2010 in video games

Numerous video games were released in 2010. Many awards went to games such as Red Dead Redemption, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Mass Effect 2, God of War III and Super Mario Galaxy 2. Kinect from Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox 360 was also released this year.

Major awards

Category/Organization		28th Golden Joystick Awards October 29, 2010	VGA December 11, 2010		14th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards February 11, 2011			11th Game Developers Choice Awards March 2, 2011	7th British Academy Games Awards March 16, 2011
Game of the Year		Mass Effect 2	Red Dead Redemption		Mass Effect 2			Red Dead Redemption	Mass Effect 2
Independent / Debut[i]		—	Limbo		—			Minecraft	—
Downloadable		Plants vs. Zombies	Costume Quest		—			Minecraft	—
Mobile/Handheld		Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver	God of War: Ghost of Sparta					Cut the Rope
Innovation		—			Heavy Rain			Minecraft	Heavy Rain
Artistic Achievement or Graphics[i]	Animation	—	God of War III		God of War III			Limbo	God of War III
	Art Direction				Red Dead Redemption
Audio[i]	Music	—	Red Dead Redemption		Heavy Rain			Red Dead Redemption	Heavy Rain
	Sound Design		—		Limbo				Battlefield: Bad Company 2
	Soundtrack	Final Fantasy XIII	DJ Hero 2		Rock Band 3				—
Character or Performance[i]	Actor	—	Neil Patrick Harris as Peter Parker/Spider-Man Spider-Man: Shattered Dimension	Sgt. Frank Woods Call of Duty: Black Ops	Rob Wiethoff as John Marston Red Dead Redemption			—
	Actress		Tricia Helfer as Sarah Kerrigan StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
Game Direction or Design		—			Red Dead Redemption				Super Mario Galaxy 2
Narrative		—			Mass Effect 2				Heavy Rain
Technical Achievement[i]	Gameplay Engineering	—			Red Dead Redemption			Red Dead Redemption	—
	Visual Engineering				Heavy Rain
Multiplayer/Online[i]		League of Legends	Halo: Reach		StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty			—	Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
Action/Adventure	Action/Shooter	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2	Call of Duty: Black Ops		Red Dead Redemption			—	Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
	Adventure	Assassin's Creed II	Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood		Limbo
Casual/Family or Rhythm	Casual	—	Rock Band 3		Angry Birds HD			—	Kinect Sports
	Family				Dance Central
Fighting		Street Fighter IV	—		Super Street Fighter IV			—
Role-Playing		Mass Effect 2
Sports	Individual	FIFA 10	Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11		FIFA 11			—	F1 2010
	Team		NBA 2K11
Racing		Forza Motorsport 3	Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit					—
Strategy/Simulation		Plants vs. Zombies	—		StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty			—	Civilization V
Special Award		—	Strongest Heroes of All Time		Hall of Fame	Lifetime Achievement Award	Pioneer Awards	Lifetime Achievement Award	Academy Fellowship
			Master Chief of the Halo series, Samus Aran of the Metroid series, Marcus Fenix of the Gears of War series		Ray Muzyka, Greg Zeschuk	Bing Gordon	Bill Budge	Peter Molyneux

1. Certain award presentations combine these categories.

Critically acclaimed titles

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

2010 games and expansions scoring at least 90/100 (MC) or 90% (GR)^[1][2]

Game	Publisher	Release Date	Platform	MC score	GR score
Super Mario Galaxy 2	Nintendo	May 23, 2010	Wii	97/100	97.35%
Mass Effect 2	Electronic Arts	January 26, 2010	Xbox 360	96/100	95.77%
Red Dead Redemption	Rockstar Games	May 18, 2010	PlayStation 3	95/100	94.66%
Red Dead Redemption	Rockstar Games	May 18, 2010	Xbox 360	95/100	94.12%
Mass Effect 2	Electronic Arts	January 26, 2010	Microsoft Windows	94/100	94.52%
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty	Blizzard Entertainment	July 27, 2010	Microsoft Windows	93/100	92.44%
Rock Band 3	MTV Games	October 26, 2010	Xbox 360	93/100	92.44%
Pac-Man Championship Edition DX	Namco Bandai Games	November 17, 2010	Xbox 360	93/100	90.88%
God of War III	Sony Computer Entertainment	March 16, 2010	PlayStation 3	92/100	92.07%
Xenoblade Chronicles	Nintendo	June 10, 2010	Wii	92/100[3]	91.74%[4]
Super Street Fighter IV	Capcom	April 27, 2010	PlayStation 3	92/100	91.23%
Halo: Reach	Microsoft Game Studios	September 14, 2010	Xbox 360	91/100	91.79%
World of Warcraft: Cataclysm	Blizzard Entertainment	December 7, 2010	Microsoft Windows	90/100	91.45%
Super Street Fighter IV	Capcom	April 27, 2010	Xbox 360	91/100	91.39%
Pac-Man Championship Edition DX	Namco Bandai Games	November 17, 2010	PlayStation 3	91/100	91.06%
Rock Band 3	MTV Games	October 26, 2010	PlayStation 3	91/100	90.94%
Rock Band 3	MTV Games	October 26, 2010	Wii	91/100	90.67%
MLB 10: The Show	Sony Computer Entertainment	March 2, 2010	PlayStation 3	91/100	90.53%
Limbo	Microsoft Game Studios	July 21, 2010	Xbox 360	90/100	90.68%
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood	Ubisoft	November 16, 2010	Xbox 360	89/100	90.62%
Super Meat Boy	Team Meat	October 20, 2010	Xbox 360	90/100	90.51%
Cave Story	Nicalis	March 22, 2010	Wii	89/100	90.31%
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood	Ubisoft	November 16, 2010	PlayStation 3	90/100	89.92%
Civilization V	2K	September 21, 2010	Microsoft Windows	90/100	89.17%

