2005 in video games

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2005 saw the release of many sequels and prequels in video games, such as Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories , Tony Hawk's American Wasteland , Resident Evil 4 , Black & White 2 , Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 , Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening , Mario Kart DS , Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time , Myst V: End of Ages , Need for Speed: Most Wanted , Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones , and WWE Smackdown! vs. Raw 2006, alongside prominent new releases including Brain Age , F.E.A.R. , Forza Motorsport , Dinosaur King , God of War , Guild Wars , Guitar Hero , Nintendogs , Onechanbara , Shadow of the Colossus , Madden NFL 06 , NBA Live 06 , NBA 2K6 , and Sniper Elite . The seventh generation of video game consoles also began with the launch of the Xbox 360, while the Nintendo DS launched in PAL regions.

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The year's best-selling video game worldwide was Gran Turismo 4 for the PlayStation 2. The year's most critically acclaimed title was Resident Evil 4 for the GameCube and PlayStation 2.

Legend

Video game platforms
DS Nintendo DS GBA Game Boy Advance GCN GameCube
LIN Linux MOBI Mobile phone OSX macOS
PS2 PlayStation 2 PSP PlayStation Portable WIN Microsoft Windows, all
versions Windows 2000 and up
X360 Xbox 360 XBLA Xbox Live Arcade XBOX Xbox


Major awards

Category/Organization23rd Golden Joystick Awards
November 4, 2005		 VGA
December 10, 2005		 9th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards
February 9, 2006		6th Game Developers Choice Awards
March 23, 2006
Game of the Year Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Resident Evil 4 God of War Shadow of the Colossus
Wireless/HandheldWireless Super Mario 64 DS Marc Eckō's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure Ancient Empires II —
Handheld Lumines: Puzzle Fusion Nintendogs
Innovation PlayStation Portable — Guitar Hero Guitar Hero ,
Nintendogs
Artistic Achievement
or Graphics [i] 		Animation— Resident Evil 4 God of War Shadow of the Colossus
Art Direction Shadow of the Colossus
Audio [i] Music— We Love Katamari God of War Guitar Hero
Sound Design— God of War
Soundtrack Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Guitar Hero
Character Design or Performance [i] Male— Jack Black as Carl Denham
Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie 		T.C. Carson as Kratos
God of War 		Shadow of the Colossus
Female Charlize Theron as Æon Flux
Æon Flux 		Kim Mai Guest as Dawn Star
Jade Empire
Game Design— Guitar Hero Shadow of the Colossus
Narrative— Call of Duty 2: Big Red One Psychonauts
Technical Achievement [i] Gameplay Engineering— PlayStation Portable Guitar Hero ,
Nintendogs 		Nintendogs
Visual Engineering Shadow of the Colossus
Multiplayer/Online [i] World of Warcraft Guild Wars Battlefield 2 —
Action/AdventureFirst-Person— F.E.A.R. Battlefield 2
Adventure God of War
Family or ChildrenFamily— Guitar Hero
Children We Love Katamari
Fighting— Fight Night Round 2 Soulcalibur III
Role-PlayingRPG— World of Warcraft Jade Empire
MMORPG City of Villains ,
Guild Wars
SportsIndividual— Tony Hawk's American Wasteland SSX on Tour
Team Madden NFL 06
Racing— Burnout Revenge Need for Speed: Most Wanted
Strategy/SimulationStrategy— Civilization IV
Simulation The Movies
Special Award—Hall of FameLifetime Achievement Award
Richard Garriott
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Certain award presentations combine these categories.

Critically acclaimed games

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

2005 games and expansions scoring at least 90/100 (MC) or 90% (GR) [1] [2]
GamePublisherRelease DatePlatformMC scoreGR score
Resident Evil 4 Capcom October 25, 2005PS296/10095.85%
Resident Evil 4 Capcom January 11, 2005GCN96/10095.83%
Ninja Gaiden Black Tecmo September 20, 2005XBOX94/10094.76%
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory Ubisoft March 28, 2005XBOX94/10094.02%
God of War Sony Computer Entertainment March 22, 2005PS294/10093.58%
Civilization IV 2K Games October 25, 2005WIN94/10093.36%
Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence Konami December 22, 2005PS294/100 [3] 92.97% [4]
Forza Motorsport Microsoft Game Studios May 3, 2005XBOX92/10093.05%
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Rockstar Games June 7, 2005XBOX93/10092.29%
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Rockstar Games June 7, 2005WIN93/10091.94%
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory Ubisoft March 28, 2005WIN92/10091.44%
Guitar Hero RedOctane November 7, 2005PS291/10091.96%
Shadow of the Colossus Sony Computer Entertainment October 18, 2005PS291/10091.43%
Mario Kart DS Nintendo November 14, 2005DS91/10091.43%
Battlefield 2 Electronic Arts June 21, 2005WIN91/10090.07%
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow Konami August 25, 2005DS89/10090.35%
Burnout Revenge Electronic Arts September 13, 2005PS290/10090.3%
Advance Wars: Dual Strike Nintendo June 23, 2005DS90/10090.28%
Pro Evolution Soccer 5 Konami August 4, 2005WIN89/100 [3] 90.25% [5]
Psychonauts Majesco Entertainment April 19, 2005XBOX88/10090.21%
Silent Hunter III Ubisoft March 15, 2005WIN90/10088.65%
Falcon 4.0: Allied Force Graphsim Entertainment June 28, 2005WIN90/10088.56%

In 2005, the total U.S. sales of video game hardware, software and accessories rose 6% over 2004 to $10.5 billion USD ($9.9 billion, 2004) breaking 2002's $10.3 billion record for the industry.

