2007 in video games

2007 saw many new installments in established video game franchises, such as Madden NFL 08, NBA Live 08, NBA 2K8, Tony Hawk's Proving Ground, WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2008, Super Mario Galaxy, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Halo 3, God of War II, Team Fortress 2, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions, Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, Half-Life 2: Episode Two, and Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga. New intellectual properties included Assassin's Creed, BioShock, Crackdown, Crysis, Mass Effect, Portal, Rock Band, Skate, The Darkness, The Witcher, and Uncharted.

The year has been retrospectively considered one of the best and most influential in video game history due to the release of numerous critically acclaimed, commercially successful and influential titles across all platforms and genres at the time and remarked the birth of new video game franchises. The year's best-selling video game console was the Nintendo DS. The year's most critically acclaimed title was Super Mario Galaxy, which is ranked Metacritic's fifth highest-scoring game of all time. The year's best-selling home video game worldwide was Wii Sports for the Wii, and other critically acclaimed titles such as BioShock, The Orange Box, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and Halo 3.

Major awards

Category/Organization		4th British Academy Games Awards October 23, 2007	25th Golden Joystick Awards October 26, 2007	VGA December 9, 2007	11th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards February 8, 2008		8th Game Developers Choice Awards February 20, 2008
Game of the Year		BioShock	Gears of War	BioShock	Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare		Portal
Downloadable		—			Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords		flOw
Mobile/Handheld	Mobile	—	Final Fantasy	The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass	skate. Mobile		The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
	Handheld		Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories		The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
Innovation		Wii Sports	Nintendo Wii	—	Rock Band		Portal
Artistic Achievement or Graphics[i]	Animation	Ōkami	—	Crysis	Assassin's Creed		BioShock
	Art Direction				BioShock
Audio[i]	Music	Ōkami	—	BioShock			BioShock
	Sound Design	Crackdown		—	BioShock
	Soundtrack	—	Guitar Hero II	Rock Band
Character Performance[i]		—			GLaDOS Portal		—
Game Design		Wii Sports	—		Portal
Narrative		God of War II	—		BioShock
Technical Achievement[i]	Gameplay Engineering	God of War II	—	The Orange Box / Portal	Portal		Crysis
	Visual Engineering				Crysis
Multiplayer/Online[i]		Wii Sports	World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade	Halo 3	Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare		—
Action/Adventure	Action/Shooter	Crackdown	—	Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
	Adventure			Super Mario Galaxy
Casual/Family or Rhythm		Wii Sports		Rock Band
Role-Playing	RPG	—		Mass Effect	Mass Effect
	MMORPG				World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade
Sports	Individual	Wii Sports	—	skate.	skate.
	Team			Madden NFL 08
Racing		—		Colin McRae: Dirt	MotorStorm
Strategy/Simulation		Wii Sports	—		Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
Special Award		Academy Fellowship	—		Hall of Fame	Lifetime Achievement Award	Lifetime Achievement Award
		Will Wright			Michael Morhaime	Ken Kutaragi	Sid Meier

1. Certain award presentations combine these categories.

Events

Month	Date(s)	Event
March	14	Microsoft announces Games for Windows – Live, a version of Xbox Live for the Windows platform. The service launched on May 8.[1]
	19	Justin.tv, a website designed specially for streaming videogames, is launched.
	27	Microsoft announced the Xbox 360 Elite. The revision comes with a bigger hard drive and the ability to output HDMI.[2]
April	11	Sony announces that they are discontinuing the 20 GB PlayStation 3 SKU, one of two SKUs available at the systems launch, leaving only the 60 GB SKU available for consumer purchase.[3]
June	27	Nintendo announces WiiWare, a service similar to Xbox Live Arcade, that allows developers to release original downloadable games for the Wii. Previously the only downloadable games available on the Wii had been limited to its Virtual Console service.[4]
July	5	After an outpouring of complaints over faulty Xbox 360 hardware, Microsoft announces an extension for the Xbox 360's warranty that applies retroactively to all consumers who have purchased the console since launch.[5]
	11–13	The 11th E3 is held in Santa Monica, California, United States.[6]
August	29	Nokia reveals plans to revive its failing N-Gage brand in November; however, this time the line will not be a console, but rather a service players can download onto Nokia phones and PCs.[7]
September	26	Activision buys Bizarre Creations, developer of the Project Gotham Racing series.[8]
October	5	Bungie announces its split with Microsoft to become an independent studio.[9]
	11	Electronic Arts (EA) announces plans to buy VG Holding Corp., which owns both Pandemic Studios and BioWare, effectively making both companies subsidiaries.[10]
November	6	EA closes down its EA Chicago studios.[11]
December	9	The 2007 Spike Video Game Awards are held.[12]

Hardware and software sales

See also: List of million-selling game consoles and List of best-selling video games

Worldwide

The following are the best-selling games of 2007 in terms of worldwide retail sales.

