Wikipedia. 20. 05 has seen many sequels and prequels in video games and several new titles such as Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 3. F. E. A. R., Forza Motorsport, God of War, Guitar Hero and Sniper Elite. Month. Date(s)Event. March. 6The television show 6. Minutes tackles issues within video game controversy. This segment of 6. Minutes has been criticized by video game players for encouraging video game censorship. At the same time, the press release. In 2005, the total U.S.Four hundred exhibiting companies and 7. Next- generation systems from Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft were unveiled. One hundred- thirty companies are expected to show with 1,4. During Iwata's keynote speech, the Wii controller is unveiled. Bach, chief Xbox officer and senior vice president, Home and Entertainment Division at Microsoft. November. 14. Nintendo's first mainstream online service (Nintendo Wi- Fi Connection) is launched with Mario Kart DS and Tony Hawk's American Sk. Microsoft's Xbox 3. December. 16. The Family Entertainment Protection Act (FEPA) is introduced by Senators Hillary Clinton, Joe Lieberman and Evan Bayh. The bill calls for a federal mandate enforcement of the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) ratings system for video games in order to protect children from inappropriate content. Business. All assets are sold to Interplay Entertainment. Video game companies and players worldwide donate money to the UNICEF South Asian Tsunami Relief Fund for rescue and reconstruction efforts upon the South Asian tsunami disaster. Electronic Arts pledges to donate $2. Month Date(s) Event; January: 26: Nintendo announces its newly redesigned handheld, the Nintendo DS Lite. The new model is lighter, smaller, has configurable. The very good adventure game Thimbleweed Park is coming to Nintendo Switch, AKA the perfect place for it. UNICEF South Asian Tsunami Relief Fund. CCP, the publisher of EVE Online, establishes a fund that video game players can contribute to. Electronic Arts and ESPN announced a 1. EA access to ESPN's broadcast, print and online content. Activision announced that it acquired developer Vicarious Visions known best as a developer of Game Boy games as well as for their middleware program, Alchemy. Major League Baseball and Take- Two Interactive sign exclusive seven- year deal that gives Take- Two the rights among third- party publishers to develop games based on the MLB license. Take- Two Interactive announced that it acquired developer Visual Concepts and their wholly owned subsidiary Kush Games from Sega for $2. Additionally, Take- Two also announced the start of another publishing label named 2. K Games. February. Unknown. Troika Games defunct after being unable to get contracts for development work. March. 2The Entertainment Software Rating Board or ESRB added the rating of . E1. 0+ was created in order to divide E ratings for younger and older children. Sammy Studios breaks away from Sega Sammy Holdings and renames itself High Moon Studios. Sega acquires Creative Assembly. Vivendi Universal Games buys developer Radical Entertainment. Radical is best known for developing The Simpsons: Hit & Run. April. 2Keiji Inafune, the creator of Mega Man series, was promoted from corporate officer to senior corporate officer. May. Unknown. Buena Vista Games announces that it had bought the rights to the Turok video game franchise and will be publishing new games. The rights were originally held by bankrupt Acclaim Entertainment. July. 20. After coming under heavy fire from many politicians, most notably Hillary Clinton, the Entertainment Software Rating Board re- rated Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Adults Only 1. AO) due to the sexually explicit minigame mod . Additionally, Rockstar Games ceased production of the game and has announced plans to offer a new version of the game that can't be affected by the mod, and plans to patch the PC version. Sony Computer Entertainment released the first major update in Japan for their video game handheld, the Play. Station Portable. Version 2. 0. 0 includes an web browser, A- B repeat mode, Wi- Fi picture sending, as well as additional audio & video support among other features. August. 8Abandon Mobile announces its formation through a partnership between Abandon Entertainment, Inc. That leads to Square Enix entering the arcade sector of the electronic game industry. November. 7Take- Two Interactive acquires Firaxis Games. Sony Computer Entertainment announce that Play.
