2007 in video games
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2007 saw many new installments in established video game franchises, such as Madden NFL 08, NBA Live 08, NBA 2K8, Tony Hawk's Proving Ground, WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2008, Super Mario Galaxy, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Halo 3, God of War II, Team Fortress 2, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions, Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, Half-Life 2: Episode Two, and Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga. New intellectual properties included Assassin's Creed, BioShock, Crackdown, Crysis, Mass Effect, Portal, Rock Band, Skate, The Darkness, The Witcher, and Uncharted.
The year has been retrospectively considered one of the best and most influential in video game history due to the release of numerous critically acclaimed, commercially successful and influential titles across all platforms and genres at the time and remarked the birth of new video game franchises. The year's best-selling video game console was the Nintendo DS. The year's most critically acclaimed title was Super Mario Galaxy, which is ranked Metacritic's fifth highest-scoring game of all time. The year's best-selling home video game worldwide was Wii Sports for the Wii, and other critically acclaimed titles such as BioShock, The Orange Box, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and Halo 3.
Major awards
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! style="width:17%;" colspan="2"| Category/Organization !! style="width:16%;" | 4th British Academy Games Awards | |||
| scope="row" colspan="2" | Game of the Year
| BioShock || Gears of War || BioShock || colspan="2" | Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare || Portal | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| scope="row" colspan="2" style="width:9%;" | Downloadable
| colspan="3" {{n/a}} || colspan="2" | Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords || flOw | |||
| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="width:12%;" | Mobile/Handheld || Mobile
| rowspan="2" {{n/a}} || Final Fantasy || rowspan="2" | The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass || colspan="2" | skate. Mobile || rowspan="2" | The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass | |||
| scope="row" | Handheld
| Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories || colspan="2" | The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass | |||
| scope="row" style="width:12%;" colspan="2" | Innovation
| Wii Sports || Nintendo Wii || {{n/a}} || colspan="2" | Rock Band || Portal | |||
| scope="row" rowspan="2" style="width:9%;" | Artistic Achievement or Graphics{{efn-lr|name=combine|Certain award presentations combine these categories.}} || Animation | rowspan="2" | Ōkami | rowspan="2" {{n/a}} | rowspan="2" | Crysis | colspan="2" | Assassin's Creed | rowspan="2" | BioShock | |||
| scope="row" | Art Direction
| colspan="2" | BioShock | |||
| scope="row" rowspan="3" style="width:12%;" | Audio{{efn-lr|name=combine|Certain award presentations combine these categories.}} || Music
| Ōkami || rowspan="2" {{n/a}} || colspan="3" | BioShock || rowspan="3" | BioShock | |||
| scope="row"| Sound Design | |||
| scope="row"| Soundtrack
| {{n/a}} || Guitar Hero II || colspan="3" | Rock Band | |||
| scope="row" colspan="2" | Character Performance{{efn-lr|name=combine}}
| colspan="3" {{n/a}} || colspan="2" | GLaDOS | |||
| scope="row" colspan="2" | Game Design
| Wii Sports || colspan="2" {{n/a}} || colspan="3" | Portal | |||
| scope="row" colspan="2" | Narrative
| God of War II || colspan="2" {{n/a}} || colspan="3" | BioShock | |||
| scope="row" rowspan="2" |Technical Achievement{{efn-lr|name=combine|Certain award presentations combine these categories.}} || Gameplay Engineering
| rowspan="2" | God of War II || rowspan="2" {{n/a}} || rowspan="2" | The Orange Box / Portal || colspan="2" | Portal || rowspan="2" | Crysis | |||
| scope="row" | Visual Engineering
| colspan="2" | Crysis | |||
| scope="row" colspan="2" | Multiplayer/Online{{efn-lr|name=combine|Certain award presentations combine these categories.}}
| Wii Sports || World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade || Halo 3 || colspan="2" | Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare || rowspan="10" {{n/a}} | |||
| scope="row" rowspan="2" | Action/Adventure || Action/Shooter
| rowspan="2" | Crackdown || rowspan="2" {{n/a}} || colspan="3" | Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare | |||
| scope="row" | Adventure
| colspan="3" | Super Mario Galaxy | |||
| scope="row" colspan="2" | Casual/Family or Rhythm
| colspan="2" | Wii Sports || colspan="3" | Rock Band | |||
| scope="row" rowspan="2" | Role-Playing || RPG
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" {{n/a}} || rowspan="2" | Mass Effect || colspan="2" | Mass Effect | |||
| scope="row" | MMORPG
| colspan="2" | World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade | |||
| scope="row" rowspan="2" | Sports || Individual
| rowspan="2" | Wii Sports || rowspan="2" {{n/a}} || skate. || rowspan="2" colspan="2" | skate. | |||
| scope="row" | Team | |||
| scope="row" colspan="2" | Racing
| colspan="2" {{n/a}} || Colin McRae: Dirt || colspan="2" | MotorStorm | |||
| scope="row" colspan="2" | Strategy/Simulation
| Wii Sports || colspan="2" {{n/a}} || colspan="2" | Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars | |||
| scope="row" colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Special Award || Academy Fellowship || rowspan="2" colspan="2" {{n/a}} || Hall of Fame || Lifetime Achievement Award || Lifetime Achievement Award | |||
| Will Wright | Michael Morhaime | Ken Kutaragi | Sid Meier |
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Events
==Hardware and software sales==
{{See also|List of million-selling game consoles|List of best-selling video games}}
=Worldwide=
The following are the best-selling games of 2007 in terms of worldwide retail sales.
