Using various sources, more or less official, Kotaku Australia has made public a list of games in which they are also recorded the budgets consumed to achieve them. It is to be mentioned that in some cases, the figure includes only expenditure with promotion, getting copyright, or purchase some of the licenses. Also, where it is not specified, the costs are expressed in terms of millions of dollars:
1982
E. T. – 23 (only for license); Frogger – 5 (only for marketing)
1992
Ultima VII: The Black Gate – 1
1994
Mortal Kombat II – 10 million (only for marketing); Wing Commander III – 5
1995
Full Throttle – 1,5
Twisted Metal – 0,8
1996
Crash Bandicoot – 1,7
Wing Commander IV – 10
1997
Crash Bandicoot 2 – 2
Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee – 2,5
Riven – 20
1998
Grim Fandango – 3
Thief: The Dark Project – 3
The X-Files Game – 6
1999
Crash Team Racing – 2,4
EverQuest – 3
Gabriel Knight 3 – 4,2
Resident Evil 2 – 1
System Shock 2 – 1,7
Unreal Tournament – 2
2001
Black & White – 5,7
Dark Age of Camelot – 3,1
Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2 – 4 (only for marketing)
Jak and Daxter – 14
2002
Freedom Force – 2
Hitman 2 – 3,5 millions of euros
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – 20
2003
Enter the Matrix – 67 (47 only for licence)
Jak II – 15
Toontown Online – 18
Uru: Ages Beyond Myst – 12
2004
Call of Duty: Finest Hour – 8,5
City of Heroes – 7
Driv3r – 34
Half-Life 2 – peste 40
Halo 2 – sub 20
Jak 3 – 10
World of Warcraft – 200 (Costs post-launch for four years)
2005
Advent Rising – 4
Call of Duty 2 – 14,5
Guild Wars – 20-30
Guitar Hero – 1,7
Jak X – 10
The Matrix Online – 58,5
Quake 4 – 15
Psychonauts – 11,8
2006
Anno 1701 – 8 millions of euros
Empire Earth III – 10
Gears of War – 10
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter – 18
Lost Planet – 40
Red Steel – 10 milioane euro
Scarface: The World is Yours – 2,5 (only for audio part)
Test Drive Unlimited – 15 millions of euros
Unreal Engine 3 – 40
2007
Age of Conan – 200 millions of euros
BioShock – 15
Crackdown – 20
Crysis – 15 millions of euros
Heavenly Sword – 20
Strangehold – 30
Stuntman: Ignition – 20
2008
Braid – 0,2
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian – 20 (only for marketing)
Gears of War 2 – 12
Left 4 Dead – 11 (only for marketing)
The Witcher – 20 millions of euros
2009
Borderlands – 30-35
Brütal Legend – 24
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – 200
Free Realms – 20-30
Ghostbusters – 15-20
Left 4 Dead 2 – 25 (only for marketing)
Star Wars: Clone Wars: Jedi Alliance – 15
2010
God of War III – 44
Gran Turismo 5 – 60
Heavy Rain – 40 millions of euros
Stargate Worlds – 25
2011
Allods Online – 12
Battlefield 3 – 2,75 (only for marketing via Facebook)
Call of Duty: Elite – 50
Dead Space 2 – 5-10 (only for marketing)
Dead Island – 40 millions of euros
Homefront – 50
Rift – 60-60
Star Wars: The Old Republic – 200
Warhammer 40k: Dark Millenium Online – 30
The Witcher II – 25 millions of euros
2012
DC Universe Online – 50
Ghost Recon: Future Soldier – 50 millions of euros
Papo & Yo – 1,5
The Secret World – 50
2013
Beyond: Two Souls – 20 millions of euros
Defiance – 70
Disney Infinity –100
2014
Destiny – 140
Watch Dogs –50 millions of euros
