2002 In Video Gaming

EVENTS

Academy Of Interactive Arts & Sciences hosts the 5th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards ; inducts Will Wright of Maxis to the AIAS Hall Of Fame

BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) holds 5th annual BAFTA Interactive Awards for multimedia technologies; 10 of 21 awards go to video games; awards Ian Livingstone the BAFTA Interactive Special Award

8th annual E³ (Electronic Entertainment Expo); the 5th annual Game Critics Awards for the Best of E³

Eidos Interactive selects Dutch model Jill De Jong as the new digitized Lara Croft character

G4 Media , LLC (subsidiary of Comcast Corporation) launches the G4 cable television video game network channel

Gama Network hosts the 4th annual Independent Games Festival (IGF)

Game Developers Conference hosts the 2nd annual Game Developers Choice Awards

SEGA establishes the Sega Mobile division to develop, produce, and distribute video games for Mobile Phone s and PDA s; establishes the Sega.com Business Solutions division to service video game developers and publishers

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March 22 — '' The Sims '' overtakes '' Myst '' as all-time best-selling computer game, having sold 6.3 million units {Link without Title}

Notable releases

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March 4 - '' Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 '' ( GBA , Xbox )

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March 28 - ''Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3'' ( PC )

March 31 - '' Dungeon Siege '' ( PC )

April 30 - '' Resident Evil '' ( GC )

'' ( PC )

May 16 - '' Final Fantasy XI '' ( Japan ) ( PS2 )

May 20 - '' Grand Theft Auto III '' ( PC )

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June 16 - '' Neverwinter Nights '' ( PC )

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August 25 - '' Super Mario Sunshine '' ( GC )

August 25 - '' Super Monkey Ball 2 '' ( GC )

'' ( PS2 )

'' ( PC )

September 4 - '' Icewind Dale II '' ( PC )

September 10 - '' Battlefield 1942 '' ( PC )

September 15 - '' Animal Crossing '' ( GC )

September 23 - '' Tekken 4 '' ( PS2 )

September 24 - '' Unreal Championship '' ( Xbox )

'' ( PS2 )

( PC )

September 30 - '' Unreal Tournament 2003 '' ( PC )

'' ( GC , PC , PS2 , Xbox )

October 9 - '' TimeSplitters 2 ( PS2 )

October 15 - '' Red Faction II ( PS2 )

October 16 - ''TimeSplitters 2'' ( GC , Xbox )

'' ( Xbox )

October 23 - '' Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 '' ( GC , PS2 , Xbox )

'' ( PC )

'' ( PS2 )

October 28 - ''Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4'' ( GBA )

November 1 - '' Age Of Mythology '' ( PC )

'' ( Xbox )

November 4 - '' Ratchet & Clank '' ( PS2 )

'' ( PC )

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November 10 - '' Resident Evil 0 '' ( GC )

November 10 - '' Serious Sam '' ( Xbox )

November 11 - '' MechAssault '' ( Xbox )

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November 15 - '' Metroid Prime '' ( GC )

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November 18 - '' Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell '' ( Xbox )

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Business

February 19 — Sierra Entertainment , Inc. renamed from Sierra On-Line

May 10 — Tiwak renamed from Yeti Interactive

November 15 — Xbox Live , the largest online network for video game consoles just start works.

November 26 — Squaresoft and Enix announces a fusion. The new name is Square Enix .

Activision acquires Luxoflux Corporation, Gray Matter Interactive Studios, Shaba Games LLC, and Z-Axis Ltd.

Empire Interactive PLC acquires EJay AG (renamed eJay Entertainment GmbH)

Infogrames Entertainment SA acquires Eden Studios and Shiny Entertainment

Microsoft acquires Rare Ltd.

USA merges with its VR1 Entertainment (renamed Jaleco Entertainment) division

Sony Corporation acquires Aiwa Corporation

Vivendi Universal acquires Massive Entertainment

Bankrupt/Defunct: Encore Software, Inc. (assets acquired by Navarre Corporation)

.400 Software Studios founded

TRENDS

The Market Research company NPD estimated that video game hardware, software, and accessories sold about US$10.3 billion in 2002. This was a 10% increase over the 2001 figure.

Video game consoles

The dominant Video Game Console s in 2002 were:

Nintendo 's GameCube

Microsoft 's Xbox

Sony 's PlayStation 2

Handheld game systems

The dominant Handheld System in 2002 was Nintendo 's Game Boy Advance .

Video game sales

The top 10 selling console video games in 2002 in the United States ranked by units sold, according to NPD , were:

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