2007 in video games explained

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, , Halo 3, God of War II, Team Fortress 2, , , , , and . New intellectual properties included Assassin's Creed, BioShock, Crackdown, Crysis, Mass Effect, Portal, Rock Band, Skate, The Darkness, The Witcher, and Uncharted.

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]

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
1	Wii Sports	15,246,786	Wii	Nintendo	Sports
2	Pokémon Diamond / Pearl	9,867,185	Nintendo DS	Nintendo, Pokémon Company	RPG
3	Halo 3	8,100,000	X360	Microsoft Game Studios	FPS	^[12]
4	Wii Play	7,316,815	Wii	Nintendo	Party
5		7,000,000	PS3 / X360 / PC	Activision	FPS	^[13]
6	FIFA 08	6,550,000	Multi-platform	EA Sports	Sports	^[14]
7	Pro Evolution Soccer 2008	6,370,000	Multi-platform	Konami	Sports
8		6,091,362	Nintendo DS	Nintendo	Edutainment
9	Super Mario Galaxy	5,190,000	Wii	Nintendo	Platformer
10	Mario Party 8	4,350,000	Wii	Nintendo	Party

Europe

• Based on estimates from Electronic Arts:

Video game console sales of 2007 in Europe^{[15] [16]}

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^{[17] [18] [19]}

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^[20]
6	Xbox 360	257,841

Best-selling video games of 2007 in Japan^{[21] [22] [23]}

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		NDS	1,052,827
10		NDS	1,033,933

North America

• Based on figures from the NPD Group via IGN;^[24] the games' publishers are listed in brackets:

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

Place	Nintendo DS^[25]	PC^[26]	PlayStation 2^[27]
1	Pokémon Diamond (Nintendo)	(Blizzard Entertainment)	Madden NFL 08 (Electronic Arts)
2	Pokémon Pearl (Nintendo)	(Electronic Arts)	God of War II (Sony Computer Entertainment)
3	(Nintendo)	(Electronic Arts)	(RedOctane)
4	Diddy Kong Racing (Nintendo)	(Electronic Arts)	(RedOctane)
5	(Nintendo)	Supreme Commander (THQ)	(Sony Computer Entertainment)
6	Spectrobes (Disney Interactive)	(Midway)	Spider-Man 3 (Activision)
7	(Disney Interactive)	The Orange Box (Valve)	NCAA Football 08 (Electronic Arts)
8	MySims (Electronic Arts)	(Activision)	(Activision)
9	(THQ)	BioShock (2K Games)	(Rockstar Games)
10	Mario Party DS (Nintendo)	(Electronic Arts)	(Bandai)

Place	PlayStation 3^[28]	PlayStation Portable^[29]
1	Madden NFL 08 (Electronic Arts)	(Sony Computer Entertainment)
2	(Activision)	Madden NFL 08 (Electronic Arts)
3	Assassin's Creed (Ubisoft)	(Sony Computer Entertainment)
4	MotorStorm (Sony Computer Entertainment)	(Activision)
5	(RedOctane)	(Square Enix)
6	(Ubisoft)	(Warner Bros. Interactive)
7	NCAA Football 08 (Electronic Arts)	(Activision)
8	Heavenly Sword (Sony Computer Entertainment)	Major League Baseball 2K7 (2K Games)
9	Ninja Gaiden Sigma (Tecmo)	(Ubisoft)
10	(Bethesda Softworks)	Ghost Rider (2K Games)

Place	Wii^[30]	Xbox 360^[31]
1	Wii Play (Nintendo)	Halo 3 (Microsoft)
2	Mario Party 8 (Nintendo)	(Activision)
3	Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo)	Guitar Hero II (RedOctane)
4	Super Paper Mario (Nintendo)	Madden NFL 08 (Electronic Arts)
5	(RedOctane)	Assassin's Creed (Ubisoft)
6	(Nintendo)	BioShock (2K Games)
7	(Nintendo)	Crackdown (Microsoft)
8	(Capcom)	(RedOctane)
9	Mario Strikers Charged (Nintendo)	Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 (Ubisoft)
10	Pokémon Battle Revolution (Nintendo)	(Capcom)

