2006 жылғы бейне ойындар оқиғалары

Video gaming related events during 2006

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

Month Date(s) Event January26 Nintendo announces its newly redesigned handheld, the Nintendo DS Lite. The new model is lighter, smaller, has configurable brightness and features an improved user interface. Konami Corp. announces the list of titles it expects to ship in 2006, ranging from Beatmania to Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence, and covering multiple platforms. Public schools in West Virginia will add Dance Dance Revolution by Konami to their curriculum, in an effort to combat obesity.27 Players of the Horde clan from World of Warcraft start the "Gamers Against No Kash" charity, to pay the subscription fees for valuable players strapped for cash. Microsoft of Japan made a statement to Japanese game magazine Famitsu regarding the Xbox 360 launch. "It was a lot more difficult than we had imagined. We couldn't prepare the launch titles that we had promised, and it made an impact," said Microsoft of Japan Xbox chief of operations Yoshihiro Maruyama. At the launch of the first Xbox in Japan, more units were sold in three days than have been sold of the Xbox 360 in one month. The PlayStation Portable 2.01 2.50 firmware versions, previously considered unhackable, are hacked by Fanjita. The Los Angeles attorney's office sues Rockstar Games and Take Two Interactive over the Hot Coffee mod.30 A mandatory update for Xbox Live on the Xbox 360 was released. Microsoft claimed the update was for bugfixes and improvements. Members of the modding community claim that "the true purpose of this update was to halt the progress of the modding community". Nintendo released a statement regarding the Red Tulip phenomenon on Animal Crossing: Wild World, stating "We have isolated the problem and determined that there was a temporary error with the upload tool when this letter was posted". Earlier, there had been speculation that the tulips were a result of black hat hackers.31Sony is reportedly building an Xbox Live killer for the PlayStation 3. StarForce, a DRM maker for computer games, threatens to sue popular weblog Boing Boing for criticising its products. Blizzard Entertainment responds to the LGBT debate happening in World of Warcraft. The company stated: "To promote a positive game environment for everyone and help prevent such harassment from taking place as best we can, we prohibit mention of topics related to sensitive real world subjects in open chat within the game, and we do our best to take action whenever we see such topics being broadcast." Sony announces that ten servers will be merged with ten others on Everquest 2. Players are cautiously optimistic. February 6 After Tiger Telematics' bankruptcy, the Gizmondo handheld console is discontinued, only selling nearly 25,000 units. May 10–12 The 12th annual E3 is held in Los Angeles, California, United States. November 7 Left Behind Games releases Left Behind: Eternal Forces amid much controversy.17Sony releases the PlayStation 3 in North America.19Nintendo releases the Wii.

Month Date(s) Event January 5 Vivendi Universal Games acquires High Moon Studios (formerly Sammy Studios, Inc), which gained independence from Sammy in 2005. 9 Take Two Interactive acquires Irrational Games.26 Sony reports that strong sales of the PlayStation Portable helped the company make a profit of ¥70 billion, the first time in 11 years that the company has managed to avoid an annual loss. Microsoft announces $293 million losses in its Home and Entertainment division, record revenues overall. Nintendo reports declining GameCube and Game Boy Advance sales but increased profits: ¥92.2 billion.27 The Nintendo DS returns to the top of the weekly Japanese charts, with 64,515 units sold compared to 38,271 for the PlayStation Portable. The PlayStation 2 is third with 26,135 units sold, while the Xbox 360 continues to sell poorly (just 3,616, less than the GameCube). The five best selling games were Brain Training for Adults 2, Animal Crossing: Wild World, Super Mario Strikers, Brain Training for Adults and Mario Kart DS, all published by Nintendo. Microsoft lowers its estimate of Xbox 360 sales in its first 90 days from 2.75 3.0 million units to 2.5 million due to supply shortage. The yearly estimate (4.5 to 5.5 million) is unchanged since Microsoft plans to increase its console production with the help of a new manufacturer, Celestica. Meanwhile, Microsoft postpones the Australian 360 launch from March 2 to 23, 2006 due to a "short term manufacturing challenge".30 Shares of Take Two Interactive, the controversial creator of the Grand Theft Auto series, rose Monday after news that the company was in takeover talks with an unnamed buyer.31 CNET reports that Cisco Systems might be interested in buying Nintendo. February15ScrewAttack, a video game related website is launched. Unknown Tiger Telematics, the manufacturer of the Gizmondo handheld console, files for bankruptcy. May Unknown IEMA (Interactive Entertainment Merchants Association) successfully merged with VSDA (Video Software Dealers Association) to form combined organization EMA (Entertainment Merchants Association) July Unknown ECA (Entertainment Consumers Association) formed. July Unknown Atari plans to sell off their game development studios. October Unknown ECA (Entertainment Consumers Association) soft launched. UnknownEsports organization OpTic Gaming is founded.

