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• January 04, 2003 – Unreal II goes gold.
• January 11, 2007 – Blizzard announces World of Warcraft reaches over 8 million subscriber mark.
• January 12, 1999 – Heretic/Hexen Source Code released.
• January 13, 1999 – Valve announces TeamFortress Classic, a free add-on for Half-Life.
• January 23, 2001 – Command & Conquer Generals goes gold.

Birthdays

• 20th – Will Wright (EA/Maxis)

February

• February 01, 1991 – id Software is born.
• February 04, 2000 – The Sims released.
• February 05, 1999 – Enter The Game IRC Network opens.
• February 18, 2008 – Pappy-R starts on Planet DOOM.
• February 19, 1997 – John Carmack announces he will give away his Ferrari at E3.
• February 24, 1996 – Qtest released to the public.
• February 26, 2002 – Command & Conquer: Renegade released.

Birthdays

• 12th – Cliff Bleszinski (Epic)
• 20th – Kenneth Scott (id Software)

March

• March 05, 2001 – Serious Sam goes gold.
• March 04, 2004 – Unreal Tournament 2004 goes gold.
• March 14, 2000 – Soldier of Fortune goes gold.
• March 16, 1999 – EverQuest released.
• March 16, 2001 – Black & White goes gold.
• March 27, 2000 – Soldier of Fortune Released.
• March 28, 2002 – Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast released.
• March 29, 2001 – TRIBES 2 goes gold.
• March 29, 2004 – Painkiller goes gold.

Birthdays

• 27th – Christian Antkow (id Software)

April

• April 5, 2002 – Dungeon Siege released.
• April 11, 2001 – Tropico goes gold.
• April 12, 2004 – City of Heroes goes gold.
• April 21, 2000 – Daikatana debuts to a chilly public.

May

• May 05, 1992 – Wolfenstein 3D spawns an entire genre!
• May 16, 2005 – Enemy Territory: Quake Wars announced.
• May 16, 2005 – Quake 4 For Xbox 360 announced.
• May 22, 2002 – Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix released.
• May 22, 1998 – Unreal released.
• May 24, 2006 – Half-Life 2: Episode One goes gold.
• May 25, 1999 – Aliens vs. Predator released.
• May 29, 2003 – Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory released.
• May 31, 2001 – ION Storm Dallas shuts down.

June

• June 01, 2005 – Battlefield 2 goes gold.
• June 04, 2001 – Startopia goes gold.
• June 05, 1989 – Populous released.
• June 07, 2000 – Diablo II goes gold.
• June 11, 2002 – Neverwinter Nights goes gold.
• June 12, 2000 – Deus Ex goes gold.
• June 13, 2003 – Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos goes gold.
• June 22, 1996 – Quake released.

Birthdays

• 7th – Caryn “Hellchick” Law (Raven Software)
• 15th – Fred Nilsson (Dreamworks / ex-id Software)

July

• July 12, 1990 – Final Fantasy for NES released in US.
• July 14, 2004 – DOOM 3 goes gold. (Todd Hollenshead’s .plan)
• July 24, 2001 – Max Payne released.

Birthdays

• 2nd – Todd Hollenshead (id Software)

August

• August 01, 1995 – Command & Conquer released.
• August 01, 1998 – Rainbow Six released.
• August 11, 1995 – QuakeCon is born.
• August 11, 2003 – Planet DOOM is born!
• August 16, 2006 – Company of Heroes goes gold.
• August 24, 1999 – Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun released.
• August 27, 2002 – Battlefield 1942 goes gold.

September

• September 02, 1980 – Ultima released.
• September 02, 1999 – Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear released.
• September 07, 2004 – Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War goes gold.
• September 14, 2004 – The Sims 2 released.
• September 15, 2003 – HALO PC goes gold.
• September 16, 2005 – F.E.A.R. goes gold.
• September 20, 2002 – Unreal Tournament 2003 goes gold.
• September 21, 2004 – TRIBES Vengeance goes gold.
• September 23, 2005 – Age of Empires III goes gold.
• Setepmber 25, 2001 – Dark Age of Camelot goes gold.
• September 27, 2005 – Serious Sam II goes gold.
• September 30, 1997 – Total Annihilation released.
• September 30, 1997 – Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II
• September 30, 1998 – Grim Fandango released.
• September 30, 1999 – GameSpy opens shop.

Birthdays

• 7th – Stevie “Killcreek” Case

October

• October 08, 2001 – Civilization III goes gold.
• October 10, 1994 – DOOM II released.
• October 14, 1996 – Planet Quake is born.
• October 14, 2004 – Zoo Tycoon 2 goes gold.
• October 18, 2004 – Half-Life 2 goes gold.
• October 19, 2001 – Zoo Tycoon released.
• October 23, 2000 – Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 released.
• October 30, 2001 – Aliens vs. Predator 2 released.
• October 31, 1996 – Command & Conquer: Red Alert released.

Birthdays

• 14th – Paul Jaquays (Ensemble Studios)
• 28th – John Romero

November

• November 01, 1998 – Half-Life is released.
• November 05, 2002 – Asheron’s Call 2 goes gold.
• November 08, 2004 – EverQuest II ships.
• November 09, 2006 – World of Warcraft subscriber base reaches 7.5 million players.
• November 09, 2002 – Half-Life: Counter-Strike (Retail)
• November 14, 2001 – Return to Castle Wolfenstein goes gold. (Todd Hollenshead’s .plan)
• November 15, 1999 – Unreal Tournament goes gold.
• November 20, 1995 – Donkey Kong 2 for SNES released.
• November 21, 1999 – Quake III Arena goes gold.
• November 23, 2004 – World of Warcraft released.
• November 25, 1998 – Sega cans the Sega Channel due to low subscriber base.
• November 28, 2002 – Anarchy Online released.

Birthdays

• 25th – Levelord (Ritual Entertainment)

December

• December 01, 1997 – Quake 2 goes gold.
• December 02, 1999 – Quake III Arena ships. (Todd Hollenshead’s .plan)
• December 05, 2001 – Planet Wolfenstein is born!
• December 08, 1997 – CompUSA pulls Postal from shelves.
• December 10, 1993 – DOOM first public release.
• December 11, 2006 – 140,000+ sign up for Halo 3 North American beta within 24 hours, sign-up page dies.
• December 14, 1990 – Commander Keen is released.
• December 18, 1998 – Tribes goes gold.
• December 18, 1998 – Baldur’s Gate goes gold.
• December 18, 2002 – Impossible Creatures goes gold.
• December 19, 2001 – Medal of Honor: Allied Assault goes gold.
• December 21, 2005 – Blizzard bans over 18,000 World of Warcraft accounts for gold farming.
• December 23, 1994 – Heretic is released.

Birthdays

• 1st – Kevin Cloud (id Software)
• 12th – Robert Duffy (QERadiant, id Software)