2006 in video games

2006 saw the release of many sequels and prequels in video games, prominently including Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, Madden NFL 07, NBA Live 07, NBA 2K7, WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2007, Tony Hawk's Project 8, New Super Mario Bros., Sonic the Hedgehog, and The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, alongside many prominent new releases including Bully, Company of Heroes, Dead Rising, Gears of War, Just Cause, Lost Planet: Extreme Condition, Ōkami, Prey, Resistance: Fall of Man, Saints Row, and Thrillville. Two new home consoles were released during the year: Nintendo's Wii and Sony's PlayStation 3.

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The year's best-selling game console was the Nintendo DS, while the year's best-selling video game was New Super Mario Bros. for the DS. The year's most critically acclaimed title was The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess for Nintendo's GameCube and Wii consoles.

Major awards

Category/Organization		3rd British Academy Games Awards October 6, 2006	24th Golden Joystick Awards October 27, 2006	VGA December 13, 2006	10th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards February 9, 2007		7th Game Developers Choice Awards March 7, 2007
Game of the Year		Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter	The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion		Gears of War
Mobile/Handheld	Mobile	—	Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories	SWAT Force	Orcs & Elves		—
	Handheld			New Super Mario Bros.	Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!
Innovation		Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain?	Xbox Live Marketplace	—	Wii Sports		Line Rider, Ōkami, Wii Sports
Artistic Achievement or Graphics[i]	Animation	Shadow of the Colossus	—	Gears of War	Gears of War		Gears of War
	Art Direction				Gears of War
Audio[i]	Music	Tomb Raider: Legend	—	The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion	LocoRoco		Guitar Hero II
	Sound Design	Electroplankton		—	Call of Duty 3
	Soundtrack	Guitar Hero	Need for Speed: Carbon	Guitar Hero II
Character or Performance[i]	Male	LocoRoco (LocoRoco)	—	Patrick Stewart as Emperor Uriel Septim VII The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion	John DiMaggio as Marcus Fenix Gears of War		Ōkami
	Female			Vida Guerra as Femme Fatale Isabelle Scarface: The World Is Yours	Louise Ridgeway as Leafos Viva Piñata
Game Design		Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy	—		Wii Sports
Narrative		Psychonauts	—		The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Technical Achievement[i]	Gameplay Engineering	Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter	—	Nintendo Wii	Wii Sports		Gears of War
	Visual Engineering				Gears of War
Multiplayer/Online[i]		Dungeons and Dragons Online: Stormreach	Age of Empires III	Gears of War			—
Action/Adventure	Action/Shooter	Shadow of the Colossus	—	Gears of War	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas
	Adventure			Dead Rising	Gears of War
Casual/Family or Children	Casual/Family	Buzz!: The BIG Quiz	Nintendogs	—	Guitar Hero II
	Children	LocoRoco			LocoRoco
Fighting		—		Mortal Kombat: Armageddon	Fight Night Round 3
Role-Playing	RPG	—		The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion	The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
	MMORPG				Guild Wars Nightfall
Sports	Individual	Fight Night Round 3	—	Tony Hawk's Project 8	Tony Hawk's Project 8
	Team			NBA 2K7
Racing		—		Burnout Revenge (Xbox 360 version)
Strategy/Simulation	Strategy	Rise and Fall: Civilizations at War	—		Company of Heroes
	Simulation	The Movies			Microsoft Flight Simulator X
Special Award		—	Favourite Character Award	—	Hall of Fame	Lifetime Achievement Award	Lifetime Achievement Award
			Lara Croft Tomb Raider series		Dani Bunten	Minoru Arakawa, Howard Lincoln	Shigeru Miyamoto

1. Certain award presentations combine these categories.

Events

Month	Date(s)	Event
January	26	Nintendo announces its newly redesigned handheld, the Nintendo DS Lite. The new model is lighter, smaller, has configurable brightness and features an improved user interface.[1]
		Konami Corp. announces the list of titles it expects to ship in 2006, ranging from Beatmania to Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence, and covering multiple platforms.[2]
		Public schools in West Virginia will add Dance Dance Revolution by Konami to their curriculum, in an effort to combat obesity.[3][4]
	27	Players of the Horde clan from World of Warcraft start the "Gamers Against No Kash" charity, to pay the subscription fees for valuable players strapped for cash.[5]
		Microsoft of Japan made a statement to Japanese game magazine Famitsu regarding the Xbox 360 launch. "It was a lot more difficult than we had imagined. We couldn't prepare the launch titles that we had promised, and it made an impact," said Microsoft of Japan Xbox chief of operations Yoshihiro Maruyama. At the launch of the first Xbox in Japan, more units were sold in three days than have been sold of the Xbox 360 in one month.[6]
		The PlayStation Portable 2.01-2.50 firmware versions, previously considered unhackable, are hacked by Fanjita.[7]
		The Los Angeles attorney's office sues Rockstar Games and Take-Two Interactive over the Hot Coffee mod.[8]
	30	A mandatory update for Xbox Live on the Xbox 360 was released. Microsoft claimed the update was for bugfixes and improvements. Members of the modding community claim that "the true purpose of this update was to halt the progress of the modding community".[9]
		Nintendo released a statement regarding the Red Tulip phenomenon on Animal Crossing: Wild World, stating "We have isolated the problem and determined that there was a temporary error with the upload tool when this letter was posted". Earlier, there had been speculation that the tulips were a result of black hat hackers.[10]
	31	Sony is reportedly building an Xbox Live-killer for the PlayStation 3.[11]
		StarForce, a DRM maker for computer games, threatens to sue popular weblog Boing Boing for criticising its products.[12]
		Blizzard Entertainment responds to the LGBT debate happening in World of Warcraft. The 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 game, and we do our best to take action whenever we see such topics being broadcast."
		Sony announces that ten servers will be merged with ten others on Everquest 2. Players are cautiously optimistic.[13][14]
February	6	After Tiger Telematics' bankruptcy, the Gizmondo handheld console is discontinued, only selling nearly 25,000 units.[15]
May	10–12	The 12th annual E3 is held in Los Angeles, California, United States.[16]
November	7	Left Behind Games releases Left Behind: Eternal Forces amid much controversy.
	17	Sony releases the PlayStation 3 in North America.
	19	Nintendo releases the Wii.
December	13	The 2006 Spike Video Game Awards are held.[17]