{{cite web |title=Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2007: Supplementary Information about Earnings Release |url=https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2007/070427e.pdf |publisher=Nintendo |date=April 26, 2007 |access-date=14 February 2021}}{{cite web|title=2006年テレビゲームソフト売り上げTOP500（ファミ通版）|website=Geimin|language=ja|url=http://geimin.net/da/db/2006_ne_fa/index.php|access-date=March 28, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626214525/http://geimin.net/da/db/2006_ne_fa/index.php|archive-date=June 26, 2015}}}}
|-
| 5
| Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
| 7,000,000
|FPS
| {{cite web|access-date=April 30, 2008|url=http://investor.activision.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=289631|title=Call of Duty(R) 4: Modern Warfare(TM) Ranks #1 Title in Units Worldwide for Calendar 2007|publisher=Activision|date=January 25, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160120091157/http://investor.activision.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=289631|archive-date=January 20, 2016|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}
|-
|6
|6,550,000
|Sports
|{{Cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Robert |date=September 29, 2017 |title=How FIFA Crushed PES to Become the Undisputed King of Football Video Games |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2735656-how-fifa-crushed-pes-to-become-the-undisputed-king-of-football-video-games |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=Bleacher Report}}
|-
|7
|6,370,000
|Multi-platform
|Sports
|-
| 8
| Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day!
| 6,091,362
| Nintendo
| {{efn|Brain Age 2 (Motto No wo Kitaeru Otona no DS Training) sales in 2007:
}}
|-
| 9
| 5,190,000
| Wii
| Nintendo
|-
|10
|4,350,000
|Wii
|Party
|}
=Europe=
- Based on estimates from Electronic Arts:
Video game console sales of 2007 in Europe{{cite web |url=http://media.corporate-ir.net/media_files/IROL/88/88189/Q3FY08SupSeg.pdf#page=4 |title=Supplemental Segment Information |access-date=February 9, 2008 |author=Electronic Arts |date=January 31, 2008 |work=Thomson Financial |pages=4–5 |format=PDF|author-link=Electronic Arts }}{{cite web |url=https://www.gamedeveloper.com/game-platforms/ea-reveals-european-hardware-estimates |title=EA Reveals European Hardware Estimates |access-date=February 9, 2008 |author=David Jenkins |date=February 1, 2008 |publisher=Gamasutra| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080202141401/http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=17206| archive-date= February 2, 2008 | url-status= live}}
| class="wikitable" |
| Place
!Console !Units sold |
|---|
| 1
|8.7 million |
| 2
|Wii |4.8 million |
| 3
|3.8 million |
| 4
|3.1 million |
| 5
|2.8 million |
| 6
|1.9 million |
===Japan===
- Based on figures from Enterbrain:
Video game console sales of 2007 in Japan{{cite web |url=http://www.mcvuk.com/news/29249/SPECIAL-REPORT-Japans-2007-market-stats-in-full |title=SPECIAL REPORT: Japan's 2007 market stats in full |access-date=February 2, 2008 |author=Neil Long |date=January 7, 2008 |publisher=MCV| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080210000232/http://www.mcvuk.com/news/29249/SPECIAL-REPORT-Japans-2007-market-stats-in-full| archive-date= February 10, 2008 | url-status= live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.gamedeveloper.com/game-platforms/enterbrain-wii-lead-over-ps3-rises-to-3-1 |title=Enterbrain: Wii Lead Over PS3 Rises To 3:1 |access-date=February 2, 2008 |author=David Jenkins |date=January 7, 2008 |publisher=Gamasutra| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080113134848/http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=16852| archive-date= January 13, 2008 | url-status= live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/companyNews/idUSTFA00293420080107?sp=true |title=Nintendo Wii outsells PS3 3-to-1 in Japan |access-date=February 2, 2008 |author1=Kiyoshi Takenaka |author2=Hugh Lawson |date=January 7, 2008 |publisher=Reuters}}