Rank	Title	Sales	Platform(s)	Publisher(s)	Genre	Ref
1	Wii Sports	15,246,786	Wii	Nintendo	Sports	[a]
2	Pokémon Diamond / Pearl	9,867,185	Nintendo DS	Nintendo, Pokémon Company	RPG	[b]
3	Halo 3	8,100,000	X360	Microsoft Game Studios	FPS	[16]
4	Wii Play	7,316,815	Wii	Nintendo	Party	[c]
5	Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare	7,000,000	PS3 / X360 / PC	Activision	FPS	[19]
6	FIFA 08	6,550,000	Multi-platform	EA Sports	Sports	[20]
7	Pro Evolution Soccer 2008	6,370,000	Multi-platform	Konami	Sports	[20]
8	Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day!	6,091,362	Nintendo DS	Nintendo	Edutainment	[d]
9	Super Mario Galaxy	5,190,000	Wii	Nintendo	Platformer	[15]
10	Mario Party 8	4,350,000	Wii	Nintendo	Party	[15]

Europe

• Based on estimates from Electronic Arts:

Video game console sales of 2007 in Europe^[21][22]

Place	Console	Units sold
1	Nintendo DS	8.7 million
2	Wii	4.8 million
3	PlayStation 2	3.8 million
4	PlayStation Portable	3.1 million
5	PlayStation 3	2.8 million
6	Xbox 360	1.9 million

Japan

• Based on figures from Enterbrain:

Video game console sales of 2007 in Japan^{[23][24][25][26]}

Place	Console	Units sold
1	Nintendo DS	7,143,702
2	Wii	3,629,361
3	PSP	3,022,659
4	PlayStation 3	1,206,347
5	PlayStation 2	816,419[27]
6	Xbox 360	257,841

Best-selling video games of 2007 in Japan^[24][28][29]

Place	Title	Console	Units sold
1	Wii Sports	Wii	1,911,520
2	Monster Hunter Portable 2	PSP	1,489,898
3	Wii Play	Wii	1,487,484
4	Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness	NDS	1,256,516
5	Mario Party DS	NDS	1,232,644
6	New Super Mario Bros.	NDS	1,176,939
7	Pokémon Diamond and Pearl	NDS	1,094,389
8	Mario Party 8	Wii	1,053,934
9	Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen	NDS	1,052,827
10	Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day!	NDS	1,033,933

North America

• Based on figures from the NPD Group via IGN;^[30][31] the games' publishers are listed in brackets:

Best-selling video games of 2007 in North America (by platform)

Place	Nintendo DS[32]	PC[33]	PlayStation 2[34]
1	Pokémon Diamond (Nintendo)	World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade (Blizzard Entertainment)	Madden NFL 08 (Electronic Arts)
2	Pokémon Pearl (Nintendo)	The Sims 2: Seasons (Electronic Arts)	God of War II (Sony Computer Entertainment)
3	The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Nintendo)	Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars (Electronic Arts)	Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (RedOctane)
4	Diddy Kong Racing (Nintendo)	The Sims 2: Bon Voyage (Electronic Arts)	Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s (RedOctane)
5	Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day! (Nintendo)	Supreme Commander (THQ)	MLB 07: The Show (Sony Computer Entertainment)
6	Spectrobes (Disney Interactive)	The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar (Midway)	Spider-Man 3 (Activision)
7	High School Musical: Makin' the Cut! (Disney Interactive)	The Orange Box (Valve)	NCAA Football 08 (Electronic Arts)
8	MySims (Electronic Arts)	Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)	Transformers: The Game (Activision)
9	Paws and Claws: Pet Vet (THQ)	BioShock (2K Games)	Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (Rockstar Games)
10	Mario Party DS (Nintendo)	The Sims 2: H&M Fashion Stuff (Electronic Arts)	Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 2 (Bandai)

Place	PlayStation 3[35]	PlayStation Portable[36]
1	Madden NFL 08 (Electronic Arts)	MLB 07: The Show (Sony Computer Entertainment)
2	Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)	Madden NFL 08 (Electronic Arts)
3	Assassin's Creed (Ubisoft)	Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters (Sony Computer Entertainment)
4	MotorStorm (Sony Computer Entertainment)	Transformers: The Game (Activision)
5	Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (RedOctane)	Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions (Square Enix)
6	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas (Ubisoft)	300: March to Glory (Warner Bros. Interactive)
7	NCAA Football 08 (Electronic Arts)	Call of Duty: Roads to Victory (Activision)
8	Heavenly Sword (Sony Computer Entertainment)	Major League Baseball 2K7 (2K Games)
9	Ninja Gaiden Sigma (Tecmo)	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas (Ubisoft)
10	The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks)	Ghost Rider (2K Games)

Place	Wii[37]	Xbox 360[31]
1	Wii Play (Nintendo)	Halo 3 (Microsoft)
2	Mario Party 8 (Nintendo)	Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
3	Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo)	Guitar Hero II (RedOctane)
4	Super Paper Mario (Nintendo)	Madden NFL 08 (Electronic Arts)
5	Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (RedOctane)	Assassin's Creed (Ubisoft)
6	WarioWare: Smooth Moves (Nintendo)	BioShock (2K Games)
7	Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Nintendo)	Crackdown (Microsoft)
8	Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition (Capcom)	Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (RedOctane)
9	Mario Strikers Charged (Nintendo)	Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 (Ubisoft)
10	Pokémon Battle Revolution (Nintendo)	Lost Planet: Extreme Condition (Capcom)

United Kingdom

• Based on figures from Chart-Track:

Best-selling video games of 2007 in the UK^{[38][39][40][41]}

Place	Title	Publisher	Units sold
1	FIFA 08	Electronic Arts	1,391,435
2	Dr Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old is Your Brain?	Nintendo	1,016,558
3	Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare	Activision	935,044
4	Pro Evolution Soccer 2008	Konami	787,382
5	More Brain Training from Dr Kawashima	Nintendo	760,225
6	Halo 3	Microsoft	735,176
7	The Simpsons Game	Electronic Arts	734,595
8	Wii Play	Nintendo	688,002
9	Assassin's Creed	Ubisoft	670,286
10	WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008	THQ	563,121

