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. Raw 2009. New intellectual properties included Army of Two, Dead Space, Left 4 Dead, LittleBigPlanet, Mirror's Edge, iRacing, Race Driver: Grid, and Spore.

Worldwide
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.

Canada
Video game console sales in Canada (first seven months of 2008)
 * Based on figures from the NPD Group:

Japan
Video game console sales of 2008 in Japan (December 31, 2007 – December 28, 2008)
 * Based on figures from Enterbrain:

Best-selling video games of 2008 in Japan (December 31, 2007 – December 28, 2008)

Best-selling video games of 2008 in Japan (December 31, 2007 – December 21, 2008)
 * Based on figures from Dengeki:

United States

 * Based on figures from the NPD Group:


 * Based on figures from the NPD Group via IGN; the games' publishers are listed in brackets:


 * Based on figures from the NPD Group:

Note: This list only includes games that were released after NPD started tracking video game sales data.

Other
Best-selling video games in Japan, United Kingdom, and the United States combined (January–July 2008)
 * 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 (July–September 2008)

Critically acclaimed titles
Metacritic (MC) and GameRankings (GR) are aggregators of video game journalism reviews.