Best-selling family video games

The following titles were the top five best-selling family video games worldwide in 2010.^[5]

Rank	Title	Platform(s)	Publisher	Sales
1	Wii Sports	Wii	Nintendo	16,600,000
2	New Super Mario Bros. Wii	Wii	Nintendo	11,300,000
	Wii Sports Resort	Wii	Nintendo	11,300,000
4	Wii Fit Plus	Wii	Nintendo	8,900,000
5	FIFA 11	Multi-platform	EA Sports	8,400,000

Events

Month	Day	Event
January	7–10	International Consumer Electronics Show 2010 was held in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.[6]
February	11–14	Microsoft X10 held in San Francisco.[7]
	24–27	Nintendo World Summit held in San Francisco.[8]
March	9–13	Game Developers Conference 2010 held in San Francisco, CA.[9]
	26–28	First PAX East Coast at the John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center in Boston, MA.
April	15[10]	Xbox Live for original Xbox console and games discontinued.[11]
	20–23	Captivate, Capcom's annual tradeshow was held in Honolulu, Hawaii.[12]
May	4–7	The Humble Indie Bundle, an experiment into indie, charitable, cross-platform, DRM-free digital game distribution, is first released to great success.
	30	Esports organization FaZe Clan is founded.
June	15–17	E3 2010 is held at the Los Angeles Convention Center.[13]
	17–19	OnLive released.
August	12–15	QuakeCon was held in the Hotel Hilton Anatole, in Dallas, Texas, USA.
	16–18	Game Developers Conference was held in Europe in Cologne.
	18–22	Gamescom 2010 was held at Cologne, Germany.
September	3–5	Penny Arcade Expo 2010 was held at Washington State Convention Center in Seattle.
	15–21	PlayStation Move was launched in North America, Europe and various Asian countries.
	16–19	Tokyo Game Show 2010 was held at Makuhari Messe in Japan.
September 30–October 3		The 2010 World Cyber Games take place.
October	22–23	BlizzCon 2010 was held at Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.
November	4–7	Microsoft's Kinect launched worldwide, starting in North America.
December	11	The 2010 Spike Video Game Awards were held.[14]

Notable deaths

• May 29 – Dennis Hopper, 74, actor (King Koopa in Super Mario Bros., Mr. Beautiful in Hell: A Cyberpunk Thriller, Walter Pensky in Black Dahlia, Steve Scott in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, and George Struggs in Deadly Creatures)^[15]
• September 7 – Glenn Shadix, 58, actor (Demolition Man, The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge, Kingdom Hearts)^[16]
• October 29 – Takeshi Shudo, 61, scriptwriter and creator of Lugia for Pokémon^[17]

Hardware releases

Xbox 360 S

Month	Day	Console
June	18	Xbox 360 SNA
September	15	PlayStation MoveEU
October	28	Wii Remote PlusAU
November	4	KinectNA

Series with new entries

Series with new installments in 2010 include Ace Attorney, Alien vs. Predator, Army of Two, Assassin's Creed, Battlefield, BioShock, Call of Duty, Castlevania, Civilization, Crackdown, Donkey Kong, Darksiders, Dead Rising, Fable, Fallout, God of War, Gran Turismo, Grand Theft Auto, Halo, Just Cause, Kane and Lynch, Lost Planet, Mafia, Mass Effect, Medal of Honor, Mega Man, Metroid, Need for Speed, Pokémon, Prince of Persia, Red Dead, Red Steel, Resident Evil, Skate, StarCraft, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, Sonic the Hedgehog, Super Mario, Super Monkey Ball, Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell and Total War.

In addition, 2010 saw the introduction of several new properties, including Alan Wake, Darksiders, Deadly Premonition, Heavy Rain, and Metro.

