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The year 2000 saw the release of numerous video games as well as the launch of the PlayStation 2. Critically acclaimed games originally released in 2000 include sequels such as Madden NFL 2001 , NBA Live 2001 , NBA 2K1 , WWF SmackDown! 2: Know Your Role , Baldur's Gate II , Diablo II , Dragon Quest VII , Final Fantasy IX , Metal Gear: Ghost Babel , NFL 2K1 , Resident Evil – Code: Veronica , Spyro: Year of the Dragon , The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask , and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 , along with new intellectual properties such as Deus Ex , Jet Set Radio , Perfect Dark , Skies of Arcadia , The Sims , SSX , Vagrant Story , and Sin and Punishment . The year's best-selling home video games worldwide were Pokémon games for the third year in a row (since 1998), while the highest-grossing arcade game in Japan was Virtua Striker 2 .
The list of game-related hardware released in 2000.
Month | Day | System |
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March | 4 | PlayStation 2 JP [1] [2] |
July | 7 | PS One [3] |
October | 26 | PlayStation 2NA [4] |
November | 24 | PlayStation 2EU |
30 | PlayStation 2AU | |
December | 9 | WonderSwan Color JP [5] [6] |
Unknown | Sega NAOMI 2 (arcade) [7] [8] |
The following titles won Game of the Year awards for 2000.
The following video game releases in 2000 entered Famitsu magazine's "Platinum Hall of Fame" for receiving Famitsu scores of at least 35 out of 40. [38]
Title | Platform | Publisher | Genre | Score (out of 40) |
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Vagrant Story | PlayStation | Squaresoft | Action RPG | 40 |
Tekken Tag Tournament | PlayStation 2 | Namco | Fighting | 38 |
Final Fantasy IX | PlayStation | Squaresoft | RPG | 38 |
Dragon Quest VII: Eden no Senshi-tachi | PlayStation | Enix | RPG | 38 |
The Legend of Zelda: Mujura no Kamen (Majora's Mask) | Nintendo 64 | Nintendo | Action-adventure | 37 |
Phantasy Star Online | Dreamcast | Sega | Action RPG | 37 |
Ridge Racer V | PlayStation 2 | Namco | Racing | 36 |
Fushigi no Dungeon: Fūrai no Shiren 2 (Shiren the Wanderer 2) | Nintendo 64 | Nintendo | Roguelike | 36 |
Biohazard – Code: Veronica (Resident Evil – Code: Veronica) | Dreamcast | Capcom | Survival horror | 35 |
Trade & Battle: Card Hero | Game Boy Color | Nintendo | Card battle | 35 |
The Typing of the Dead | Dreamcast | Sega | Edutainment | 35 |
Jikkyō Powerful Pro Yakyū 7 | PlayStation 2 | Konami | Sports | 35 |
Grandia II | Dreamcast | Game Arts | RPG | 35 |
MotoGP | PlayStation 2 | Namco | Racing | 35 |
Tsumi to Batsu: Hoshi no Keishōsha (Sin and Punishment) | Nintendo 64 | Nintendo | Rail shooter | 35 |
Metacritic (MC) and GameRankings (GR) are aggregators of video game journalism reviews.
