2010 in video games
Numerous video games were released in 2010. Many awards went to games such as Red Dead Redemption, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Mass Effect 2, God of War III and Super Mario Galaxy 2. Kinect from Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox 360 was also released this year.
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Critically acclaimed titles
Metacritic (MC) and GameRankings (GR) are aggregators of video game journalism reviews.
Best-selling video games
The following titles were the top five best-selling family video games worldwide in 2010.[5]
| Rank | Title | Platform(s) | Publisher | Sales |
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| 1 | Wii Sports | Wii | Nintendo | 16,600,000 |
| 2 | New Super Mario Bros. Wii | Wii | Nintendo | 11,300,000 |
| Wii Sports Resort | Wii | Nintendo | 11,300,000 | |
| 4 | Wii Fit Plus | Wii | Nintendo | 8,900,000 |
| 5 | FIFA 11 | Multi-platform | EA Sports | 8,400,000 |
Events
| Month | Day | Event |
|---|---|---|
| January | 7–10 | International Consumer Electronics Show 2010 was held in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.[6] |
| February | 11–14 | Microsoft X10 held in San Francisco.[7] |
| 24–27 | Nintendo World Summit held in San Francisco.[8] | |
| March | 9–13 | Game Developers Conference 2010 held in San Francisco, CA.[9] |
| 26–28 | First PAX East Coast at the John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center in Boston, MA. | |
| April | 15[10] | Xbox Live for original Xbox console and games discontinued.[11] |
| 20–23 | Captivate, Capcom's annual tradeshow was held in Honolulu, Hawaii.[12] | |
| May | 4–7 | The Humble Indie Bundle, an experiment into indie, charitable, cross-platform, DRM-free digital game distribution, is first released to great success. |
| 30 | Esports organization FaZe Clan is founded. | |
| June | 15–17 | E3 2010 is held at the Los Angeles Convention Center.[13] |
| 17–19 | OnLive released. | |
| August | 12–15 | QuakeCon was held in the Hotel Hilton Anatole, in Dallas, Texas, USA. |
| 16–18 | Game Developers Conference was held in Europe in Cologne. | |
| 18–22 | Gamescom 2010 was held at Cologne, Germany. | |
| September | 3–5 | Penny Arcade Expo 2010 was held at Washington State Convention Center in Seattle. |
| 15–21 | PlayStation Move was launched in North America, Europe and various Asian countries. | |
| 16–19 | Tokyo Game Show 2010 was held at Makuhari Messe in Japan. | |
| October | 22–23 | BlizzCon 2010 was held at Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. |
| November | 4–7 | Microsoft's Kinect launched worldwide, starting in North America. |
Hardware releases
| Month | Day | Console |
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| June | 18 | Xbox 360 SNA |
| September | 15 | PlayStation MoveEU |
| October | 28 | Wii Remote PlusAU |
| November | 4 | KinectNA |
Series with new entries
Series with new installments in 2010 include Ace Attorney, Alien vs. Predator, Army of Two, Assassin's Creed, Battlefield, BioShock, Call of Duty, Castlevania, Civilization, Crackdown, Donkey Kong, Darksiders, Dead Rising, Fable, Fallout, God of War, Gran Turismo, Grand Theft Auto, Halo, Just Cause, Kane and Lynch, Lost Planet, Mafia, Mass Effect, Medal of Honor, Mega Man, Metroid, Need for Speed, Pokémon, Prince of Persia, Red Dead, Red Steel, Resident Evil, Skate, StarCraft, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, Super Mario, Super Monkey Ball, Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell and Total War.
In addition, 2010 saw the introduction of several new properties, including Alan Wake, Darksiders, Deadly Premonition, Heavy Rain, and Metro.
Game releases
The list of games released in 2010 in North America.
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See also
References
- "Best Video Games for 2010". Metacritic. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
- "Highest-Ranking Games of 2010 (with at least 5 reviews)". GameRankings. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
- "Best Video Games for 2012". Metacritic. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
- "Highest-Ranking Games of 2012 (with at least 5 reviews)". GameRankings. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
- Morse, Jenifer Corr (November 2011). "Bestselling family video games". Scholastic Book of World Records 2012. Scholastic Inc. p. 118. ISBN 978-0-545-33149-4.
- "CES Held in Las Vegas". GameSpot. January 8, 2010. Archived from the original on March 9, 2010. Retrieved March 10, 2010.
- Williams, Bryn (January 26, 2010). "Microsoft's X10 Expo to be Held in San Francisco". GameSpy. Archived from the original on January 29, 2010. Retrieved January 30, 2010.
- Brendan, Sinclair (February 24, 2010). "Nintendo's World Summit Held in San Francisco". GameSpot. Archived from the original on March 1, 2010. Retrieved February 24, 2010.
- "GDC Held in San Francisco". GameSpot. March 10, 2010. Archived from the original on December 29, 2010. Retrieved March 10, 2010.
- "Xbox LIVE being discontinued for Original Xbox consoles and games". majornelson.com. February 5, 2010. Archived from the original on April 25, 2018. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
- "Xbox Live being discontinued for Original Xbox consoles and games". Microsoft. February 5, 2010. Archived from the original on November 25, 2010. Retrieved November 6, 2010.
- "Captivate held in Honolulu". GameSpot. April 20, 2010. Archived from the original on November 6, 2012. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
- "Attendance and Stats". IGN. Archived from the original on May 13, 2015. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
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