2008 in video games

2008 saw 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, Grand Theft Auto IV, Madden NFL 09, NBA Live 09, NBA 2K9, WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2009 and Spore. List of million-selling game consoles and List of best-selling video games The following are the best-selling games of 2008 in terms of worldwide retail sales. These games sold at least 5 million units worldwide in 2008. Based on figures from the NPD Group: Video game console sales in Canada (first seven months of 2008) Based on figures from Enterbrain: 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) Based on figures from Dengeki: Best-selling video games of 2008 in Japan (December 31, 2007 – December 21, 2008) 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. Based on figures from Enterbrain, GfK 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) Metacritic (MC) and GameRankings (GR) are aggregators of video game journalism reviews.