Rank | Manufacturer | Game console | Type | Generation | Sales | |||
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Japan | USA | Europe | Worldwide | |||||
1 | Sony | PlayStation | Home | 32-bit | 940,000 [44] | 3,910,000 [44] | 2,940,000 [44] | 7,790,000 [44] |
2 | Nintendo | Game Boy / Game Boy Color | Handheld | 8-bit | 3,370,000 [45] | Unknown | Unknown | 18,860,000 [45] |
3 | Sony | PlayStation 2 | Home | 128-bit | 3,940,000 [46] | 1,088,000 [47] | 1,000,000 [46] | 6,400,000 [46] |
4 | Nintendo | Nintendo 64 | Home | 64-bit | 200,000 [45] | 2,481,000 [47] | Unknown | 2,850,000 [45] |
5 | Sega | Dreamcast | Home | 128-bit | 470,000 [48] | 1,309,000 [47] | 500,000+ [49] [50] | 2,279,000+ |
6 | Bandai | WonderSwan | Handheld | 16-bit | 1,400,000 [48] | — | — | 1,400,000 |
7 | Nintendo | Super NES / Super Famicom | Home | 16-bit | 10,000 [45] | 810 [47] | Unknown | 90,000 [45] |
8 | Sega | Sega Genesis (Mega Drive) | Home | 16-bit | — | 54,000 [47] | Unknown | 54,000+ |
9 | Nintendo | Famicom (NES) | Home | 8-bit | 50,000 [45] | — | — | 50,000 [45] |
10 | Sega | Sega Saturn | Home | 32-bit | Unknown | 810 [47] | — | 810+ |
The following titles were the top ten best-selling home video games of 2000 in Japan, the United States, United Kingdom, and Germany.
Rank | Title | Platform(s) | Sales | ||||
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Japan | USA [51] | UK [52] | Germany | Combined | |||
1 | Pokémon Gold / Silver / Crystal | GBC | 3,448,900 [53] | 4,000,000+ [54] | — | — | 7,450,000+ |
2 | Pokémon Red / Blue / Yellow | Game Boy | 315,443 [53] | 3,700,000+ [55] [51] | 900,000+ | 800,000+ [56] | 5,715,443+ |
3 | Dragon Quest VII: Eden no Senshi-tachi | PlayStation | 3,900,000+ [57] | — | — | — | 3,900,000+ |
4 | Final Fantasy IX | PlayStation | 2,707,000 [58] | 987,354 | Unknown | Unknown | 3,694,354+ |
5 | Tony Hawk's Pro Skater | PS1, N64 | — | 2,307,835 | Unknown | Unknown | 2,307,835+ |
6 | Gran Turismo 2 | PlayStation | 315,173 [59] | 1,155,469 | 300,000+ | 200,000+ [56] | 1,970,642+ |
7 | Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 | PS1, N64 | — | 1,839,332 | Unknown | 100,000+ [56] | 1,939,332+ |
8 | The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask | N64 | 601,542 [53] | 1,206,489 | Unknown | Unknown | 1,808,031+ |
9 | Pokémon Stadium (Pokémon Stadium 2) | Nintendo 64 | 42,166 [53] | 1,701,820 | Unknown | Unknown | 1,743,986+ |
10 | Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 4 | Game Boy Color | 1,669,308 [59] | — | — | — | 1,669,308 |
The following titles were the top ten highest-grossing home video games of 2000 in the United States and Europe.
Rank | Title | Platform(s) | Sales revenue | |||
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USA [51] [55] | Europe [60] | Combined | Inflation | |||
1 | Pokémon Red / Blue / Yellow | Game Boy | $94,000,000+ | €296,000,000 ($273,000,000) | $367,000,000+ | $650,000,000+ |
2 | Pokémon Stadium | Nintendo 64 | $100,000,000 | €76,000,000 ($70,000,000) | $176,000,000 | $311,000,000 |
3 | Pokémon Gold / Silver | GBC | $110,000,000+ [54] [55] | — | $110,000,000+ | $190,000,000+ |
4 | The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask | Nintendo 64 | $72,000,000 | €27,000,000 ($25,000,000) | $97,000,000 | $170,000,000 |
5 | Gran Turismo 2 | PlayStation | $37,000,000 | €63,000,000 ($58,000,000) | $95,000,000 | $168,000,000 |
6 | Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 | Multi-platform | $74,000,000+ | €20,000,000 ($18,000,000) | $92,000,000 | $160,000,000+ |
7 | Tony Hawk's Pro Skater | PS1, N64 | $88,000,000 | Unknown | $88,000,000+ | $160,000,000+ |
8 | The Sims | PC | $50,773,114 [61] | €36,000,000 ($33,000,000) | $83,773,114 | $148,217,707 |
9 | Madden NFL 2001 | PS2, PS1 | $68,000,000+ | Unknown | $68,000,000+ | $120,000,000+ |
10 | Diablo II | PC | $41,051,565 [61] | €25,000,000 ($23,000,000) | $64,051,565 | $113,324,856 |
In Japan, the following titles were the top ten best-selling home video games of 2000.
