2005 in video gaming
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Notable events of 2005 in computer and video games. See also history of computer and video games.
Events
Business
- January 6 - French publisher Titus Interactive, owner of Interplay Entertainment, is declared bankrupt after being in receivership since October 2004.
- January 12 - 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 $250,000 to the UNICEF South Asian Tsunami Relief Fund. CCP, the publisher of EVE Online, establishes a fund that video game players can contribute to.
- January 17 - Electronic Arts and ESPN announced a 15-year partnership that would give EA access to ESPN's broadcast, print and online content.
- January 20 - 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.
- January 24 - 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.
- January 25 - Take Two Interactive announced that it acquired developer Visual Concepts and their wholly-owned subsidiary Kush Games from Sega for $24 million. Additionally, Take Two also announced the start of another publishing label named 2K Games.
- March 2 - The Entertainment Software Rating Board or ESRB added the rating of "E10+" to its ratings system. E10+ was created in order to divide E ratings for younger and older children.
- March 7 - Sammy Studios breaks away from Sammy and renames itself High Moon Studios.
- March 9 - Sega acquires Creative Assembly.
- March 23 - Vivendi Universal Games buys developer Radical Entertainment. Radical is best known for developing The Simpsons Hit & Run.
- April 2 - Keiji Inafune, the creator of Mega Man series, was promoted from corporate officer to senior corporate officer.
- May - 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 18+ (AO) due to the sexually explicit minigame mod "Hot Coffee". 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.
- July 27 - Sony Computer Entertainment released the first major update in Japan for their video game handheld, the PlayStation Portable. Version 2.00 includes an web browser, A-B repeat mode, Wi-Fi picture sending, as well as additional audio & video support among other features.
Notable releases
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- The Matrix Online (US)
- TimeSplitters: Future Perfect
Expected releases
Trends
Video game systems
Additionally, Microsoft's Xbox 360, Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Nintendo Revolution were officially unveiled during or just prior to E3. Only the Xbox 360 is expected for release in 2005.
Handheld game systems
Additionally, the Game Boy Micro was unveiled and is expected for release in the fall of 2005.
Video game sales
The current #1 best selling video game of 2005.
Compared to the first half of 2004, the computer and video game industry saw a 21% increase largely due to the release of Nintendo's Nintendo DS and Sony's PSP. Handheld games increased 11% while handheld hardware increased by 181%. Computer games continued its trend and declined by 10.5% for the first half of 2005 [1].
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