2008 in video games

2008 saw many new installments in established video game franchises, such as Grand Theft Auto IV, Fallout 3, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Gears of War 2, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Persona 4, Fable II, Call of Duty: World at War, Mario Kart Wii, Madden NFL 09, NBA Live 09, NBA 2K9, and WWE Smackdown vs.

New intellectual properties included Army of Two, Dead Space, Left 4 Dead, LittleBigPlanet, Mirror's Edge, iRacing, Race Driver: Grid, and Spore.

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.

Best-selling video games in Japan, United Kingdom, and the United States combined (January–July 2008)[30] Best-selling video games in Japan, United Kingdom, and the United States combined (July–September 2008)[31] Metacritic (MC) and GameRankings (GR) are aggregators of video game journalism reviews.