Business

Month	Date(s)	Event
January	5	Vivendi Universal Games acquires High Moon Studios (formerly Sammy Studios, Inc), which gained independence from Sammy in 2005.[18]
	9	Take-Two Interactive acquires Irrational Games.
	26	Sony reports that strong sales of the PlayStation Portable helped the company make a profit of ¥70 billion, the first time in 11 years that the company has managed to avoid an annual loss.[19]
		Microsoft announces $293 million losses in its Home and Entertainment division, record revenues overall.[20]
		Nintendo reports declining GameCube and Game Boy Advance sales but increased profits: ¥92.2 billion.[21]
	27	The Nintendo DS returns to the top of the weekly Japanese charts, with 64,515 units sold compared to 38,271 for the PlayStation Portable. The PlayStation 2 is third with 26,135 units sold, while the Xbox 360 continues to sell poorly (just 3,616, less than the GameCube). The 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.[22]
		Microsoft lowers its estimate of Xbox 360 sales in its first 90 days from 2.75 to 3.0 million units to 2.5 million due to supply shortage. The yearly estimate (4.5 to 5.5 million) is unchanged since Microsoft plans to increase its console production with the help of a new manufacturer, Celestica.[23] Meanwhile, Microsoft postpones the Australian 360 launch from March 2 to 23, 2006 due to a "short term manufacturing challenge".[24]
	30	Shares of Take-Two Interactive, the controversial creator of the Grand Theft Auto series, rose Monday after news that the company was in takeover talks with an unnamed buyer.[25][26][27]
	31	CNET reports that Cisco Systems might be interested in buying Nintendo.[28][29]
February	15	ScrewAttack, a video game-related website is launched.
	Unknown	Tiger Telematics, the manufacturer of the Gizmondo handheld console, files for bankruptcy.[30]
May	Unknown	IEMA (Interactive Entertainment Merchants Association) successfully merged with VSDA (Video Software Dealers Association) to form combined organization EMA (Entertainment Merchants Association)
July	Unknown	ECA (Entertainment Consumers Association) formed.
July	Unknown	Atari plans to sell-off their game development studios.
October	Unknown	ECA (Entertainment Consumers Association) soft-launched.
Unknown		Esports organization OpTic Gaming is founded.

Critically acclaimed titles

Metacritic (MC) and GameRankings (GR) are aggregators of video game journalism reviews.

2006 games and expansions scoring at least 88/100 (MC) or 87.5% (GR)^[31][32]

Game	Publisher	Release Date	Platform	MC score	GR score
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess	Nintendo	December 2, 2006	GameCube	96/100	95%
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess	Nintendo	November 19, 2006	Wii	95/100	94.58%
Gears of War	Microsoft Game Studios	November 7, 2006	Xbox 360	94/100	93.97%
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion	2K Games	March 20, 2006	Xbox 360	94/100	93.85%
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion	2K Games	March 20, 2006	Microsoft Windows	94/100	93.29%
Company of Heroes	THQ	September 13, 2006	Microsoft Windows	93/100	93.93%
Ōkami	Capcom	April 20, 2006	PlayStation 2	93/100	92.65%
Guitar Hero II	RedOctane	November 7, 2006	PlayStation 2	92/100	92.07%
Final Fantasy VI Advance	Square Enix	November 30, 2006	Game Boy Advance	92/100[33]	91.02%[34]
Final Fantasy XII	Square Enix	March 16, 2006	PlayStation 2	92/100	90.77%
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter	Ubisoft	March 9, 2006	Xbox 360	90/100	90.47%
GTR 2 – FIA GT Racing Game	10tacle Studios	September 29, 2006	Microsoft Windows	90/100	89.4%
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas	Ubisoft	November 22, 2006	Xbox 360	88/100	89.39%
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent	Ubisoft	October 24, 2006	Xbox	89/100	89.31%
New Super Mario Bros.	Nintendo	May 15, 2006	Nintendo DS	89/100	89.07%
Burnout Revenge	Electronic Arts	March 7, 2006	Xbox 360	89/100	88.57%
Armadillo Run	Peter Stock	April 22, 2006	Microsoft Windows	88/100	89%[35]
Elite Beat Agents	Nintendo	November 6, 2006	Nintendo DS	87/100	88.33%
Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection	Namco Bandai Games	July 6, 2006	PlayStation Portable	88/100	88.27%
NCAA Football 07	EA Sports	July 18, 2006	Xbox	88/100	88.12%
Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition	Capcom	January 24, 2006	PlayStation 2	87/100	88%
Medieval II: Total War	Sega	November 10, 2006	Microsoft Windows	88/100	87.18%
Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness	Nippon Ichi Software	November 30, 2006	PlayStation Portable	87/100[33]	87.77%[34]

