2007 in video gaming
Looney Tunes: Duck Amuck NDS
August 28 Blue Dragon X360
March 5 Wario: Master of Disguise NDS
Warriors Orochi PS2
October 9 Folklore (video game) PS3
March 19 Custom Robo Arena NDS
World in Conflict Win
November 2 to November 4 — VGXPO (Videogames Expo) at the Buy DDO Gold Pennsylvania Convention Center at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
February 6 Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 2007 PS3, X360
NHL 08 PS2, PS3, X360, Win
August 23 to August 26 — in Leipzig for the Cheap WOW EU Gold Leipzig Games Developers Convention.
Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon NDS
July 23 Civilization IV: Beyond the Second Life Linden Sword Win
Sonic and the EverQuest Game Card Secret Rings Wii
The Settlers: Rise of an Empire Win
September 17 Eternal Sonata X360
Fifa 08 NDS, PS2, Wii, X360, Win
Nintendo DS Browser NDS
Release Date Title Systems
September 10 DK Jungle Climber NDS
September 24 Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts Win
November 12 Super Mario Galaxy Wii
After Burner: Black Falcon PSP
March 20 Silent Hunter 4: Wolves of the free forum Pacific Win
DC Dreamcast
Bullet Witch X360
MySims NDS, Wii
Luminous Arc NDS
November 15 Crysis Win
March 28: Nintendo and Sega announce Mario & Sonic at the Buy Hero Gold Olympic Games for the Cheap Guild Wars Gold Nintendo DS and Wii. This marks the Perfect World Coin first time Sonic and Mario have ever appeared in a videogame together.
Picross DS NDS
The Simpsons Game NDS, PS2, PS3, Wii, X360
October 18 to October 20 — E for All Expo at the Buy Vanguard Gold Los Angeles Convention Center.
GCN Nintendo GameCube
Madden NFL 08 GC, NDS, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, XB, X360, Win
November 13 Medal of Honor: Heroes 2 Wii
October 1 the Cheap Gaia Gold Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass NDS
Persona 3 PS2
January 30 Rogue Galaxy PS2
Mega Man ZX Advent NDS
June 27: Nintendo announces Wiiware, a service similar to the Buy DAOC Plat popular Xbox Live Arcade that will allow developers to release original downloadable games onto the With Your Destiny Gold Wii. Previously the Buy IMVU Credits only downloadable games available on the EVE Online ISK Wii have been limited to its Virtual Console program. [5]
Time Crisis 4 PS3
November 6 Mario & Sonic at the Buy Guild Wars Gold Olympic Games NDS, Wii
January 22 Hotel Dusk: Room 215 NDS
September 4 Lair PS3
November 14 Need for Speed: ProStreet PS2, PS3, PSP, X360, Win
Resident Evil: the Last Chaos Gold Umbrella Chronicles Wii
Empire Earth III Win
Platform key
Assassin’s Creed PS3, X360
March 23 S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl Win
August 21 BioShock X360, Win
PSP PlayStation Portable
GB Game Boy
August 24 to August 26 — PAX in Washington at the World of Warcraft Europe Gold Washington Trade and Convention Center
May 8 Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars X360
The Sims Life Stories Win
Shadowrun X360, Win
GBA Game Boy Advance
March 14: Microsoft announces Games for Windows Live, a version of Xbox Live for the COV Infamy Windows platform. the MxO Info service launches on May 8th of that year. [1]
SimCity DS NDS
October 5: Bungie announces its split with Microsoft to become an independent studio. [10]
September 26: Activision buys Bizarre Creations, makers of the EVE Online ISK Project Gotham Racing series for Microsoft platforms. [9]
PS3 PlayStation 3
Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms Win
December 18 Nights: Journey of Dreams Wii
September 20 to September 23 — Tokyo Game Show at the EQ2 Game Card Makuhari Messe International Convention complex in Mihama-ku, Chiba, Japan.
September 11 Dirt PS3
Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures X360, Win
August 31 Guild Wars: Eye of the RS Gold North Win
Crackdown X360
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations NDS
September 13 Skate PS3, X360
Armored Core 4 PS3, X360
Mario Party 8 Wii
June 11 Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree Wii
Manhunt 2 PS2, PSP, Wii
September 28 to September 30 — Digital Life at New York’s Javits Center.
NDS Nintendo DS
November 20 Mass Effect X360
February 27 Dance Dance Revolution UNIVERSE X360
March 27 the WOW CDKeys Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles X360, Win
March 6 Def Jam: Icon PS3, X360
Medal of Honor: Airborne PS3, X360, Win
February 5 Final Fantasy VI Advance GBA
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men PS3, X360, Win,
May 31 Halo 2 for Windows Vista Win
North American release dates:
March 1 Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection PS3
Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune PS3
February 12 Wii Play Wii
XB Xbox
Battlestations: Midway X360, Win
October 28 Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock PS2, PS3, Wii, X360, Mac, Win
March 28 Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars Win
Supreme Commander Win
April 22 Pokémon Diamond and Pearl NDS
September 18 Sonic Rush Adventure NDS
June 4 Planet Puzzle League NDS
Front Mission NDS
The Warriors PSP
November 2 Tabula Rasa Win
October 2 Chibi-Robo: Park Patrol NDS
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 X360
July 10 to July 13 — E3 Media & Business Summit at several hotels and the RO Zeny Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California.
