2000 in video gaming
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[edit] Events
- May 11–13 — 6th annual Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3); the 3rd annual Game Critics Awards for the Best of E³
- June 26 — International Game Developers Association renamed from Computer Game Developers Association
- July - IEMA (Interactive Entertainment Merchants Association) hosts 1st annual Executive Summit
- Reuters reports that the PlayStation 2 console will export controls by Trade Ministry of Japan since the PS2 is sophisticated enough for military application
- NPD Group, Inc. reports that Electronic Arts ranks 1st in third-party video game publishing in the USA, ahead of Infogrames Entertainment SA
- Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences hosts the 3rd Annual Interactive Achievement Awards inducts Hironobu Sakaguchi of Square Enix to the AIAS Hall of Fame
- British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) hosts the 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 video game Omikron: The Nomad Soul (for PC)
- Gama Network hosts the 2nd annual Independent Games Festival (IGF)
- Nintendo sells its 100,000,000th Game Boy handheld console
- Sega.com launches SegaNet, their online console gaming network
- 1st annual Dreamcast Championships (featuring the Sonic Adventure video game)
- Work on Sonic Riders, Lego Island 2 The Brickster's Revenge and Super Mario Sunshine began.
[edit] Hardware
- March 4 — Sony's PlayStation 2 (PS2) home console is released
- June 30 — Nintendo's Satellaview system ceases to receive broadcasts
- December 9 — Bandai's WonderSwan Color handheld in Japan is released
- Sega's Naomi 2 arcade console is released
- Toymax's Activision TV Games controller/console
[edit] Business
- Electronic Arts Inc. acquires DreamWorks Interactive, LLC (games division of DreamWorks SKG)
- Infogrames, Inc. acquires Hasbro Interactive, Inc. (including the Game.com division and the rights to the Atari label); Infogrames also acquires Paradigm Entertainment, Inc.
- Microsoft Corporation acquires Bungie Software Products Corp.
- Nvidia Corporation acquires 3Dfx Interactive, Inc.
- Sony Corporation acquires Verant Interactive, Inc.
- Looking Glass Studios goes out of business.
- THQ Inc. acquires Volition
- Ubi Soft Entertainment, Inc. acquires Red Storm Entertainment, Inc.
- SNK goes out of business
- PopCap Games founded
- 21-6 Productions founded
- Sega Rosso renamed (formerly Sega's AM5 team)
- Smilebit founded (formerly Sega's AM6 R&D division)
- Yeti Interactive founded
- Mattel, Inc. sells The Learning Company to Gores Technology Group
- All of Sega's internal consumer research & development divisions become individual developer companies
- Midway / Williams announces to cease the Atari Games label
[edit] Lawsuits
- Nintendo of America, Sega America, Electronic Arts, Inc v. Yahoo!, Inc.; The lawsuit is over piracy negligence and profiting from counterfeit video game products sold on Yahoo! Auctions. The lawsuit is fully dropped in 2001 in order to cooperate against piracy.
- Nintendo commits over US$80 million to issuing gloves to over 1,000,000 children after numerous reports of serious hand injuries from the controllers while playing certain stages of Mario Party (for N64).
[edit] Notable releases
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- January 22 - Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed (PS1, PC)
- February 3 - Resident Evil Code: Veronica (DC) (2001 for PS2, 2003 for GC)
- February 4 - The Sims (PC)
- February 10 - Vagrant Story (PS1)
- February 27 - Rayman 2: The Great Escape (DC)
- February 29 - Resident Evil Code: Veronica (DC)
- March 4 - Kessen (PS2)
- March 21 - Thief II: The Metal Age (PC)
- March 24 - Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (N64)
- March 24 - Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed
- March 27 - Soldier of Fortune (PC)
- April 27 - The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (N64)
- May 22 - Perfect Dark (N64)
- June 13 - Shogun: Total War (PC)
- June 26 - Deus Ex (PC)
- June 29 - Diablo II (PC)
- June 29 - Icewind Dale (PC)
- June 29 - Jet Set Radio (DC)
- June 29 - Marvel vs Capcom 2 (DC)
- June 30 - Homeworld: Cataclysm (PC)
- July 7 - Final Fantasy IX (PS1)
- August 16 - Chrono Cross (PS1)
- August 24 - Age of Empires II: The Conquerors (PC)
- August 26 - Dragon Quest VII (PS1)
- September 15 - Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force (PC) (2001 for PS2)
- September 19 - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (PS1)
- September 24 - Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (PC)
- October 5 - Skies of Arcadia (DC)
- October 6 - American McGee's Alice (PC)
- October 23 - Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 (PC)
- October 25 - Spyro: Year of the Dragon (PS1)
- November 6 - Escape from Monkey Island (PC)
- November 9 - The Operative: No One Lives Forever (PC) (2002 for PS2)
- November 17 - Sacrifice (PC)
- November 20 - Banjo Tooie (N64)
- November 23 - MechWarrior 4: Vengeance (PC, Arcade)
- December 6 - Grandia II (DC) (2002 for PS2, PC)
- December 7 - Giants: Citizen Kabuto (PC)
- December 14 - Dark Cloud (PS2)
- December 21 - Phantasy Star Online (DC) (2001 for PC)
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