Financial performance

Best-selling game consoles

See also: List of best-selling game consoles

Best-selling game consoles of 2006 in Japan, Europe and North America

Rank	Console	Manufacturer	Sales
			Japan[36]	Europe & North America[37]	Combined
1	Nintendo DS	Nintendo	8,862,969	11,700,000	20,562,969
2	PlayStation 2	Sony	1,547,866	10,700,000	12,247,866
3	PlayStation Portable	Sony	1,946,911	7,000,000	8,946,911
4	Xbox 360	Microsoft	208,697	5,900,000	6,108,697
5	Wii	Nintendo	998,118	1,800,000	2,798,118
6	PlayStation 3	Sony	466,716	700,000	1,166,716

Japan

Best-selling consoles in Japan (Famitsu)^[36]

Rank	Console	Manufacturer	Units sold
1	Nintendo DS Lite	Nintendo	7,526,038
2	PlayStation Portable	Sony	1,946,911
3	PlayStation 2	Sony	1,547,866
4	Nintendo DS	Nintendo	1,336,931
5	Wii	Nintendo	998,118
6	PlayStation 3	Sony	466,716
7	Game Boy Advance SP	Nintendo	275,779
8	Xbox 360	Microsoft	208,697
9	Game Boy Micro	Nintendo	157,557
10	GameCube	Nintendo	89,775

Europe

Best-selling consoles in Europe (Electronic Arts)^[37][38]

Rank	Console	Manufacturer	Units sold
1	Nintendo DS	Nintendo	6,400,000
2	PlayStation 2	Sony	6,000,000
3	PlayStation Portable	Sony	4,000,000
4	Xbox 360	Microsoft	2,000,000
5	Wii	Nintendo	700,000

North America

Best-selling consoles in North America (Electronic Arts)^[37]

Rank	Console	Manufacturer	Units sold
1	Nintendo DS	Nintendo	5,300,000
2	PlayStation 2	Sony	4,700,000
3	Xbox 360	Microsoft	3,900,000
4	PlayStation Portable	Sony	3,000,000
5	Wii	Nintendo	1,100,000
6	PlayStation 3	Sony	700,000

Best-selling video games

See also: List of best-selling video games

Best-selling video games worldwide in 2006

Rank	Title	Platform(s)	Sales
			Japan	United States	Europe	Worldwide
1	New Super Mario Bros.	Nintendo DS	3,840,296[39]	2,000,000[40]	1,000,000+[41]	8,640,000[42]
2	Madden NFL 07	Multi-platform	2,063+[43]	3,900,000+[40]		5,000,000+[44]
3	Pokémon Diamond / Pearl	Nintendo DS	4,355,495[39]	—	—	4,355,495
4	Pro Evolution Soccer 6 (Winning Eleven 10)	Multi-platform	1,292,472+[45]		3,000,000+[46]	4,292,472+
5	Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day! (Brain Training)	Nintendo DS	1,991,116[45]	1,100,000[40]	1,000,000+[41]	4,091,116+
6	Final Fantasy XII	PlayStation 2	2,400,000+[47]	1,500,000+[47]	—	4,000,000[48]
7	More Brain Training (Brain Age 2)	Nintendo DS	3,748,638[45]	—	—	3,748,638
8	Animal Crossing: Wild World (Oideyo Dōbutsu no Mori)	Nintendo DS	2,485,264[45]	Un­known	1,000,000+[41]	3,485,264+
9	FIFA 07	Multi-platform				3,000,000+[49]
	Need for Speed: Carbon	Multi-platform	24,904+[43]	871,600+[40]		3,000,000+[49]
	The Sims 2: Pets	Multi-platform	2,229+[43]			3,000,000+[49]

Japan

Best-selling video games in Japan

Rank	Title	Platform(s)	Publisher	Sales	Ref
1	Pokémon Diamond / Pearl	Nintendo DS	Nintendo	4,355,495	[39]
2	New Super Mario Bros.	Nintendo DS	Nintendo	3,840,296
3	More Brain Training (Brain Age 2)	Nintendo DS	Nintendo	3,748,638	[45]
4	Oideyo Dōbutsu no Mori (Animal Crossing: Wild World)	Nintendo DS	Nintendo	2,485,264
5	Final Fantasy XII	PlayStation 2	Square Enix	2,400,000+	[47]
6	Brain Training (Brain Age)	Nintendo DS	Nintendo	1,991,116	[45]
7	English Training	Nintendo DS	Nintendo	1,662,573	[39]
8	Winning Eleven 10 (Pro Evolution Soccer 6)	PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable	Konami	1,292,472	[45]
9	Mario Kart DS	Nintendo DS	Nintendo	1,115,082
10	Tetris DS	Nintendo DS	Nintendo	985,246

United States

Best-selling video games in the United States

Rank	Title	Platform(s)	Publisher	Sales	Ref
1	Madden NFL 07	PlayStation 2, Xbox 360	EA Sports	3,900,000	[40]
2	New Super Mario Bros.	Nintendo DS	Nintendo	2,000,000
3	Gears of War	Xbox 360	Microsoft Game Studios	1,800,000
4	Kingdom Hearts II	PlayStation 2	Square Enix	1,700,000
5	Final Fantasy XII	PlayStation 2	Square Enix	1,500,000+	[47]
6	The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess	Wii, GameCube	Nintendo	1,500,000	[40]
7	Guitar Hero II	PlayStation 2	RedOctane	1,300,000
8	Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!	Nintendo DS	Nintendo	1,100,000
	Call of Duty 3	Multi-platform	Activision	1,100,000
10	Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter	Xbox 360	Ubisoft	1,000,000
	NCAA Football 07	PlayStation 2	EA Sports	1,000,000

Best-selling video games by platform (NPD Group)