The increase is largely due to the portable game market which counterbalanced sluggish console game sales. Delays, hardware shortages, and anticipation of next-generation video game consoles have been cited as reasoning for slow sales for both console games and console hardware. Console games and hardware dropped by 12% and 3% respectively.

The portable market of the video game industry rose to $1.4 billion, the second time sales broke the $1 billion mark in the industry's history. Mostly due to the release of the Nintendo DS and the PlayStation Portable in North America, sales for portable hardware rose 96% over 2004. Although the release of the Nintendo DS and the Sony PSP aided in spurring growth in the portable market, the Game Boy Advance still represented 62% total portable software units sold and 52% of total portable software dollar sales. [6]

Computer games continued its trend and declined by 14%, dropping from $1.1 billion in 2004 to $953 million. Although sales did decrease, NPD claims that playing games on the PC is actually increasing through a variety of different mediums including online websites and MMO subscriptions. [7]

Video game systems

Additionally, Microsoft's Xbox 360, Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii were officially unveiled during or just prior to E3; however, only the Xbox 360 was released in 2005. The Xbox 360 was released in North America on November 22, Europe on December 2, and Japan on December 10.

Handheld game systems

Hardware releases

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Xbox 360
MonthDayConsole
September13 Game Boy Micro
November22 Xbox 360

Best-selling video games

Best-selling video games worldwide in 2005
RankTitlePlatform(s)Sales
Japan United States Europe Worldwide
1 Gran Turismo 4 PS21,066,749 [8] 1,500,000+ [9] Unknown5,000,000+ [10] [11]
2 Madden NFL 06 PS2, XBOX, GCN3,250 [12] 4,430,000 [a] Unknown4,433,250+
3 Nintendogs DS965,665 [8] Unknown1,600,000 [13] 4,190,000+ [14] [13]
4 Pokémon Emerald GBA319,837 [8] 1,700,000+ [15] 1,200,000 [16] 3,219,837+
5 Mario Kart DS DS836,478 [17] Unknown800,000 [13] 3,000,000+ [18]
6 Resident Evil 4 (Biohazard 4)GCN, PS2591,379 [8] UnknownUnknown3,000,000 [19]
7 Star Wars: Battlefront II PS2, XBOX—1,567,000+ [20] [21] 500,000+ [22] 2,067,000+
8 Pro Evolution Soccer 5 (Winning Eleven 9)1,125,464+ [8] Unknown800,000+ [22] 1,925,464+
9 Animal Crossing: Wild World DS1,382,228 [17] Unknown—1,800,000+ [18]
10 Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith 61,221 [23] 931,000+ [20] 611,000+ [22] 1,603,221+

Japan

Best-selling video games in Japan
RankTitlePlatform(s)PublisherGenreSalesRef
1 Oideyo Dōbutsu no Mori (Animal Crossing: Wild World)DS Nintendo Social simulation 1,382,228 [17]
2 Nō o Kitaeru Otona no DS Training (Brain Training)DSNintendo Edutainment 1,157,870
3 World Soccer Winning Eleven 9 (Pro Evolution Soccer 5)PS2 Konami Sports simulation 1,125,464 [8]
4 Gran Turismo 4 PS2 Sony Racing simulation 1,066,749 [8]
5 Pokémon Fushigi no Dungeon (Pokémon Mystery Dungeon)DS, GBANintendo Roguelike 1,038,864 [17]
6 Nintendogs DSNintendo Pet simulation 965,665 [8]
7 Yawaraka Atama Juku (Big Brain Academy)DSNintendoEdutainment935,535 [17]
8 Shin Sangokumusou 4 (Dynasty Warriors 5)PS2 Koei Hack & slash 917,985 [8]
9 Kingdom Hearts II PS2 Square Enix Action RPG 884,428 [17]
10 Mario Kart DS DSNintendo Kart racing 836,478

United States

Best-selling video games in the United States
RankTitlePlatform(s)PublisherSalesRevenueInflationRef
1 Madden NFL 06 PS2, XBOX, GCN EA Sports 4,430,000$204,000,000$328,000,000 [a] [15]
2 Pokémon Emerald GBA Nintendo 1,700,000+$58,000,000+$93,000,000+ [9] [15]
3 Nintendogs DSNintendo1,624,335+UnknownUnknown [14] [8]
4 Star Wars: Battlefront II PS2, XBOX LucasArts 1,567,000+$74,000,000+$119,000,000+ [20] [21] [15]
5 Gran Turismo 4 PS2 Sony 1,500,000+$74,000,000+$119,000,000+ [9] [15]
6 NCAA Football 06 PS2EA Sports1,130,000$54,000,000$87,000,000 [20] [15]
7 MVP Baseball 2005 PS2EA Sports970,000$28,000,000$45,000,000 [20] [15]
8 World of Warcraft WIN Blizzard 957,000$45,000,000$72,000,000 [25]
9 Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith PS2, XBOX, GBALucasArts931,000+$81,000,000$130,000,000 [20] [26]
10 NBA Live 06 PS2EA Sports826,000$36,000,000$58,000,000 [20] [15]

