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Numerous video games were released in 2013. Many awards went to games such as '' Madden NFL 25'', '' NBA 2K14'', '' WWE 2K14'', '' NBA Live 14'', '' BioShock Infinite'', ''
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Grand Theft Auto V
''Grand Theft Auto V'' is a 2013 action-adventure game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the seventh main entry in the Grand Theft Auto, ''Grand Theft Auto'' series, following 2008's ''Grand Theft Auto IV'', and ...
'', '' The Last of Us'', and '' The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds''. New video game consoles released in 2013 include the PlayStation 4
The PlayStation 4 (PS4) is a home video game console developed by Sony Interactive Entertainment. Announced as the successor to the PlayStation 3 in February 2013, it was launched on November 15, 2013, in North America, November 29, 2013, in ...
from Sony Computer Entertainment
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and the Xbox One
The Xbox One is a home video game console developed by Microsoft. Announced in May 2013, it is the successor to Xbox 360 and the third console in the Xbox#Consoles, Xbox series. It was first released in North America, parts of Europe, Austra ...
from Microsoft
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Top-rated games
Major awards
Critically acclaimed titles
Metacritic
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(MC) and GameRankings
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(GR) are aggregators of video game journalism reviews.
Highest-grossing games
The following were 2013's top ten highest-grossing video games in terms of worldwide revenue (including physical sales, digital purchases, subscriptions,microtransaction
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s, free-to-play and pay-to-play) across all platforms (including mobile, PC and console
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platforms).
Events
Notable deaths
* September 19 –Hiroshi Yamauchi
Hiroshi Yamauchi (; 7 November 192719 September 2013) was a Japanese businessman and the third president of Nintendo, joining the company on 25 April 1949 until stepping down on 24 May 2002, being succeeded by Satoru Iwata. During his 53-year t ...
, 85, Japanese businessman and third president of Nintendo
is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational video game company headquartered in Kyoto. It develops, publishes, and releases both video games and video game consoles.
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(1949-2002)
* October 1 – Tom Clancy
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, 66, novelist and namesake of the '' Tom Clancy's'' series.
Console releases
The list of game consoles released in 2013 in North America
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Series with new entries
Series with new installments in 2013 include '' Ace Attorney'', ''ARMA
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'', '' Army of Two'', ''Assassin's Creed
''Assassin's Creed'' is a historical fiction, historical action-adventure video game series and media franchise published by Ubisoft and developed mainly by its studio Ubisoft Montreal using the game engine Anvil (game engine), Anvil and its m ...
'', '' Batman: Arkham'', ''Battlefield
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'', '' BioShock'', ''Call of Duty
''Call of Duty'' is a first-person shooter military video game series and media franchise published by Activision, starting in 2003. The games were first developed by Infinity Ward, then by Treyarch and Sledgehammer Games. Several spin-of ...
'', ''Crysis
''Crysis'' is a first-person shooter video game series created by Crytek. The series revolves around a group of military protagonists with " nanosuits", technologically advanced suits of armor that give them enhanced physical strength, speed, ...
'', '' Dead Rising'', ''Dead Space
''Dead Space'' is a science fiction horror franchise created and directed by Glen Schofield. ''Dead Space'' was developed by Visceral Games and published and owned by Electronic Arts. The franchise's chronology is not presented in a linear format ...
'', ''Devil May Cry
is a science fantasy action-adventure game franchise created by Hideki Kamiya. It is primarily developed and published by Capcom. The series centers on the demon hunter Dante (Devil May Cry), Dante and his efforts to thwart various demon invas ...
'', ''Final Fantasy
is a Japanese fantasy Anthology series, anthology media franchise created by Hironobu Sakaguchi which is owned, developed, and published by Square Enix (formerly Square (video game company), Square). The franchise centers on a series of fanta ...
'', ''Fire Emblem
is a Video games in Japan, Japanese fantasy tactical role-playing game franchise developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo. First produced and published for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1990, the series currently con ...
'', '' Forza Motorsport'', ''God of War
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'', ''Gears of War
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'', '' Gran Turismo'', ''Grand Theft Auto
''Grand Theft Auto'' (''GTA'') is an action-adventure video game series created by David Jones and Mike Dailly. Later titles were developed under the oversight of brothers Dan and Sam Houser, Leslie Benzies and Aaron Garbut. It is prima ...
'', '' Killer Instinct'', '' Killzone'', ''The Legend of Zelda
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'', '' Lost Planet'', '' Luigi's Mansion'', ''Mario Party
is a series of party video games created by Hudson Soft and owned by Nintendo. It features List of Mario franchise characters, characters from the Mario (franchise), ''Mario'' franchise in which up to four local players or Artificial inte ...
'', ''Metal Gear
is a Media franchise, franchise of stealth games created by Hideo Kojima. Developed and published by Konami, the first game, ''Metal Gear (video game), Metal Gear'', was released in 1987 for MSX, MSX home computers. The player often takes con ...
'', '' Metro'', '' Need for Speed'', ''Pokémon
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'', '' Rayman'', ''Pikmin
is a real-time strategy and puzzle video game series created by Shigeru Miyamoto, and published by Nintendo. The games focus on directing a horde of plant-like creatures called Pikmin to collect items by destroying obstacles, avoiding hazards, ...
'', ''Saints Row
''Saints Row'' is a series of action-adventure video games created by Volition and published by THQ and Deep Silver. The series follows the 3rd Street Saints, a fictional street gang originally operating out of the Saints Row district, hence ...
'', ''SimCity
''SimCity'' is an open-ended city-building video game franchise originally designed by Will Wright. The first game in the series, '' SimCity'', was published by Maxis in 1989 and was followed by several sequels and many other spin-off ''S ...
'', ''Sly Cooper
''Sly Cooper'' is a series of stealth action-adventure video games created by Sucker Punch Productions and owned by Sony Interactive Entertainment. The series follows the adventures of Sly Cooper, an anthropomorphic raccoon and master thief ...
'', ''Sonic The Hedgehog
is a video game series and media franchise created by the Japanese developers Yuji Naka, Naoto Ohshima, and Hirokazu Yasuhara for Sega. The franchise follows Sonic the Hedgehog (character), Sonic, an anthropomorphic blue hedgehog who battle ...
'', '' StarCraft'', ''Super Mario
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'', ''Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
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'', ''Tomb Raider
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'', ''Total War
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'', and '' Zoo Tycoon''.
In addition, 2013 saw the introduction of several new properties, including '' Beyond: Two Souls'', '' The Last of Us'', ''Papers, Please
''Papers, Please'' is a puzzle simulation video game created by indie game developer Lucas Pope, developed and published through his production company, 3909 LLC. The game was released on August 8, 2013, for Microsoft Windows and OS X, for ...
'', '' Tearaway'', Cookie Clicker and '' The Wonderful 101''.
Game releases
The list of games released in 2013 inNorth America
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Video game-based film and television releases
See also
* 2013 in esports * 2013 in gamesReferences
External links
* Most popular 2013 video game articles viewed on Wikipedia, with user comments on traffic jumpsThe latest statistics
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