Game releases

The list of games released in 2010 in North America.

Video game platforms

Lin Linux Mac Mac NDS Nintendo DS PS2 PlayStation 2 PS3 PlayStation 3 PSN Unknown platform PSP PlayStation Portable Wii Wii WiiWare Unknown platform Win Windows X360 Xbox 360 XBLA Unknown platform iOS iOS, iPadOS

Release Date	Title	Systems
January 5	Divinity II: Ego Draconis	Win, X360
	Bayonetta	PS3, X360
	Darksiders	Win, PS3, X360
	Fable II: Game of the Year Edition	X360
January 6	Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond	XBLA
January 7		PSN
	Assassin's Creed II: Discovery	iOS
January 11	Chronos Twins DX	WiiWare
	Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (Episodes 1–4)	WiiWare
	VVVVVV	Win
January 12	Vancouver 2010	Win, X360, PS3
	Army of Two: The 40th Day	PS3, X360, PSP
	Daniel X: The Ultimate Power	NDS
	The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces	Wii
	Sands of Destruction	NDS
	Walk It Out!	Wii
January 15	Secret Files 2: Puritas Cordis	Win
January 17	Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars Mobile	iOS
January 18	Glory of Heracles	NDS
	Chronos Twins DX	DSiWare
	Starship Defense	DSiWare
January 19	Bejeweled Twist	NDS
	Dark Void	Win, X360, PS3
	Silent Hill: Shattered Memories	PS2, PSP
January 20	Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgment	X360
January 21	Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgment	PS3
January 25	Playmobil Knights	NDS
January 26	Mass Effect 2	Win, X360, PS3
	Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars	Wii
	MAG	PS3
	No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle	Wii
	Shadow of Destiny	PSP
January 28	Thexder Neo	PS3
February 1	Global Agenda	Win
	True Swing Golf	DSiWare
February 2	White Knight Chronicles	PS3
	Star Trek Online	Win
	S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat	Win
	The Sims 3: High-End Loft Stuff	Win, Mac
February 4	Silent Line: Armored Core	PSP
February 8	Blaster Master: Overdrive	Wii
	Fieldrunners	DSiWare
	Star Ocean: The Last Hope International	PS3
February 9	BioShock 2	Win, X360, PS3
	Dante's Inferno	PS3, X360
	Shiren the Wanderer	Wii
	Super Monkey Ball: Step & Roll	Wii
	Scene It? Twilight	NDS
	World of Outlaws: Sprint Cars	X360, Win
February 10	Stargate Resistance	Win
February 11	Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief	NDS
	Dragon Ball: Origins 2	NDS
	Spaceball Revolution	PSP
February 12	World Cup of Pool	NDS
	Zorro: Quest for Justice	NDS
February 15	Art of Balance	WiiWare
	Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney − Justice for All	WiiWare
	Spaceball Revolution	DSiWare
February 16	Tropico 3	X360
	SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Fireteam Bravo 3	PSP
	Aliens vs. Predator	Win, X360, PS3
	Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth	NDS
	Crime Scene	NDS
	Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce	X360, PS3, PSP
	Ragnarok DS	NDS
February 17	Deadly Premonition	X360
February 19	Data East Arcade Classics	Wii
	NecroVisioN: Lost Company	Win
February 22	Aura-Aura Climber	DSiWare
	Endless Ocean 2: Adventures of the Deep	Wii
	Flight Control	DSiWare
	Risen	X360
February 23	Arsenal of Democracy	Win
	Heavy Rain	PS3
	Last Rebellion	PS3
	Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing	PS3, X360, NDS, Wii, Win
	Napoleon: Total War	Win
	M.U.D. TV	Win
	Metal Slug XX	PSP
February 24	Greed Corp	XBLA, PSN
	echoshift	PSP
	Tilt to Live	iOS
March 1	Dante's Inferno	PSP
	Mega Man 10	WiiWare
March 2	Silent Hunter V: Battle of the Atlantic	Win
	Battlefield: Bad Company 2	Win, X360, PS3
	Supreme Commander 2	Win
	MLB 10: The Show	PS2, PS3, PSP
	MLB 2K10	Win, X360, PS2, PS3, Wii, PSP
	SpongeBob's Boating Bash	NDS, Wii
	Sonic Classic Collection	NDS
	Battle of Giants: Mutant Insects	NDS
	Rayman 2	iOS
	Alice in Wonderland	NDS, Wii
	Lunar: Silver Star Harmony	PSP
	Lips: Party Classics	X360
	Deca Sports DS	NDS
March 4	Bit Pilot	iOS
March 8	Max & the Magic Marker	Wii
