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Numerous video games were released in 2013. Many awards went to games such as Madden NFL 25 , NBA 2K14 , WWE 2K14 , NBA Live 14 , BioShock Infinite , Grand Theft Auto V , The Last of Us and The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds . New video game consoles released in 2013 include the PlayStation 4 from Sony Computer Entertainment and the Xbox One from Microsoft.
Metacritic (MC) and GameRankings (GR) are aggregators of video game journalism reviews.
The following were 2013's top ten highest-grossing video games in terms of worldwide revenue (including physical sales, digital purchases, subscriptions, microtransactions, free-to-play and pay-to-play) across all platforms (including mobile, PC and console platforms).
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February 14 | Nintendo starts the "Year of Luigi" to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the titular character. [19] |
February 20 – 22 | Sony's eighth generation console PlayStation 4 (PS4) reveal held at New York City, New York. |
March | The beta for Kahoot! is released with the full version released in September. |
March 22 – 24 | PAX East 2013 held at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. |
March 23 – 25 | Midwest Gaming Classic 2013 held at the Sheraton Milwaukee Brookfield Hotel in Brookfield, Wisconsin. |
March 25 – 29 | Game Developers Conference 2013 held in San Francisco, California. |
May | Cloud9 is founded in Santa Monica, California. |
May 21 – 23 | Microsoft's eighth generation console Xbox One reveal held at Microsoft Redmond Campus, Washington. |
June 11 – 13 | E3 2013 was held at the Los Angeles Convention Center. [20] |
June 22 – 23 | Rezzed 2013 was held at the NEC Birmingham. [21] |
July 18 – 21 | SDCC 2013 was held at the San Diego Convention Center. |
July 19 – 22 | PAX Australia 2013 was held at the Melbourne Showgrounds. |
August 1 – 4 | QuakeCon 2013: The massive annual LAN party held in Dallas, Texas. |
August 7 – 11 | The International 2013, the third iteration of the annual Dota 2 global esports tournament, was held in Seattle. |
August 9 – 11 | The Pokémon World Championships was held in Canada instead of the United States. |
August 22 – 25 | Gamescom 2013 held in Cologne, Germany. |
August 30 – September 2 | PAX Prime 2013 held at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle. |
September 19 – 22 | Tokyo Game Show 2013 at the Makuhari Messe in Tokyo. |
September 26 – 29 | Eurogamer Expo 2013 held in Earls Court, London. |
October 3 – 6 | Indiecade 2013 festival held in Culver City, California. |
October 4 – 7 | EB Games Expo 2013 held at the Sydney Showground in Sydney Olympic Park, New South Wales. |
October 25 – 27 | Games Week 2013 held in Milan, Italy. |
October 30 – November 3 | Paris Games Week 2013 held in Paris, France. |
November 8 – 9 | BlizzCon 2013 held at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. |
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The list of game consoles released in 2013 in North America.
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June | 25 | Ouya |
July | 31 | Nvidia Shield |
October | 12 | Nintendo 2DS |
November | 14 | PlayStation TV |
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December | 10 | MOJO |
Series with new installments in 2013 include Ace Attorney , ARMA , Army of Two , Assassin's Creed , Batman: Arkham , Battlefield , BioShock , Call of Duty , Crysis , Dead Rising , Dead Space , Devil May Cry , Final Fantasy , Fire Emblem , Forza Motorsport , God of War , Gears of War , Gran Turismo , Grand Theft Auto , Killer Instinct , Killzone , The Legend of Zelda , Lost Planet , Luigi's Mansion , Mario Party , Metal Gear , Metro , Need for Speed , Pokémon , Rayman , Pikmin , Saints Row , SimCity , Sly Cooper , Sonic The Hedgehog , StarCraft , Super Mario , Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell , Tomb Raider , Total War , and Zoo Tycoon .
In addition, 2013 saw the introduction of several new properties, including Beyond: Two Souls , The Last of Us , Papers, Please , Tearaway , Cookie Clicker and The Wonderful 101 .
The list of games released in 2013 in North America.
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Nintendo Co., Ltd. is a Japanese multinational video game company headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. It develops, publishes and releases both video games and video game consoles.
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