2009 saw many new installments in established video game franchises, such as Assassin's Creed II, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Wii Sports Resort, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Resident Evil 5, Left 4 Dead 2, Forza Motorsport 3, The Beatles: Rock Band, The Sims 3, Madden NFL 10, NBA 2K10, and FIFA 10. New intellectual properties include Batman: Arkham Asylum, Bayonetta, Borderlands, Demon's Souls, Dragon Age: Origins, Infamous, Just Dance, Minecraft, Plants vs. Zombies, and Prototype.

Legend

Console releases

The following is a list of game consoles released in 2009.

This year just saw revision models of current game consoles; such as PlayStation 3 Slim, the PSP Go, the worldwide release of the Nintendo DSi (which initially in Japan the previous year), and the Nintendo DSi XL (named the "DSi LL" in Japan).

Best-selling games

The following are the top ten best-selling games of 2009 in terms of worldwide retail sales.

Critically acclaimed titles

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

Major awards

Video game-based film and television releases

Events

Notable deaths

• June 3 – David Carradine, 72, actor who played Clockwork in Danny Phantom: The Ultimate Enemy and William Sharp in Saints Row.

• June 25 – Michael Jackson, 50, musician who (in addition to various cameos) was the subject of 1990's Moonwalker, the composer of Sonic 3s soundtrack, and the namesake of the Just Dance spinoff: The Experience.

• August 2 – Deng Sanshan, a teenager in China who was reportedly beaten to death in an extralegal addiction "boot camp" designed to treat video game and internet addiction.

• October 14 – Lou Albano, 76, pro wrestler and actor who played Mario in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!.

Games released in 2009

See also

• 2009 in esports

• 2009 in games

Notes

References