Month
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Date(s)
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Event
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January
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unknown
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Atari emerges from Bankruptcy and plans to enter the Social Casino market.
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6
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2K Games discontinued the MLB 2K series.
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7
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PlayStation Now, a cloud-streaming from Sony Computer Entertainment was announced.
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15 - 16
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Steam Dev Days held in Seattle, Washington.
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27
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Microsoft acquired the Gears of War franchise from Epic Games.
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February
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5
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Double Helix Games was acquired by Amazon.com
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18
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Irrational Games, the creator of the BioShock series was shut down.
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March
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12
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10th British Academy Video Games Awards held in Tobacco Dock, London.
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17 – 21
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Game Developers Conference 2014 held in San Francisco, California.
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18
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Project Morpheus, a virtual reality initiative from Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 4 is announced.
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25
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Oculus VR was acquired by Facebook for $2 billion.
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28 – 30
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Rezzed 2014 held at the NEC Birmingham.
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April
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11 – 13
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PAX East 2014 held at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center.
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12 – 13
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Midwest Gaming Classic 2014 held at the Sheraton Milwaukee Brookfield Hotel in Brookfield, Wisconsin.
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May
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20
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Nintendo discontinues the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection servers for Wii and Nintendo DS games.
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29
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Electronic Arts shut down Mythic Entertainment
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June
|
5
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Nintendo announces that their president, Satoru Iwata won't attend E3 due to medical issues.
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10 – 12
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E3 2014 held at the Los Angeles Convention Center.[18]
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12
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Nordic Games acquired the publishing label of THQ.
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14 – 17
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DreamHack-Summer held in Jönköping, Sweden.
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25
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Google releases the Google Cardboard a VR accessory designed for smartphones.[19]
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30
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Crytek's IP's Homefront: The Revolution was acquired by Koch Media. Crytek UK, formerly Free Radical Design, and Crytek USA was shut down.
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Deep Silver set up a new subsidiary known as Deep Silver Dambuster.
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Electronic Arts shut down more than 50 multiplayer games.[20]
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July
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10
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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater's creator Neversoft was merged into Infinity Ward by Activision.
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17 – 20
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QuakeCon 2014: The massive annual LAN party held in Dallas, Texas.
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24 – 27
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SDCC 2014 held at the San Diego Convention Center.
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29
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The Nvidia Shield Tablet is released in North America.
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Unknown
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Airtight Games was shut down approximately one month after the release of Murdered: Soul Suspect.
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August
|
7
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Activision revived the brand of Sierra Entertainment.
|
11
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Electronic Arts launched a subscription video game service called EA Access for the Xbox One.
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13 – 17
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Gamescom 2014 held in Cologne, Germany.
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20 – 22
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Unite 2014 held in Seattle, Washington.
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25
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Twitch was acquired by Amazon.com for $970 million.
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28
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The Gamergate controversy came to public attention due to the introduction of the GamerGate hashtag.[21]
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29
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Nintendo announced the New Nintendo 3DS XL.
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29 – September 1
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PAX Prime 2014 held at the Washington State Convention Center.
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September
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18 – 21
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Tokyo Game Show 2014 at the Makuhari Messe in Tokyo.
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25 – 28
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EGX London 2014 held in Earls Court, London.
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27
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Naughty Dog celebrated its 30th anniversary.
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October
|
2 – 5
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GIGACON 2014 held in Telenor Arena, Oslo, Norway.
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3 – 5
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EGS 2014 held in Centro Banamex, Mexico City, Mexico.
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6
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Ubisoft Reflections, formerly known as Reflections Interactive, celebrated its 30th anniversary.
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11 – 12
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Play Expo 2014 held at EventCity, Manchester.
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11 – 12
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FirstLook 2014 held at Jaarbeurs in Utrecht, the Netherlands.
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19
|
2014 League of Legends World Championship was held at the Seoul World Cup Stadium
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24
|
32nd Golden Joystick Awards was held
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24 - 26
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Milan Games Week held at Fieramilanocity in Milan, Italy.
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November
|
31 – 2
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PAX Australia 2014 held at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre in Melbourne, Australia.
|
6
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Microsoft Studios acquired Minecraft developer Mojang for $2.5 billion.
|
7 – 8
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BlizzCon 2014 held at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.
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12 - 17
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E-Sports World Championship 2014 was held in Baku, Azerbaijan
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27 – 30
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DreamHack-Winter held in Jönköping, Sweden.
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December
|
4
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2K Games announced a new subsidiary called Hangar 13.
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5
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The Game Awards 2014 held in Las Vegas.
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6
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Ralph H. Baer, credited as the creator of the Magnavox Odyssey, died at the age of 92.
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6 – 7
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PlayStation Experience held at The Venetian Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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