Best-selling video games of 2007 in the UK (by platform)^[42]
The games' publishers are listed in brackets:

Place	Nintendo DS	PlayStation 2	PlayStation 3
1	Dr Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old is Your Brain? (Nintendo)	FIFA 08 (Electronic Arts)	Resistance: Fall of Man (Sony Computer Entertainment)
2	More Brain Training from Dr Kawashima (Nintendo)	Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Konami)	MotorStorm (Sony Computer Entertainment)
3	New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)	The Simpsons Game (Electronic Arts)	Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
4	Cooking Mama (505 Games)	Final Fantasy XII (Square Enix)	FIFA 08 (Electronic Arts)
5	Big Brain Academy (Nintendo)	High School Musical: Sing It! (Disney)	Assassin's Creed (Ubisoft)
6	Pokémon Diamond (Nintendo)	WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008 (THQ)	Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Konami)
7	42 All-Time Classics (Nintendo)	Need for Speed: ProStreet (Electronic Arts)	Formula One Championship Edition (Sony Computer Entertainment)
8	Nintendogs: Labrador & Friends (Nintendo)	Spider-Man 3 (Activision)	Need for Speed: ProStreet (Electronic Arts)
9	Sonic Rush (Sega)	Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (Rockstar Games)	Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (Sony Computer Entertainment)
10	Zoo Tycoon DS (THQ)	Transformers: The Game (Activision)	WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008 (THQ)

Place	PlayStation Portable	Wii	Xbox 360
1	Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (Rockstar Games)	Wii Play (Nintendo)	Halo 3 (Microsoft)
2	FIFA 08 (Electronic Arts)	Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega)	Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
3	Sega Mega Drive Collection (Sega)	Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree (Nintendo)	Assassin's Creed (Ubisoft)
4	Pro Evolution Soccer 6 (Konami)	Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo)	Forza Motorsport 2 (Microsoft)
5	Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (Rockstar Games)	Mario Party 8 (Nintendo)	FIFA 08 (Electronic Arts)
6	Sonic Rivals (Sega)	WarioWare: Smooth Moves (Nintendo)	Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Konami)
7	The Simpsons Game (Electronic Arts)	The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo)	Crackdown (Microsoft)
8	FIFA 07 (Electronic Arts)	Mario Strikers Charged Football (Nintendo)	Gears of War (Microsoft)
9	Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition (Rockstar Games)	Sonic and the Secret Rings (Sega)	Lost Planet: Extreme Condition (Capcom)
10	Need for Speed: Carbon (Electronic Arts)	Resident Evil 4 (Capcom)	BioShock (2K Games)

United States

• Based on figures from the NPD Group:

Video game console sales of 2007 in the US^[43][44][45]

Place	Console	Units sold
1	Nintendo DS	8.50 million
2	Wii	6.29 million
3	Xbox 360	4.62 million
4	PlayStation 2	3.97 million
5	PSP	3.82 million
6	PlayStation 3	2.56 million

Best-selling video games of 2007 in the US^[44][45][46]

Place	Title	Console	Units sold
1	Halo 3	X360	4.82 million
2	Wii Play	Wii	4.12 million
3	Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare	X360	3.04 million
4	Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock with guitar	PS2	2.72 million
5	Super Mario Galaxy	Wii	2.52 million
6	Pokémon Diamond	NDS	2.48 million
7	Madden NFL 08	PS2	1.90 million
8	Guitar Hero II with guitar	PS2	1.89 million
9	Assassin's Creed	X360	1.87 million
10	Mario Party 8	Wii	1.82 million

Best-selling video games of all time in the US (as of September 25, 2007)^[47]

Note: This list only includes games that were released after NPD started tracking video game sales data in 1995.

Place	Title	Units sold
1	Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas	8.6 million
2	Madden NFL 07	7.4 million
3	Grand Theft Auto: Vice City	6.8 million
4	Madden NFL 06	6.5 million
5	Halo 2	6.3 million
6	Namco Museum	6.2 million
7	Super Mario 64	6.0 million
8	Madden NFL 2005	5.9 million
9	Grand Theft Auto III	5.7 million
10	Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2	5.3 million

Critically acclaimed titles

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

2007 games and expansions scoring at least 88/100 (MC) or 87.5% (GR)^[48][49]