Platform	Title	Publisher	Sales	Ref
GameCube	Sonic Riders	Sega	Un­known	[50][40]
Nintendo DS	New Super Mario Bros.	Nintendo	2,000,000	[51][52]
PC	World of Warcraft	Blizzard Entertainment	Un­known	[53]
PlayStation 2	Madden NFL 07	Electronic Arts	2,800,000	[54][52]
PlayStation 3	Resistance: Fall of Man	Sony Computer Entertainment	Un­known	[55]
Xbox	Madden NFL 07	Electronic Arts	Un­known	[56]
Xbox 360	Gears of War	Microsoft Game Studios	1,800,000	[52]
Wii	The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess	Nintendo	Un­known	[57]

United Kingdom

Best-selling video games in the United Kingdom (ELSPA)^[58][59]

Rank	Title	Publisher
1	FIFA 07	EA Sports
2	Pro Evolution Soccer 6	Konami
3	Need for Speed: Carbon	EA Games
4	Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories	Rockstar Games
5	Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy	LucasArts
6	The Sims 2: Pets	EA Games
7	Cars	THQ
8	Tomb Raider: Legend	Eidos Interactive
9	The Sims 2	EA Games
10	WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007	THQ

Hardware releases

Nintendo Wii

Month	Day	Console
March	2	Nintendo DS LiteJP
November	11	PlayStation 3JP
November	19	WiiNA

Notable releases

Video game platforms

GBA Game Boy Advance GCN GameCube Lin Linux Mac Mac NDS Nintendo DS PS2 PlayStation 2 PS3 PlayStation 3 PSP PlayStation Portable Wii Wii Win Windows X360 Xbox 360 Xbox Xbox