Rank | Title | Platform | Developer | Publisher | Genre | Sales | Ref |
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1 | Dragon Quest VII: Eden no Senshi-tachi | PlayStation | Heartbeat | Enix | RPG | 3,900,000+ | [57] |
2 | Pocket Monsters: Gold / Silver / Crystal (Pokémon) | Game Boy Color | Game Freak | Nintendo | RPG | 3,448,900 | [53] |
3 | Final Fantasy IX | PlayStation | Squaresoft | Squaresoft | RPG | 2,707,000 | [58] |
4 | Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 4: Battle of Great Duelists | Game Boy Color | Konami | Konami | Card battle | 1,669,308 | [59] |
5 | Hoshi no Kirby 64 (Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards) | Nintendo 64 | HAL Laboratory | Nintendo | Platformer | 933,000 | [58] |
6 | Mario Tennis 64 (Mario Tennis) | Nintendo 64 | Camelot Software | Nintendo | Sports | 874,350 | [53] |
7 | Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters III: Tri-Holygod Advent | Game Boy Color | Konami | Konami | Card battle | 781,000 | [58] |
8 | Mario Party 3 | Nintendo 64 | Hudson Soft | Nintendo | Party | 767,000 | |
9 | Super Robot Taisen Alpha (Super Robot Wars Alpha) | PlayStation | Banpresoft | Banpresto | SRPG | 714,789 | [59] |
10 | Ridge Racer V | PlayStation 2 | Namco | Namco | Racing | 689,000 | [58] |
In the United States, the following titles were the top ten best-selling home video games of 2000.
Rank | Title | Platform(s) | Publisher | Genre | Sales | Revenue | Inflation | Ref |
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1 | Pokémon Gold / Silver | GBC | Nintendo | RPG | 4,000,000+ | $110,000,000+ | $190,000,000+ | [54] [55] |
2 | Pokémon Red / Blue / Yellow | Game Boy | Nintendo | RPG | 3,700,000+ | $94,000,000+ | $170,000,000+ | [55] [51] |
3 | Tony Hawk's Pro Skater | PS1, N64 | Activision | Sports | 2,307,835 | $88,000,000 | $160,000,000 | |
4 | Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 | PS1, DC | Activision | Sports | 1,839,332 | $74,000,000+ | $130,000,000+ | |
5 | Pokémon Stadium | N64 | Nintendo | Strategy | 1,701,820 | $100,000,000 | $177,000,000 | |
6 | Madden NFL 2001 | PS2, PS1 | EA Sports | Sports | 1,652,054 | $68,000,000+ | $120,000,000+ | |
7 | The Sims | PC | EA | Life sim | 1,207,313 | $50,773,114 | $89,831,620 | [55] [61] |
8 | The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask | N64 | Nintendo | Action-adventure | 1,206,489 | $72,000,000 | $130,000,000 | [55] [51] |
9 | Gran Turismo 2 | PS1 | Sony | Racing sim | 1,155,469 | $37,000,000 | $65,000,000 | [55] [51] |
10 | Final Fantasy IX | PS1 | Square EA | RPG | 987,354 | $39,000,000 | $69,000,000 | [51] [62] |
The following titles were the year's top six highest-grossing home video game franchises in the United States, in terms of video game software sales revenue. [63]
Rank | Franchise | Publisher(s) | Sales revenue | Inflation |
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1 | Pokémon | Nintendo, The Pokémon Company | $414,800,290 | $733,895,933 |
2 | Mario | Nintendo | $126,280,160 | $223,424,376 |
3 | The Legend of Zelda | Nintendo | $93,103,817 | $164,726,290 |
4 | Final Fantasy | Squaresoft, Sony, Eidos Interactive, Square EA | $61,899,388 | $109,517,062 |
5 | Donkey Kong | Nintendo | $41,517,999 | $73,456,773 |
6 | Tomb Raider | Eidos Interactive | $28,874,777 | $51,087,432 |
In Europe, the following titles were the top ten highest-grossing home video games of 2000. [60]
Rank | Title | Platform(s) | Publisher | Genre | Sales revenue | Inflation |
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1 | Pokémon Red / Blue / Yellow | Game Boy | Nintendo | RPG | €296,000,000 ($273,000,000) | $483,000,000 |