| class="wikitable" |
| Place
!Console !Units sold |
|---|
| 1
|Nintendo DS |7,143,702 |
| 2
|Wii |3,629,361 |
| 3
|PSP |3,022,659 |
| 4
|PlayStation 3 |1,206,347 |
| 5
|PlayStation 2 |816,419{{cite web |url=http://www.mcvuk.com/interviews/403/JAPANESE-2008-MARKET-REPORT |title=Japanese 2008 Market Report |publisher=MCV |date=January 9, 2009 |access-date=January 15, 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090122135649/http://www.mcvuk.com/interviews/403/JAPANESE-2008-MARKET-REPORT| archive-date= January 22, 2009 | url-status= live}} |
| 6
|Xbox 360 |257,841 |
Best-selling video games of 2007 in Japan{{cite web |url=http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=16914 |title=Wii Sports Named Best Selling Game Of 2007 In Japan|author=David Jenkins |date=January 11, 2008 |publisher=Gamasutra |access-date=February 2, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080218025727/http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=16914| archive-date= February 18, 2008 | url-status= dead}}{{cite web |url=http://www.mcvuk.com/news/29295/JAPAN-2007-Nintendo-dominates-software-sales |title=JAPAN 2007: Nintendo dominates software sales |access-date=February 2, 2008 |author=Neil Long |date=January 11, 2008 |publisher=MCV| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080216021024/http://www.mcvuk.com/news/29295/JAPAN-2007-Nintendo-dominates-software-sales| archive-date= February 16, 2008 | url-status= live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.elspa.com/?i=7117 |title=Data Collected by Famitsu: from January 1 to December 30, 2007 |publisher=Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association |access-date=May 29, 2008}}
| class="wikitable" |
| Place
!Title !Console !Units sold |
|---|
| 1
|Wii |1,911,520 |
| 2
|PSP |1,489,898 |
| 3
|Wii |1,487,484 |
| 4
|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness |NDS |1,256,516 |
| 5
|NDS |1,232,644 |
| 6
|NDS |1,176,939 |
| 7
|NDS |1,094,389 |
| 8
|Wii |1,053,934 |
| 9
|Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen |NDS |1,052,827 |
| 10
|Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day! |NDS |1,033,933 |
=North America=
- Based on figures from the NPD Group via IGN;{{cite web |url=http://pc.ign.com/articles/842/842883p1.html |title=PC Year in Review 2007 |author1=Dan Adams |author2=Steve Butts |author3=Charles Onyett |publisher=IGN |page=1 |date=December 20, 2007 |access-date=February 15, 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090221201807/http://pc.ign.com/articles/842/842883p1.html| archive-date= February 21, 2009 | url-status= dead}} the games' publishers are listed in brackets:
Best-selling video games of 2007 in North America (by platform)
| class="wikitable" style="width:825px; text-align:center;" |
| Place
!PlayStation 3{{cite web |url=http://ps3.ign.com/articles/842/842858p2.html |title=PS3 2007 Year in Review |author=IGN PlayStation Team |publisher=IGN |date=December 20, 2007 |access-date=February 15, 2009}} !PlayStation Portable{{cite web |url=http://psp.ign.com/articles/842/842824p2.html |title=PSP 2007 Year in Review |author=IGN PlayStation Team |publisher=IGN |date=December 20, 2007 |access-date=February 15, 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090324170444/http://psp.ign.com/articles/842/842824p2.html| archive-date= March 24, 2009 | url-status= live}} |
|---|
| 1 |
| 2 |
| 3
|Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters |
| 4 |
| 5 |
| 6
|Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas |
| 7
|NCAA Football 08 |
| 8
|Heavenly Sword |
| 9 |
| 10
|The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion |Ghost Rider |
=United Kingdom=