United Kingdom

• Based on figures from Chart-Track:

Best-selling video games of 2007 in the UK^{[32] [33] [34] [35]}

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		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)^[36]
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)	(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)	(Activision)
4	Cooking Mama (505 Games)	Final Fantasy XII (Square Enix)	FIFA 08 (Electronic Arts)
5	Big Brain Academy (Nintendo)	(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)	(Electronic Arts)	Formula One Championship Edition (Sony Computer Entertainment)
8	Nintendogs: Labrador & Friends (Nintendo)	Spider-Man 3 (Activision)	(Electronic Arts)
9	Sonic Rush (Sega)	(Rockstar Games)	(Sony Computer Entertainment)
10	Zoo Tycoon DS (THQ)	(Activision)	WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008 (THQ)

Place	PlayStation Portable	Wii	Xbox 360
1	(Rockstar Games)	Wii Play (Nintendo)	Halo 3 (Microsoft)
2	FIFA 08 (Electronic Arts)	Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega)	(Activision)
3	Sega Mega Drive Collection (Sega)	(Nintendo)	Assassin's Creed (Ubisoft)
4	Pro Evolution Soccer 6 (Konami)	Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo)	Forza Motorsport 2 (Microsoft)
5	(Rockstar Games)	Mario Party 8 (Nintendo)	FIFA 08 (Electronic Arts)
6	Sonic Rivals (Sega)	(Nintendo)	Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Konami)
7	The Simpsons Game (Electronic Arts)	(Nintendo)	Crackdown (Microsoft)
8	FIFA 07 (Electronic Arts)	Mario Strikers Charged Football (Nintendo)	Gears of War (Microsoft)
9	(Rockstar Games)	Sonic and the Secret Rings (Sega)	(Capcom)
10	(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^{[37] [38]}

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^{[38] [39] [40]}

Place	Title	Console	Units sold
1	Halo 3	X360	4.82 million
2	Wii Play	Wii	4.12 million
3		X360	3.04 million
4	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)^[41]

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

Place	Title	Units sold
1		8.6 million
2	Madden NFL 07	7.4 million
3		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)^{[42] [43]}

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%
	Activision	November 5, 2007	Xbox 360	94/100	94.16%
	Activision	November 5, 2007	PlayStation 3	94/100	93.54%
Halo 3	Microsoft Game Studios	September 25, 2007		94/100	93.53%
	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%
	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%
	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%
	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%
	Valve	October 10, 2007	Microsoft Windows	90/100	90.68%
	Nintendo	August 27, 2007	Wii	90/100	90.23%
Forza Motorsport 2	Microsoft Game Studios	May 29, 2007	Xbox 360	90/100	89.98%
	Nintendo	June 23, 2007	Nintendo DS	90/100	88.82%
Portal	Valve	October 10, 2007	Microsoft Windows	90/100	88.81%
	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%
	Sony Computer Entertainment	October 23, 2007	PlayStation 3	89/100	88.74%
Persona 3 FES	Atlus	April 19, 2007	PlayStation 2	89/100^[44]	87.8%^[45]
	Square Enix	May 10, 2007	PlayStation Portable	88/100	88.26%
	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	87.99%
Ninja Gaiden Sigma	Tecmo	June 14, 2007	PlayStation 3	88/100	86.72%
	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.^[46]
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.