Notable releases of the year 2006

Release	Title	PC	6th Gen	7th Gen	Handheld
January 9	Electroplankton	—	—	—	NDS
January 10	Mega Man X Collection	—	GCN, PS2	—	—
	Nicktoons Unite!	—	—	—	NDS
	PQ: Practical Intelligence Quotient	—	—	—	PSP
January 17	25 to Life	Win	PS2, Xbox	—	—
	Ape Escape 3	—	PS2	—	—
January 18	Samurai Shodown V	—	Xbox	—	—
January 23	True Swing Golf	—	—	—	NDS
January 25	Marble Blast Ultra	—	—	XBLA	—
January 31	Tamagotchi Connection: Corner Shop	—	—	—	NDS
February 6	Drill Dozer	—	—	—	GBA
February 7	Resident Evil: Deadly Silence	—	—	—	NDS
	Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX	—	—	—	PSP
	Tales of Legendia	—	PS2	—	—
	The Rub Rabbits!	—	—	—	NDS
February 9	Siren 2 (Japan)	—	PS2	—	—
February 14	Age of Empires: The Age of Kings	—	—	—	NDS
	Drakengard 2	—	PS2	—	—
	Empire Earth II: The Art of Supremacy	Win	—	—	—
	Exit	—	—	—	PSP
	Full Auto	—	—	X360	—
	Grandia III	—	PS2	—	—
	Marc Eckō's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure	Win	PS2, Xbox	—	—
	State of Emergency 2	—	PS2	—	—
February 18	Star Wars: Empire at War	Win	—	—	—
February 21	EverQuest II: Kingdom of Sky	Win	—	—	—
	MS Saga: A New Dawn	—	PS2	—	—
	Sonic Riders	—	PS2, Xbox, GCN	—	—
	Super Monkey Ball: Touch & Roll	—	—	—	NDS
February 22	TOCA Race Driver 3	Win	PS2, Xbox	—	—
February 27	Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords	Win	—	—	—
	MX vs. ATV: On the Edge	—	—	—	PSP
February 28	Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach	Win	—	—	—
	Black	—	PS2, Xbox	—	—
	Final Fight: Streetwise	—	PS2, Xbox	—	—
	Generation of Chaos	—	—	—	PSP
	Tokyo Xtreme Racer	—	—	—	PSP
March 2	The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II	Win	—	—	—
	The Sims 2: Open for Business	Win	—	—	—
March 6	Pokémon Trozei!	—	—	—	NDS
	SpongeBob SquarePants: The Yellow Avenger	—	—	—	PSP
	Tales of Phantasia	—	—	—	GBA
March 7	Burnout Revenge	—	—	X360	—
	Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai	—	—	—	PSP
	Naruto: Ninja Council	—	—	—	GBA
	Shadow Hearts: From the New World	—	PS2	—	—
March 8	Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams	—	PS2	—	—
March 9	Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter	—	Xbox	X360	—
March 13	The Outfit	—	—	X360	—
March 14	Driver: Parallel Lines	—	PS2, Xbox	—	—
	Ice Age 2: The Meltdown	Win	PS2, Xbox, GCN	—	GBA, NDS
	Mega Man Powered Up	—	—	—	PSP
	Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence	—	PS2	—	—
	Neopets: Petpet Adventures: The Wand of Wishing	—	—	—	PSP
	Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror	—	—	—	PSP
March 15	Battlefield 2: Euro Force	Win	—	—	—
March 16	Final Fantasy XII (Japan)	—	PS2	—	—
March 17	24: The Game	Win	GCN, PS2	X360	NDS
	Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth	Win (EU)
	Keepsake	Win (EU)
March 20	Metroid Prime Hunters	—	—	—	NDS
	Tetris DS	—	—	—	NDS
	The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion	Win	—	X360	—
March 21	Metal Gear Acid 2	—	—	—	PSP
	Me & My Katamari	—	—	—	PSP
	Suikoden V	—	PS2	—	—
	Tao's Adventure: Curse of the Demon Seal	—	—	—	NDS
	The Godfather: The Game	Win	PS2, Xbox	—	—
	Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Essentials	—	—	—	PSP
March 22	Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumble	—	—	—	PSP
	Worms: Open Warfare	—	—	—	NDS, PSP
March 23	Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII	—	Xbox	X360	—
	Cooking Mama	—	—	—	NDS
March 24	True Crime: New York City	Win	—	—	—
March 26	Act of War: High Treason	Win	—	—	—
March 28	Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII	Win	—	—	—
	Dynasty Warriors 5: Empires	—	PS2	X360	—
	Far Cry Instincts: Predator	—	—	X360	—
	Harvest Moon: Magical Melody	—	GCN	—	—
	Kingdom Hearts II (USA)	—	PS2	—	—
	Rumble Roses XX	—	—	X360	—
	Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter	—	PS2	—	—
	Untold Legends: The Warrior's Code	—	—	—	PSP
March 31	Animal Crossing: Wild World (Europe)	—	—	—	NDS
April 3	James Bond 007: From Russia with Love	—	—	—	PSP
April 4	Bust-a-Move Deluxe	—	—	—	PSP
	Tourist Trophy	—	PS2	—	—
April 6	The Silent Hill Experience	—	—	—	PSP
April 11	Battlefield 2: Modern Combat	—	—	X360	—
	Condemned: Criminal Origins	Win
	Odama	—	GCN	—	—
	Tomb Raider: Legend	Win	PS2, Xbox	X360	—
April 13	Auto Assault	Win	—	—	—
April 17	Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day	—	—	—	NDS
	Dreamfall: The Longest Journey	Win	—	—	—
April 18	Dreamfall: The Longest Journey	—	Xbox	—	—
	Final Fantasy XI	—	—	X360	—
	Final Fantasy XI: Treasures of Aht Urhgan	Win	PS2	—	—
	Blades of Thunder II	—	—	—	NDS
	The King of Fighters Neowave	—	Xbox	—	—
	Tokyo Xtreme Racer: Drift	—	PS2	—	—
April 20	Mother 3 (Japan)	—	—	—	GBA
April 24	Black & White 2: Battle of the Gods	Win	—	—	—
	Rampage: Total Destruction	—	PS2, GCN	—	—
April 25	Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War	—	PS2	—	—
	Atelier Iris 2: The Azoth of Destiny	—	PS2	—	—
	Guilty Gear Dust Strikers	—	—	—	NDS
	LostMagic	—	—	—	NDS
	OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast	—	PS2, Xbox	—	PSP