Game	Publisher	Release Date	Platform	MC score	GR score
Super Mario Galaxy	Nintendo	November 1, 2007	Wii	97/100	97.64%
The Orange Box	Valve	October 10, 2007	Xbox 360	96/100	96.36%
The Orange Box	Valve	October 10, 2007	Microsoft Windows	96/100	95.88%
BioShock	2K Games	August 21, 2007	Xbox 360	96/100	95.07%
BioShock	2K Games	August 21, 2007	Microsoft Windows	96/100	94.58%
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare	Activision	November 5, 2007	Xbox 360	94/100	94.16%
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare	Activision	November 5, 2007	PlayStation 3	94/100	93.54%
Halo 3	Microsoft Game Studios	September 25, 2007	Xbox 360	94/100	93.53%
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion	Bethesda Softworks	March 20, 2007	PlayStation 3	93/100	92.98%
God of War II	Sony Computer Entertainment	March 13, 2007	PlayStation 2	93/100	92.68%
Galactic Civilizations II: Dark Avatar	Stardock	February 8, 2007	Microsoft Windows	91/100	92.61%
Team Fortress 2	Valve	October 10, 2007	Microsoft Windows	92/100	92.6%
Guitar Hero II	Activision	April 3, 2007	Xbox 360	92/100	92.3%
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare	Activision	November 5, 2007	Microsoft Windows	92/100	92.29%
Rock Band	MTV Games	November 20, 2007	Xbox 360	92/100	91.97%
Rock Band	MTV Games	November 20, 2007	PlayStation 3	92/100	91.23%
Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition	Capcom	May 31, 2007	Wii	91/100	91.59%
World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade	Blizzard Entertainment	January 16, 2007	Microsoft Windows	91/100	91.48%
Mass Effect	Microsoft Game Studios	November 20, 2007	Xbox 360	91/100	91.24%
Crysis	Electronic Arts	November 13, 2007	Microsoft Windows	91/100	90.23%
Half-Life 2: Episode Two	Valve	October 10, 2007	Microsoft Windows	90/100	90.68%
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption	Nintendo	August 27, 2007	Wii	90/100	90.23%
Forza Motorsport 2	Microsoft Game Studios	May 29, 2007	Xbox 360	90/100	89.98%
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass	Nintendo	June 23, 2007	Nintendo DS	90/100	88.82%
Portal	Valve	October 10, 2007	Microsoft Windows	90/100	88.81%
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune	Sony Computer Entertainment	November 20, 2007	PlayStation 3	88/100	89.67%
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night	Konami	March 21, 2007	Xbox 360	89/100	89.58%
Virtua Fighter 5 Online	Sega	October 26, 2007	Xbox 360	89/100	89.37%
World in Conflict	Vivendi Games	September 18, 2007	Microsoft Windows	89/100	89.16%
The Orange Box	Valve	December 11, 2007	PlayStation 3	89/100	88.97%
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction	Sony Computer Entertainment	October 23, 2007	PlayStation 3	89/100	88.74%
Persona 3 FES	Atlus	April 19, 2007	PlayStation 2	89/100[50]	87.8%[51]
Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions	Square Enix	May 10, 2007	PlayStation Portable	88/100	88.26%
Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords	D3 Publisher	October 10, 2007	Xbox 360	87/100	88.14%
Sam & Max Save the World	Telltale Games	August 7, 2007	Microsoft Windows	N/A	88.06%
The World Ends with You	Square Enix	July 27, 2007	Nintendo DS	88/100[50]	87.99%[51]
Ninja Gaiden Sigma	Tecmo	June 14, 2007	PlayStation 3	88/100	86.72%
The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles	Bethesda Softworks	October 16, 2007	Xbox 360	86/100	87.62%
Hitman Trilogy	IO Interactive	June 19, 2007	PlayStation 2	—	87.56%

Business

Month	Date(s)	Event
July	11–13	E3 Media & Business Summit at several hotels and the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California, United States.[52]
August	23–26	The Leipzig Games Developers Convention in Leipzig, Germany.
	24–26	Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center in Seattle, Washington, United States.
September	20–23	Tokyo Game Show at the Makuhari Messe International Convention complex in Mihama-ku, Chiba, Japan.
	28–30	Digital Life at New York's Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York, New York, United States.
October	18–20	E for All Expo at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California, United States.
November	2–4	Videogames Expo (VGXPO) at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
	27–28	Montreal Games Summit at the Palais de Congress international convention.

Hardware releases

Month	Day	System
February	11	Net Jet[53]
August	30	PlayStation Portable PSP-2000HK