Game releases

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		X360, PS3, Win
January 15		Wii
January 16		NDS
		Mac, Win
January 17	NCAA March Madness 07	PS2, X360
January 22		NDS
	The Shield	Win
January 23		NDS
		PSP
January 30	Rogue Galaxy	PS2
		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		PS2
	Capcom Puzzle World	PSP
	Lunar Knights	NDS
	Micro Machines V4	NDS
		PS2
	Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 2007	PS3, X360
	The Sims Life Stories	Win
February 12		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
		PSP
February 14	Paperboy	XBLA
February 15		Win
February 19		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		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		PS3
March 5		PS2
		NDS
March 6	Burnout Dominator	PS2, PSP
		PS3, X360
	MotorStorm	PS3
	NBA Street Homecourt	PS3
	Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2	X360
	Uno Free Fall	GBA
March 11	El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera	PS2 PS3, Wii, X360
		PS2
March 13		PSP
	God of War II	PS2
		Lin
	Spectrobes	NDS
March 14	Formula One Championship Edition	PS3
March 15	Drake and Josh	GBA, GCN, NDS, PS2, PS3, Wii, Xbox, X360
March 19	Custom Robo Arena	NDS
March 20		Win
	Armored Core 4	PS3, X360
		Wii
		Wii
		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		NDS
	Test Drive Unlimited	PSP
	The Godfather: The Don's Edition	PS3
March 23		Win
	Wing Island	Wii
March 26		PS2, Wii
	Virtua Tennis 3	PSP
March 27		X360, Win
	Honeycomb Beat	NDS
		NDS
	Disney's Meet the Robinsons	Win, PS2, GBA, NDS, Wii, X360, GCN
	Metal Slug Anthology	PS2
	Purr Pals	NDS, Wii
March 28		Win
	Jetpac Refuelled	XBLA
March 30		Win
		PS3
April 3		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		PSP
	Bionicle Heroes	Wii
	SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters DS	NDS
	The Fast and the Furious	PSP
		Win
April 25	Eets: Chowdown	XBLA
May 1	Heatseeker	PS2, Wii
	Legend of the Dragon	PS2, Wii
May 8		X360
	Driver 76	PSP
	Heatseeker	PSP
	Infernal	Win
May 10	Calling All Cars!	PSN
May 15		PSP
	Resident Evil 4	Win
	Touch the Dead	NDS
		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
		Lin
May 29		PS2
	Crush	PSP
	Forza Motorsport 2	X360
	Legend of the Dragon	PSP
	Mario Party 8	Wii
		Wii
	Shadowrun	X360, Win
	Tank Beat	NDS
		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		PS2, Win
June 7	Ballistics	Lin
	Call of Juarez	X360
		Win
June 8	Marvel Trading Card Game	Win
June 11		Wii
June 12		Wii
	Dream Chronicles	Win
	Tenchu Z	X360
	Time Ace	NDS
June 13	Prince of Persia Classic	XBLA
June 18		PSP
June 19		NDS
	Dirt	X360, Win
		PSP
	SimCity DS	NDS
	Raw Danger!	PS2
		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
		PSP
July 11	Sonic the Hedgehog	XBLA
July 17	NCAA Football 08	PS2, PS3, Xbox, X360
	PaRappa the Rapper	PSP
		PSP
July 18	Bomberman Live	XBLA
	Deal or No Deal	GBA
July 23		Win
	Deal or No Deal	NDS
	NASCAR 08	PS2, PS3, X360
July 24		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		NDS, PS2, PS3, Wii, X360
	Mario Strikers Charged	Wii
	Picross DS	NDS
July 31	Harvest Moon: Boy & Girl	PSP
August 6		NDS
August 7		PSP
	Mega Man Star Force	NDS
August 9	Piyotama	PS3, PSP
		PSP
August 14		Wii
	Heroes of Mana	NDS
	Madden NFL 08	GCN, NDS, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox, X360, Win
	Luminous Arc	NDS
		NDS
	Persona 3	PS2
August 15	Sam & Max Season One	Win
August 20		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
		Wii
	NHRA: Countdown to the Championship	PSP
August 28	Blue Dragon	X360
	Dead Head Fred	PSP
		PS2, PS3, X360
		Win
	Warhawk	PS3
	Wild Arms 5	PS2
August 29	Monster Hunter Freedom 2	PSP
August 31		Win
	Lair	PS3
September 4		PS3, X360, Win
		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
		PS2, PS3, X360
September 18		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		XBLA
September 20	LocoRoco Cocoreccho	PSN
September 24		Win
		NDS
September 25	Balls of Fury	Wii, PS3, X360
		PS2
		Wii
	Halo 3	X360
		PS2
		Win
	Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party	PS3, Wii, X360
	Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova 2	PS2
		NDS
	Soul Nomad & the World Eaters	PlayStation 2
September 26		X360