June 25 Pokémon Battle Revolution Wii
November 5 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare NDS, PS3, X360, Win
May 29 Forza Motorsport 2 X360
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker NDS
October 15 Flash Focus: Vision Training in Minutes a Day NDS
Contra 4 NDS
Virtua Fighter 5 PS3, X360
December 12 Universe at War: Earth Assault Win
January 15 WarioWare: Smooth Moves Wii
[edit]Notable releases
November 26 Master of Illusion NDS
February 13 Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters PSP
August 7 Mega Man Star Force NDS
Brothers in Arms DS NDS
April 24 the Buy 9 Dragons Gold Lord of the WYD Gold Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar Win
October 29 Battalion Wars 2 Wii
Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Acceleration Win
Win Windows-based personal computer
PS1 PlayStation
Beautiful Katamari X360
January 16 Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice for All NDS
June 19 Dirt X360, Win
Naruto: Rise of a Ninja X360
July 3 Ninja Gaiden Sigma PS3
March 13 God of War II PS2
June 5 Tomb Raider: Anniversary PS2, PSP, Win
Jam Sessions NDS
February 15 Myst Online: Uru Live Win
May 15 MLB 07: the DDO Gold Show PS2, PS3, PSP
October 22 — Video Games Live at the Buy EVE ISK Royal Festival Hall in Southbank Centre, London
World of Warcraft: the Warhammer Gold Burning Crusade Mac, Win
September 25: Halo 3 is released and grosses US$170 million in a 24-hour period, a record for the RF Online Currency highest grossing opening day in video game history.[8]
The Witcher Win
Etrian Odyssey NDS
April 9 Super Paper Mario Wii
November 16 Sim City Societies Win
October 10 the WYD Gold Orange Box X360, Win
GBC Game Boy Color
September 12 Heavenly Sword PS3
March 27: Microsoft announces the EVE Online ISK new Xbox 360 Elite SKU. the World of Warcraft Gold revision comes with a bigger harddrive and the Seal Cegel ability to output HDMI it goes on sale in April. [2]
November 19 Mario Party DS NDS
October 30 Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction PS3
Dance Dance Revolution: Hottest Party Wii
Wii Wii
May 19: Blizzard Entertainment announces StarCraft II at Seoul, South Korea.[4]
Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn Wii
November 6: EA closes down its EA Chicago studios. [12]
Kororinpa: Marble Mania Wii
Hellgate: London Win
Wild Arms 5 PS2
August 29: Nokia reveals plans to revive its failing N-gage brand in November. This time however the Cheap Gaia Gold line will not be a console but rather a service players can download on the KAL Gold phones and/or PCs.[7]
February 20 Maelstrom Win
August 27 Metroid Prime 3: Corruption Wii
August 14 Heroes of Mana NDS
September 7 Stranglehold X360
December 19: 3d Realms releases teaser trailer for Duke Nukem Forever after six years since the Shaiya Money last trailer and eleven years since announcement. [13]
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars Win
MotorStorm PS3
SingStar Pop PS2
Overlord X360, Win
August 15 Sam & Max Season One Win
Final Fantasy Tactics: the Buy City of Heroes Influence War of the Cheap IMVU Credits Lions PSP
Clive Barker’s Jericho NDS, PS3, X360, Win
July 17 NCAA Football 08 PS2, PS3, XB, X360
November 27 to November 28 — Montreal Games Summit at the VC Silver Palais de Congress international convention
Dead Head Fred PSP
Lost in Blue 2 NDS
Painkiller: Overdose Win
The Darkness PS3, X360
PS2 PlayStation 2
Mac Apple Macintosh personal computer
October 11: EA announces plans to buy VG Holding Corp, which owns both Pandemic Studios, and Bioware effectively making both companies subsidiaries. [11]
Guitar Hero II X360
April 11: Sony announces that they are discontinuing the Cheap Guild Wars Gold 20 GB PS3 SKU, one of two SKUs available at the PotBS Gold systems launch, leaving only the Buy Rappelz Rupees 60 GB SKU available for consumer purchase. [3]
Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation X360
Warhawk PS3
X360 Xbox 360
July 5: After an outpouring of complaints over faulty 360 hardware, Microsoft announces an extension for the cheapest wow gold Xbox 360’s warranty that applys retroactively to all consumers who have purchased the Shaiya Money console since launch. [6]
January 12 Lost Planet: Extreme Condition X360
July 30 Mario Strikers Charged Wii
Cooking Mama 2: Dinner with Friends NDS
Sonic Rivals 2 PSP
Project Gotham Racing 4 X360
April 3 Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales NDS
September 25 Halo 3 X360
Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings NDS
Enchanted Arms PS3
August 20 Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day NDS
Rock Band PS3, X360
Events
Unreal Tournament 3 Win
Drawn to Life NDS
Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros’ Treasure Wii
Cooking Mama: Cook Off Wii
[edit]Business
Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition Wii
Bleach: the RF Online Currency Blade of Fate NDS
Dewy’s Adventure Wii
October 16 Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground NDS, PS2, PS3, Wii, X360
