2000 in video gaming

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Events

• February 4, 2000 – 1st annual Dreamcast Championships (featuring the Sonic Adventure video game).
• March 2000 – Game Network hosts the 2nd annual Independent Games Festival (IGF).
• March 4, 2000 – Sony's PlayStation 2 (PS2) launches in Japan.
• April 2000 – Nintendo sells its 100 millionth Game Boy handheld console.
• April 16, 2000 – Reuters reports that the PlayStation 2 console will export controls by Trade Ministry of Japan since the PS2 is sophisticated enough for military application.
• May 11, 2000 – Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences hosts the 3rd Annual Interactive Achievement Awards inducts Hironobu Sakaguchi of Square Enix to the AIAS Hall of Fame.
• May 11–13, 2000 – 6th annual Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3); the 3rd annual Game Critics Awards for the Best of E³.
• June 26, 2000 – International Game Developers Association renamed from Computer Game Developers Association.
• June 30, 2000 –Nintendo's Satellaview system ceases to receive broadcasts.
• July 2000 – IEMA (Interactive Entertainment Merchants Association) hosts 1st annual Executive Summit.
• September 10, 2000 – Sega.com launches SegaNet, their online console gaming network.
• NPD Group, Inc. reports that Electronic Arts ranks 1st in third-party video game publishing in the USA, ahead of Infogrames Entertainment SA.
• 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).

Notable releases

Video game platforms

DC Dreamcast GBC Game Boy Color N64 Nintendo 64 PS1 PlayStation PS2 PlayStation 2 Win Microsoft Windows

Notable releases of the year 2000

Release	Title	Windows	5th Gen	6th Gen	Handheld	Arcade
January 18	South Park Rally	Yes	PS1, N64, PC	DC	N/A	N/A
January 22	Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed	Yes	PS1	N/A	N/A	N/A
January 24	Mario Party 2	N/A	N64	N/A	N/A	N/A
February 3	Resident Evil Code: Veronica	N/A	N/A	DC; PS2 (2001); GC (2003)	N/A	N/A
February 4	The Sims	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
February 10	Vagrant Story	N/A	PS1	N/A	N/A	N/A
February 27	Rayman 2: The Great Escape	N/A	N/A	DC	N/A	N/A
February 29	Resident Evil Code: Veronica	N/A	N/A	DC	N/A	N/A
February 29	Pokémon Stadium	N/A	N64	N/A	N/A	N/A
March 4	Kessen	N/A	N/A	PS2	N/A	N/A
March 21	Thief II: The Metal Age	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
March 24	Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards	N/A	N64	N/A	N/A	N/A
March 24	Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed	Yes	PS1	N/A	GBA (2003)	N/A
March 27	Soldier of Fortune	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
April 27	The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask	N/A	N64	N/A	N/A	N/A
May 22	Perfect Dark	N/A	N64	N/A	N/A	N/A
June 7	Dracula: Resurrection	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
June 13	Shogun: Total War	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
June 26	Deus Ex	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
June 29	Diablo II	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
June 29	Icewind Dale	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
June 29	Jet Set Radio	N/A	N/A	DC	N/A	N/A
June 29	Marvel vs Capcom 2	N/A	N/A	DC	N/A	N/A
June 30	Homeworld: Cataclysm	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
July 7	Final Fantasy IX	N/A	PS1	N/A	N/A	N/A
August 16	Chrono Cross	N/A	PS1	N/A	N/A	N/A
August 24	Age of Empires II: The Conquerors	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
August 26	Dragon Quest VII	N/A	PS1	N/A	N/A	N/A
September 15	Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force	Yes	N/A	PS2 (2001)	N/A	N/A
September 19	Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2	N/A	PS1	N/A	N/A	N/A
September 24	Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
October 5	Skies of Arcadia	N/A	N/A	DC	N/A	N/A
October 6	American McGee's Alice	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
October 23	Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
October 24	Mega Man Legends 2	Yes	PS1	N/A	N/A	N/A
October 25	Spyro: Year of the Dragon	N/A	PS1	N/A	N/A	N/A
November 6	Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000	N/A	PS1 (2002)	DC	N/A	N/A
November 6	Crash Bash	N/A	PS1	N/A	N/A	N/A
November 9	The Operative: No One Lives Forever	Yes	N/A	PS2 (2002)	N/A	N/A
November 17	Tomb Raider Chronicles	Yes	PS1	DC	N/A	N/A
November 17	Sacrifice	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
November 19	Hitman: Codename 47	N/A	PC	N/A	N/A	N/A
November 20	Banjo Tooie	N/A	N64	N/A	N/A	N/A
November 23	MechWarrior 4: Vengeance	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A	Yes
December 6	Grandia II	2002	N/A	DC; PS2 (2002)	N/A	N/A
December 7	Giants: Citizen Kabuto	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
December 7	Mario Party 3	N/A	N64	N/A	N/A	N/A
December 14	Dark Cloud	N/A	N/A	PS2	N/A	N/A
December 21	Phantasy Star Online	2001	N/A	DC	N/A	N/A

Hardware

• 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.

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.