March 9	Assassin's Creed II	Win
	BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger Portable	PSP
	Final Fantasy XIII	PS3, X360
	Yakuza 3	PS3
	Rise of Prussia	Win
	Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition	PS3
	The Eye of Judgment: Legends	PSP
	Calling	Wii
March 10	Street Fighter IV	iOS
March 11	Mega Man 10	PSN
	Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II – Chaos Rising	Win
March 14	Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver (North America)	NDS
March 15	Rage of the Gladiator	WiiWare
March 16	God of War III	PS3
	Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight	Win
	Metro 2033	Win, X360
	Supreme Commander 2	X360
	Resonance of Fate	X360, PS3
	Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening	Win, X360, PS3
	Infinite Space	NDS
	Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space	Wii
	Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon	Wii
	Sonny with a Chance	NDS
March 17	Perfect Dark	XBLA
March 21	Zhu Zhu Pets	NDS
March 22	Cave Story	WiiWare
March 23	Bakugan Battle Brawlers: Battle Trainer	NDS
	The Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom	Win
	Red Steel 2	Wii
	Just Cause 2	Win, X360, PS3
	Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey	NDS
	How to Train Your Dragon	X360, NDS, PS3, Wii
	Rooms: The Main Building	Wii
	Disney Stitch Jam	NDS
	MotoGP 09/10	X360, PS3
March 24	Ski-Doo: Snowmobile Challenge	X360
March 25	Flotilla	X360
	Section 8	PS3
	Wakeboarding HD	PS3
March 26	Anarchy: Rush Hour	PS3
	Wonderful Everyday	Win
March 28	WarioWare D.I.Y.	NDS
March 29	Flotilla	Win
	Zenonia 2	iOS
March 30	Prison Break: The Conspiracy	Win, X360, PS3
	Dead or Alive Paradise	PSP
	Mimana Iyar Chronicle	PSP
	Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love	PS2, Wii
	Samurai Shodown: Edge of Destiny	X360
March 31	Mega Man 10	XBLA
April 1	Super Monkey Ball 2: Sakura Edition	iOS
April 2	Again	NDS
	Star Wars: Cantina	iOS
April 5	Mr. Driller: Drill Till You Drop	DSiWare
April 8	Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West	Win
April 10	Chaos Rings	iOS
	Espgaluda II	iOS
April 12	Dark Void Zero	iOS, Win
	Gangstar 2: Kings of L.A.	DSiWare
April 13	Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction	X360
	Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City	PS3, Win
April 14	Final Fight: Double Impact	XBLA
April 15	Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse Episode 1: The Penal Zone	Win, Mac, PS3
April 20	Monster Hunter Tri	Wii
April 22	Homerun Hitters	PSN
April 23	Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack the Ripper	X360
April 26	Harvest Moon: Hero of Leaf Valley	PSP
	System Flaw	DSiWare
April 27	Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction	Win
	Dead to Rights: Retribution	X360, PS3
	2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa	PS3, X360, Wii, PSP, iOS
	Fruit Ninja	iOS
	Nier	X360, PS3
	PixelJunk Monsters Deluxe	PSP
	Record of Agarest War	PS3, X360
	Super Street Fighter IV	PS3, X360
April 28	Tecmo Bowl Throwback	XBLA
April 29	Kick-Ass: The Game	PSN
May 1	Transformice	Win
May 4	Fat Princess: Fistful of Cake	PSP
	What Did I Do To Deserve This My Lord? 2	PSP
	Iron Man 2	PS3, PSP, X360, Wii, NDS
	Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West	PS3
	Dementium II	NDS
May 7	Biozone	Win
May 10	Earthworm Jim	DSiWare
	Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney − Trials and Tribulations	WiiWare
May 11	3D Dot Game Heroes	PS3
	Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Heroes 3	PSP
	Skate 3	PS3, X360
	Lost Planet 2	X360, PS3
	World of Outlaws: Sprint Cars	PSN
May 12	Rocket Knight	Win, XBLA
	Eschalon: Book II	Win
	Things on Wheels	XBLA
	Heroes of Newerth	Win, Mac, Lin
May 17	Bit.Trip Runner	WiiWare
	Frogger Returns	DSiWare
May 18	Attack of the Movies 3D	Wii, X360
	Rocket Knight	PSN
	Split Second: Velocity	Win, X360, PS3
	Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands	NDS, Wii, PSP PS3, X360
