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2003 has seen many sequels and prequels in video games and several new titles such as ''Beyond Good & Evil'', ''Call of Duty'', ''PlanetSide'', ''Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic'' and ''True Crime: Streets of LA''. ==Events== *February 27 — Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences hosts 6th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards; inducts Yu Suzuki of Sega to the AIAS Hall of Fame. *March 6–9 — Game Developers Conference hosts 3rd annual Game Developers Choice Awards and Gama Network's 5th annual Independent Games Festival (IGF). *April 1 — Enix Corporation and Square Co., Ltd. officially merge, forming Square Enix Co., Ltd. *May 14–16 — 9th annual E³ (Electronic Entertainment Expo) held at Los Angeles Convention Center; 6th annual Game Critics Awards for the Best of E3. *July — IEMA (Interactive Entertainment Merchants Association) hosts 4th annual Executive Summit. *July 16 — Interactive Digital Software Association (IDSA) renamed as Entertainment Software Association (ESA). *September 12 — Valve releases the first stable version of Steam, which would replace the WON system that has been used for Counter-Strike and other Valve games a year later. *October 1 — DreamWorks SKG and Tecmo announce a movie adaptation of the video game ''Fatal Frame'' has been fast-tracked with John Rogers and Steven Spielberg involvement. *October 20 — Families of Aaron Hamel and Kimberly Bede, two young adults shot by teens William and Josh Buckner (who in statements to investigators claimed their actions were inspired by ''Grand Theft Auto III''), file a US$246 million lawsuit against developer Rockstar Games, publisher Take-Two Interactive Software, retailer Wal-Mart, and console-maker Sony Computer Entertainment America. *October 31 — British Academy of Film and Television Arts announces that nominations for the 6th annual BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards will instead be split between the 1st annual BAFTA Games Awards for video game publications and (on November 24) the BAFTA Interactive Awards for multimedia technologies; ceremonies to be held in February 2004. *November — Kazushige Nojima resigns from Square Enix. 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「2003 in video gaming」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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