PAL regions

Best-selling video games in PAL regions
Rank Australia [27] United Kingdom [28] [22] France
TitlePlatformTitlePlatform(s)Sales
1 Gran Turismo 4 PS2 FIFA 06 1,000,000+ Pro Evolution Soccer 5 [29]
2 Pokémon Emerald GBA Pro Evolution Soccer 5 (PES 5)800,000+Unknown
3 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas PS2 Need for Speed: Most Wanted 750,000+
4 Need for Speed: Underground 2 PS2 Gran Turismo 4 PS2611,000+
5 The Simpsons: Hit & Run PS2 Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith 611,000
6 Ratchet & Clank 3 PS2 FIFA Street 500,000+
7 Buzz!: The Music Quiz PS2 Star Wars: Battlefront II 500,000+
8 Need for Speed: Most Wanted PS2 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 450,000+
9 WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw 2006 PS2 King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie 450,000+
10 Super Mario 64 DS DS The Sims 2 402,000+

Notable deaths

Top game rentals in the United States

Top video game rentals in the United States [33]
RankTitlePlatformPublisherGenre
1 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas PS2 Rockstar Games Action-adventure
2 Need for Speed: Underground 2 PS2 Electronic Arts Racing
3 Midnight Club 3: Dub Edition PS2Rockstar Games
4 Halo 2 XBOX Microsoft First-person shooter
5 Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith PS2 LucasArts Action
6 Madden NFL 06 PS2 EA Sports Sports
7 WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw PS2 THQ Wrestling
8 Gran Turismo 4 PS2 Sony Racing simulation
9 Midnight Club 3: Dub Edition XBOXRockstar GamesRacing
10 NCAA Football 06 PS2EA SportsSports

Events

Date(s)Event
March 6The television show 60 Minutes tackles issues within video game controversy. This segment of 60 Minutes has been criticized by video game players for encouraging video game censorship. [34]
March 7–11 Game Developers Conference
  • Nintendo keynote speech: "The Heart of the Gamer" by Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo.
  • Microsoft keynote speech: "The Future of Games: Unlocking the Opportunity" by J Allard, corporate vice president and chief XNA architect.
MayIn defense of video games being beneficial for cognitive development, Steven Berlin Johnson published his book Everything Bad Is Good for You: How Today's Popular Culture Is Actually Making Us Smarter .
May 11The global version of MapleStory is launched.
May 12The Xbox 360 was officially announced on MTV in a special hosted by Elijah Wood.
May 16The PlayStation 3 was unveiled by Sony during a pre-E3 press conference, at 21:25 GMT. At the same time, the press release [35] was released through the Japanese PlayStation website.
May 18–20The 11th annual E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) takes place in Los Angeles, California. Four hundred exhibiting companies and 70,000 industry professionals representing 79 countries attended. Next-generation systems from Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft were unveiled. [36]
June 1 IBM held the first virtual video game on-demand conference in which game developers and manufacturers were able to come together to discuss issues with online games, including management and distribution.
July 18–22 IEMA (Interactive Entertainment Merchants Association) hosts 6th annual Executive Summit.
September 16–18 Tokyo Game Show takes place at Makuhari Messe. One hundred-thirty companies are expected to show with 1,429 booths.
  • Nintendo keynote speech by Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo. During Iwata's keynote speech, the Wii controller is unveiled.
  • Microsoft keynote speech by Robert J. Bach, chief Xbox officer and senior vice president, Home and Entertainment Division at Microsoft.
November 14Nintendo's first mainstream online service (Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection) is launched with Mario Kart DS and Tony Hawk's American Sk8land .
November 16–20The 2005 World Cyber Games are held. [37]
November 22Microsoft releases the Xbox 360 as a successor to the original Xbox.
December 10The 2005 Spike Video Game Awards are held. [38]
December 16The Family Entertainment Protection Act (FEPA) is introduced by Senators Hillary Clinton, Joe Lieberman and Evan Bayh. The bill calls for a federal mandate enforcement of the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) ratings system for video games in order to protect children from inappropriate content.