Game 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

Release Date	Title	Systems
January 2	Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol	PS2
	Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Spirit Caller	NDS
January 4	GripShift	PSN
January 9	Arthur and the Invisibles	GBA, NDS, PS2, PSP, Win
	The Shield	PS2
January 12	Lost Planet: Extreme Condition	X360, PS3, Win
January 15	WarioWare: Smooth Moves	Wii
January 16	Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney − Justice for All	NDS
	World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade	Mac, Win
January 17	NCAA March Madness 07	PS2, X360
January 22	Hotel Dusk: Room 215	NDS
	The Shield	Win
January 23	Inuyasha: Secret of the Divine Jewel	NDS
	The Legend of Heroes III: Song of the Ocean	PSP
January 30	Rogue Galaxy	PS2
	Battlestations: Midway	X360, Win
	Sonic the Hedgehog	PS3
January 26	Europa Universalis III	Win
February 5	Diddy Kong Racing DS	NDS
	Final Fantasy VI Advance	GBA
February 6	Ar tonelico: Melody of Elemia	PS2
	Capcom Puzzle World	PSP
	Lunar Knights	NDS
	Micro Machines V4	NDS
	MVP 07: NCAA Baseball	PS2
	Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 2007	PS3, X360
	The Sims Life Stories	Win
February 12	Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure	PSP
	Wii Play	Wii
	The Warriors	PSP
February 13	Chulip	PS2
	Ghost Rider	GBA, PS2, PSP
	Disney's Kim Possible: Global Gemini	NDS, PS2, PS3, Wii, X360
	Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters	PSP
February 14	Paperboy	XBLA
February 15	Myst Online: Uru Live	Win
February 19	Monster Kingdom: Jewel Summoner	PSP
	NBA Street Homecourt	X360
February 20	M.A.C.H.	PSP
	Maelstrom	Win
	Metal Slug Anthology	PSP
	Supreme Commander	Win
	Crackdown	X360
	Sonic and the Secret Rings	Wii
	Virtua Fighter 5	PS3
February 26	Jade Empire	Win
February 27	300: March to Glory	PSP
	Peggle	Win
	Bullet Witch	X360
	Dance Dance Revolution Universe	X360
	Earthquake in Zipland	Win
	Marvel Trading Card Game	PSP
	SSX Blur	Wii
February 28	Alien Hominid	XBLA
March 1	Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection	PS3
March 5	Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories	PS2
	Wario: Master of Disguise	NDS
March 6	Burnout Dominator	PS2, PSP
	Def Jam: Icon	PS3, X360
	MotorStorm	PS3
	NBA Street Homecourt	PS3
	Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2	X360
	Uno Free Fall	GBA
March 9	Silverfall[54]	Win
March 11	El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera	PS2 PS3, Wii, X360
	Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters	PS2
March 13	Call of Duty: Roads to Victory	PSP
	God of War II	PS2
	Knights and Merchants: The Shattered Kingdom	Lin
	Spectrobes	NDS
March 14	Formula One Championship Edition	PS3
March 15	Drake and Josh	GBA
March 19	Custom Robo Arena	NDS
March 20	Silent Hunter 4: Wolves of the Pacific	Win
	Armored Core 4	PS3, X360
	Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII	Wii
	Cooking Mama: Cook Off	Wii
	After Burner: Black Falcon	PSP
	Earth Defense Force 2017	X360
	Kororinpa: Marble Mania	Wii
	Lost in Blue 2	NDS
	Rocky Balboa	PSP
	Theme Park	NDS
	UEFA Champions League 2006–2007	PS2, PSP, Wii, X360
	Virtua Tennis 3	PS3, X360
March 21	Dragon Ball Z: Harukanaru Densetsu	NDS
	Test Drive Unlimited	PSP
	The Godfather: The Don's Edition	PS3
March 23	S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl	Win
	Wing Island	Wii
March 26	Medal of Honor: Vanguard	PS2, Wii
	Virtua Tennis 3	PSP
March 27	The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles	X360, Win
	Honeycomb Beat	NDS
	Konami Classics Series: Arcade Hits	NDS
	Disney's Meet the Robinsons	Win, PS2, GBA, NDS, Wii, X360, GCN
	Metal Slug Anthology	PS2
	Purr Pals	NDS, Wii
March 28	Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars	Win
	Jetpac Refuelled	XBLA
March 30	Penumbra: Overture	Win
	Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent	PS3
April 3	Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales	NDS
	Guitar Hero II	X360
	Pimp My Ride	PSP
	Prince of Persia: Rival Swords	PSP, Wii
	SingStar Pop	PS2
	Enchanted Arms	PS3
April 9	Super Paper Mario	Wii
April 17	Bust-A-Move Bash!	Wii
April 18	3D Ultra Minigolf Adventures	XBLA
April 19	Super Rub 'a' Dub	PS3
April 22	Pokémon Diamond and Pearl (North America)	NDS
April 23	Made Man	PS2
April 24	Aedis Eclipse: Generation of Chaos	PSP
	Bionicle Heroes	Wii
	SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters DS	NDS
	The Fast and the Furious	PSP
	The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar	Win
April 25	Eets: Chowdown	XBLA
May 1	Heatseeker	PS2, Wii
	Legend of the Dragon	PS2, Wii
May 8	Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars	X360
	Driver 76	PSP
	Heatseeker	PSP
	Infernal	Win
May 10	Calling All Cars!	PSN
May 15	Innocent Life: A Futuristic Harvest Moon	PSP
	Resident Evil 4	Win
	Touch the Dead	NDS
	MLB 07: The Show	PS2, PS3, PSP
	Etrian Odyssey	NDS
May 16	Aegis Wing	XBLA
	Soltrio Solitaire	XBLA
	Sudokuro	NDS
	Taito Legends 2	PS2
May 17	Taito Legends Power-Up	PSP
May 22	Odin Sphere	PS2
	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	GCN, NDS, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Win, X360
	Dawn of Mana	PS2
	Death, Jr. and the Science Fair of Doom	NDS
	Marvel Trading Card Game	NDS
May 23	Xevious	XBLA
May 25	Alpha Prime	Win
	Penumbra: Overture	Lin
May 29	Atelier Iris 3: Grand Phantasm	PS2
	Crush	PSP
	Forza Motorsport 2	X360
	Legend of the Dragon	PSP
	Mario Party 8	Wii
	Mortal Kombat: Armageddon	Wii
	Shadowrun	X360, Win
	Tank Beat	NDS
	WarTech: Senko no Ronde	X360
May 30	Surf's Up	GBA, NDS, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, X360
May 31	Halo 2 for Windows Vista	Win
June 1	Surf's Up	GCN, Win
June 4	Planet Puzzle League	NDS
June 5	Tomb Raider: Anniversary	PS2, Win
June 7	Ballistics	Lin
	Call of Juarez	X360
	Nancy Drew: The White Wolf of Icicle Creek	Win
June 8	Marvel Trading Card Game	Win
June 11	Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree	Wii
June 12	Scarface: The World Is Yours	Wii
	Dream Chronicles	Win
	Tenchu Z	X360
	Time Ace	NDS
June 13	Prince of Persia Classic	XBLA
June 18	PQ2: Practical Intelligence Quotient 2	PSP