	WinBack 2: Project Poseidon	—	PS2, Xbox	—	—
April 27	KOF: Maximum Impact 2 (Japan) [60]	—	PS2	—	—
April 28	Guild Wars: Factions	Win	—	—	—
May 1	Half-Life Deathmatch: Source	Win	—	—	—
May 2	Seed[61]	Win
May 3	Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter	Win	—	—	—
May 9	NBA Ballers: Rebound	—	—	—	PSP
	Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends	Win	—	—	—
May 10	SiN Episodes: Emergence	Win	—	—	—
May 15	New Super Mario Bros.	—	—	—	NDS
May 16	Heroes of Might and Magic V	Win	—	—	—
	X-Men: The Official Game	Win	PS2, Xbox, GCN	X360	GBA, NDS, PSP
	Zoo Tycoon 2: African Adventure	Win	—	—	—
May 19	The Da Vinci Code	Win	PS2, Xbox	—	—
May 23	Jaws: Unleashed	—	PS2, Xbox	—	—
	Lemmings	—	—	—	PSP
	Monster Hunter Freedom	—	—	—	PSP
	Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis	—	—	X360	—
	Steambot Chronicles	—	PS2	—	—
May 30	Hitman: Blood Money	Win	PS2, Xbox	X360	—
	X2: The Threat	Lin	—	—	—
June 1	Half-Life 2: Episode One	Win	—	—	—
June 5	Magnetica	—	—	—	NDS
June 6	AND 1 Streetball	—	PS2, Xbox	—	—
	Battlefield 2: Armored Fury	Win	—	—	—
	Cars	Win, Mac	PS2, Xbox, GCN	—	NDS, PSP, GBA
	Gradius Collection	—	—	—	PSP
	Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories	—	PS2	—	—
	Race Driver 2006	—	—	—	PSP
	The Movies: Stunts & Effects	Win	—	—	—
June 12	Major League Baseball 2K6	—	GCN	—	—
	MotoGP '06	—	—	X360	—
	Rise and Fall: Civilizations at War	Win	—	—	—
June 13	Armored Core: Last Raven (USA)	—	PS2	—	—
	Mega Man Battle Network 6	—	—	—	GBA
June 14	Point Blank DS	—	—	—	NDS
June 15	Gorky 17	Lin	—	—	—
	Rugrats Go Wild	—	—	—	GBA
	Urban Chaos: Riot Response	—	PS2, Xbox	—	—
June 20	Break 'Em All	—	—	—	NDS
	NFL Head Coach	Win	PS2, Xbox	—	—
	The Legend of Heroes II: Prophecy of the Moonlight Witch	—	—	—	PSP
June 21	Tomb Raider: Legend	—	—	—	PSP
June 26	Sudoku Gridmaster	—	—	—	NDS
	Titan Quest	Win	—	—	—
June 27	Astonishia Story	—	—	—	PSP
	Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi: The Genie and the Amp	—	—	—	NDS
	Over G Fighters	—	—	X360	—
June 28	Babar to the Rescue	—	—	—	GBA
	Juiced: Eliminator	—	—	—	PSP
	MTX Mototrax	—	—	—	PSP
	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow	Win	PS2
June 29	Panzer Command	Win	—	—	—
June 30	Flatout 2 (Europe)	Win	Xbox	—	—
July 5	The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II	—	—	X360	—
July 11	Chromehounds	—	—	X360	—
	Prey	Win	—	X360	—
July 18	Blade Dancer: Lineage of Light	—	—	—	PSP
	Miami Vice: The Game	—	—	—	PSP
	Monster House	—	GCN, PS2	—	GBA, NDS
	NCAA Football 07	—	PS2, Xbox	X360	PSP
	Super Dragon Ball Z	—	PS2	—	—
	Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth	—	—	—	PSP
July 19	Cloning Clyde	—	—	XBLA	—
July 20	AFL Premiership 2006 (AUS)	—	PS2	—	—
July 24	CivCity: Rome	Win	—	—	—
	Civilization IV: Warlords	Win	—	—	—
	Nancy Drew: Danger by Design	Win	—	—	—
July 25	Tekken: Dark Resurrection	—	—	—	PSP
July 26	Summon Night: Swordcraft Story	—	—	—	GBA
August 1	Flatout 2 (North America)	Win	Xbox	—	—
	Dungeon Siege II: Broken World	Win	—	—	—
	Super Monkey Ball Adventure	—	GCN, PS2	—	—
August 2	Street Fighter II' Hyper Fighting	—	—	XBLA	—
August 3	Rhythm Tengoku	—	—	—	NDS, GBA
August 4	Cold War	Lin	—	—	—
August 8	Dead Rising	—	—	X360	—
August 15	Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII	—	PS2	—	—
	Ninety-Nine Nights	—	—	X360	—
	Xyanide	—	Xbox	—	—
August 18	Pathologic	Win (UK)
August 21	Freedom Wings	—	—	—	NDS
	Tenchu: Dark Secret	—	—	—	NDS
August 22	Pac-Man World Rally	Win	PS2, GCN	—	PSP
August 28	Star Fox Command	—	—	—	NDS
August 29	Bomberman: Act Zero	—	—	X360	—
	Def Jam Fight for NY: The Takeover	—	—	—	PSP
	Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories	—	PS2	—	—
	Enchanted Arms	—	—	X360	—
	One Piece: Grand Adventure	—	GCN, PS2	—	—
	Saints Row	—	—	X360	—
	Super Monkey Ball Adventure	—	—	—	PSP
	Ultimate Ghosts 'n Goblins	—	—	—	PSP
	Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra	—	PS2	—	—
August 30	The Ship	Win
September 1	ROBLOX	—	PC	—	—
September 5	Call of Juarez	Win (EU)
	Go, Diego, Go!	—	GCN, PS2, Xbox	—	GBA, NDS,
	LocoRoco	—	—	—	PSP
	Spy Hunter: Nowhere to Run	—	PS2, Xbox	—	—
September 6	Bad Day L.A.	Win	—	—	—
September 7	Kengo: Legend of the 9	—	—	X360	—
September 12	Bomberman PSP	—	—	—	PSP
	Company of Heroes	Win	—	—	—
	IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix	—	PS2	—	—
	Joint Task Force	Win	—	—	—
	LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy	Win	PS2, Xbox, GCN	X360	NDS, PSP
	MechAssault: Phantom Way	—	—	—	NDS
	NHL 07	Win	PS2, Xbox GCN,	X360	—
	Rengoku II: The Stairway to Heaven	—	—	—	PSP
	Rule of Rose	—	PS2	—	—
	Mega Man ZX	—	—	—	NDS
September 14	The Cheetah Girls	—	—	—	GBA
September 15	Broken Sword: The Angel of Death	Win (EU)
	W.I.T.C.H.	—	PS2, GCN, Xbox	—	GBA, NDS
September 18	Danny Phantom: Urban Jungle	—	GCN, PS2, Xbox	—	GBA, NDS
	Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team	—	—	—	NDS
	Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team	—	—	—	GBA
September 19	Ōkami	—	PS2	—	—
	The Godfather: The Game	—	—	X360	PSP
