2008 has seen many sequels and prequels in video games. New
intellectual properties (IPs) include ''
Army of Two'', ''
Dead Space'', ''
iRacing'', ''
Left 4 Dead'', ''
LittleBigPlanet'', ''
Mirror's Edge'', ''
Race Driver: Grid'', and ''
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Events
Business
Open to the public
Hardware and software sales
Worldwide
The following are the best-selling games of 2008 in terms of worldwide retail sales. These games sold at least units worldwide in 2008.
Canada
* Based on figures from the
NPD Group:
Video game console sales in Canada (first seven months of 2008)
Japan
* Based on figures from
Enterbrain
, formerly , is a Japanese publisher and division of Kadokawa Future Publishing founded on 30 January 1987 as . Magazines published by Enterbrain are generally focused on video games and computer entertainment as well as video game and strategy ...
:
Video game console sales of 2008 in Japan (December 31, 2007 – December 28, 2008)
Best-selling video games of 2008 in Japan (December 31, 2007 – December 28, 2008)
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* Based on figures from '' Dengeki'':
Best-selling video games of 2008 in Japan (December 31, 2007 – December 21, 2008)
]
United States
* Based on figures from the NPD Group:
Video game console sales in the US (first six months of 2008)
Best-selling video games of 2008 in the US
* Based on figures from the NPD Group via IGN;[ the games' publishers are listed in brackets:
Best-selling video games of 2008 in the US (by platform)
* Based on figures from the NPD Group:
Best-selling console games of all time in the US (as of May 1, 2008)
Note: This list only includes games that were released after NPD started tracking video game sales data.
]
Other
* Based on figures from Enterbrain
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, GfK
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Chart-Track, and the NPD Group, respectively:
Best-selling video games in Japan, United Kingdom, and the United States combined (January–July 2008)
Best-selling video games in Japan, United Kingdom, and the United States combined (July–September 2008)
Game releases
Critically acclaimed titles
Metacritic
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(MC) and GameRankings (GR) are aggregators of video game journalism reviews.
See also
*2008 in games
This page lists board game, board and card games, Wargaming, wargames, Miniature wargaming, miniatures games, and tabletop role-playing games published in 2008. For video games, see 2008 in video gaming.
Games released or invented in 2008
Game ...
Notes
References
{{History of video games
Video games by year