2 | Pokémon Stadium | Nintendo 64 | Nintendo | Strategy | €76,000,000 ($70,000,000) | $124,000,000 |
3 | Gran Turismo 2 | PlayStation | Sony | Racing sim | €63,000,000 ($58,000,000) | $103,000,000 |
4 | FIFA 2001 | Multi-platform | EA Sports | Sports | €44,000,000 ($41,000,000) | $73,000,000 |
5 | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? | Multi-platform | Eidos | Quiz | €43,000,000 ($40,000,000) | $71,000,000 |
6 | Pokémon Pinball | GBC | Nintendo | Pinball | €36,000,000 ($33,000,000) | $58,000,000 |
The Sims | PC | EA | Life sim | €36,000,000 ($33,000,000) | $58,000,000 | |
8 | Driver 2 | PlayStation | Infogrames | Driving | €27,000,000 ($25,000,000) | $44,000,000 |
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask | Nintendo 64 | Nintendo | Action-adventure | €27,000,000 ($25,000,000) | $44,000,000 | |
10 | WWF SmackDown! 2: Know Your Role | PlayStation | THQ | Wrestling | €25,000,000 ($23,000,000) | $41,000,000 |
Diablo II | PC | Havas | Action RPG | €25,000,000 ($23,000,000) | $41,000,000 |
In the United Kingdom and France, the following titles were the best-selling home video games of 2000.
Rank | United Kingdom [64] [65] | France | ||
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Title | Platform(s) | Sales [65] [52] | ||
1 | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? | Multi-platform | 1,000,000 [66] | Pokémon Yellow [67] |
2 | Pokémon Red / Blue / Yellow | Game Boy | 900,000+ | Unknown |
3 | Gran Turismo 2 | PlayStation | 300,000+ | |
4 | WWF SmackDown! 2: Know Your Role | PlayStation | Unknown | |
5 | WWF SmackDown! |
In Germany, the following titles were the best-selling home video games of 2000. [56]
Rank | Game Boy | Sales | PlayStation | Sales | PC | Sales |
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1 | Pokémon Red / Blue | 800,000+ | Gran Turismo 2 | 200,000+ | Diablo II | 200,000+ |
2 | Pokémon Yellow | Unknown | Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 | 100,000+ | The Sims | 100,000+ |
3 | Pokémon Pinball | Unknown | Resident Evil 3: Nemesis | 100,000+ | Sudden Strike | 100,000+ |
In Australia, the following titles were the top ten best-selling console games of 2000. [68]
Rank | Title | Platform | Developer | Publisher | Genre |
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1 | Pokémon Gold | Game Boy Color | Game Freak | Nintendo | RPG |
2 | Pokémon Silver | ||||
3 | Pokémon Stadium | Nintendo 64 | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | Strategy |
4 | Gran Turismo 2 | PlayStation | Polyphony Digital | Sony | Racing sim |
5 | Pokémon Yellow | Game Boy Color | Game Freak | Nintendo | RPG |
6 | Star Wars Episode I: Racer | Nintendo 64 | LucasArts | LucasArts | Racing |
7 | Pokémon Blue | Game Boy | Game Freak | Nintendo | RPG |
8 | Donkey Kong 64 | Nintendo 64 | Rare | Nintendo | Platformer |
9 | Pokémon Red | Game Boy | Game Freak | Nintendo | RPG |
10 | Perfect Dark | Nintendo 64 | Rare | Nintendo | First-person shooter |
In Japan, the following titles were the top ten highest-grossing arcade games of 2000. [69]
Rank | Title | Developer | Manufacturer | Type | Genre | Points |
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1 | Virtua Striker 2 ver. 99 / 2000 | Sega AM2 | Sega | Software | Sports | 5753 |
2 | Tekken Tag Tournament | Namco | Namco | Software | Fighting | 3734 |
3 | Samba de Amigo | Sonic Team | Sega | Dedicated | Rhythm | 3204 |
4 | Power Smash (Virtua Tennis) | Sega AM3 | Sega | Software | Sports | 3075 |
5 | Mr. Driller | Namco | Namco | Software | Puzzle | 2951 |