	Trauma Team	Wii
	Alan Wake	X360
	Red Dead Redemption	X360, PS3
	Blue Dragon: Awakened Shadow	NDS
	Runaway: A Twist of Fate	Win
	Shrek Forever After	iOS, NDS, PS3, Wii, Win, X360
May 19	Aqua – Naval Warfare	XBLA
	Metal Slug XX	XBLA
May 21	Gray Matter	Win
May 23	Super Mario Galaxy 2	Wii
May 24	Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney	iOS
	Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (Episode 5)	WiiWare
	World Poker Tour: Texas Hold 'Em	DSiWare
May 25	Blur	Win, X360, PS3
	Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force: Herbert's Revenge	NDS
	Colour Cross	NDS
	ModNation Racers	PS3, PSP
	Pirates Plund-Arrr	Wii
	UFC 2010	X360, PS3
	Tetris Party Deluxe	Wii
May 26	Eschalon: Book II	Mac, Lin
	Ben 10 Alien Force: The Rise of Hex	XBLA
May 31	Ben 10 Alien Force: The Rise of Hex	Wii
	Little Things	iOS
	X-Scape	DSiWare
June 1	Backbreaker	X360, PS3
	The Sims 3: Ambitions	Win
	Alpha Protocol	Win, X360, PS3
	Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow	PS2
	Tecmo Bowl Throwback	PSN
	Planet Minigolf	PSN
	Vectorman	Win
June 2	Hector: Badge of Carnage (Episode 1)	iOS
	Hexyz Force	PSP
	Snoopy Flying Ace	XBLA
June 4	FIFA Online	Win
	Happy Wheels	Win
June 8	Cubixx	PSP
	Green Day: Rock Band	X360, PS3, Wii
	Joe Danger	PS3
	Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11	X360, PS3, Wii
	Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker	PSP
	Mega Man Zero Collection	NDS
	Disgaea Infinite	PSP
June 9	NeoGeo Battle Coliseum	XBLA
June 10	River City Soccer Hooligans	NDS
June 12	Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands	Win
June 14	A Kappa's Trail	DSiWare
	Legend of Kay	NDS
June 15	100 Classic Books	NDS
	Dance on Broadway	Wii
	Totally Spies!: Revenge of the Undercover	PS3, X360, Wii, PSP, NDS
	Toy Story 3: The Video Game	PS3, 360, Wii, PSP, DS, Win
June 19	Bar Oasis	iOS
June 20	Young Thor	PSP
June 21	Legendary Wars: T-Rex Rumble	DSiWare
	Art Style: Rotozoa	WiiWare
June 22	Transformers: Cybertron Adventures	Wii
	Transformers: War for Cybertron	Win, X360, PS3, Wii, NDS
June 24	Dream Chronicles: The Book of Air	Win
June 25	TNA Impact!: Cross the Line	NDS, PSP
June 26	Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck's Revenge	iOS
June 27	Sin and Punishment: Star Successor	Wii
June 28	Despicable Me: Minion Mania	iOS
	Jett Rocket	WiiWare
	Maestro! Jump in Music	DSiWare
June 29	10 Minute Solution	Wii
	APB All Points Bulletin	Win
	Deathsmiles	X360
	Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4	Win, PS3, Wii, PSP, X360, NDS
	Naughty Bear	X360, PS3
	Ninety-Nine Nights II	X360
	Runaway: A Twist of Fate	NDS
	Singularity	Win, X360, PS3
	Sniper: Ghost Warrior	Win, X360
	The Last Airbender	NDS, Wii
	Trinity Universe	PS3
June 29	Nancy Drew: Trail of the Twister	Win, Mac
July 2	Archetype	iOS
July 3	Moto Racer DS	NDS
July 6	Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem	NDS
	Persona 3	PSP
	Tournament of Legends	Wii
	Crackdown 2	X360
July 7	Blacklight: Tango Down	XBLA
July 8	Mini Ninjas	Mac
July 11	Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies	NDS
July 12	StarDunk	iOS
July 13	DeathSpank	PSN
	NCAA Football 11	PS2, PS3, X360
	The Sorcerer's Apprentice	NDS, PS3 Wii, X360
July 14	Blacklight: Tango Down	Win
	Deadliest Warrior: The Game	XBLA
	DeathSpank	XBLA
July 19	Alien Swarm	Win
	Furry Legends	WiiWare
July 20	Arc Rise Fantasia	Wii
	Gravity Crash	PSP
July 21	Castlevania Puzzle: Encore of the Night	iOS
	Limbo	XBLA
July 24	Doctor Who: The Adventure Games – City of the Daleks	Win
	Malicious	PSN
July 26	Crystal Monsters	DSiWare
July 27	Galaxy Racers	NDS
	Need for Speed: World	Win
	StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty	Win, Mac
	BlazBlue: Continuum Shift	PS3, X360
	Clash of the Titans	PS3, X360
July 28	Hydro Thunder Hurricane	XBLA
July 29	SimCity Deluxe	iOS
	Hero of Sparta II	iOS
August 2	BlayzBloo: Super Melee Brawlers Battle Royale	DSiWare
August 3	Crimson Gem Saga	iOS