Business

Date(s)Event
January 6French publisher Titus Software, is declared bankrupt after being in receivership since October 2004. All assets are sold to Interplay Entertainment
January 12Video game companies and players worldwide donate money to the UNICEF South Asian Tsunami Relief Fund for rescue and reconstruction efforts upon the South Asian tsunami disaster. Electronic Arts pledges to donate $250,000 to the UNICEF South Asian Tsunami Relief Fund. CCP, the publisher of EVE Online, establishes a fund that video game players can contribute to.
January 17 Electronic Arts and ESPN announced a 15-year partnership that would give EA access to ESPN's broadcast, print and online content.
January 20 Activision announced that it acquired developer Vicarious Visions known best as a developer of Game Boy games as well as for their middleware program, Alchemy.
January 24 Major League Baseball and Take-Two Interactive sign exclusive seven-year deal that gives Take-Two Interactive the rights among third-party publishers to develop games based on the MLB license.
January 25 Take-Two Interactive announced that it acquired developer Visual Concepts and their wholly owned subsidiary Kush Games from Sega for $24 million. Additionally, Take-Two Interactive also announced the start of another publishing label named 2K Games.
February Troika Games defunct after being unable to get contracts for development work.
March 2The Entertainment Software Rating Board or ESRB added the rating of "E10+" to its ratings system. E10+ was created in order to divide E ratings for younger and older children.
March 7 Sammy Studios breaks away from Sega Sammy Holdings and renames itself High Moon Studios.
March 9 Sega acquires Creative Assembly.
March 23 Vivendi Universal Games buys developer Radical Entertainment. Radical is best known for developing The Simpsons: Hit & Run .
April 2 Keiji Inafune, the creator of Mega Man series, was promoted from corporate officer to senior corporate officer.
May Buena Vista Games announces that it had bought the rights to the Turok video game franchise and will be publishing new games. The rights were originally held by bankrupt Acclaim Entertainment.
July 20After coming under heavy fire from many politicians, most notably Hillary Clinton, the Entertainment Software Rating Board re-rated Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Adults Only 18+ (AO) due to the sexually explicit minigame mod "Hot Coffee". Additionally, Rockstar Games ceased production of the game and has announced plans to offer a new version of the game that can't be affected by the mod, and plans to patch the PC version.
July 27 Sony Computer Entertainment released the first major update in Japan for their video game handheld, the PlayStation Portable. Version 2.00 includes a web browser, A-B repeat mode, Wi-Fi picture sending, as well as additional audio & video support among other features.
August 8Abandon Mobile announces its formation through a partnership between Abandon Entertainment, Inc. and GF Capital Management and Advisors, LLC.
August 22 Square Enix acquires Taito leading to Square Enix entering the arcade sector of the electronic game industry.
September 29 Namco merges with Bandai to form Bandai Namco Holdings, the third-largest video game entity in Japan.
November Pandemic Studios and BioWare partner to create BioWare/Pandemic Studios.
November 7 Take-Two Interactive acquires Firaxis Games.
November 30 Sony Computer Entertainment announce that PlayStation 2 breaks a record: the fastest console to reach cumulative shipment of 100 million units, beating the previous record holder, the PlayStation, by three years and nine months. The PS platform has until the present year the biggest sales of all times of video games history, with 120 million consoles shipped.
December 12 Working Designs closes down.