6 | Derby Owners Club | Sega AM3 | Sega | Dedicated | Simulation | 2766 |
7 | Time Crisis 2 | Namco | Namco | Dedicated | Light gun shooter | 2741 |
8 | The House of the Dead 2 | Sega AM1 | Sega | Dedicated | Light gun shooter | 2700 |
9 | Photo & Seal Kilala | Make Software | Make Software | Other | Purikura | 2579 |
10 | Garou: Mark of the Wolves | SNK | SNK | Software | Fighting | 2439 |
Month | Day(s) | Event |
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January | 7 | Publisher ASC Games shut down due to financial issues arising with the ongoing delay of their upcoming game, Werewolf: The Apocalypse – The Heart of Gaia . [70] |
Digital Illusions CE acquires Refraction Games and 90% of Synergenix Interactive. | ||
February | 4 | First annual Dreamcast Championships, featuring the game Sonic Adventure . |
Electronic Arts acquired DreamWorks Interactive, the games division of DreamWorks SKG, becoming EA Los Angeles. [71] | ||
March | Game Network hosts the second annual Independent Games Festival (IGF). | |
April | 14 | Reuters reports that the PlayStation 2 console would have export controls placed on it by the Trade Ministry of Japan as the PS2 is sophisticated enough for military applications. [72] [73] [74] [75] |
Nintendo sells its 100 millionth Game Boy / Game Boy Color handheld game console. | ||
May | 11 | The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences hosts the third Annual Interactive Achievement Awards and inducts Hironobu Sakaguchi of Square into the AIAS Hall of Fame. |
11–13 | The sixth annual Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) is held [76] along with the third annual Game Critics Awards for the Best of E3. | |
24 | Looking Glass Studios was shut down. [77] | |
June | 19 | Microsoft acquired Bungie. [78] |
26 | Computer Game Developers Association is renamed to International Game Developers Association. | |
30 | Nintendo's Satellaview system ceases to receive broadcasts. | |
Sony acquired Verant Interactive. [79] | ||
July | Interactive Entertainment Merchants Association hosts first annual Executive Summit. | |
August | 31 | THQ acquired Volition. [80] |
Ubi Soft acquired Red Storm Entertainment. | ||
September | 10 | Sega.com launches SegaNet, their online console gaming network. |
October | 7–15 | The World Cyber Games Challenge takes place in South Korea. |
November | 12 | The Sega World Sydney amusement park closes its doors for good after three years of operation. |
December | 15 | Nvidia acquires 3dfx Interactive. [81] |
Unknown | British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) hosts its third annual BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards for multimedia technologies; 7 of 20 awards went to video games. David Bowie was awarded, in part, for his contributions to the video game Omikron: The Nomad Soul . | |
Mattel sells The Learning Company to Gores Technology Group. [82] | ||
All of Sega's internal consumer research & development divisions become individual developer companies. | ||
21-6 Productions was formed. | ||
PopCap Games was formed. | ||
Yeti Interactive was formed. | ||
Team Liquid was formed. |
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Series with new installments include Age of Empires , Banjo-Kazooie , Command & Conquer , Diablo , Excite , Final Fantasy , Grandia , The Legend of Zelda , Madden NFL , Marvel vs. Capcom , Mega Man Legends , Monkey Island , Mortal Kombat , Need for Speed , Persona , Pokémon , Resident Evil , Ridge Racer , Sonic the Hedgehog , Spyro , Tekken , Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six , Tony Hawk's , and Wario .