- Based on figures from Chart-Track:
Best-selling video games of 2007 in the UK{{cite web |url=http://kotaku.com/342574/the-top+selling-games-in-britain-for-2007-were |title=The Top-Selling Games In Britain For 2007 Were... |access-date=February 9, 2008 |author=Luke Plunkett |date=January 9, 2008 |publisher=Kotaku |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080202104149/http://kotaku.com/342574/the-top%2Bselling-games-in-britain-for-2007-were |archive-date=February 2, 2008 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}{{cite web |url=http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=31967 |title=FIFA 08 ranks top of 2007 UK sales |access-date=February 9, 2008 |author=Phil Elliott |date=January 9, 2008 |publisher=GamesIndustry.biz| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080211225344/http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=31967| archive-date= February 11, 2008 | url-status= dead}}{{cite web |url=http://www.mcvuk.com/interviews/188/The-top-50-games-of-2007 |title=Top 50 |access-date=February 9, 2008 |date=January 30, 2008 |publisher=MCV| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080203161219/http://www.mcvuk.com/interviews/188/The-top-50-games-of-2007| archive-date= February 3, 2008 | url-status= live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.mcvuk.com/interviews/176/UK-GAMES-MARKET-2007-The-definitive-report |title=UK GAMES MARKET 2007 |access-date=February 10, 2008 |author=Neil Long |date=January 10, 2008 |publisher=MCV| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080218214612/http://www.mcvuk.com/interviews/176/UK-GAMES-MARKET-2007-The-definitive-report| archive-date= February 18, 2008 | url-status= live}}
| class="wikitable" |
| Place
!Title !Publisher !Units sold |
|---|
| 1
|1,391,435 |
| 2
|Dr Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old is Your Brain? |1,016,558 |
| 3
|Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare |935,044 |
| 4
|787,382 |
| 5
|More Brain Training from Dr Kawashima |Nintendo |760,225 |
| 6
|735,176 |
| 7
|Electronic Arts |734,595 |
| 8
|Nintendo |688,002 |
| 9
|670,286 |
| 10
|THQ |563,121 |
Best-selling video games of 2007 in the UK (by platform){{cite web |url=http://www.mcvuk.com/interviews/191/The-games-of-2007-Format-breakdown |title=Format breakdown |publisher=MCV |date=January 30, 2008 |access-date=February 14, 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090122133444/http://www.mcvuk.com/interviews/191/The-games-of-2007-Format-breakdown| archive-date= January 22, 2009 | url-status= live}}
The games' publishers are listed in brackets:
| class="wikitable" style="width:825px; text-align:center;" |
| Place |
|---|
| 1
|Dr Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old is Your Brain? |
| 2
|More Brain Training from Dr Kawashima |Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 |MotorStorm |
| 3
|New Super Mario Bros. |The Simpsons Game |
| 4 |
| 5
|Big Brain Academy |
| 6
|Pokémon Diamond |
| 7
|42 All-Time Classics |Need for Speed: ProStreet |Formula One Championship Edition |
| 8
|Nintendogs: Labrador & Friends |Need for Speed: ProStreet |
| 9
|Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories |Uncharted: Drake's Fortune |
| 10
|Transformers: The Game |
| class="wikitable" style="width:825px; text-align:center;" |
| Place
!Wii |
|---|
| 1 |
| 2 |
| 3
|Sega Mega Drive Collection |Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree |
| 4
|Pro Evolution Soccer 6 |Super Mario Galaxy |Forza Motorsport 2 |
| 5
|Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories |Mario Party 8 |
| 6
|Sonic Rivals |WarioWare: Smooth Moves |
| 7
|The Simpsons Game |The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess |Crackdown |
| 8
|FIFA 07 |Mario Strikers Charged Football |Gears of War |
| 9
|Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition |Sonic and the Secret Rings |
