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The year 2002 in video gaming saw the release of the sixth-generation video game consoles, in particular the Nintendo GameCube and Xbox. It also saw the release of many sequels and prequels in video games and several new titles such as ''Battlefield 1942''. ''Dungeon Siege'', ''Kingdom Hearts'', ''Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven'', ''Ratchet & Clank'', ''Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus'', ''SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs'' and ''Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell'' ==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 Entertainment Awards for multimedia technologies; 10 of 21 awards go to video games; awards Ian Livingstone the BAFTA Interactive Special Award * Big Fish Games is founded with Paul Thelen as the only employee. * Eidos Interactive selects Dutch model Jill De Jong as the new digitized Lara Croft character * 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 phones and PDAs; establishes the Sega.com Business Solutions division to service video game developers and publishers * Rockstar Games embroiled in controversy for its ''Grand Theft Auto III'' and ''Grand Theft Auto: Vice City'' video games * March 22 – ''The Sims'' overtakes ''Myst'' as all-time best-selling computer game, having sold 6.3 million units () * April 24 – G4 Media, LLC (subsidiary of Comcast Corporation) launches the G4 cable television video game network channel * May 22-24 – 8th annual E³ (Electronic Entertainment Expo); the 5th annual Game Critics Awards for the Best of E³ * July – IEMA (Interactive Entertainment Merchants Association) hosts 3rd annual Executive Summit. 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「2002 in video gaming」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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