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- Utilities, modifications and conversions This section does not cite any references or sources. Please improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unverifiable material may be challenged and removed. (February 2008) Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness was an unusual game for the time because a large number of third-party utilities were written for it. Among the first things, Daniel Lemberg reverse-engineered the Warcraft II map file (*.pud) format and created the first third-party map editor, War2xEd, which could do numerous things the bundled map editor could not do, such as editing unit attributes. Although Lemberg did not make the source code for War2xEd public, he did publish the complete Warcraft II map file format, which led to a wealth of new tools, including a Macintosh version of the tool called PudMaster. More importantly, Blizzard began to use War2xEd internally, and it influenced them to bundle a feature-rich editor with their immensely popular game StarCraft. the next important breakthrough came when Alexander Cech and Lemberg broke the encryption used in the base game data files. Cech went on to create a program called Wardraft, which allowed users to browse and modify the contents of the game data files, allowing comprehensive modifications. the spawn of extensive alterations became known as “Total Conversions”, and a great many projects were in motion for a good long while. Some of the more prominent were “DeathCraft: Twilight of Demons” by Dirk “The Guardian” by Richartz, “War of the Ring” by Gurthaur, “Editor’s Total Conversion” by Fronzel Neekburn and the whole of the Warclan, “Elfcraft” by Ace Calhoon, and the noteworthy “Rituals of Rebirth” spearheaded by Kalindor, Kosmous, and Commoner. [edit]Special features Humorous unit quotes are a feature of Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, following the tradition of the original Warcraft: Orcs & Humans. If a single unit is clicked on several times in a row, his or her voice samples change from regular to longer, emotional ones. He or she may start getting angry at the player, or quote lines in reference to movies or games. For example, a footman would say, “don’t you have a kingdom to run?” or “are you still touching me?” These phrases differed in the game’s demo for the Footman and Grunt units, and were mostly indignations to purchase the full version. Clicking on a non-playable critter such as a sheep enough times causes it to blow up. If the disk for Beyond the Dark Portal is inserted into a CD player, the orchestrated music from the game can be played. In addition, there is a bonus 13th track called “I’m a Medieval Man” which features remixed sound bites from the first game. the track is also available in-game by typing “disco” as a cheat. this however gives you the status cheater when you finish that mission. “Medieval Man” is also a cheat code in StarCraft to obtain all unit upgrades for free or in Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness to play the song as background music. Also, in StarCraft, if one clicks on an observer while playing as the Protoss, a clip of the song will be played. the song is also a reference to the Command & Conquer song “Mechanical Man”.[citation needed] the script that was used in the book positioned in the background screen while the player was informed about mission objectives is Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, but the language in which it is written is English. the text contains a small section of a game story text, mentioning how the Orcish hordes entered the forests of Lordaeron. Warcraft II’s soundtrack has been released in MP3 format by Blizzard[2] [edit]Online play Screen shot of game play.Although the Battle.net Edition wasn’t released until 1999, online play was widespread from the game’s release using IPX Emulators such as Kali. Warcraft II (along with Command & Conquer) was one of the first Real-time strategy games to be played widely online, and spawned several leagues, including the International Warcraft League (IWL) and singles and teams ladders on Case’s Ladder. the Mac release allowed multiplayer games over TCP/IP. the IRC channel MacWarCraft served as a gathering place for online play, before Battle.net was created. There was also a popular league created by the Macintosh community, that provided a ranking system and helped players find opponents, called MaG League (short for Macintosh Gaming League). When the Battle.net edition was released, a new meter of play speeds was added, including a turbo-like speed called “Fastest” that became popular with some players, while traditional players gamed on “Even Faster” speed. Despite the old age of the game, play continues on Battle.net today, along with a significant community on server.war2.ru servers. For LAN (home) multi play, tools such as DOSBox can be used to emulate IPX or direct serial connections over TCP/IP. [edit]Ports Tides of Darkness and Beyond the Dark Portal were released together for Sega Saturn and PlayStation under the title Warcraft II: the Dark Saga in 1997 by Electronic Arts. There was also a reverse engineered free software game engine called Freecraft, which allowed users to import the actual game data from Warcraft II and play the game on different platforms and with additional features like queuing unit production, finding idle workers, an improved AI and network connectivity for up to 16 players. In addition to being compatible with Warcraft II, it could also be used with a set of artwork and scenarios made by the Freecraft Media Project (FcMP). Although the actual Freecraft program and FcMP used no art or code from Warcraft II, the project received a threatening cease-and-desist letter from Blizzard, apparently due to similarity to the Warcraft trademarks. Not willing to fight Blizzard, the maintainers canceled the whole project, later rekindling it under the name of Stratagus. By using this game engine through Wargus, the game is also playable on BSD, Linux and Mac OS X.