Metacritic (MC) and GameRankings (GR) are aggregators of video game journalism reviews. + 2006 games and expansions scoring at least 88/100 (MC) or 87.5% (GR) Game Publisher Release Date Platform MC score GR score The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Nintendo December 2, 2006 GameCube 96/100 95% The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Nintendo November 19, 2006 Wii 95/100 94.58% Gears of War Microsoft Game Studios November 7, 2006 Xbox 360 94/100 93.97% The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion 2K Games March 20, 2006 Xbox 360 94/100 93.85% The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion 2K Games March 20, 2006 Microsoft Windows 94/100 93.29% Company of Heroes THQ September 13, 2006 Microsoft Windows 93/100 93.93% Ōkami Capcom April 20, 2006 PlayStation 2 93/100 92.65% Guitar Hero II RedOctane November 7, 2006 PlayStation 2 92/100 92.07% Final Fantasy VI Advance Square Enix November 30, 2006 Game Boy Advance 92/100 91.02% Final Fantasy XII Square Enix March 16, 2006 PlayStation 2 92/100 90.77% Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter Ubisoft March 9, 2006 Xbox 360 90/100 90.47% GTR 2 – FIA GT Racing Game 10tacle Studios September 29, 2006 Microsoft Windows 90/100 89.4% Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas Ubisoft November 22, 2006 Xbox 360 88/100 89.39% Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent Ubisoft October 24, 2006 Xbox 89/100 89.31% New Super Mario Bros. Nintendo May 15, 2006 Nintendo DS 89/100 89.07% Burnout Revenge Electronic Arts March 7, 2006 Xbox 360 89/100 88.57% Armadillo Run Peter Stock April 22, 2006 Microsoft Windows 88/100 89% Elite Beat Agents Nintendo November 6, 2006 Nintendo DS 87/100 88.33% Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection Namco Bandai Games July 6, 2006 PlayStation Portable 88/100 88.27% NCAA Football 07 EA Sports July 18, 2006 Xbox 88/100 88.12% Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition Capcom January 24, 2006 PlayStation 2 87/100 88% Medieval II: Total War Sega November 10, 2006 Microsoft Windows 88/100 87.18% Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness Nippon Ichi Software November 30, 2006 PlayStation Portable 87/100 Rank Console Manufacturer Units sold1Nintendo DS LiteNintendo7,526,0382PlayStation PortableSony1,946,9113PlayStation 2Sony1,547,8664Nintendo DSNintendo1,336,9315WiiNintendo998,1186PlayStation 3Sony466,7167Game Boy Advance SPNintendo275,7798Xbox 360Microsoft208,6979Game Boy MicroNintendo157,55710GameCubeNintendo89,775

+Best selling video games in the United Kingdom (ELSPA) Rank Title Publisher1FIFA 07EA Sports2Pro Evolution Soccer 6Konami3Need for Speed: CarbonEA Games4Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City StoriesRockstar Games5Lego Star Wars II: The Original TrilogyLucasArts6The Sims 2: PetsEA Games7CarsTHQ8Tomb Raider: LegendEidos Interactive9The Sims 2EA Games10WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007THQ