The first release of the game came on November 22, 2005 in North America. The game was playable at the Xbox 360 Zero Hour Launch event, along with other Xbox 360 launch titles such as Rare's "" and Activision's "Call of Duty 2". Other releases followed on December 2 in Europe and on December 10 in Japan. In Europe, Microsoft organized a party by simulating an apartment as Joanna Dark's home, where several journalists could play the Xbox 360. During the Japanese launch weekend, "Perfect Dark Zero" became the second best-selling Xbox 360 game with roughly 15,000 units sold, behind Namco's "Ridge Racer 6".