August 4	Castlevania: Harmony of Despair	XBLA
August 10	Crash Team Racing	PSN
	Madden NFL 11	PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, X360
	Galactic Taz Ball	NDS
	Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game	PSN
August 11	Monday Night Combat	X360
August 13	Victoria 2	Win
August 16	Monsteca Corral	WiiWare
August 17	Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days	Win, X360, PS3
	Ys Seven	PSP
August 18	Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light	XBLA
August 24	Elemental: War of Magic	Win
	Grease	NDS, Wii
	Ivy the Kiwi?	Wii, NDS
	Mafia II	Win, X360, PS3
	Nancy Drew: Secrets Can Kill Remastered	Win, Mac
August 25	Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game	XBLA
August 26	Phantasy Star II	iOS
	Worms Reloaded	Win, Mac
August 31	Castle Crashers	PS3
	Metroid: Other M	Wii
	Valkyria Chronicles II	PSP
	Ace Combat: Joint Assault	PSP
	Camp Rock: The Final Jam	NDS
September 1	Alien Breed Evolution	PSN
September 5	The Next Star 3	Win, X360, PS2, PS3, Wii, PSP
September 7	Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X 2	PS3, X360
	Batman: The Brave and the Bold	Wii, NDS
	Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions	NDS, PS3, Wii, X360
	Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep	PSP
	NHL 11	PS3, X360
	NHL Slapshot	Wii
September 8	Amnesia: The Dark Descent	Win, Mac, Lin
	Plants vs. Zombies	XBLA
September 10	Ninety-Nine Nights II	X360
	Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale	Win
September 12	Professor Layton and the Unwound Future	NDS
September 14	UFC 2010	PSP
	Fancy Nancy: Tea Party Time	NDS
	Halo: Reach	X360
	The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest	PS3, PS2, PSP, Wii, NDS
	Phantasy Star Portable 2	PSP
	Phineas and Ferb: Ride Again	NDS, Wii
	Scooby-Doo! And the Spooky Swamp	PS2, Wii, NDS
	Space Invaders Infinity Gene	PS3
September 15	Gladiator Begins	PSP
	Hypership Out of Control	XBLA
	Space Invaders Infinity Gene	X360
September 17	R.U.S.E.	X360, PS3, Win
September 18	Pokémon Black and White (Japan)	NDS
	EyePet: Move Edition	PS3
September 20	Cladun: This is an RPG	PSP
September 21	Civilization V	Win
	Club Penguin: Game Day!	Wii
	DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue	PSN
	Disney Fairies: Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue	NDS
	Etrian Odyssey III: The Drowned City	DS
	New Carnival Games	NDS, Wii
September 22	Alien Breed 2: Assault	X360, Win
	Blade Kitten	PSN, Win, XBLA
	DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue	XBLA
	F1 2010	Win, X360, PS3
September 23	Darksiders	Win
September 24	NHL 2K11	Wii
	Lost Horizon	Win
September 27	Samurai Warriors 3	Wii
September 28	Atelier Rorona: The Alchemist of Arland	PS3
	Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light	PSN, Win
	Dead Rising 2	Win, PS3, X360
	FIFA 11	Win, X360, Wii, NDS, PS2, PS3, PSP
	Front Mission Evolved	Win, X360, PS3
	Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock	PS3, Wii, X360
	MorphX	X360
	MySims SkyHeroes	NDS, PS3, Wii, X360
	Quantum Theory	PS3, X360
September 29	Hydrophobia	XBLA
September 30	Bit.Trip Beat	iOS
	Final Fantasy XIV	Win
	Ninja Chicken: Shoot 'Em Up	iOS
	World of Tanks	Win
October 1	EyePet	PSP
October 3	Wii Party	Wii
October 4	Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs	DS
	Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light	NDS
	Modern Combat 2: Black Pegasus	iOS
	Shantae: Risky's Revenge	DSiWare
October 5	Pro Evolution Soccer 2011	Win, X360, Wii, NDS, PS2, PS3
	Ben 10 Ultimate Alien: Cosmic Destruction	X360, Wii, NDS, PS2, PS3, PSP
	Castlevania: Lords of Shadow	X360, PS3
	Deadliest Warrior: The Game	PSN
	Def Jam Rapstar	X360, PS3, Wii
	Enslaved: Odyssey to the West	X360, PS3
	NBA 2K11	Win, PS3, X360 PSP, PS2, Wii, iOS
	NBA Jam	Wii
October 6	Comic Jumper: The Adventures of Captain Smiley	XBLA
	Cut the Rope	iOS
	ProtoGalaxy	Win
October 7	Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1	iOS