Notable releases

Release DateTitleComputer ReleasesConsole ReleasesHandheld ReleasesOther Releases
January 10 The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap ——GBA—
January 10Software TycoonLIN———
January 11 Resident Evil 4 —GCN——
January 11 Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction —PS2, XBOX——
January 11 The Getaway: Black Monday —PS2——
January 12 Banjo-Pilot ——GBA—
January 16 The Punisher WINPS2, XBOX——
January 18 Fullmetal Alchemist and the Broken Angel —PS2——
January 18 Street Racing Syndicate WIN———
January 18 Virtua Quest —PS2——
January 18 Zoo Keeper ——DS—
January 19 Virtua Quest —GCN——
January 25 Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath —XBOX——
January 25 Playboy: The Mansion WINPS2, XBOX——
January 27COPS 2170: The Power of Law [39] WIN———
February 4 Postal²: Share the Pain LIN———
February 8 Racing Gears Advance ——GBA—
February 8 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II The Sith Lords WIN———
February 8 Shadow of Rome —PS2——
February 8 Shaman King: Legacy of the Spirits, Soaring Hawk ——GBA—
February 8 Shaman King: Legacy of the Spirits, Sprinting Wolf ——GBA—
February 8 Winnie the Pooh's Rumbly Tumbly Adventure —GCN, PS2GBA—
February 14 Star Fox Assault —GCN——
February 14 WarioWare: Touched! ——DS—
February 15 Constantine WINPS2, XBOX——
February 15 Nano Breaker —PS2——
February 15 Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse —PS2——
February 22 FIFA Street —PS2, XBOX, GCN——
February 22 Gran Turismo 4 —PS2——
February 22 MVP Baseball 2005 WINGCN, PS2, XBOX——
February 22 Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike —XBOX——
February 22 Ace Combat Advance ——GBA—
February 23 Klonoa 2: Dream Champ Tournament ——GBA—
February 23 Project Snowblind —PS2, XBOX——
February 23 Super Army War ——GBA—
February 24 Judge Dredd: Dredd vs. Death —PS2——
February 24 Tekken 5 —PS2——
February 27 Judge Dredd: Dredd vs. Death —XBOX——
February 28 American McGee Presents: Scrapland —XBOX——
February 28 Fight Night Round 2 —PS2, XBOX, GCN——
February 28 Ice Nine ——GBA—
February 28 Star Wars: Republic Commando —XBOX——
March 1 Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 —XBOX——
March 1 Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening —PS2——
March 1 Judge Dredd: Dredd vs. Death —GCN——
March 1 Star Wars: Republic Commando WIN———
March 1 Mortal Kombat: Deception —GCN——
March 3 Judge Dredd: Dredd vs. Death WIN———
March 8 MLB 2006 —PS2PSP—
March 8 Rave Master —GCN——
March 13 Pokémon Dash ——DS—
March 14 Donkey Kong Jungle Beat —GCN——
March 14 Need for Speed Underground: Rivals ——PSP—
March 14 World Tour Soccer: Challenge Edition ——PSP—
March 14 Yoshi Touch & Go ——DS—
March 15 Act of War: Direct Action WIN———
March 15 Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 WINPS2——
March 15 Cold Fear —PS2, XBOX——
March 15 Driver 3 WIN———
March 15 Musashi: Samurai Legend —PS2——
March 15 Phantom Dust —XBOX——
March 15 Rayman: Hoodlums' Revenge ——GBA—
March 15 Spider-Man 2 ——PSP—
March 15 Super Monkey Ball Deluxe —PS2, XBOX——
March 15 Tony Hawk's Underground 2: Remix ——PSP—
March 16 Dynasty Warriors ——PSP—
March 16 MX vs. ATV Unleashed —PS2——
March 16 Retro Atari Classics ——DS—
March 21 NFL Street 2 Unleashed ——PSP—
March 21 TimeSplitters: Future Perfect —GCN, PS2, XBOX——
March 22 Dragon Ball Z: Sagas —PS2, XBOX, GCN——
March 22 God of War —PS2——
March 22 Lumines ——PSP—
March 22 The Matrix Online WIN———
March 22 Metal Gear Acid ——PSP—
March 22 Shining Tears —PS2——
March 24 Bionicle: Maze of Shadows ——GBA—
March 24 Darkstalkers Chronicle: The Chaos Tower ——PSP—
March 24 MX vs. ATV Unleashed —XBOX——
March 24 Rayman DS ——DS—
March 24 Ridge Racer ——PSP—
March 24 Twisted Metal: Head-On ——PSP—
March 24 Wipeout Pure ——PSP—
March 25Iron Phoenix—XBOX——
March 25 Sudeki WIN———
March 28 Mario Party Advance ——GBA—
March 29 Dynasty Warriors 5 —PS2——
March 29 Red Ninja: End of Honor —XBOX——
March 29 Spikeout: Battle Street —XBOX——
March 30 Red Ninja: End of Honor —PS2——
March 31 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory WINPS2, XBOX, GCN——
April 3 Doom 3 —XBOX——
April 3 Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil WIN———
April 5 Rise of the Kasai —PS2——
April 5 Lego Star Wars: The Video Game WINPS2, XBOXGBA—
April 5 Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga —PS2——
April 5 SWAT 4 WIN———
April 6 Archer Maclean's Mercury ——PSP—
April 6 Close Combat: First to Fight —XBOX——
April 11 Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition —PS2, XBOX——
April 12 Jade Empire —XBOX——
April 18 Polarium ——DS—
April 18 Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict —XBOX——
April 19 ATV Offroad Fury: Blazin' Trails ——PSP—
April 19 Psychonauts —XBOX——
April 20 WWE WrestleMania 21 —XBOX——
April 21 Haunting Ground —PS2——
April 21 Raze's Hell —XBOX——
April 24 Popeye: Rush for Spinach ——GBA—
April 25 Crash Bandicoot ———MOBI
April 26 Guild Wars WIN———
April 26 Pac-Pix ——DS—
April 26 Psychonauts WIN———
April 26 ObsCure WINPS2, XBOX——
April 26Rengoku: The Tower of Purgatory——PSP—
April 27 Motocross Mania 3 —PS2, XBOX——