June 19	B-17: Fortress in the Sky	NDS
	Dirt	X360, Win
	Dungeon Maker: Hunting Ground	PSP
	SimCity DS	NDS
	Raw Danger!	PS2
	Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition	Wii
	Brothers in Arms DS	NDS
	Transformers Autobots	NDS
June 25	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	Win, PS2, PS3, X360, PSP, NDS, Wii, GBA, Mac
	Hoshigami Remix	NDS
	Hour of Victory	X360
	Pokémon Battle Revolution	Wii
	The Adventures of Darwin	PS2
	The Darkness	PS3, X360
June 26	Final Fantasy Anniversary Edition	PSP
	Overlord	X360, Win
	GrimGrimoire	PS2
	Nervous Brickdown	NDS
	Ratatouille	Wii, X360, PS2, Xbox, NDS, GCN, GBA, PSP, Win, Mac
	Switchball	Win
	Zendoku	NDS
June 27	Carcassonne	XBLA
June 28	Super Stardust HD	PSN
June 30	Rafa Nadal Tennis	NDS
July 1	Smash Court Tennis 3	PSP
July 3	Ninja Gaiden Sigma	PS3
	Vampire Rain	X360
July 7	The Adventures of Cookie & Cream	NDS
July 10	Project Sylpheed	X360
	Riviera: The Promised Land	PSP
July 11	Sonic the Hedgehog	XBLA
July 17	NCAA Football 08	PS2, PS3, Xbox, X360
	PaRappa the Rapper	PSP
	Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology	PSP
July 18	Bomberman Live	XBLA
	Deal or No Deal	GBA
July 23	Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword	Win
	Deal or No Deal	NDS
	NASCAR 08	PS2, PS3, X360
July 24	Dynasty Warriors DS: Fighter's Battle	NDS
	Final Fantasy II	PSP
July 25	Escape from Bug Island	Wii
	Wing Commander Arena	XBLA
July 27	The World Ends with You	NDS
July 30	Drake & Josh: Talent Showdown	NDS, PS2, PS3, Wii, X360
	Mario Strikers Charged	Wii
	Picross DS	NDS
July 31	Harvest Moon: Boy & Girl	PSP
August 6	Chameleon: To Dye For!	NDS
August 7	Crazy Taxi: Fare Wars	PSP
	Mega Man Star Force	NDS
August 9	Piyotama	PS3, PSP
	Tomb Raider: Anniversary	PSP
August 14	Billy the Wizard: Rocket Broomstick Racing	Wii
	Heroes of Mana	NDS
	Madden NFL 08	GCN, NDS, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox, X360, Win
	Luminous Arc	NDS
	Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon	NDS
	Persona 3	PS2
August 15	Sam & Max Season One	Win
August 20	Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day!	NDS
August 21	BioShock	X360, Win
	Dragoneer's Aria	PSP
	The Settlers II	NDS
August 22	Street Trace NYC	XBLA
August 24	Thomas & Friends: A Day at the Races/Day of the Races	PS2
August 27	Carnival Games	NDS, Wii
	Metroid Prime 3: Corruption	Wii
	NHRA: Countdown to the Championship	PSP
August 28	Blue Dragon	X360
	Dead Head Fred	PSP
	Dynasty Warriors: Gundam	PS2, PS3, X360
	Medieval II: Total War: Kingdoms	Win
	Warhawk	PS3
	Wild Arms 5	PS2
August 29	Monster Hunter Freedom 2	PSP
August 31	Guild Wars: Eye of the North	Win
	Lair	PS3
September 4	Medal of Honor: Airborne	PS3, X360, Win
	The Sims 2: Bon Voyage	Win
September 7	Stranglehold	X360
September 9	Balls of Fury	NDS
September 10	DK Jungle Climber	NDS
	Drawn to Life	NDS
September 11	Dirt	PS3
	Fatal Inertia	X360
	Jam Sessions	NDS
	NHL 08	PS2, PS3, X360, Win, Wii
	Zoey 101: Field Trip Fiasco	NDS, PS2, PS3, Wii, X360
September 12	Heavenly Sword	PS3
September 13	PixelJunk Racers	PSN
	Skate	PS3, X360
September 16	Osu!	Win, Mac
September 17	7 Wonders of the Ancient World	NDS
	Eternal Sonata	X360
	Stuntman: Ignition	PS2, PS3, X360
September 18	Coded Arms: Contagion	PSP
	Digimon World Dawn	NDS
	Digimon World Dusk	NDS
	Sonic Rush Adventure	NDS
	Dewy's Adventure	Wii
	World in Conflict	Win
	MySims	NDS, Wii
	Warriors Orochi	PS2
September 19	Geon: Emotions	XBLA
September 20	LocoRoco Cocoreccho	PSN
September 24	Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts	Win
	Jackass: The Game	NDS
September 25	Balls of Fury	Wii, PS3, X360
	CSI: 3 Dimensions of Murder	PS2
	Dragon Blade: Wrath of Fire	Wii
	Halo 3	X360
	Hot Wheels: Beat That!	PS2
	The Settlers: Rise of an Empire	Win
	Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party	PS3, Wii, X360
	Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova 2	PS2
	Race Driver: Create & Race	NDS
	Soul Nomad & the World Eaters	PlayStation 2
September 26	Hot Wheels: Beat That!	X360
September 27	Jackass: The Game	PSP
	Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer	Win
September 30	Hot Wheels: Beat That!	Wii
October 1	The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass	NDS
October 2	Chibi-Robo!: Park Patrol	NDS
	Project Gotham Racing 4	X360
	Enemy Territory: Quake Wars	Win
	Geometry Wars: Waves	XBLA
	Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow	PSP
	The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night	PS2, GBA, NDS
	Backyard Hockey	NDS
October 3	Ninjabread Man	Wii
	Tetris Splash	XBLA
October 4	Crash of the Titans	PSP, PS2, Xbox 360, GBA, NDS
	Feel Ski	PSN
October 7	Nancy Drew: Legend of the Crystal Skull	Win
October 8	MinDStorm	NDS
October 9	Folklore	PS3
	Looney Tunes: Acme Arsenal	PS2, Wii, X360
	Looney Tunes: Duck Amuck	NDS
	Bleach: Shattered Blade	Wii
	Bleach: The Blade of Fate	NDS
	Mountain Bike Adrenaline	PS2
	Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions	PSP
	FIFA Soccer 08	GBA, NDS, PS2, PS3, Wii, X360, Win
	Sega Rally Revo	PS3, PSP, X360
	Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron	PSP
	The Cheetah Girls: Pop Star Sensations	NDS
	Thrillville: Off The Rails	NDS, PS2, PSP, Wii, Win, X360
	Touch Detective 2 ½	NDS
October 10	Half-Life 2	X360
	Half-Life 2: Episode One	X360
	Half-Life 2: Episode Two	X360, Win
	Portal	X360, Win
	Team Fortress 2	X360, Win
	The Orange Box	X360, Win
	Yaris	XBLA
October 11	Everyday Shooter	PS3
October 15	Flash Focus: Vision Training in Minutes a Day	NDS
	The Aly & AJ Adventure	NDS
October 16	Tony Hawk's Proving Ground	NDS, PS2, PS3, Wii, X360
	Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Burning Earth	GBA, GCN, NDS, PS2, Wii, Xbox
	Beautiful Katamari	X360
	Clive Barker's Jericho	PS3, X360, Win
	Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure	Wii
	Front Mission	NDS
	Mercury Meltdown Revolution	Wii
	Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation	X360
	Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Acceleration	Win
	Painkiller: Overdose	Win
	Spider-Man 3	PSP
	Victorious Boxers: Revolution	Wii
October 17	Every Extend Extra Extreme	XBLA