In addition, 2000 saw the introduction of several new properties, including Counter-Strike , Deus Ex , Hitman , Jet Set Radio , Kessen , Mario Tennis , Midnight Club , Paper Mario , Perfect Dark , The Sims , SSX , TimeSplitters , and Total War .
Pokémon Ruby Version and Pokémon Sapphire Version are 2002 role-playing video games developed by Game Freak and published by The Pokémon Company and Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance. They are the first installments in the third generation of the Pokémon video game series, also known as the "advanced generation". After years of Nintendo being the sole publisher of the franchise in all regions, The Pokémon Company co-published the games for the first time since the establishment of the joint-owned company in 1998. They were first released in Japan in late 2002, and internationally in 2003. Pokémon Emerald, a third version, was released two years later in each region. Remakes of the two games, titled Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, were released for the Nintendo 3DS worldwide in November 2014, exactly twelve years to the date of the original Ruby and Sapphire release date, with the exception of Europe, where it released a week later.
Halo: Combat Evolved is a 2001 first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie and published by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox. It was released as a launch game for Microsoft's Xbox video game console on November 15, 2001. The game was ported to Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X in 2003. It was later released as a downloadable Xbox Original for the Xbox 360. Halo is set in the twenty-sixth century, with the player assuming the role of the Master Chief, a cybernetically enhanced supersoldier. The Chief is accompanied by Cortana, an artificial intelligence. Players battle aliens as they attempt to uncover the secrets of the eponymous Halo, a ring-shaped artificial world.
The year 2002 in video games saw the release of many sequels and prequels in video games, such as Madden NFL 2003, NBA Live 2003, NBA 2K3, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4, WWE SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth, Final Fantasy XI, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Jet Set Radio Future, Metroid Prime, Onimusha 2, Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, Pro Evolution Soccer 2, Resident Evil and Zero, Super Mario Sunshine,The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, and The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, along with new titles and franchises such as Battlefield, Dungeon Siege, Kingdom Hearts, Mafia, Ratchet & Clank, Sly Cooper, SOCOM, and Splinter Cell. The year's best-selling video game was Grand Theft Auto: Vice City for the PlayStation 2, while the year's most critically acclaimed titles were Metroid Prime and The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker for the GameCube.
In the history of video games, the sixth generation era is the era of computer and video games, video game consoles, and handheld gaming devices available at the turn of the 21st century, starting on November 27, 1998. Platforms in the sixth generation include consoles from four companies: the Sega Dreamcast (DC), Sony PlayStation 2 (PS2), Nintendo GameCube (GC), and Microsoft Xbox. This era began on November 27, 1998, with the Japanese release of the Dreamcast, which was joined by the PlayStation 2 on March 4, 2000, the GameCube on September 14, 2001 and the Xbox on November 15, 2001, respectively. On March 31, 2001, the Dreamcast was among the first to be discontinued. Xbox in 2006, GameCube in 2007 and PlayStation 2 was the last, in January 2013. Meanwhile, the seventh generation of consoles started on November 22, 2005, with the launch of the Xbox 360.
2004 saw many sequels and prequels in video games, such as Madden NFL 2005, NBA Live 2005, ESPN NBA 2K5, Tony Hawk's Underground 2, WWE Smackdown! vs. Raw, Doom 3, Dragon Quest VIII, Gran Turismo 4, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Half-Life 2, Halo 2, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, Myst IV: Revelation, Ninja Gaiden, Pokémon FireRed/LeafGreen/Emerald, Everybody's Golf 4, Prince of Persia: Warrior Within, and World of Warcraft. New intellectual properties included Fable, Far Cry, FlatOut, Killzone, Katamari Damacy, Monster Hunter, N, Red Dead Revolver, SingStar, and Sacred. The Nintendo DS was also launched that year.