	Kingdom Hearts Re:coded	DS
October 11	Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1	WiiWare
October 12	Alundra	PSN
	Arc the Lad	PSN
	Dead Space Ignition	PSN, XBLA
	Lost Planet 2	Win
	Lucha Libre AAA: Héroes del Ring	PS3, X360
	Lufia: Curse of the Sinistrals	NDS
	Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes	PS3, Wii
	Just Dance 2	Wii
	Invizimals	PSP
	Arcania: Gothic 4	Win, X360
	Medal of Honor	Win, PS3, X360
	Super Scribblenauts	NDS
	Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1	PSN
October 13	Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1	XBLA
	Vindictus	Win
October 14	DJ Max Portable 3	PSP
October 17	Kirby's Epic Yarn	Wii
October 19	Age of Hammer Wars	PS3, PSP
	Bakugan: Defenders of the Core	NDS, PS3, PSP, Wii, X360
	Blazing Souls	PSP
	DJ Hero 2	X360, PS3, Wii
	Dragon Ball Z: Tenkaichi Tag Team	PSP
	Saw II: Flesh & Blood	PS3, X360
	Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2	PS3, X360
	DJ Max Portable 3	PSN
	EA Sports MMA	PS3, X360
	Fallout: New Vegas	PS3, X360, Win
	Flip's Twisted World	Wii
	Nancy Drew: Shadow at the Water's Edge	Win, Mac
	Rock of the Dead	X360, PS3, Wii
	The Shoot	PS3
	Vanquish	PS3, X360
October 20	Super Meat Boy	XBLA
October 21	Angry Birds Seasons	iOS
October 24	Shaun White Skateboarding	PS3, Wii, Win, X360
October 25	Bit.Trip Fate	WiiWare
	Dragon Age: Origins – Ultimate Edition	PS3, Win, X360
October 26	Backyard Sports: Rookie Rush	NDS, Wii, Win, X360
	Blacklight: Tango Down	PSN
	Crafting Mama	NDS
	DeathSpank	Win
	Deca Sports 3	Wii
	Disney Channel All Star Party	Wii
	Fable III	X360
	Hasbro Family Game Night 3	PS3, Wii, X360
	Lego Universe	Win
	Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare	PS3, X360
	Rock Band 3	PS3, X360, Wii, DS
	The Sims 3: Late Night	Win, OS X
	The Sims 3	PS3, X360, Wii, DS
	Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II	PS3, X360, Win, Wii, DS
	WWE SmackDown vs Raw 2011	PS3, X360, PSP, PS2, Wii
	Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Tag Force 5	PSP
	Z.H.P. Unlosing Ranger VS Darkdeath Evilman	PSP
October 27	Pinball FX 2	XBLA
October 28	Bloody Good Time	Win, XBLA
	FIFA Manager 11	Win
November 1	PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure	Wii
November 2	007: GoldenEye	Wii, NDS
	Atari Greatest Hits	NDS
	Blood Drive	PS3, X360
	Combat of Giants: Dinosaurs	Wii
	Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage	PS3, X360
	God of War: Ghost of Sparta	PSP
	James Bond 007: Blood Stone	Win, X360, PS3, NDS
	Megamind	Wii, X360, PS3, PSP, NDS
	The Penguins of Madagascar	NDS
	Pro Evolution Soccer 2011	PSP
	Toy Story 3: The Video Game	PS2
	Ys: The Oath in Felghana	PSP
November 3	Bit.Trip Beat	Win, Mac
November 4	Adrenaline Misfits	X360
	Dance Evolution	X360
	Kinect Adventures!	X360
	Kinect Joy Ride	X360
	Kinect Sports	X360
	Kinectimals	X360
	MotionSports	X360
	Sonic Free Riders	X360
	The Biggest Loser: Challenge	Wii
November 5	Babysitting Mama	Wii
	Football Manager 2011	Win
November 7	Battle Dex	Win
November 9	Beyblade: Metal Fusion	NDS
	Beyblade: Metal Fusion – Battle Fortress	Wii
	Call of Duty: Black Ops	X360, PS3, Wii, Win
	Knights in the Nightmare	PSP
	Monster Jam: Path of Destruction	NDS, PS3, PSP, Wii, X360
	Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer	NDS, Wii
	Rune Factory 3: A Fantasy Harvest Moon	NDS
	The Fight: Lights Out	PS3
	The Green Hornet: Wheels of Justice	iOS
	The Sly Collection	PS3
November 10	Guwange	XBLA
	Minute to Win It	Wii, X360
November 12	Ghosts 'n Goblins: Gold Knights II	iOS
	Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X 2	Wii, Win
November 14	Dood's Big Adventure	Wii
	uDraw Pictionary	Wii
November 16
	Split/Second	PSP
	999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors	NDS
	Apache: Air Assault	PS3, Win, X360
	Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood	PS3, X360
	Crazy Taxi	PSN
	Create	PS3, Wii, Win, X360
	EA Sports Active NFL Training Camp	Wii