	Zoo Tycoon 2: Extinct Animals	PC
October 18	The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night	Wii
October 19	Enemy Territory: Quake Wars	Lin
	Hard to Be a God	Win
	Hired Guns: The Jagged Edge[55]	Win
October 22	Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights	PS3
	The Sims 2: Castaway	NDS, PS2, PSP, Wii
October 23	Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties	Win
	Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles	PSP
	Ratatouille	PS3
	Ed, Edd n Eddy: Scam of the Century	NDS
	Pac 'n Roll	Wii
	Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney − Trials and Tribulations	NDS
	Power Rangers: Super Legends	NDS
	Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction	PS3
	Tomb Raider: Anniversary	X360
	Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots	PS2, Wii, NDS, GBA
	SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis	PS2, NDS, GBA
	Mega Man ZX Advent	NDS
	Conan	X360, PS3
October 24	Exit	XBLA
	Hellgate: London	PC
	The Eye of Judgment	PS3
October 25	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	NDS, PS2, Wii
October 26	Tomb Raider: Anniversary (Europe)	X360, PSP
October 28	Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock	PS2, PS3, Wii, X360, Mac, Win
October 29	Battalion Wars 2	Wii
	Cars Mater-National Championship	Wii, PS3, X360, PS2, NDS, GBA
	El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera	NDS
	Ratatouille: Food Frenzy	NDS
	John Woo Presents Stranglehold	PS3
October 30	Avencast: Rise of the Mage	Win
	Bee Movie Game	NDS, PS2, Wii, Win, X360
	Ben 10: Protector of Earth	NDS, PS2, PSP, Wii
	The Simpsons Game	GCN, NDS, PS2, PS3, Wii, X360
	Napoleon Dynamite: The Game	NDS, PSP
	Naruto: Rise of a Ninja	X360
	Hellgate: London	Win
	Hooked! Real Motion Fishing	Wii
	Manhunt 2	PS2, PSP, Wii
	The Witcher	Win
	TimeShift	Win, X360
	Virtua Fighter 5	X360
	Viva Piñata: Party Animals	X360
October 31	Pirates of the Caribbean Online[56][57]	Win
November 2	Tabula Rasa	Win
	Tomb Raider: Anniversary (Australia)	X360, PSP
November 5	Aqua Teen Hunger Force Zombie Ninja Pro-Am	PS2
	Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare	NDS, PS3, X360, Win
	Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn	Wii
	Shrek: Ogres and Dronkeys	NDS
	The Simpsons Game	PSP
November 6	Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War	PS3, X360
	F.E.A.R. Files	X360
	F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate[58]	Win
	Gears of War	Windows
	Hannah Montana: Spotlight World Tour	Wii
	Hot Wheels: Beat That!	NDS
	Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games	Wii
	Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga	X360, PS3, Wii, NDS
	LifeSigns: Surgical Unit	NDS
	Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker	NDS
	Ontamarama	NDS
	Power Rangers: Super Legends	PS2, Win
	Silent Hill: Origins	PSP
	SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Tactical Strike	PSP
November 7	Dr. Seuss: How The Grinch Stole Christmas!	NDS
	Switchball	XBLA
November 9	Empire Earth III	Win
	Cooking Mama 2: Dinner with Friends	NDS
November 12	Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Burning Earth	X360
	Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: Imagination Invaders	NDS, PS2, Wii
	SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis	Wii
	Super Mario Galaxy	Wii
	Ultimate Mortal Kombat	NDS
November 13	Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem	PSP
	Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 3
	Beowulf: The Game	PS3, Win, X360
	Enchanted	NDS
	Jenga World Tour	NDS
	Kane & Lynch: Dead Men	PS3, Win, X360
	Medal of Honor: Heroes 2	Wii
	Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops Plus	PSP
	Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles	Wii
	Smarty Pants	Wii
	Contra 4	NDS
	Sonic Rivals 2	PSP
	Tomb Raider: Anniversary	Wii
WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008	NDS, GBA, GCN, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox, X360
November 14	Need for Speed: ProStreet	Wii, PS2, PS3, PSP, X360, Xbox, Win
	Shrek n' Roll	X360
	Soldier of Fortune: Payback	PS3, X360, Win
	Thrillville: Off the Rails	PS3
November 15	Crysis	Win
	Orcs & Elves	NDS
	Rayman Raving Rabbids 2	Wii, NDS
November 16	SimCity Societies	Win
	Assassin's Creed	PS3, X360, Win
	Code Lyoko: Quest for Infinity	Wii
	Hot Wheels: Beat That!	Win
	Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga	Wii, NDS
November 19	Link's Crossbow Training	Wii
	Mario Party DS	NDS
	Sega Rally Revo	Win
	Uncharted: Drake's Fortune	PS3
	Unreal Tournament 3	Win
November 20	7 Wonders of the Ancient World	PS2
	Aqua Vita	PS3
	CSI: Dark Motives	NDS
	Mass Effect	X360
	Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings	NDS
	Godzilla: Unleashed	PS2
	Godzilla Unleashed: Double Smash	NDS
	Phantasy Star Universe: Ambition of the Illuminis	PS2, Win, X360
	Rock Band	PS3, X360
	Soulcalibur Legends	Wii
	Star Trek: Conquest	GCN, PS2, Wii, Win
	Operation Creature Feature	PSN
	Time Crisis 4	PS3
	Trauma Center: New Blood	Wii
November 21	Undertow	XBLA
November 23	Geometry Wars: Galaxies	NDS
November 26	Master of Illusion	NDS
November 27	Boogie	NDS
	Cruis'n	Wii
	Geometry Wars: Galaxies	Wii
	Speedball 2 Tournament	Win
November 30	Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords	Wii
December 1	Tomb Raider: Anniversary	Mob
December 3	18 Wheels of Steel: American Long Haul	Win
December 4	Alvin and the Chipmunks	NDS, PS2, Wii, Win
	Beowulf: The Game	PSP
	Draglade	NDS
	Psychonauts	XBLA
December 5	Godzilla: Unleashed	Wii
December 6	High Velocity Bowling	PlayStation 3
	Lost Odyssey	X360
December 7	Jenga World Tour	Wii
December 11	Half-Life 2	PS3
	Half-Life 2: Episode One	PS3
	Half-Life 2: Episode Two	PS3
	NeoGeo Battle Coliseum	PS2
	Portal	PS3
	Super Swing Golf: Season 2	Wii
	Team Fortress 2	PS3
	The Orange Box	PS3
	Winter Sports: The Ultimate Challenge	PS2, Wii, Win
December 12	Arkadian Warriors	Win, XBLA
	Universe at War: Earth Assault	Win
December 18	Indianapolis 500 Legends	NDS, Wii
	Nights: Journey of Dreams	Wii
	Sonic the Hedgehog	iOS
December 19	Elements of Destruction	NDS
December 26	SpongeBob SquarePants: Underpants Slam	XBLA