April 27 NBA Street Showdown ——PSP—
April 27 Predator: Concrete Jungle —PS2, XBOX——
May 1 Pokémon Emerald (North America)——GBA—
May 2 Pac-Man Pinball Advance ——GBA—
May 3 Forza Motorsport —XBOX——
May 3 Hot Shots Golf: Open Tee ——PSP—
May 3 Pariah WINXBOX——
May 3 Puyo Pop Fever ——DS—
May 5 Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith —PS2, XBOXGBA, DSMOBI
May 9 Donkey Konga 2: Hit Song Parade! —GCN——
May 11 Cold Winter —PS2——
May 18 Fate [40] WIN, OSX———
May 19 Chameleon WIN———
May 23 WarioWare: Twisted! ——GBA—
May 23 Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones ——GBA—
May 24 Madagascar WINGCN, PS2, XBOXGBA, DS—
May 27 7 Sins WINPS2——
May 31 Advent Rising —XBOX——
June 2 Digimon World 4 —GCN, PS2, XBOX——
June 7 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas WIN———
June 7 Medal of Honor: European Assault —GCN, PS2, XBOX——
June 8 Area 51 WINPS2, XBOX——
June 13 Juiced WINPS2, XBOX——
June 13 Yoshi Topsy-Turvy ——GBA—
June 13 Kirby: Canvas Curse ——DS—
June 14 Arc the Lad: End of Darkness —PS2——
June 14 Batman Begins —GCN, PS2, XBOXGBA—
June 14 Capcom Fighting Evolution —XBOX——
June 21 Battlefield 2 WIN———
June 21 Bomberman ——DS—
June 21 Conker: Live & Reloaded —XBOX——
June 21 Destroy All Humans! —PS2, XBOX——
June 21 Mega Man Battle Network 5 ——GBA—
June 22 Psychonauts —PS2——
June 24Soul RideLIN———
June 27 Fantastic Four WINGCN, PS2, XBOXGBA—
June 27 Meteos ——DS—
June 27 Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition ——PSP—
June 28 Dead to Rights: Reckoning ——PSP—
June 28 Falcon 4.0: Allied Force WIN———
June 28 Riviera: The Promised Land ——GBA—
July 5 Façade WIN, OSX———
July 6 Coded Arms ——PSP—
July 7 killer7 —PS2, GCN——
July 11 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory —PS2, XBOX, GCNGBA—
July 12 FlatOut (North America)WINXBOX——
July 12 Nancy Drew: Secret of the Old Clock WIN———
July 19 Nanostray ——DS—
July 20 Colosseum: Road to Freedom —PS2——
July 26 Harvest Moon: More Friends of Mineral Town ——GBA—
July 26 Disney's Kim Possible 3: Team Possible ——GBA, DS—
July 26 Makai Kingdom: Chronicles of the Sacred Tome —PS2——
July 29 Worms 4 WINPS2, XBOX——
August 2 BloodRayne 2 WIN (NA)———
August 2 Shaman King: Master of Spirits 2 ——GBA—
August 3 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2: Summit Strike —XBOX——
August 8 Madden NFL 06 —PS2, GCNDS—
August 9 Advent Rising WIN———
August 9 Dragon Ball GT: Transformation ——GBA—
August 15 Geist —GCN——
August 16 Death Jr. ——PSP—
August 16 Dungeon Siege II WIN———
August 16 EyeToy: Play 2 —PS2——
August 16 Hello Kitty: Roller Rescue —GCN——
August 16 Pac 'n Roll ——DS—
August 16 Sigma Star Saga ——GBA—
August 17 Madden NFL 06 WIN———
August 22 Nintendogs ——DS—
August 22 Advance Wars: Dual Strike ——DS—
August 23 187 Ride or Die —PS2, XBOX——
August 23 Beat Down: Fists of Vengeance —PS2, XBOX——
August 23 The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction —PS2, GCN, XBOX——
August 25 InuYasha: Feudal Combat —PS2——
August 29 Dynasty Warriors Advance ——GBA—
August 29 Mario Superstar Baseball —GCN——
August 29 WWE Day of Reckoning 2 —GCN——
August 30 MotoGP 3: Ultimate Racing Technology WINXBOX——
August 31 World Series of Poker —PS2, XBOX——
September Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: Winter Assault WIN———
September 6 Radiata Stories —PS2——
September 6 Rebelstar: Tactical Command ——GBA—
September 7 One Piece: Grand Battle! Rush —GCN, PS2——
September 8 Danny Phantom: The Ultimate Enemy ——GBA—
September 13 Armored Core: Nine Breaker —PS2——
September 13 Burnout Legends ——PSP—
September 13 Burnout Revenge —PS2, XBOX——
September 13 Dynasty Warriors 5 —XBOX——
September 13 EverQuest II: Desert of Flames WIN———
September 13 Evil Dead: Regeneration WINPS2, XBOX——
September 13 GripShift ——PSP—
September 13 MediEvil: Resurrection ——PSP—
September 13 Scooby-Doo! Unmasked —PS2, GCN, XBOXGBA, DS—
September 13 World Series of Poker WIN———
September 14 Tecmo Classic Arcade —XBOX——
September 14 World Series of Poker —GCN——
September 15 Fire Pro Wrestling Returns —PS2——
September 15 Nancy Drew: Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon WIN———
September 15 World Series of Poker ——PSP—
September 16 Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks —PS2, XBOX (US)——
September 19 DK King of Swing ——GBA—
September 19 Frantix ——PSP—
September 19 Tak: The Great Juju Challenge —PS2, XBOX, GCNGBA, DS, PSP—
September 20 Genji: Dawn of the Samurai —PS2——
September 20 Gretzky NHL 2006 —PS2——
September 20 Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy WINPS2, XBOX——
September 20 Kingdom Under Fire:Heroes —XBOX——
September 20 Legend of Kay —PS2——
September 20 Myst V: End of Ages WIN———
September 20 Ninja Gaiden Black —XBOX——
September 20 Space Invaders Revolution ——DS—
September 20 We Love Katamari —PS2——
September 20 Whac-A-Mole ——GBA—
September 20 Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects —GCN, PS2, XBOXDS, PSP—
September 20 X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse WINGCN, PS2, XBOX——
September 21 Mega Man X8 [41] (Europe)WIN———
September 22 Ultimate Spider-Man WINGCN, PS2, XBOXGBA, DS—