September 27		PSP
		Win
September 30		Wii
October 1		NDS
October 2
	Project Gotham Racing 4	X360
		Win
		XBLA
		PSP
		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		Win
October 8	MinDStorm	NDS
October 9	Folklore	PS3
		PS2, Wii, X360
		NDS
	Bleach: Shattered Blade	Wii
		NDS
	Mountain Bike Adrenaline	PS2
		PSP
	FIFA Soccer 08	GBA, NDS, PS2, PS3, Wii, X360, Win
	Sega Rally Revo	PS3, PSP, X360
		PSP
		NDS
		NDS, PS2, PSP, Wii, Win, X360
	Touch Detective 2 ½	NDS
October 10	Half-Life 2	X360
		X360
		X360, Win
	Portal	X360, Win
	Team Fortress 2	X360, Win
	The Orange Box	X360, Win
	Yaris	XBLA
October 11	Everyday Shooter	PS3
October 15		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
		Wii
	Front Mission	NDS
	Mercury Meltdown Revolution	Wii
		X360
		Win
	Painkiller: Overdose	Win
	Spider-Man 3	PSP
		Wii
October 17	Every Extend Extra Extreme	XBLA
		PC
October 18		Wii
October 19		Lin
	Hard to Be a God	Win
	^[47]	Win
October 22		PS3
		NDS, PS2, PSP, Wii
October 23		Win
	Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles	PSP
	Ratatouille	PS3
		NDS
	Pac 'n Roll	Wii
		NDS
		NDS
		PS3
		X360
		PS2, Wii, NDS, GBA
	SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis	PS2, NDS, GBA
	Mega Man ZX Advent	NDS
	Conan	X360, PS3
October 24	Exit	XBLA
		PC
	The Eye of Judgment	PS3
October 25		NDS, PS2, Wii
October 26	Tomb Raider: Anniversary (Europe)	X360, PSP
October 28		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
		NDS
	John Woo Presents Stranglehold	PS3
October 30		Win
	Bee Movie Game	NDS, PS2, Wii, Win, X360
		NDS, PS2, PSP, Wii
	The Simpsons Game	GCN, NDS, PS2, PS3, Wii, X360
		NDS, PSP
		X360
		Win
	Hooked! Real Motion Fishing	Wii
	Manhunt 2	PS2, PSP, Wii
	The Witcher	Win
	TimeShift	Win, X360
	Virtua Fighter 5	X360
		X360
October 31	Pirates of the Caribbean Online^[48] ^[49]	Win
November 2	Tabula Rasa	Win
	Tomb Raider: Anniversary (Australia)	X360, PSP
November 5	Aqua Teen Hunger Force Zombie Ninja Pro-Am	PS2
		NDS, PS3, X360, Win
		Wii
		NDS
	The Simpsons Game	PSP
November 6		PS3, X360
	F.E.A.R. Files	X360
	F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate^[50]	Win
	Gears of War	Windows
	Hannah Montana: Spotlight World Tour	Wii
		NDS
	Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games	Wii
		X360, PS3, Wii, NDS
		NDS
		NDS
	Ontamarama	NDS
		PS2, Win
		PSP
		PSP
November 7		NDS
	Switchball	XBLA
November 9	Empire Earth III	Win
		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
		PS3, Win, X360
	Enchanted	NDS
	Jenga World Tour	NDS
		PS3, Win, X360
		Wii
	Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops Plus	PSP
		Wii
	Smarty Pants	Wii
	Contra 4	NDS
	Sonic Rivals 2	PSP
		Wii
	WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008	NDS, GBA, GCN, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox, X360
November 14		Wii, PS2, PS3, PSP, X360, Xbox, Win
	Shrek n' Roll	X360
		PS3, X360, Win
		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
		Wii
		Win
		Wii, NDS
November 19	Link's Crossbow Training	Wii
	Mario Party DS	NDS
	Sega Rally Revo	Win
		PS3
	Unreal Tournament 3	Win
November 20	7 Wonders of the Ancient World	PS2
	Aqua Vita	PS3
		NDS
	Mass Effect	X360
		NDS
		PS2
	Godzilla Unleashed: Double Smash	NDS
	Phantasy Star Universe: Ambition of the Illuminis	PS2, Win, X360
	Rock Band	PS3, X360
	Soulcalibur Legends	Wii
		GCN, PS2, Wii, Win
	Operation Creature Feature	PSN
	Time Crisis 4	PS3
		Wii
November 21	Undertow	XBLA
November 23		NDS
November 26	Master of Illusion	NDS
November 27	Boogie	NDS
	Cruis'n	Wii
		Wii
	Speedball 2 Tournament	Win
November 30		Wii
December 1		Mob
December 3	18 Wheels of Steel: American Long Haul	Win
December 4	Alvin and the Chipmunks	NDS, PS2, Wii, Win
		PSP
	Draglade	NDS
	Psychonauts	XBLA
December 5		Wii
December 6	High Velocity Bowling	PlayStation 3
	Lost Odyssey	X360
December 7	Jenga World Tour	Wii
December 11	Half-Life 2	PS3
		PS3
		PS3
	NeoGeo Battle Coliseum	PS2
	Portal	PS3
		Wii
	Team Fortress 2	PS3
	The Orange Box	PS3
		PS2, Wii, Win
December 12	Arkadian Warriors	Win, XBLA
		Win
December 18	Indianapolis 500 Legends	NDS, Wii
		Wii
	Sonic the Hedgehog	iOS
December 19	Elements of Destruction	NDS
December 26		XBLA

