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2002 – Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is successful and influences many open world games. [22] Metroid Prime and The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker are critically acclaimed. 2003 – Steam launches and later dominates PC game sales. Pokémon Ruby & Sapphire, Mario Kart: Double Dash, Knights of the Old Republic and Call of Duty also see success.
The historical video game belongs to a video game genre in which stories are based upon historical events, environments, or people. Some historical video games are simulators, which attempt an accurate portrayal of a historical event, civilization or biography, to the degree that the available historical research will allow.
The 2000s was the fourth decade in the industry's history. It was a decade that was primarily dominated by Sony , Nintendo , newcomer Microsoft , and their respective systems. Sega , being Nintendo's main rival in the 1980s and 1990s, left the console market in 2001 in favor of returning to third-party development, as they once were.
Publishers such as Mayfair Games and Rio Grande Games begin meeting the new market demand with titles from Europe. 1990 in games Online retailing begins to pose a challenge to "brick and mortar" game stores, though the full effects of e-commerce will not be felt until the following decade.
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The first major video game publishers arose during the 1980s, primarily supporting personal computer games on both IBM PC compatible games and the popular earlier systems along with some console games. Among the major publishers formed at this time included Electronic Arts, [77] and Broderbund, while Sierra On-Line expanded its own publishing ...
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Since 1983 and the 1987 release of its Skate or Die!, Electronic Arts has respectively published and developed video games, bundles, as well as a handful of earlier productivity software. Only versions of games developed or published by EA, as well as those versions years of release, are listed.