2003 saw many sequels and prequels in video games, such as Tony Hawk's Underground, Madden NFL 2004, NBA Live 2004, ESPN NBA Basketball, Saya no Uta: The Song of Saya, Final Fantasy X-2, Mario Kart: Double Dash, Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Sonic Heroes, Postal 2, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Uru: Ages Beyond Myst, and WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain. New intellectual properties included Beyond Good & Evil, Boktai: The Sun is in Your Hand, Call of Duty, Disgaea, Drakengard, Manhunt, PlanetSide, TrackMania, True Crime: Streets of LA, and Viewtiful Joe.
Pokémon Snap is a 1999 first-person photography game with rail shooter style gameplay mechanics developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. It was first released in Japan in March 1999 and was later released in July 1999 in North America and in September 2000 for PAL regions. It is a spin-off game in the Pokémon series, being one of the first console-based games for it, and featuring many Pokémon rendered for the first time in real-time 3D. The game was re-released for the Wii's Virtual Console in December 2007, for the Wii U's Virtual Console in 2016, and for the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack in June 2022.
2005 saw the release of many sequels and prequels in video games, such as Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, Tony Hawk's American Wasteland, Resident Evil 4, Black & White 2, Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30, Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening, Mario Kart DS, Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, Myst V: End of Ages, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, and Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones, alongside prominent new releases including Brain Age, F.E.A.R., Forza Motorsport, Dinosaur King, God of War, Guild Wars, Guitar Hero, Nintendogs, Onechanbara, Shadow of the Colossus, Madden NFL 06, NBA Live 06, NBA 2K6, WWE Smackdown! vs. Raw 2006, and Sniper Elite. The seventh generation of video game consoles also began with the launch of the Xbox 360, while the Nintendo DS launched in PAL regions.
Pokémon Puzzle Challenge is a puzzle video game developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Color. Released in Japan on September 21, 2000; in North America on December 4, 2000; and in PAL regions on June 15, 2001, it is the second Pokémon-themed entry in the Puzzle League series. While its Nintendo 64 counterpart Pokémon Puzzle League is visually based on the Pokemon anime, Puzzle Challenge instead draws inspiration from the Pokémon Gold and Silver games. The game features multiple modes of play and support for competitive play between two players. Puzzle Challenge was later digitally re-released via the Nintendo 3DS's Virtual Console line on November 6, 2014.
2001 saw many sequels and prequels in video games, such as Madden NFL 2002, NBA Live 2002, NBA 2K2, WWF Smackdown! Just Bring It, Capcom vs. SNK 2,Dead or Alive 3, Final Fantasy X, Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec, Grand Theft Auto III, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Myst III: Exile, Crazy Taxi 2, SSX Tricky, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Sonic Adventure 2, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3, and Virtua Fighter 4. New intellectual properties include Ace Attorney, Advance Wars,Animal Crossing, Burnout, Gothic, Black & White, Devil May Cry, Fatal Frame, Ghost Recon,Halo, Jak and Daxter, Max Payne, Oni, Onimusha: Warlords, Operation Flashpoint, Pikmin, Pro Evolution Soccer, Red Faction, Serious Sam, and Tropico.
1999 saw many sequels and prequels in video games, such as Heroes of Might and Magic III, System Shock 2, Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver, Final Fantasy VIII, Age of Empires II, Crash Team Racing, Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!, Grand Theft Auto 2, Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, Chrono Cross, Unreal Tournament, Pokémon Gold and Silver, and Donkey Kong 64, along with new titles such as Super Smash Bros., Silent Hill, Syphon Filter, Driver, EverQuest, Homeworld, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, and Planescape: Torment.
1998 saw many sequels and prequels in video games, such as F-Zero X, Marvel vs. Capcom, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Resident Evil 2, Metal Gear Solid, Glover, Crash Bandicoot: Warped, Street Fighter Alpha 3, Gex: Enter the Gecko, Fallout 2, Return to Krondor and Tomb Raider III, along with new titles such as Banjo-Kazooie, Half-Life, MediEvil, Radiant Silvergun, Spyro the Dragon, StarCraft and Xenogears.
1997 saw many sequels and prequels in video games, such as Final Fantasy VII, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, GoldenEye 007, Star Fox 64, Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back, Quake II, Mega Man Legends, Riven, Tomb Raider II, Dark Rift, Tekken 3 and Virtua Striker 2, along with new titles such as Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee, Gran Turismo, Diablo, Grand Theft Auto and Fallout.
