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[edit] Events

May 11-13 — 6th annual E³ (Electronic Entertainment Expo); the 3rd annual Game Critics Awards for the Best of E³
June 26 — International Game Developers Association renamed from Computer Game Developers Association
July - IEMA (Interactive Entertainment Merchants Association) hosts 1st annual Executive Summit
Reuters reports that the Sony PlayStation 2 console will export controls by Trade Ministry of Japan since the PS2 is sophisticated enough for military application
NPD Group, Inc. reports that Electronic Arts ranks 1st in third-party video game publishing in the USA, ahead of Infogrames Entertainment SA
Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences hosts the 3rd Annual Interactive Achievement Awards inducts Hironobu Sakaguchi of Square Enix to the AIAS Hall of Fame
BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) 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)
Gama Network hosts the 2nd annual Independent Games Festival (IGF)
Nintendo sells its 100,000,000th Game Boy handheld console
Sega.com launches SegaNet, their online console gaming network
- 1st annual Sega Dreamcast Championships (featuring the Sonic Adventure video game)

[edit] Hardware

Bandai's WonderSwan Color handheld in Japan
SEGA's Naomi 2 arcade console
Sony's PlayStation 2 (PS2) home console
Toymax's Activision TV Games controller/console

[edit] 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 Learning Co. 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

[edit] Lawsuits

Nintendo of America, Sega America, Electronic Arts, Inc v. Yahoo!, Inc.; The lawsuit is over piracy negligence and profiting from counterfeit video game products sold on Yahoo! Auctions. The lawsuit is fully dropped in 2001 in order to cooperate against piracy.
Nintendo commits over USD$80 million to issuing gloves to over 1,000,000 children after numerous reports of serious hand injuries from the controllers while playing certain stages of Mario Party (for N64).

[edit] Notable releases

Video game platforms

DC	Dreamcast
GBC	Game Boy Color

N64	Nintendo 64
PS1	PlayStation / PSone

PS2	PlayStation 2
Win	Microsoft Windows

North American release dates:

January 31 - The Sims (PC)
February 3 - Resident Evil Code: Veronica (Japan) (DC)
February 10 - Vagrant Story (Japan) (PS1)
February 29 - Resident Evil Code: Veronica (DC)
March 21 - Thief II: The Metal Age
March 24 - Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed
April 24 - EverQuest: The Ruins of Kunark (PC)
May 22 - Perfect Dark (N64)
June 1 - Evolva (PC)
June 11 - Legend of Dragoon (PS1)
June 13 - Shogun: Total War (PC)
June 25 - Deus Ex (PC)
June 29 - Diablo II (PC)
June 29 - Icewind Dale (PC)
June 30 - Homeworld: Cataclysm (PC)
July 7 - Final Fantasy IX (Japan) (PS1)
August 2 - Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K.² (PC)
August 16 - Chrono Cross (PS1)
August 24 - Age of Empires II: The Conquerors Expansion (PC)
August 26 - Dragon Quest VII (Japan) (PS1)
August 27 - The Sims: Livin' Large (PC)
September 14 - Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force (PC)
September 19 - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (PS1)
September 24 - Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (PC)
September 30 - RollerCoaster Tycoon: Loopy Landscapes (PC)
October 6 - American McGee's Alice (PC)
October 15 - Pokémon Gold and Silver (Game Boy Color)
October 21 - Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 (PC)
October 25 - Dead or Alive 2: Hardcore (PS2)
October 25 - Midnight Club: Street Racing (PS2)
October 26 - The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (N64)
October 26 - Tekken Tag Tournament (PS2)
November 8 - Counter-Strike (PC retail version)
November 8 - Escape from Monkey Island (PC)
November 9 - The Operative: No One Lives Forever (PC)
November 13 - Kessen (PS2)
November 13 - Skies of Arcadia (DC)
November 14 - Final Fantasy IX (North America) (PS1)
November 16 - Sacrifice (PC)
November 16 - The Longest Journey (North America) (PC)
November 20 - Banjo Tooie (N64)
November 23 - MechWarrior 4: Vengeance (PC)
December 4 - EverQuest: The Scars of Velious (PC)
December 6 - Grandia II (DC)

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[edit] Hardware

[edit] Business

[edit] Lawsuits

[edit] Notable releases