2007 in video gaming

Year 2007

Duke Nukem Forever is now in it's 10th year of production and is expected to be released this year.

Console Hardware Releases

Sony

• PlayStation 3 (PS3)
  • Europe/Australia

Gaming Related PC Hardware Releases

• Wii Zapper

Notable Software Releases

FPS

• Lost Planet: Extreme Condition (XBOX 360)

BioShock (PC, 360)

• Mass Effect (360)
• Unreal Tournament 3 (PC) (PS3)
• Halo 3 (360)
• Metroid Prime 3 Corruption (Wii)
• Call of Duty 4
• Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (PC)
• Half Life Orange box
• Crysis (PC)

Third person action

• Crackdown 360
• Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 (PC, 360)
• God of War 2 (PS2)
• Ninja Gaiden Sigma (PS3)
• Heavenly Sword (PS3)
• Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)
• The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (DS)
• Assassin's Creed (PC, PS3, 360)

RTS

• Supreme Commander PC
• Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars (PC) (360)

Racing

• MotorStorm (PS3)
• Forza Motorsport 2 (360)

MMORPG

• Tabula Rasa (PC)
• World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade PC, Mac

RPG

• Super Paper Mario (Wii)
• Pokémon Diamond and Pearl (DS)

Sports

• Madden NFL 08
• Wii Play Wii
• FIFA 08

Music

• Guitar Hero 3

Events

• March 14: Microsoft announces Games for Windows Live, a version of Xbox Live for the Windows platform. The service launches on May 8th of that year.
• March 27: Microsoft announces the new Xbox 360 Elite SKU. The revision comes with a bigger harddrive and the ability to output HDMI it goes on sale in April.
• March 28: Nintendo and Sega announce Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games for the DS and Wii. This marks the first time Sonic and Mario have ever appeared in a videogame together.
• April 11: Sony announces that they are discontinuing the 20 GB PS3 SKU, one of two SKUs available at the systems launch, leaving only the 60 GB SKU available for consumer purchase.
• May 19: Blizzard Entertainment announces StarCraft II at Seoul, South Korea.
• June 27: Nintendo announces Wiiware, a service similar to the popular Xbox Live Arcade that will allow developers to release original downloadable games onto the Wii. Previously the only downloadable games available on the Wii have been limited to it's Virtual Console program.
• July 5: After an outpouring of complaints over faulty 360 hardware, Microsoft announces an extension for the Xbox 360's warranty that applys retroactively to all consumers who have purchased the console since launch.
• August 29: Nokia reveals plans to revive it's failing N-gage brand in November. This time however the line will not be a console but rather a service players can download on the phones and/or PCs. [10]
• September 25: Halo 3 is released and grosses US$170 million in a 24-hour period, a record for the highest grossing opening day in video game history.
• September 26: Activision buys Bizzare Creations, makers of the Project Gotham Racing series for Microsoft platforms.
• October 5: Bungie announces it's split with Microsoft to become an independent studio.
• October 11: EA announces plans to buy VG Holding Corp, which owns both Pandemic Studios, and Bioware effectively making both companies subsidiaries.
• November 6: EA closes down its EA Chicago studios.
• December 3: Blizzard & Activision Merger

Key Events

• GDC 2007
• TGS 2007

References

2007

January • February • March • April • May • June • July
August • September • October • November • December

See 2007 for other events during the year.