Video game-based film and television releases

Title	Date	Director	Distributor(s)	Franchise	Original game publisher
	January 22, 2007	Lincoln Ruchti				^[51]
Blue Dragon	April 7, 2007	Yukihiro Matsushita	Pierrot	Blue Dragon	Xbox Game Studios	^[52]
	June 14, 2007	Shin Itagaki	Madhouse, Inc.	Devil May Cry	Capcom	^[53]
The Rise of Darkrai	July 14, 2007	Kunihiko Yuyama	Toho	Pokémon	Game Freak	^[54]
The King of Kong	August 17, 2007	Seth Gordon	Picturehouse
Tak and the Power of Juju	August 31, 2007	Nick Jennings	Nickelodeon	Tak and the Power of Juju	THQ	^[55]
	September 20, 2007	Russell Mulcahy	Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group	Resident Evil	Capcom
Press Start	September 25, 2007	Ed Glaser	Dark Maze Studios
Ben X	September 26, 2007	Nic Balthazar	MMG Film
Hitman	November 21, 2007	Xavier Gens	20th Century Studios	Hitman	IO Interactive	^[56]

See also

• 2007 in esports
• 2007 in games

Notes and References

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2. Web site: Xbox 360 promoted to Elite. Tor. Thorsen. March 30, 2007.
3. Web site: 20GB PS3 officially discontinued in North America. Tor. Thorsen. April 16, 2007.
4. Web site: Wii to receive original downloadable games. Brendan. Sinclair. June 28, 2007.
5. Web site: Forza Motorsport 2.
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7. Web site: N-Gage to game again. Emma. Boyes. August 29, 2007.
8. Web site: Activision makes Bizarre acquisition. Gamespot Staff. September 26, 2007.
9. Web site: Bungie and Microsoft officially split. Emma. Boyes. October 5, 2007.
10. Web site: EA buying BioWare/Pandemic for $860M. Tor. Thorsen. October 11, 2007.
11. https://web.archive.org/web/20110717231928/http://kotaku.com/gaming/breaking/ea-confirms-ea-chicago-is-closing-319516.php Breaking: EA Confirms EA Chicago is Closing
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33. Web site: FIFA 08 ranks top of 2007 UK sales . February 9, 2008 . Phil Elliott . January 9, 2008 . GamesIndustry.biz. https://web.archive.org/web/20080211225344/http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=31967. February 11, 2008 . dead.
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36. Web site: Format breakdown . . January 30, 2008 . February 14, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090122133444/http://www.mcvuk.com/interviews/191/The-games-of-2007-Format-breakdown. January 22, 2009 . live.
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