| 10
|Need for Speed: Carbon |
===United States===
- Based on figures from the NPD Group:
Video game console sales of 2007 in the US{{cite web|url=http://kotaku.com/346301/whos-winning-the-console-war-in-the-us |title=Who's Winning The Console War In The US? |author=Michael McWhertor |publisher=Kotaku |access-date=January 19, 2008 |date=January 18, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080120084537/http://kotaku.com/346301/whos-winning-the-console-war-in-the-us |archive-date=January 20, 2008 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/news/npd-us-video-game-industry-totals-1794-billion-halo-3-tops-all/19119/?biz=1 |title=NPD: U.S. Video Game Industry Totals $17.94 Billion, Halo 3 Tops All |access-date=January 19, 2008 |author=James Brightman |date=January 17, 2008 |publisher=GameDaily |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080119014303/http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/news/npd-us-video-game-industry-totals-1794-billion-halo-3-tops-all/19119/?biz=1 |archive-date=January 19, 2008 |url-status=dead }}
| class="wikitable" |
| Place
!Console !Units sold |
|---|
| 1
|Nintendo DS |8.50 million |
| 2
|Wii |6.29 million |
| 3
|Xbox 360 |4.62 million |
| 4
|PlayStation 2 |3.97 million |
| 5
|PSP |3.82 million |
| 6
|PlayStation 3 |2.56 million |
Best-selling video games of 2007 in the US{{cite web | url=http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=17006 | title=NPD: 2007 U.S. Game Industry Growth Up 43% To $17.9 Billion | author=Brandon Boyer | publisher=Gamasutra | access-date=January 19, 2008 | date=January 18, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080118235201/http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=17006| archive-date= January 18, 2008 | url-status= dead}}{{cite web |url=http://kotaku.com/346135/halo-3-beats-out-wii-play-for-best-selling-video-game-of-2007 |title=Halo 3 Beats Out Wii Play For Best Selling Video Game of 2007 |access-date=February 10, 2008 |author=Michael McWhertor |date=January 17, 2008 |publisher=Kotaku |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080206030805/http://kotaku.com/346135/halo-3-beats-out-wii-play-for-best-selling-video-game-of-2007 |archive-date=February 6, 2008 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}
| class="wikitable" |
| Place
!Title !Console !Units sold |
|---|
| 1
|X360 |4.82 million |
| 2
|Wii |4.12 million |
| 3
|Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare |X360 |3.04 million |
| 4
|Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock with guitar |PS2 |2.72 million |
| 5
|Wii |2.52 million |
| 6
|NDS |2.48 million |
| 7
|PS2 |1.90 million |
| 8
|Guitar Hero II with guitar |PS2 |1.89 million |
| 9
|X360 |1.87 million |
| 10
|Wii |1.82 million |
Best-selling video games of all time in the US (as of September 25, 2007){{cite web |url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20070925-9999-1n25halo.html |title=Microsoft pins Xbox 360 hopes on 'Halo 3' sales |work=The San Diego Union-Tribune |first=Jonathan |last=Sidener |date=September 25, 2007 |access-date=February 10, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012134549/http://legacy.utsandiego.com/news/business/20070925-9999-1n25halo.html |archive-date=October 12, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}
Note: This list only includes games that were released after NPD started tracking video game sales data in 1995.
| class="wikitable" |
| Place
!Title !Units sold |
|---|
| 1
|Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas |8.6 million |
| 2
|7.4 million |
| 3
|6.8 million |
| 4
|6.5 million |
| 5
|6.3 million |
| 6
|6.2 million |
| 7
|6.0 million |
| 8
|5.9 million |
| 9
|5.7 million |
| 10
|5.3 million |
Critically acclaimed titles
Metacritic (MC) and GameRankings (GR) are aggregators of video game journalism reviews.