Video game-based film and television releases

Title	Date	Director	Distributor(s)	Franchise	Original game publisher	Ref.
Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade	January 22, 2007	Lincoln Ruchti	—	—	—	[59]
Blue Dragon	April 7, 2007	Yukihiro Matsushita	Pierrot	Blue Dragon	Xbox Game Studios	[60]
Devil May Cry: The Animated Series	June 14, 2007	Shin Itagaki	Madhouse, Inc.	Devil May Cry	Capcom	[61]
The Rise of Darkrai	July 14, 2007	Kunihiko Yuyama	Toho	Pokémon	Game Freak	[62]
The King of Kong	August 17, 2007	Seth Gordon	Picturehouse	—	—	[citation needed]
Tak and the Power of Juju	August 31, 2007	Nick Jennings	Nickelodeon	Tak and the Power of Juju	THQ	[63]
Resident Evil: Extinction	September 21, 2007	Russell Mulcahy	Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group	Resident Evil	Capcom	[64]
Press Start	September 25, 2007	Ed Glaser	Dark Maze Studios	—	—	[citation needed]
Ben X	September 26, 2007	Nic Balthazar	MMG Film	—	—	[65]
Hitman	November 21, 2007	Xavier Gens	20th Century Studios	Hitman	IO Interactive	[66]

See also

• 2007 in esports
• 2007 in games

Notes

1. Wii Sports sales:

   • 2006 – 2,603,214
     • Japan – 553,214^[13]
     • Overseas – 2.05 million^[14]
   • 2006–2007 – 17.85 million^[15]
2. Pokémon Diamond and Pearl sales:

   • 2006 – 4,302,815^[13]
   • 2006–2007 – 14.17 million^[15]
3. Wii Play sales in 2007:

   • January–March (Japan) – 706,815^[17][18]
   • April–December – 6.61 million^[15]
4. Brain Age 2 (Motto No wo Kitaeru Otona no DS Training) sales in 2007:

   • January–March – 551,362^[17][13]
   • April–December – 5.54 million^[15]