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2001 has seen many sequels and prequels in video games. New intellectual properties include ''Animal Crossing'', ''Burnout'', ''Devil May Cry'', ''Halo: Combat Evolved'', ''Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy'', ''Max Payne'', ''Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis'', ''Pikmin'', ''Red Faction'', ''Serious Sam'', ''Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon'' and ''Tropico'' ==Events== * Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences hosts the 4th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards; inducts John Carmack of id Software to the AIAS Hall of Fame. *British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) hosts the 4th annual BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards for multimedia technologies; 15 of 21 awards go to video games. * March 21 – The Game Boy Advance, a handheld video game console by Nintendo is released. * May 17–19 – 7th annual Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3);〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Attendance and Stats )〕 the 4th annual Game Critics Awards For The Best Of E3 * June 23 - Sonic the Hedgehog celebrates his 10th anniversary. * July – IEMA (Interactive Entertainment Merchants Association) hosts 2nd annual Executive Summit. * Gama Network hosts the 3rd annual Independent Games Festival (IGF). * Game Developers Conference hosts the 1st annual Game Developers Choice Awards. * Spring – Reuters reports that the Dreamcast console has an estimated 800,000 online users playing its various online games already by midyear. * * reports that Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) and Sega are cooperating to allow online users for the PlayStation 2 and Dreamcast consoles to play each other via the 1st ever cross-console network. * Sony cooperates with AOL to incorporate Internet features with the PlayStation 2 console; which include a browser, email, and instant messaging capabilities. * August – 2nd annual Dreamcast Championships (featuring the ''Crazy Taxi 2'' video game) * * 1st place: Lindsay Gall ($15,000 & Jamaica resort trip) * * 2nd place: Michael Pirring ($10,000) * * 3rd place: Roger Mogle ($5,000) * Nikkei News reports that the video game ''Phantasy Star Online'' (for Dreamcast) has had 300,000 worldwide users login already by midyear. * September 14 – Nintendo releases the Gamecube. * November 15 – The Microsoft Xbox is introduced. * December 31 – Jez San is awarded an OBE in the New Year Honours, becoming the first person awarded specifically for services to video games. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2001 in video gaming」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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