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|+ 2007 games and expansions scoring at least 88/100 (MC) or 87.5% (GR){{cite web |title=Best Video Games for 2007 |url=https://www.metacritic.com/browse/games/score/metascore/year/all/filtered?sort=desc&year_selected=2007 |website=Metacritic |access-date=September 22, 2019}}{{cite web |title=Highest-Ranking Games of 2007 (with at least 10 reviews) |url=https://www.gamerankings.com/browse.html?site=&cat=0&year=2007&numrev=1&sort=0&letter=&search= |website=GameRankings |access-date=September 22, 2019}} |
| scope="col"| Game
! scope="col"| Publisher ! scope="col"| Release Date ! scope="col"| Platform ! scope="col"| MC score ! scope="col"| GR score |
|---|
| Super Mario Galaxy
| Nintendo | November 1, 2007 | Wii | 97/100 | 97.64% |
| The Orange Box
| Valve | October 10, 2007 | Xbox 360 | 96/100 | 96.36% |
| The Orange Box
| Valve | October 10, 2007 | 96/100 | 95.88% |
| BioShock
| 2K Games | August 21, 2007 | Xbox 360 | 96/100 | 95.07% |
| BioShock
| 2K Games | August 21, 2007 | 96/100 | 94.58% |
| Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
| November 5, 2007 | Xbox 360 | 94/100 | 94.16% |
| Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
| November 5, 2007 | 94/100 | 93.54% |
| Halo 3
| September 25, 2007 | Xbox 360 | 94/100 | 93.53% |
| The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
| March 20, 2007 | 93/100 | 92.98% |
| God of War II
| March 13, 2007 | 93/100 | 92.68% |
| Galactic Civilizations II: Dark Avatar
| Stardock | February 8, 2007 | 91/100 | 92.61% |
| Team Fortress 2
| Valve | October 10, 2007 | 92/100 | 92.6% |
| Guitar Hero II
| April 3, 2007 | Xbox 360 | 92/100 | 92.3% |
| Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
| November 5, 2007 | 92/100 | 92.29% |
| Rock Band
| November 20, 2007 | Xbox 360 | 92/100 | 91.97% |
| Rock Band
| November 20, 2007 | 92/100 | 91.23% |
| Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition
| Capcom | May 31, 2007 | Wii | 91/100 | 91.59% |
| World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade
| January 16, 2007 | 91/100 | 91.48% |
| Mass Effect
| November 20, 2007 | Xbox 360 | 91/100 | 91.24% |
| Crysis
| November 13, 2007 | 91/100 | 90.23% |
| Half-Life 2: Episode Two
| Valve | October 10, 2007 | 90/100 | 90.68% |
| Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
| Nintendo | August 27, 2007 | Wii | 90/100 | 90.23% |
| Forza Motorsport 2
| May 29, 2007 | Xbox 360 | 90/100 | 89.98% |
| The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
| Nintendo | June 23, 2007 | 90/100 | 88.82% |
| Portal
| Valve | October 10, 2007 | 90/100 | 88.81% |
| Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
| November 20, 2007 | 88/100 | 89.67% |
| Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
| Konami | March 21, 2007 | Xbox 360 | 89/100 | 89.58% |
| Virtua Fighter 5 Online
| Sega | October 26, 2007 | Xbox 360 | 89/100 | 89.37% |
| World in Conflict
| September 18, 2007 | 89/100 | 89.16% |
| The Orange Box
| Valve | December 11, 2007 | 89/100 | 88.97% |
| Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
| October 23, 2007 | 89/100 | 88.74% |
| Persona 3 FES
| Atlus | April 19, 2007 |
| Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions
| May 10, 2007 | 88/100 | 88.26% |
| Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords
| October 10, 2007 | Xbox 360 | 87/100 | 88.14% |
| Sam & Max Save the World
| August 7, 2007 | N/A | 88.06% |
| The World Ends with You
| July 27, 2007 |
| Ninja Gaiden Sigma
| Tecmo | June 14, 2007 | 88/100 | 86.72% |
| The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles
| October 16, 2007 | Xbox 360 | 86/100 | 87.62% |
| Hitman Trilogy
| June 19, 2007 | {{N/A}} | 87.56% |
=Business=
| class="wikitable" |
| Month
! Date(s) ! Event |
|---|
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"| July
| 11–13 | E3 Media & Business Summit at several hotels and the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California, United States.{{cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/wikis/e3/Attendance_and_Stats|title=Attendance and Stats|publisher=IGN|access-date=May 21, 2015}} |
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"| August
| 23–26 | The Leipzig Games Developers Convention in Leipzig, Germany. |
| 24–26
| Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center in Seattle, Washington, United States. |
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"| September
| 20–23 | Tokyo Game Show at the Makuhari Messe International Convention complex in Mihama-ku, Chiba, Japan. |
| 28–30
| Digital Life at New York's Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York, New York, United States. |
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"| October
| 18–20 | E for All Expo at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California, United States. |
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"| November
| 2–4 | Videogames Expo (VGXPO) at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. |
| 27–28
| Montreal Games Summit at the Palais de Congress international convention. |
Hardware releases
| class="wikitable" |
| Month
! Day ! System |
|---|
| February
| 11 | Net Jet{{Cite news |last=Buckleitner |first=Warren |date=2007-03-22 |title=Play Games Without Clutter or Tiresome Pop-Up Ads |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/22/technology/22netjet.html |access-date=2025-02-22 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} |
| August
| 30 | PlayStation Portable PSP-2000{{abbr|HK|Hong Kong}} |
Game releases
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Video game-based film and television releases
See also
Notes
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