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2000 in video gaming

Reuters reports that the Helicopter V3 LAMA Sony PlayStation 2 console will export controls by Trade Ministry of Japan since the EVE Online ISK PS2 is sophisticated enough for military application

January 31 - the Buy Lineage Adena Sims (PC)

November 13 - Kessen (PS2)

2002 in video gaming

Sega Rosso renamed (formerly SEGA’s AM5 team)

November 13 - Skies of Arcadia (DC)

2006 in video gaming

2000s in video gaming

June 29 - Icewind Dale (PC)

December 4 - EverQuest: the WOW Gold Scars of Velious (PC)

October 21 - Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 (PC)

November 9 - the City of Heroes Influence Operative: No One Lives Forever (PC)

Looking Glass Studios goes out of business.

nVidia Corporation acquires 3Dfx Interactive, Inc.

2000 in video gaming

1.2Business

November 16 - the Rasa Credits Longest Journey (PC)

NDS Nintendo DS

2005 in video gaming

Wii Wii

Mac Apple Macintosh personal computer

2004 in video gaming

1st annual Sega Dreamcast Championships (featuring the Cheap Last Chaos Gold Sonic Adventure video game)

PS1 PlayStation

Mattel, Inc. sells Learning Co. to Gores Technology Group

August 24 - Age of Empires II: the COH Influence Conquerors Expansion (PC)

Sony’s PlayStation 2 (PS2) home console

June 25 - Deus Ex (PC)

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October 26 - Tekken Tag Tournament (PS2)

PS2 PlayStation 2

Current CVG Events

[edit]Business

November 16 - Sacrifice (PC)

[edit]Lawsuits

THQ Inc. acquires Volition

Gama Network hosts the rc 2nd annual Independent Games Festival (IGF)

Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences hosts the ArchLord Gold 3rd Annual Interactive Achievement Awards inducts Hironobu Sakaguchi of Square Enix to the WOW EU Gold AIAS Hall of Fame

XB Xbox

Sega.com launches SegaNet, their online console gaming network

May 15 - Vagrant Story (PS)

August 27 - the Buy WOW Gold Sims: Livin’ Large (PC)

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GCN Nintendo GameCube

Bandai’s WonderSwan Color handheld in Japan

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Nintendo commits over USD$80 million to issuing gloves to over 1,000,000 children after numerous reports of serious hand injuries from the Sword of the New World Vis controllers while playing certain stages of Mario Party (for N64).

June 13 - Shogun: Total War (PC)

June 1 - Evolva (PC)

Midway / Williams announces to cease the radio control airplane Atari Games label

All of SEGA’s the 2 Moons Gold internal consumer research & development divisions become individual developer companies

Platform key

September 19 - Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2 (PS)

October 25 - Dead or Alive 2: Hardcore (PS2)

1.1Hardware

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Nintendo sells its 100,000,000th Game Boy handheld console

2001 in video gaming

July - IEMA (Interactive Entertainment Merchants Association) hosts 1st annual Executive Summit

DC Dreamcast

Electronic Arts Inc. acquires DreamWorks Interactive, LLC (games division of DreamWorks SKG)

September 24 - Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn (PC)

NPD Group, Inc. reports that Electronic Arts ranks 1st in third-party video game publishing in the Anarchy Online Credits USA, ahead of Infogrames Entertainment SA

1.3Lawsuits

PS3 PlayStation 3

Yeti Interactive founded

February 29 - Resident Evil Code: Veronica (DC)

Notable events of 2000 in video gaming. See also history of computer and video games.

Ubi Soft Entertainment, Inc. acquires Red Storm Entertainment, Inc.

June 30 - Homeworld: Cataclysm (PC)

Microsoft Corporation acquires Bungie Software Products Corp.

November 14 - Final Fantasy IX (North America) (PS)

GB Game Boy

Toymax’s Activision TV Games controller/console

1Events

November 20 - Banjo Tooie (N64)

September 30 - RollerCoaster Tycoon: Loopy Landscapes (PC)

July 7 - Final Fantasy IX (Japan) (PS)

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PSP PlayStation Portable

SEGA’s Naomi 2 arcade console

[edit]Notable releases

February 29 - Dead or Alive 2 (DC)

1.4Notable releases

BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) hosts the Buy Dofus Kamas 3rd annual BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards for multimedia technologies; 7 of 20 awards go to video games; awards David Bowie in part for his contributions to the Buy Holic Online Gold video game Omikron: the EVE Online ISK Nomad Soul (for PC)

Nintendo of America, Sega America, Electronic Arts, Inc v. Yahoo!, Inc.; the Shaiya Coin lawsuit is over piracy negligence and profiting from counterfeit video game products sold on Yahoo! Auctions. the LOTRO Gold lawsuit is fully dropped in 2001 in order to cooperate against piracy.

November 23 - MechWarrior 4: Vengeance (PC)

June 29 - Diablo II (PC)

Sony Corporation acquires Verant Interactive, Inc.

November 8 - Counter-Strike (PC retail version)

2007 in video gaming

X360 Xbox 360

May 22 - Perfect Dark (N64)

GBA Game Boy Advance

GBC Game Boy Color

May 11-13 — 6th annual E³ (Electronic Entertainment Expo); the Maple Europe Mesos 3rd annual Game Critics Awards for the Maple Gold Best of E³

SNK goes out of business

October 15 - Pokémon Gold and Silver (Game Boy Color)

November 8 - Escape from Monkey Island (PC)

August 16 - Chrono Cross (PS)

October 26 - the 2Moons Power Leveling Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask (N64)

June 26 — International Game Developers Association renamed from Computer Game Developers Association

Smilebit founded (formerly SEGA’s AM6 R&D division)

2003 in video gaming

Win Windows-based personal computer

2008 in video gaming

Infogrames, Inc. acquires Hasbro Interactive, Inc. (including the helicopter Hm 5 Game.com division and the Cheap FFXI Gil rights to the Honey Bee King 2 Atari label); Infogrames also acquires Paradigm Entertainment, Inc.

March 31 - EverQuest: the RO Zeny Ruins of Kunark (PC)

Summer — 21-6 Productions founded


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