2008 in video gaming

Notable events of 2008 in video gaming. See also history of computer and video games.

Events

Business

• July 15 to July 17 — E3 2008 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California

Open to the Public

• October 9 to October 12 — Tokyo Game Show At the Makuhari Messe International Convention in Mihama-ku, Chiba, Japan^[1]

Scheduled 2008 Releases

January - March

• January 8 — Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law (Wii, PS2, PSP)
• January 8 — Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom (X360)
• January 8 — Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity (Wii, PS2)
• January 15 — Samurai Warriors Katana (Wii)
• January 15 — Haze (PS3)
• January 15 — Nanostray 2 (NDS)
• January 15 — CSI: Hard Evidence (Wii)
• January 21 — Rygar: The Battle of Argus (Wii)
• January 21 — Advance Wars: Days of Ruin (NDS)
• January 21 — Endless Ocean (Wii)
• January 22 — Dark Sector (PS3, X360)
• January 22 — Burnout Paradise (PS3, X360)
• January 22 — Mario & Sonic at the Olympics (NDS)
• January 22 — No More Heroes (Wii)
• January 29 — Bomberman Land Wii (Wii)
• February 5 — Assassin's Creed (NDS, Win)
• February 5 — Devil May Cry 4 (PS3, X360)
• February 5 — Turok (PS3, Win, X360)
• February 5 — Culdcept Saga (X360)
• February 10 — Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii)
• February 12 — Frontlines: Fuel of War (PS3, X360, Win)
• February 12 — Lost Odyssey (X360)
• February 19 — Dynasty Warriors 6 (X360, PS3)
• February 19 — Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney (NDS)
• February 19 — Zoo Tycoon 2 (NDS)
• February 26 — Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 (Wii)
• February 26 - Lost: The Video Game (PS3, X360, Win)
• February 26 — Universe at War: Earth Assault (X360)
• February 26 — Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors (Wii)
• February 26 — Condemned 2: Bloodshot (PS3, X360)
• March 3 — Bully:Scholarship Edition (Wii, X360)
• March 4 - Army of Two (X360, PS3)
• March 5 — MLB 08: The Show (PS3, PSP, PS2)
• March 11 — Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates (NDS)
• March 25 — Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (Win, X360)
• March 25 — Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (PSP)

Unscheduled 2008 releases

• Afrika (PS3)
• Age of Pirates: Captain Blood (Win)
• Alan Wake (Win, X360)
• ArmA 2 (PS3, X360, Win)
• Assassins Creed (Win)
• Alone in the Dark 5 (PS3, PS2, X360, Win, Wii)
• Bubble Bobble Double Shot (NDS)
• Battlefield: Bad Company (PS3, X360)
• Banjo-Kazooie 3 (X360)
• Bionic Commando (PS3, X360, Win)
• Brütal Legend (PS3, X360)
• Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway (Win, PS3, X360)
• Brothers in Arms: Double Time (Wii)
• Bond 22 (PS3, Wii, X360, Win)
• Borderlands (PS3, X360, Win)
• Cipher Complex (PS3, X360)
• Civilization Revolution (PS3, 360, PSP, NDS, Wii)
• Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath (Win, X360)
• de Blob (Wii, NDS)
• Disaster: Day of Crisis (Wii)
• Dead Space (PS3, X360)
• Dead Island (Win, X360)
• Destroy All Humans! Path of the Furon (PS3, X360)
• Destroy All Humans! Big Willy Unleashed (PS2, Wii, PSP)
• Empire: Total War (Win)
• Eternity's Child (NDS, Wii)
• Fracture (PS3, X360)
• Fable 2 (X360)
• FarCry 2 (Win)
• Fallout 3 (Win, X360, PS3)
• Gran Turismo 5 (PS3)
• Ghostbusters (PS3, PS2, X360, Wii, Win, NDS)
• Guitar Hero IV (PS2, PS3, X360, Wii, Win, Mac)
• Grand Theft Auto IV (PS3, X360)
• Guitar Hero DS (DS)
• Heavy Rain (PS3)
• Halo Wars (X360)
• Harvest Moon: Tree of Peace (Wii)
• Halo: Chronicles (X360)
• Infamous (PS3)
• Iron Man (PS3, X360, PSP, PS2, Wii, Win)
• The World Ends With You (NDS)
• Just Cause 2 (PS3, X360, Win)
• Killzone 2 (PS3)
• LittleBigPlanet (PS3)
• Lego Indiana Jones: The Videogame (Win, PS2, PSP, PS3, Wii, NDS, X360)
• Left 4 Dead (Win, X360)
• Lego Universe (Win)
• Legendary: The Box (PS3, X360, Win)
• Mercenaries 2: World in Flames (Win, PS2, PS3, X360)
• Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
• Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3)
• Mushroom Men (Wii, NDS)
• Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword (NDS)
• Ninja Gaiden II (X360)
• Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising (PS3, X360, Win)
• Penumbra: Black Plague (NDS, Win)
• Prototype (PS3, X360, Win)
• Postal III (X360, Win)
• Race Driver: GRID (PS3, X360, Win)
• Rainy Woods (PS3, X360)
• Rise of the Argonauts (PS3, X360, Win)
• SOCOM: Confrontation (PS3)
• StarCraft II (Win)
• Saboteur (PS3, X360)
• Soldier of Fortune: Pay Back (PS3, X360, Win)
• Soulcalibur IV (PS3, X360)
• Super Mario Stadium Baseball (Wii)
• Sins of a Solar Empire (Win)
• Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (PS3, Wii, X360, PS2, PSP, NDS)
• Space Siege (Win)
• Silent Hill V (PS3, X360)
• Spore (Win, NDS)
• Still Life 2 (Win)
• S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky (Win)
• Tomb Raider: Underworld (PS3, X360, Win)
• Too Human (X360)
• Tekken 6 (PS3)
• The Bourne Conspiracy (PS3, X360)
• The Club (PS3, Win, X360)
• The Incredible Hulk (PS3, Win, X360, Wii, NDS, PS2, PSP)
• Tiberium (PS3, X360, Win)
• Top Spin 3 (PS3, X360)
• TNA iMPACT! (PS3, Wii, X360)
• The Last Remnant (PS3, X360)
• Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction (X360, Win)
• Tom Clancy's EndWar (PS3, X360, DS)
• Tom Clancy's Air Combat (PS3, X360, Win)
• Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 (PS3, X360, Win)
• Untitled Sonic RPG (DS)
• Wet (PS3, X360)
• White Knight Story (PS3)
• Wii Music (Wii)
• Wii Fit (Wii)
• Wii Chess (Wii)
• Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: Soulstorm (Win)
• World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (Win)
• Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (Win)
• Worms: A Space Oddity (Wii)

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