	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I	Win, NDS, PS3, X360, Java ME, Wii
	iCarly 2: iJoin the Click!	NDS, PS3 Wii, X360
	Namco Museum Megamix	Wii
	Naruto Shippuden: Dragon Blade Chronicles	Wii
	Pac-Man Party	Wii
	Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit	X360, PS3, Win, Wii
	Sonic Colors	Wii, NDS
	Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon	Wii
	Wizards of Waverly Place: Spellbound	NDS
November 17	Alien Breed 3: Descent	PSN, Win, XBLA
	NBA Jam: On Fire Edition	PS3, X360
	Pac-Man Championship Edition DX	XBLA
November 18	Game Party: In Motion	X360
	RAGE: Mutant Bash TV	iOS
November 21	Donkey Kong Country Returns	Wii
	Raving Rabbids: Travel in Time	Wii
	Worms: Battle Islands	PSP
November 22	Poker Night at the Inventory	Win
November 23	Arc the Lad II	PSN
	CSI: Unsolved	NDS
	Hot Wheels Track Attack	NDS, Wii
	Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom	X360, PS3
	Michael Jackson: The Experience	Wii, NDS, PSP
	Pac-Man Championship Edition DX	PSN
	Push Panic	iOS
	Spelunker HD	PSN
	Splatterhouse	X360, PS3
	Tangled: The Video Game	NDS, Wii, Win
	Worms: Battle Islands	Wii
November 24	Funky Lab Rat	PS3
	Gran Turismo 5	PS3
November 29	Cave Story	DSiWare
	Golden Sun: Dark Dawn	NDS
November 30	Dead Nation	PlayStation Network
	Epic Mickey	Wii
	nail'd	PS3, X360, Win
	Super Meat Boy	Win
December 1	TNT Racers	PS3
	Unbound Saga	XBLA
December 3	Borderlands	Mac
December 6	Fluidity	WiiWare
	Football Manager Handheld 2011	PSP
December 7	Alien Breed 2: Assault	PS3
	Bejeweled 3	Win, Mac
	Hello Kitty Seasons	Wii
	Qlione Evolve	PS3
	Sackboy's Prehistoric Moves	PS3
	Tron: Evolution	Win, PS3, X360, iOS
	Tron: Evolution – Battle Grids	Wii, NDS
	World of Warcraft: Cataclysm	Win, Mac
	Yogi Bear	NDS, Wii
	Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's: Duel Transer	Wii
December 8	Bomberman Live: Battlefest	XBLA
	Doritos Crash Course	XBLA
	Gravity Guy	iOS
	Harms Way	XBLA
December 9	Dead Rising Mobile	iOS
	Infinity Blade	iOS
December 10	Chu's Dynasty	X360
	Greed Corp	Win
December 11	Battlefield Bad Company 2: Vietnam	X360, PS3, Win
December 12	Super Mario All-Stars	Wii
December 14	A.R.E.S.: Extinction Agenda	Win
	Revenge of the Titans	Win
	X-Men	PSN
December 15	X-Men	XBLA
December 16	Battlefield: Bad Company 2	iOS
	Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light	iOS
	Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3	iOS
	World of Goo	iOS
December 20	Frobot	WiiWare
	Oddboxx	Win
December 21	Asphalt 6: Adrenaline	iOS
	N.O.V.A. Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance	PSN
	Secret of Mana	iOS
	Top Darts	PSN
	TrackMania Wii	Wii
December 22	A World of Keflings	XBLA
	Back to the Future: The Game	Win, Mac
December 23	Echochrome II	PS3
December 29	Raskulls	XBLA

Video game-based film and television releases

Title	Date	Director	Distributor(s)	Franchise	Original game publisher	Ref.
Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic	February 9, 2010	Mike Disa	Anchor Bay Entertainment	Dante's Inferno	Electronic Arts	[18]
Halo Legends	February 16, 2010	Frank O'Connor	Warner Home Video	Halo	Bungie	[19]
Pixels	April 8, 2010	Patrick Jean	One More Production	—	—	[20]
Street Fighter: Legacy	May 6, 2010	Joey Ansah	Streetlight Films Inc.	Street Fighter	Capcom	[21]
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time	May 9, 2010	Mike Newell	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures	Prince of Persia	Ubisoft	[22]
Mortal Kombat: Rebirth	June 8, 2010	Kevin Tancharoen	—	Mortal Kombat	Midway Games	[23]
Zoroark: Master of Illusions	July 10, 2010	Kunihiko Yuyama	Toho	Pokémon	Game Freak	[24]
Resident Evil: Afterlife	September 2, 2010	Paul W. S. Anderson	Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group	Resident Evil	Capcom	[25]
Tron: Legacy	November 30, 2010	Joseph Kosinski	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures	Tron	—	[26]

See also

• 2010 in esports
• 2010 in games