	EverQuest: The Serpent's Spine	Win	—	—	—
	Zatch Bell! Mamodo Fury	—	PS2	—	—
September 22	Just Cause	Win	PS2, Xbox	X360	—
	Jaws: Unleashed[62]	Win (EU)	—	—	—
September 25	Alex Rider: Stormbreaker	Win	GCN, PS2, Xbox	X360	GBA, NDS, PSP
	Baten Kaitos Origins (North America)	—	GCN	—	—
	The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy	—	GCN, PS2	—	—
	Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis	—	—	—	NDS
September 26	Caesar IV	Win	—	—	—
	Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova	—	PS2	—	—
	The Fast and the Furious	—	PS2	—	—
	Mage Knight: Destiny's Soldier	—	—	—	NDS
	Spectral Souls: Resurrection of the Ethereal Empires	—	—	—	PSP
	Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria	—	PS2	—	—
September 28	Pokémon Diamond and Pearl (Japan)	—	—	—	NDS
	Kingdom Hearts II (Australia, Europe)	—	PS2	—	—
September 29	DEFCON: Everybody Dies (Europe)	Win	—	—	—
October 2	Family Guy Video Game!	—	GCN, PS2, Xbox	—	GBA, NDS
	Unfabulous	—	—	—	GBA
October 3	Gangs of London	—	—	—	PSP
	Mercury Meltdown	—	—	—	PSP
October 4	Star Trek: Encounters	—	PS2	—	—
October 5	Desperate Housewives: The Game	Win	—	—	—
October 6	Heroes of Annihilated Empires	Win	—	—	—
	Stacked with Daniel Negreanu	—	—	—	PSP
October 8	Scarface: The World Is Yours	Win	PS2, Xbox	—	—
October 9	Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: Dark Crusade	Win	—	—	—
October 10	Crash Boom Bang!	Win	GCN, PS2	X360	GBA, NDS
	God Hand	—	PS2	—	—
	Gun	—	—	—	PSP
	Tales of the Abyss	—	PS2	—	—
	The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning	—	GCN, PS2, Xbox	—	GBA
October 11	Mortal Kombat: Armageddon	—	PS2	—	—
October 12	American Dragon: Jake Long – Attack of the Dark Dragon	—	PS2, GCN, Xbox	—	NDS
	American Dragon: Jake Long – Rise of the Huntsclan	—	PS2, GCN, Xbox	—	GBA
	Nancy Drew: The Creature of Kapu Cave	Win	—	—	—
October 13	Gothic 3	Win	—	—	—
	Microsoft Flight Simulator X[63]	Win
October 16	The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy	—	—	—	GBA
October 17	Age of Empires III: The War Chiefs	Win	—	—	—
	Battlefield 2142	Win	—	—	—
	Bully	—	PS2	—	—
	Family Guy Video Game!	—	—	—	PSP
	Justice League Heroes	—	PS2, Xbox	—	NDS
	Justice League Heroes: The Flash	—	—	—	GBA
	Mortal Kombat: Armageddon	—	Xbox	—	—
	Sid Meier's Railroads! (North America)	Win	—	—	—
	Summon Night: Swordcraft Story 2	—	—	—	GBA
	The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning	—	—	—	NDS
	The Sims 2: Pets	Win	—	—	—
	Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent	—	—	X360	—
	Zoo Tycoon 2: Marine Mania	Win	—	—	—
	Zoo Tycoon 2: Zookeeper Collection	Win	—	—	—
October 18	Football Manager 2007	Win, Mac	—	—	—
	Lumines	—	—	XBLA	—
	Jaws: Unleashed[62]	Win (US)	—	—	—
October 19	Contact	—	—	—	NDS
	Destroy All Humans! 2	—	PS2, Xbox	—	—
	Disney's Kim Possible: What's the Switch?	—	PS2	—	—
October 20	Medal of Honor: Heroes	—	—	—	PSP
October 22	Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3	—	—	XBLA	—
October 23	Cars	—	—	X360	—
	Magical Starsign	—	—	—	NDS
	Work Time Fun	—	—	—	PSP
October 24	Dark Messiah of Might and Magic	Win	—	—	—
	F.E.A.R. Extraction Point	Win	—	—	—
	Juka and the Monophonic Menace	—	—	—	GBA
	Marvel: Ultimate Alliance	Win	PS2, Xbox	X360	GBA
	Nacho Libre	—	—	—	NDS
	Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island	—	PS2, GCN	—	GBA, NDS
	Phantasy Star Universe	Win	PS2	X360	—
	Reservoir Dogs	Win	PS2, Xbox	—	—
	Scurge: Hive	—	—	—	GBA, NDS
	Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption	Win	—	—	—
	Tokobot	—	PS2	—	—
	Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent	—	PS2, Xbox, GCN	—	—
	Touch Detective	—	—	—	NDS
October 26	ATV Offroad Fury Pro	—	—	—	PSP
	Guild Wars Nightfall	Win	—	—	—
	Jaws: Unleashed[62]	Win (AU)	—	—	—
	Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots	—	—	—	GBA
October 30	Dungeon Siege: Thorne of Agony	—	—	—	PSP
	Pokémon Ranger (North America)	—	—	—	NDS
October 31	ATV Offroad Fury 4	—	PS2	—	—
	Catscratch	—	—	—	GBA, NDS
	Death Jr. II: Root of Evil	—	—	—	PSP
	Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories	—	—	—	PSP
	Final Fantasy XII (United States)	—	PS2	—	—
	Killzone: Liberation	—	—	—	PSP
	Konductra	—	—	—	NDS
	Need for Speed: Carbon	Win	PS2, Xbox, GCN	X360, PS3	—
	Neverwinter Nights 2	Win	—	—	—
	Power Stone Collection	—	—	—	PSP
	Tom and Jerry Tales	—	—	—	GBA, NDS
November 2	Dave Mirra BMX Challenge	—	—	—	PSP
November 3	Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends	—	—	—	GBA
November 6	Elite Beat Agents	—	—	—	NDS
	Final Fantasy V	—	—	—	GBA
	Lumines II	—	—	—	PSP
November 7	Call of Duty 3	—	PS2, Xbox	X360	—
	Every Extend Extra	—	—	—	PSP
	Guitar Hero II	—	PS2	—	—
	Gears of War	—	—	X360	—
	SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Combined Assault	—	PS2	—	—
	The Sopranos: Road to Respect	—	PS2	—	—
	Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent	Win	—	—	—
	Tony Hawk's Project 8	—	PS2, Xbox	X360	—
November 8	Bomberman Land Touch!	—	—	—	NDS
November 9	Disney's Chicken Little: Ace in Action	—	PS2	—	NDS
