EA's ``Madden NFL 2006'' Top Game Across All Platforms, According to IGN's GamerMetrics.BRISBANE Brisbane (brĭz`bən), city (1991 pop. 1,145,537), capital of Queensland, E Australia, on the Brisbane River above its mouth on Moreton Bay. , Calif. -- "Call of Duty" Ranks Number 1 for Xbox A video game console from Microsoft that was designed to compete with Sony's PlayStation and Nintendo's GameCube. Introduced in 2001 with a 733 MHz Pentium III CPU, 5x DVD drive and custom-designed graphics processor, the Xbox also includes four game controller ports, Ethernet networking 360 for Holidays, "Ninja Gaiden Ninja Gaiden may refer to:
1. IGN IGN Ignored (Status) IGN Institut Geographique National IGN Ignition IGN Instituto Geografico Nacional (Spain) IGN Imagine Games Network IGN In-Game Name (gaming) Entertainment's GamerMetrics customer intelligence measurement tool listed EA's "Madden NFL Madden NFL is an American football video game series developed by Electronic Arts Tiburon for EA Sports. The game is named after Pro Football Hall of Famer John Madden, a well-known color commentator for NBC Sports and formerly a successful Super Bowl-winning coach during 2006" as the top game of the season across all platforms. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. GamerMetrics, fans were most interested in "Call of Duty" for Microsoft's new platform, Xbox 360, while the earlier Xbox players' favorite was "Ninja Gaiden Black" this year. PS2 gamers named "Shadow of the Colossus" to top their wishlists, spooky spook·y adj. spook·i·er, spook·i·est Informal 1. Suggestive of ghosts or a ghost; eerie. 2. Easily startled; skittish. "Resident Evil 4" came in first for Nintendo's GameCube and PC gamers PC Gamer is a magazine founded in 1993 devoted to PC gaming and published monthly by Future Publishing. The magazine features news on developments in the video game industry, previews of new games, and reviews of the latest popular PC games, along with other features were wowed by "Civilization IV." The leading Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the media and services company serving the gamer demographic compiled information from its massive audience to determine which games topped fall wish lists for all game devices including handhelds. According to IGN's research "Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories" appealed most to the PSP (PlayStation Portable) See PlayStation. users, "Mario Kart DS Mario Kart DS, abbreviated to MKDS or MK:DS, is a racing game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS.[1] It is the fifth installment in the series and the first to use Nintendo's free online service, Nintendo Wi-Fi " beat "Nintendogs" on the Nintendo DS “NDS” redirects here. For other uses, see NDS (disambiguation). The Nintendo DS (sometimes abbreviated NDS or DS) is a handheld game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo, which was released in 2004 in Canada, U.S., and Japan. and "Pokemon Emerald" was highest on lists of the younger GBA GBA Game Boy Advance (Nintendo 32-Bit Game Boy) GBA Gran Buenos Aires (Argentina) GBA God Bless America GBA Gundam Battle Assault (video game) GBA Alderney audience. GamerMetrics data is based more than 25 million users' activity on IGN.com, GameSpy.com, TeamXbox.com and fileplanet.com, supported by a pool of more than half a million users telling the leading gamer resource which titles they have, want and are watching.
Top 5 games in each category for the Holidays were:
Overall Category
1 Madden NFL 06 X360, PS2, Xbox, GCN, Sports
PC, PSP, DS, GBA
2 Need for Speed Most X360, PS2, Xbox, GCN, Racing
Wanted PC, PSP, DS, GBA
3 NBA Live 06 X360, PS2, Xbox, GCN, Sports
PC, PSP
4 Call of Duty 2 X360, PC First-Person
Shooter
5 Perfect Dark Zero X360 First-Person
Shooter
Xbox 360
1 Call of Duty 2 X360 First-Person
Shooter
2 Perfect Dark Zero X360 First-Person
Shooter
3 Project Gotham Racing 3 X360 Racing
4 Kameo: Elements of Power X360 Third-Person
Adventure
5 Madden NFL 06 X360 Sports
Xbox
1 Ninja Gaiden Black Xbox Third-Person
Action
2 Far Cry Instincts Xbox First-Person
Shooter
3 Star Wars Battlefront II Xbox Shooter
4 Burnout Revenge Xbox Racing
5 X-Men Legends II: Rise of Xbox Third-Person
Apocalypse Action RPG
PlayStation 2
1 Shadow of the Colossus PS2 Third-Person
Adventure
2 Dragon Ball Z Budokai: PS2 Fighting
Tenkaichi
3 Resident Evil 4 PS2 Third-Person
Action
Adventure
4 WWE SmackDown vs. RAW 2006 PS2 Wrestling
5 Soulcalibur III PS2 Fighting
Nintendo GameCube
1 Resident Evil 4 GCN Third-Person
Action
Adventure
2 Fire Emblem: Path of GCN Strategy RPG
Radiance
3 Battalion Wars GCN Third-Person
Action
4 WWE Day of Reckoning 2 GCN Wrestling
5 Dance Dance Revolution GCN Music
Mario Mix
PC
1 Civilization IV PC Turn-Based
Strategy
2 F.E.A.R. PC First-Person
Shooter
3 Call of Duty 2 PC First-Person
Shooter
4 Age of Empires III PC Real-Time
Strategy
5 Battlefield 2 PC First-Person
Shooter
PlayStation Portable
1 Grand Theft Auto: Liberty PSP Third-Person
City Stories Action
2 WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW PSP Wrestling
2006
3 Burnout Legends PSP Racing
4 Madden NFL 06 PSP Sports
5 Star Wars Battlefront II PSP Third-Person
Action
Nintendo DS
1 Mario Kart DS DS Racing
2 Nintendogs DS Virtual Pet
3 Castlevania: Dawn of DS Action
Sorrow Adventure
4 Animal Crossing: Wild DS Adventure
World
5 Advance Wars: Dual Strike DS Turn-Based
Strategy
Nintendo GBA
1 Pokemon Emerald GBA Turn-Based
RPG
2 The Legend of Zelda: The GBA Action
Minish Cap Adventure
3 Final Fantasy IV GBA RPG
4 Fire Emblem: The Sacred GBA Turn-Based
Stones Strategy RPG
5 Gunstar Super Heroes GBA Action
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