September 23 Neuro Hunter WIN (UK)———
September 26 Another Code: Two Memories ——DS—
September 26 Fahrenheit —PS2, XBOX——
September 26 Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves —PS2——
September 26 Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06 ——PSP—
September 26 Top Spin —PS2——
September 27 Capcom Classics Collection —PS2, XBOX——
September 27 Far Cry Instincts —XBOX——
September 27 Frogger: Ancient Shadow —PS2, XBOX, GCN——
September 27 Lost in Blue ——DS—
September 27 Lunar: Dragon Song ——DS—
September 27 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lockdown —GCN——
September 28 Dance Dance Revolution Extreme 2 —PS2——
September 29 Battalion Wars —GCN——
September 29 Frogger: Helmet Chaos ——DS, PSP—
September 30 Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks —PS2, XBOX (EU)——
October 2 Fahrenheit WIN———
October 3 Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness —GCN——
October 4 Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow ——DS—
October 4 Bratz: Rock Angelz WINPS2, GCNGBA—
October 4 FIFA 06 WINPS2, XBOX, GCNDSMOBI
October 4 Mega Man Zero 4 ——GBA—
October 4 Street Racing Syndicate ——GBA—
October 4 Trauma Center: Under the Knife ——DS—
October 5 Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil —XBOX——
October 7 Black & White 2 WIN———
October 7 Virtua Tennis: World Tour ——PSP—
October 7 Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit —PS2, XBOX——
October 10 The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge —PS2, XBOX——
October 10 The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Pumpkin King ——GBA, DS—
October 10 L.A. Rush —PS2, XBOX——
October 11 FIFA 06 ——PSP, GBA—
October 11 Codename: Kids Next Door – Operation: V.I.D.E.O.G.A.M.E. —GCN, PS2, XBOX——
October 11 SOCOM 3 —PS2——
October 11Hello Kitty: Happy Party Pals——GBA—
October 11 Zoo Tycoon DS ——DS—
October 11 Serious Sam 2 WINXBOX——
October 11 SSX on Tour —GCN, PS2, XBOXPSP—
October 12 Devil Kings —PS2——
October 12 Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney ——DS—
October 13 FlatOut (Japan)—PS2——
October 16 Teen Titans ——GBA—
October 17 Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy —XBOX——
October 17 F.E.A.R. WIN———
October 17 The Warriors —PS2, XBOX——
October 18 Chicken Little —GCN, PS2, XBOX——
October 18 Quake 4 WIN———
October 18 Age of Empires III WIN———
October 18 Dig Dug: Digging Strike ——DS—
October 18 Jak X: Combat Racing —PS2——
October 18 Shadow of the Colossus —PS2——
October 18 Spyro: Shadow Legacy ——DS—
October 18 Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse —XBOX——
October 18 The Con ——PSP—
October 18The Fairly Oddparents! Clash with the Anti-World——GBA—
October 18 Zoo Tycoon 2: Endangered Species WIN———
October 19 Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance —GCN——
October 19 Crash Tag Team Racing —GCN, PS2, XBOX——
October 19 X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse ——PSP—
October 19 Zatch Bell! Mamodo Battles —GCN, PS2——
October 20Navy Field OnlineWIN———
October 21SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Cameras, Pants!—PS2, XBOX——
October 24 Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth —XBOX——
October 24 Dance Dance Revolution Mario Mix —GCN——
October 24 Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories ——PSP—
October 24 Metroid Prime Pinball ——DS—
October 24 Nintendogs: Best Friends ——DS—
October 25 Atomic Betty ——GBA—
October 25 Battlefield 2: Modern Combat —PS2, XBOX——
October 25 Call of Duty 2 WIN———
October 25 Civilization IV WIN———
October 25 Driver 3 ——GBA—
October 25 Gunstar Super Heroes ——GBA—
October 25 Kong: King of Atlantis ——GBA—
October 25 LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game —GCN——
October 25 Resident Evil 4 —PS2——
October 25 Ratchet: Deadlocked —PS2——
October 25 Shrek SuperSlam WINGCN, PS2, XBOXGBA, DS—
October 25 Soul Calibur III —PS2——
October 26 Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood WINPS2, XBOX——
October 26 Ghost In The Shell:Stand Alone Complex ——PSP—
October 26 Nicktoons Unite! ——GBA—
October 27 Half-Life 2: Lost Coast WIN———
November 1 007: From Russia with Love —PS2, XBOX, GCN——
November 1 Call of Duty 2: Big Red One —PS2, XBOX, GCN——
November 1 Castlevania: Curse of Darkness —PS2, XBOX——
November 1 Mega Man Battle Network 5: Double Team DS ——DS—
November 1 Shamu's Deep Sea Adventures —PS2, XBOX——
November 1 Star Wars Battlefront 2 WINPS2, XBOXPSP—
November 1 The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer WINPS2, XBOX, GCNDS, GBA—
November 1 TY the Tasmanian Tiger 3: Night of the Quinkan ——GBA—
November 3 Ed, Edd n Eddy: The Mis-Edventures WINPS2, XBOX, GCNGBA—
November 7 Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! ——GBA—
November 7 Madagascar: Operation Penguin ——GBA—
November 7 Mario Party 7 —GCN——
November 7 The Matrix: Path of Neo WINPS2, XBOX——
November 8 EyeToy: Kinetic —PS2——
November 8 Fatal Frame III: The Tormented —PS2——
November 8 Guitar Hero —PS2——
November 8 Gun WINPS2, XBOX, GCN——
November 8 Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire WINPS2, XBOX, GCNDS, GBA—
