Rahul Sharma (Editor)

October 2006 in video gaming

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit

October 4th

  • The GDC London gets underway in London.
  • October 6th

  • UK BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) Video Game Awards:
  • Innovation: Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!
  • Artistic Achievement: Shadow of the Colossus
  • Character: LocoRoco
  • Strategy: Rise and Fall: Civilizations at War
  • Casual & Social: Buzz! The Big Quiz
  • Screenplay: Psychonauts
  • Children's: LocoRoco
  • Gameplay: Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
  • Simulation: The Movies
  • Multiplayer: Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach
  • Action & Adventure: Shadow of the Colossus
  • Technical Achievement: Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter
  • Sports: Fight Night Round 3
  • Original Score: Tomb Raider: Legend
  • Soundtrack: Guitar Hero
  • Audio: Electroplankton
  • Game: Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter
  • October 9th

  • Sony announces that first-party PlayStation 3 launch titles Resistance: Fall of Man and Genji: Days of the Blade will be priced at ¥5980 (about $50 USD), contrary to previous reports which indicated that the titles would be in the $75 to $85 range.
  • October 10th

    Midway Ships Mortal Kombat Armageddon to United States stores, with the Premium Editions going to Best Buy, GameStop, GameCrazy, and Wal-Mart. MK:A Regular is Priced at $40.00 US Dollars and 50 US Dollars for Premium.

    Contents

    October 11th

  • Electronic Arts moves its international headquarters to Geneva, Switzerland.
  • October 12th

  • Capcom announces that it will dissolve Clover Studio.
  • Jack Thompson has won a court action forcing publisher Take-Two Interactive to provide him with an advanced copy of the game Bully, so that he can judge whether it violates Florida public nuisance laws.
  • October 13th

  • A Miami-Dade County judge decides not to ban Bully from being sold in the state, as was demanded by lawyer Jack Thompson.
  • References

    October 2006 in video gaming Wikipedia