1996 saw many sequels and prequels in video games, such as Super Mario 64, Duke Nukem 3D, Street Fighter Alpha 2, Super Mario RPG, King's Field III, Virtua Fighter 3, along with new titles such as Blazing Heroes, NiGHTS into Dreams..., Crash Bandicoot, Pokémon Red/Green/Blue, Resident Evil, Dead or Alive, Soul Edge, Quake and Tomb Raider.
1995 saw many sequels and prequels in video games, such as Dragon Quest VI, Mega Man 7, Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, and Tekken 2, along with new titles such as Mario's Picross, Battle Arena Toshinden, Chrono Trigger, Rayman, Twisted Metal, Star Wars: Dark Forces, Destruction Derby, Wipeout and Jumping Flash!
2007 saw many new installments in established video game franchises, such as Madden NFL 08, NBA Live 08, NBA 2K8, Tony Hawk's Proving Ground, WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2008, Super Mario Galaxy, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Halo 3, God of War II, Team Fortress 2, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions, Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, Half-Life 2: Episode Two, and Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga. New intellectual properties included Assassin's Creed, BioShock, Crackdown, Crysis, Mass Effect, Portal, Rock Band, Skate, The Darkness, The Witcher, and Uncharted.
Gran Turismo is a 1997 racing simulation video game developed and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation. It was directed by Kazunori Yamauchi and produced by Shuhei Yoshida. It is the first game in the Gran Turismo series.
Bungie, Inc. is an American video game company based in Bellevue, Washington, and a subsidiary of Sony Interactive Entertainment. The company was established in May 1991 by Alex Seropian, who later brought in programmer Jason Jones after publishing Jones's game Minotaur: The Labyrinths of Crete. Originally based in Chicago, Illinois, the company concentrated on Macintosh games during its early years and created two successful video game franchises called Marathon and Myth. An offshoot studio, Bungie West, produced Oni, published in 2001 and owned by Take-Two Interactive, which held a 19.9% ownership stake at the time.
Video gaming in the United States is one of the fastest-growing entertainment industries in the country. The American video game industry is the largest video game industry in the world. According to a 2020 study released by the Entertainment Software Association, the yearly economic output of the American video game industry in 2019 was $90.3 billion, supporting over 429,000 American jobs. With an average yearly salary of about $121,000, the latter figure includes over 143,000 individuals who are directly employed by the video game business. Additionally, activities connected to the video game business generate $12.6 billion in federal, state, and local taxes each year. World Economic Forum estimates that by 2025 the American gaming industry will reach $42.3 billion while worldwide gaming industry will possibly reach US$270 billion. The United States is one of the nations with the largest influence in the video game industry, with video games representing a significant part of its economy.
When you feel almost heartbroken that a game is finally over, you know you' ve just experienced something profound. Deus Ex mixed its ingredients of first-person action, roleplaying and non-linear thinking with a complex plot that covered nearly every conceivable encounter and eventuality. In a year that had a couple of true stand-outs in just about every genre, Deus Ex was the one that truly left the most lasting impression. Man, what a great game.
Because Deus Ex offers so much and is a lot of fun, we award it Game of the Year for 2000.
Once in a great while, a game comes along that simply feels right. There is no single element that sets Final Fantasy IX apart from the rest of this year's crop of games -- even from its own forebears. On the contrary, every aspect of this final Final Fantasy (on the PSX, at least) is honed to such razor-sharp perfection
Zelda: Majora's Mask on N64, notching just four more votes than second place game Shenmue! Third place goes to another N64 game, Perfect Dark
Yes, we've chosen Jet Grind Radio almost as often as a typical IGN staffer surfs up porn, but the thing about this game is that it has more positive attributes than Catherine Zeta-Jones. It plays slicker than silk, has an original and innovative graphic look and an outstanding soundtrack. No other games of 2000 can cram so sexy a combination into their shrink wrap.
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