November 13	Dead or Alive Xtreme 2	—	—	X360	—
	EverQuest II: Echoes of Faydwer	Win	—	—	—
	Medieval 2: Total War	Win	—	—	—
	Mobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire	—	—	PS3	—
	Polarium Advance	—	—	—	GBA
	Yoshi's Island DS	—	—	—	NDS
	Mortal Kombat: Unchained	—	—	—	PSP
November 14	Bionicle Heroes	Win	GCN, PS2	X360	GBA, NDS
	Charlotte's Web	Win	PS2	—	GBA, NDS
	EA Replay	—	—	—	PSP
	Eragon	Win	PS2, Xbox	X360	GBA, NDS, PSP
	Final Fantasy III	—	—	—	NDS
	Gitaroo Man Lives!	—	—	—	PSP
	Gunpey	—	—	—	PSP
	Heroes of Might and Magic V: Hammers of Fate	Win	—	—	—
	Left Behind: Eternal Forces	Win	—	—	—
	Rampage: Total Destruction	—	—	Wii	—
	Sonic the Hedgehog	—	—	X360	—
	Tomb Raider: Legend	—	GCN	—	GBA, NDS
	Xiaolin Showdown	—	PS2	—	PSP
	Warhammer: Mark of Chaos	Win	—	—	—
	WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2007	—	PS2	X360	—
November 15	Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom	—	—	PS3	—
	Xiaolin Showdown	—	Xbox	—	—
November 16	Sega Genesis Collection	—	—	PS3	PSP
	Sonic Rivals	—	—	—	PSP
	The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy	—	—	Wii	—
November 17	Blast Factor	—	—	PSN	—
	Brain Boost: Gamma Wave	—	—	—	NDS
	Call of Duty 3	—	—	PS3	—
	Cash Guns Chaos DLX	—	—	PS3	—
	Genji: Days of the Blade	—	—	PS3	—
	Marvel: Ultimate Alliance	—	—	PS3	—
	Resistance: Fall of Man	—	—	PS3	—
	Ridge Racer 7	—	—	PS3	—
	Tony Hawk's Project 8	—	—	PS3	—
	Totally Spies! 2: Undercover	—	—	—	GBA
November 19	Avatar: The Last Airbender	—	—	Wii	—
	Barnyard	—	—	Wii	—
	Call of Duty 3 (America)	—	—	Wii	—
	Excite Truck (America)	—	—	Wii	—
	Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (America)	—	—	Wii	—
	PocketBike Racer	—	Xbox	X360	—
	Rayman Raving Rabbids (America)	—	—	Wii	—
	Red Steel (America)	—	—	Wii	—
	Sneak King	—	Xbox	X360	—
	Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz (America)	—	—	Wii	—
	The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (America)	—	—	Wii	—
	Trauma Center: Second Opinion (America)	—	—	Wii	—
	Wii Sports (America)	—	—	Wii	—
November 20	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas	—	—	X360	—
November 21	The Elder Scrolls IV: Knights of the Nine	Win	—	—	—
	Rapala Tournament Fishing	—	—	X360	—
	Thrillville	—	PS2, Xbox	—	PSP
	Yggdra Union: We'll Never Fight Alone	—	—	—	GBA
November 22	Justice League Heroes	—	—	—	PSP
	Rapala Tournament Fishing	—	—	Wii	—
	Small Arms	—	—	XBLA	—
	Superman Returns	—	PS2, Xbox	X360	NDS
	Tony Hawk's Project 8	—	—	—	PSP
November 27	Totally Spies! 2: Undercover	—	—	—	NDS
November 28	The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II: The Rise of the Witch-king	Win	—	—	—
	Online Chess Kingdoms	—	—	—	PSP
	Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent	—	—	Wii	—
	Xiaolin Showdown	—	—	—	NDS
November 29	Garry's Mod	Win	—	—	—
November 30	Final Fantasy VI Advance (Japan)	—	—	—	GBA
December 4	Cartoon Network Racing	—	PS2	—	NDS
	Kirby: Squeak Squad	—	—	—	NDS
	Mercury Meltdown Remix	—	PS2	—	—
December 5	Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops	—	—	—	PSP
	Star Trek: Legacy	Win	—	—	—
	Fight Night Round 3	—	—	PS3	—
	WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2007	—	—	—	PSP
	Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin	—	—	—	NDS
December 7	Disney's Chicken Little: Ace in Action	Win
	Star Wars: Lethal Alliance	—	—	—	PSP
	Yakuza 2 (Japan)	—	PS2	—	—
December 11	Disney's Chicken Little: Ace in Action	—	—	Wii	—
December 12	Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII	—	—	PS3	—
	Fullmetal Alchemist: Dual Sympathy	—	—	—	NDS
	Elebits	—	—	Wii	—
	Shrek Smash n' Crash Racing	—	—	—	PSP
	Zatch Bell! Mamodo Fury	—	GCN	—	—
December 13	Mashed	—	PS2, Xbox	—	—
	The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess	—	GCN	—	—
December 14	Star Wars: Lethal Alliance	—	—	—	NDS
December 19	Bubble Bobble Evolution	—	—	—	PSP
December 20	3D Ultra Minigolf Adventures	Win	—	—	—
	Novadrome	—	—	XBLA	—
December 21	FlatOut 2 (Steam)	Win	—	—	—
December 27	New Rally-X	—	—	XBLA	—
December 29	Ape Escape: Million Monkeys	—	PS2	—	—

Video game-based film and television releases

Title	Date	Director	Distributor(s)	Franchise	Original game publisher	Ref.
Grandma's Boy	January 6, 2006	Nicholaus Goossen	20th Century Fox	—	—	[64]
Silent Hill	April 21, 2006	Christophe Gans	Alliance Atlantis (Canada) Metropolitan Filmexport (France)	Silent Hill	Konami	[65]
Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea	July 15, 2006	Kunihiko Yuyama	Toho	Pokémon	Game Freak	[66]
Viva Piñata	August 26, 2006	Paul Griffin	4Kids Entertainment	Viva Piñata	Rare	[67]
DOA: Dead or Alive	September 7, 2006	Corey Yuen	Dimension Films	Dead or Alive	Team Ninja	[citation needed]
Dance Revolution	September 16, 2006	Keegan Martin	CBS	Dance Dance Revolution	Konami	[68]
Mega Man Star Force	October 7, 2006	Takao Kato	Xebec	Mega Man	Capcom	[69]
Gekijōban Dōbutsu no Mori	December 16, 2006	Jōji Shimura	Toho	Animal Crossing	Nintendo	[70]

See also

• 2006 in esports
• 2006 in games