
4	Wii Fit	1,547,000	624,000	1,433,000	3,604,000
5	Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock	26,000	412,000	3,037,000	3,475,000

Best-selling video games in Japan, United Kingdom, and the United States combined (July–September 2008)^[46]

Place	Title	Units sold in Japan	Units sold in the UK	Units sold in the US	Total units sold
1	Madden NFL 09	1,000	35,000	2,958,000	2,994,000
2	Wii Fit	346,000	460,000	1,283,000	2,089,000
3	Star Wars: The Force Unleashed	–	321,000	1,417,000	1,738,000
4	Pokémon Platinum	1,482,000	–	–	1,482,000
5	Mario Kart Wii	218,000	394,000	856,000	1,468,000

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