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other events of 2004,
2005 in video gaming and the
timeline of video games.
1 Events
- August 3 - id Software releases DOOM 3 after four years of development
- September 9 - Pokémon FireRed and Pokémon LeafGreen are released in the US with a free wireless adapter (it was not released in many US locations until as long as 3 days later)
- September 21 - Star Wars Battlefront ( Pandemic Studios / LucasArts)
- October 29 - ( Rockstar NorthRockstar North (formerly DMA Design is a developer of computer and video games based in Dundee, Scotland. It is the developer of Grand Theft Auto 3 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and now Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas three of the best-selling games of this c)
- November 9November 9 is the 313th day of the year (314th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 52 days remaining. Events 694 Hispano-Visigothic king Egica accuses Jews of aiding Moslems, and sentences all Jews to slavery. 1282 Pope Martin IV excommunicates - MicrosoftMicrosoft Corporation , headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA, is the world's largest software company (with over 50,000 employees in various countries, as of May 2004). Microsoft develops, manufactures, licenses and supports a wide range of software releases Halo 2Halo 2 is a first-person shooter developed by Bungie Studios for the Xbox video game console. It is the sequel to the game Halo: Combat Evolved and features a newly built graphics engine and the addition of new elements to the game. Like the Marathon seri and takes in $125 million USD in one of the biggest commercial entertainment opening days ever
- November 15November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 46 days remaining. Events 600-1799 655 Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. 1777 American Revolutionary War: After 16 months of - ( Retro StudiosRetro Studios is a video game developer based in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 1998 as a second-party developer to Nintendo. Retro struggled in its early years, dealing with several cancelled projects and lay-offs. Then Nintendo offered them the licens)
- November 16 - Half-Life 2 ( Valve Software)
- November 21 - Nintendo launches its DS handheld in the US
1.1 Expected releases
1.1.1 Games
1.1.2 Video gaming systems
2 Trends
2.1 Video game consoles
The dominant consoles in 2004 are:
*2004 in video gaming