League of Legends player Nightwind42 has a hobby: cataloguing and ranking every single one of the bugs that afflict Mordekaiser. Our top ten picks as gifts for children ages five, six, seven, and eight: including software, toys, video, magazines. Best toys for Christmas and the holidays. The "World's Largest Video Game Collection" as Recognized by The Guinness Book of World Records Visit the GameRoom in Interactive 360°x180° Panorama Views! Station 2 breaks a record: the fastest console to reach cumulative shipment of 1. Play. Station, by three years and nine months. The PS platform has until the present year the biggest sales of all times of video games history, with 1. Unknown. Pandemic Studios and Bio. Ware partner to create Bio. Ware/Pandemic Studios. December. 12. Working Designs closes down. Notable releases. Death. N/APS2. N/AN/AFebruary 2. Tekken 5. N/APS2. N/AN/AFebruary 2. Judge Dredd: Dredd vs. Death. N/AXbox. N/AN/AFebruary 2. American Mc. Gee Presents: Scrapland. N/AXbox. N/AN/AFebruary 2. Fight Night Round 2. N/APS2, Xbox, GCNN/AN/AFebruary 2. Ice Nine. N/AN/AN/AGBAFebruary 2. Star Wars: Republic Commando. N/AXbox. N/AN/AMarch 1. Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 3. N/AXbox. N/AN/AMarch 1. Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening. N/APS2. N/AN/AMarch 1. Judge Dredd: Dredd vs. Death. N/AGCNN/AN/AMarch 1. Star Wars: Republic Commando. Windows. N/AN/AN/AMarch 3. Judge Dredd: Dredd vs. Death. Win. N/AN/AN/AMarch 8. MLB 2. 00. 6N/APS2. N/APSPMarch 8. Rave Master. N/AGCNN/AN/AMarch 1. Pok. ATV Unleashed. N/APS2. N/AN/AMarch 1. Retro Atari Classics. N/AN/AN/ANDSMarch 2. NFL Street 2 Unleashed. N/AN/AN/APSPMarch 2. Time. Splitters: Future Perfect. N/AGCN, PS2, Xbox. N/AN/AMarch 2. 2Dragon Ball Z: Sagas. N/APS2, Xbox, GCNN/AN/AMarch 2. God of War. N/APS2. N/AN/AMarch 2. 2Lumines. N/AN/AN/APSPMarch 2. The Matrix Online. Windows. N/AN/AN/AMarch 2. Metal Gear Acid. N/AN/AN/APSPMarch 2. Shining Tears. N/APS2. N/AN/AMarch 2. 4Bionicle: Maze of Shadows. N/AN/AN/AGBAMarch 2. Darkstalkers Chronicle: The Chaos Tower. N/AN/AN/APSPMarch 2. MX vs. ATV Unleashed. N/AXbox. N/AN/AMarch 2. Rayman DSN/AN/AN/ANDSMarch 2. Ridge Racer. N/AN/AN/APSPMarch 2. Twisted Metal: Head- On. N/AN/AN/APSPMarch 2. Wipeout Pure. N/AN/AN/APSPMarch 2. Iron Phoenix. N/AXbox. N/AN/AMarch 2. 8Mario Party Advance. N/AN/AN/AGBAMarch 2. Dynasty Warriors 5. N/APS2. N/AN/AMarch 2. Red Ninja: End of Honor. N/AXbox. N/AN/AMarch 2. Spikeout: Battle Street. N/AXbox. N/AN/AMarch 3. Red Ninja: End of Honor. N/APS2. N/AN/AMarch 3. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory. Windows. PS2, Xbox, GCNN/AN/AApril 3. Doom 3. N/AXbox. N/AN/AApril 3. Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil. Windows. N/AN/AN/AApril 5. Rise of the Kasai. N/APS2. N/AN/AApril 5. Lego Star Wars: The Video Game. Windows. PS2, Xbox. N/AGBAApril 5. Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga. N/APS2. N/AN/AApril 5. SWAT 4. Win. N/AN/AN/AApril 6. Archer Maclean's Mercury. N/AN/AN/APSPApril 6. Close Combat: First to Fight. N/AXbox. N/AN/AApril 1. Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition. N/APS2, Xbox. N/AN/AApril 1. Jade Empire. N/AXbox. N/AN/AApril 1. 8Polarium. N/AN/AN/ANDSApril 1. Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict. N/AXbox. N/AN/AApril 1. ATV Offroad Fury: Blazin' Trails. N/AN/AN/APSPApril 1. Psychonauts. N/AXbox. N/AN/AApril 2. 0WWE Wrestlemania 2. N/AXbox. N/AN/AApril 2. Haunting Ground. N/APS2. N/AN/AApril 2. 