November 8 Shamu's Deep Sea Adventures —GCNGBA, DS—
November 8 SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Fireteam Bravo ——PSP—
November 8 Suikoden Tactics —PS2——
November 8 The Lord of the Rings: Tactics ——PSP—
November 8 The Movies WIN———
November 8 Viewtiful Joe: Double Trouble! ——DS—
November 8 Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumble —GCN——
November 9 Big Mutha Truckers ——GBA—
November 10 Crash Tag Team Racing ——PSP—
November 13 Animaniacs: Lights, Camera, Action! ——GBA—
November 13 The Proud Family ——GBA, DS—
November 14 Animaniacs: Lights, Camera, Action! ——DS—
November 14 ATV: Quad Frenzy ——DS—
November 14 The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe WINPS2, XBOX, GCNDS, GBA—
November 14 Garfield: The Search for Pooky ——GBA—
November 14 Mario Kart DS ——DS—
November 15 Dragon Quest VIII (NA)—PS2——
November 15 Shadow the Hedgehog —PS2, XBOX, GCN——
November 15 Half-Life 2 —XBOX——
November 15 Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 3 —XBOX——
November 15 EyeToy: Operation Spy —PS2——
November 15 Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire ——PSP—
November 15 Infected ——PSP—
November 15 Kingdom of Paradise ——PSP—
November 15 Magna Carta: Crimson Stigmata —PS2——
November 15 Neopets: The Darkest Faerie —PS2——
November 15 Pac-Man World 3 WINPS2, XBOX, GCNDS—
November 15 Sonic Rush ——DS—
November 15 Totally Spies! ——GBA—
November 15 True Crime: New York City WINPS2, XBOX, GCN——
November 15 Wild Arms Alter Code: F —PS2——
November 15 WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw 2006 —PS2——
November 16 Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2 —PS2, XBOX, GCN——
November 16 Devilish: Ball Bounder ——DS—
November 16 Need for Speed: Most Wanted WINPS2, XBOX, GCNGBA, DS, PSP—
November 17 50 Cent: Bulletproof —PS2, XBOX——
November 17 Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie [42] WINPS2, XBOX, GCN——
November 20 Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors 2 ——DS—
November 21 Battlefield 2: Special Forces WIN———
November 21 College Hoops 2K6 —XBOX——
November 21 Kong: The 8th Wonder of the World ——GBA—
November 22 Amped 3 —X360——
November 22 Call of Duty 2 —X360——
November 22 Condemned: Criminal Origins —X360——
November 22 FIFA 06: Road To FIFA World Cup —X360——
November 22 Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved —XBLA——
November 22 Kameo: Elements of Power —X360——
November 22 Mutant Storm Reloaded —XBLA——
November 22 Need for Speed: Most Wanted —X360——
November 22 Outpost Kaloki X —XBLA——
November 22 Perfect Dark Zero —X360——
November 22 Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie [43] —X360——
November 22 Quake 4 —X360——
November 22 Ridge Racer 6 —X360——
November 22 SBK: Snowboard Kids ——DS—
November 28 Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time ——DS—
November 29 Burnout Legends ——DS—
November 30 College Hoops 2K6 —PS2——
November 30 Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones WINPS2, XBOX, GCN——
December 2 Chicken Little WIN———
December 5 Animal Crossing: Wild World ——DS—
December 5 Mario Tennis: Power Tour ——GBA—
December 5 Super Mario Strikers —GCN——
December 5 Tokobot ——PSP—
December 6 Battles of Prince of Persia ——DS—
December 6 Bust-a-Move DS ——DS—
December 6 Pac-Man World 3 ——PSP—
December 6 Prince of Persia: Revelations ——PSP—
December 7 Dragon Booster ——DS—
December 7 The Sims 2 ——PSP—
December 8 Yakuza (Japan)—PS2——
December 9 The Endless Forest WIN———
December 12 Final Fantasy IV Advance ——GBA—
December 12 Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows —PS2, XBOX——
December 13 Midway Arcade Treasures: Extended Play ——PSP—
December 13 Ultimate Block Party ——PSP—
December 15 Armored Core: Formula Front ——PSP—
December 20 Chaos Field —GCN——
December 20 Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie ——PSP—
December 22 Kingdom Hearts II (Japan)—PS2——
December 29 Dead or Alive 4 —X360——

Video game-based film and television releases

TitleDateDirectorDistributor(s)FranchiseOriginal game publisherRef.
Xenosaga: The Animation January 5, 2005Shigeyasu Yamauchi Toei Animation Xenosaga Monolith Soft [44]
Lucario and the Mystery of Mew July 16, 2005 Kunihiko Yuyama Toho Pokémon Game Freak [45]
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children September 14, 2005 Tetsuya Nomura Square Enix Image Studio Division Final Fantasy Square Enix [46]
Last Order: Final Fantasy VII Morio Asaka Madhouse, Inc. [47]
Pokémon: Battle Frontier October 6, 2005Masamitsu Hidaka TV Tokyo PokémonGame Freak [48]
Doom October 17, 2005 Andrzej Bartkowiak Universal Pictures Doom Id Software [49]
Street Fighter Alpha: Generations October 25, 2005Ikuo Kuwana Manga Entertainment Street Fighter Capcom [50]
The King of Fighters: Another Day December 2, 2005Masaki Tachibana Production I.G The King of Fighters SNK [51]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 2.95 million on PlayStation 2. [20] 1.2 million on Xbox. [9] 280,000 on GameCube. [24]

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