1Raze's Hell. N/AXbox. N/AN/AApril 2. Popeye: Rush for Spinach. N/AN/AN/AGBAApril 2. Crash Bandicoot. N/AN/AN/AMobile. April 2. 6Guild Wars. Windows. N/AN/AN/AApril 2. Pac- Pix. N/AN/AN/ANDSApril 2. Psychonauts. Windows. N/AN/AN/AApril 2. Obs. Cure. Windows. PS2, Xbox. N/AN/AApril 2. Rengoku: The Tower of Purgatory. N/AN/AN/APSPApril 2. Motocross Mania 3. N/APS2, Xbox. N/AN/AApril 2. NBA Street Showdown. N/AN/AN/APSPApril 2. Predator: Concrete Jungle. N/APS2, Xbox. N/AN/AMay 1. Pok! Rush. N/AGCN, PS2. N/AN/ASeptember 8. Danny Phantom: The Ultimate Enemy. N/AN/AN/AGBASeptember 1. Armored Core: Nine Breaker. N/APS2. N/AN/ASeptember 1. Burnout Legends. N/AN/AN/APSPSeptember 1. Burnout Revenge. N/APS2, Xbox. N/AN/ASeptember 1. Dynasty Warriors 5. N/AXbox. N/AN/ASeptember 1. Ever. Quest II: Desert of Flames. Windows. N/AN/AN/ASeptember 1. Evil Dead: Regeneration. Windows. PS2, Xbox. N/AN/ASeptember 1. Grip. Shift. N/AN/AN/APSPSeptember 1. Medi. Evil: Resurrection. N/AN/AN/APSPSeptember 1. Scooby- Doo! Unmasked. N/APS2, GCN, Xbox. N/AGBA, NDSSeptember 1. World Series of Poker. Windows. N/AN/AN/ASeptember 1. Tecmo Classic Arcade. N/AXbox. N/AN/ASeptember 1. World Series of Poker. N/AGCNN/AN/ASeptember 1. Fire Pro Wrestling Returns. N/APS2. N/AN/ASeptember 1. World Series of Poker. N/AN/AN/APSPSeptember 1. Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks. N/APS2, Xbox (US)N/AN/ASeptember 1. DK King of Swing. N/AN/AN/AGBASeptember 1. Frantix. N/AN/AN/APSPSeptember 1. Tak: The Great Juju Challenge. N/APS2, Xbox, GCNN/AGBA, NDSSeptember 2. Genji: Dawn of the Samurai. N/APS2. N/AN/ASeptember 2. Gretzky NHL 2. 00. N/APS2. N/AN/ASeptember 2. Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy. Windows. PS2, Xbox. N/AN/ASeptember 2. Kingdom Under Fire: Heroes. N/AXbox. N/AN/ASeptember 2. Legend of Kay. N/APS2. N/AN/ASeptember 2. Myst V: End of Ages. Windows. N/AN/AN/ASeptember 2. Ninja Gaiden Black. N/AXbox. N/AN/ASeptember 2. Space Invaders Revolution. N/AN/AN/ANDSSeptember 2. We Love Katamari. N/APS2. N/AN/ASeptember 2. Whac- A- Mole. N/AN/AN/AGBASeptember 2. Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects. N/AGCN, PS2, Xbox. N/ANDS, PSPSeptember 2. X- Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse. Windows. GCN, PS2, Xbox. N/AN/ASeptember 2. Ultimate Spider- Man. Windows. GCN, PS2, Xbox. N/AGBA, NDSSeptember 2. Another Code: Two Memories. N/AN/AN/ANDSSeptember 2. Fahrenheit. N/APS2, Xbox. N/AN/ASeptember 2. Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves. N/APS2. N/AN/ASeptember 2. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 0. N/AN/AN/APSPSeptember 2. Top Spin. N/APS2. N/AN/ASeptember 2. Capcom Classics Collection. N/APS2, Xbox. N/AN/ASeptember 2. Far Cry Instincts. N/AXbox. N/AN/ASeptember 2. Frogger: Ancient Shadow. N/APS2, Xbox, GCNN/AN/ASeptember 2. Lost in Blue. N/AN/AN/ANDSSeptember 2. Lunar: Dragon Song. N/AN/AN/ANDSSeptember 2. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lockdown. N/AGCNN/AN/ASeptember 2. Dance Dance Revolution Extreme 2. N/APS2. N/AN/ASeptember 2. Battalion Wars. N/AGCNN/AN/ASeptember 2. Frogger: Helmet Chaos. N/AN/AN/ANDS, PSPSeptember 3. Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks. N/APS2, Xbox (EU)N/AN/AOctober 2. Fahrenheit. Windows. N/AN/AN/AOctober 3. Pok. Rush. N/APS2, Xbox. Kotaku. News editor. My book BLOOD, SWEAT, AND PIXELS, telling the stories behind video games like Uncharted 4, Destiny, and Star Wars 1. September 5. Get it here.
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