Video game industry
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| 2025 | Planned release of 'Terry's Other Games' on Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Linux. |
| 2025 | Don James honored for his significant contributions to the creation of the ESRB and Interactive Digital Software Association (now Entertainment Software Association), including the E3 trade show |
| 2025 | Ted Price, founder and CEO of Insomniac Games, honored for his studio's work on Spyro the Dragon, Ratchet & Clank, Resistance: Fall of Man, and Marvel's Spider-Man series |
| 2025 | Toby Fox composes music for a version of OFF on Windows and Nintendo Switch |
| 2025 | Agens planned the release of Skate City: New York for iOS, macOS, and tvOS platforms |
| February 13 2025 | 28th D.I.C.E. Awards held, with Astro Bot winning Game of the Year, hosted by Stella Chung and Greg Miller at Aria Resort and Casino |
| January 2025 | Persson decided to create a spiritual successor to Minecraft, tentatively referred to as 'Minecraft 2'. |
| January 2025 | Persson decided to create a spiritual successor to Minecraft called 'Minecraft 2' after a Twitter poll, but quickly changed plans to develop 'Levers and Chests' instead. |
| January 1 2025 | Markus Persson conducted a poll on X (formerly Twitter) asking followers if they wanted him to develop a spiritual successor to Minecraft. The poll result was affirmative, leading to his decision to focus on developing the new game while being careful to avoid copyright infringement from Microsoft. |
| 2024 | Marvel's Spider-Man 2 won 6 D.I.C.E. Awards, demonstrating the game's industry recognition |
| 2024 | Koji Kondo, Nintendo's renowned composer and sound designer, recognized for his musical contributions to numerous games in the Super Mario Bros. and The Legend of Zelda franchises |
| 2024 | Partnered with Japanese game developer ZUN for the game Touhou Danmaku Kagura Phantasia Lost, creating a track that combined the Touhou song 'U.N - Owen Was Her?' with the Undyne battle song 'Battle Against a True Hero' from Undertale |
| 2024 | Composed guest songs 'Fallen Wing' for Hololive VTuber Amane Kanata and 'Dead Ma'am's Chest' in collaboration with Hololive VTuber Houshou Marine |
| September 2024 | Announced a new partnership for Touhou Danmaku Kagura Phantasia Lost on YouTube, with a brief preview of a song seemingly based on 'Megalovania' |
| July 2024 | Bethesda Game Studios employees unionized under the Communications Workers of America, and over 500 employees in Blizzard Entertainment's World of Warcraft division also unionized with CWA. |
| May 14 2024 | Braid, Anniversary Edition was released for multiple platforms, which Blow later criticized for poor sales and financial challenges for Thekla. |
| March 28 2024 | Rubberbrain AB was relaunched as Bitshift Entertainment, LLC, signaling a potential new direction in Persson's entrepreneurial journey. |
| February 15 2024 | 27th D.I.C.E. Awards held, with Baldur's Gate 3 winning Game of the Year, hosted by Stella Chung and Greg Miller at Aria Resort and Casino |
| February 15 2024 | 27th D.I.C.E. Awards held, with Baldur's Gate 3 winning Game of the Year, hosted by Stella Chung and Greg Miller at Aria Resort and Casino |
| 2023 | Released Mr. Platformer on Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Linux. |
| 2023 | God of War Ragnarök won 7 D.I.C.E. Awards, continuing the series' critical success |
| 2023 | Tim Schafer, co-founder of Double Fine Productions, honored for his creative work on Grim Fandango, Psychonauts, Broken Age, and Psychonauts 2 |
| 2023 | God of War Ragnarök received 12 D.I.C.E. Award nominations. |
| 2023 | Toby Fox composed music for the game Mr. Saitou. |
| 2023 | Composed songs 'The Greatest Living Show' and 'Prelude' (with bo en), and served as the original composer for 'Pokémon Horizons' and a voice actor in two episodes of 'We Baby Bears' |
| 2023 | Snowman released Laya's Horizon on Android and iOS |
| October 1 2023 | Tim Wakefield passed away five days after Schilling's public announcement about his cancer battle. |
| September 26 2023 | Curt Schilling publicly disclosed that Tim Wakefield and his wife Stacy were battling cancer, without their prior permission, causing significant online backlash and a statement from the Boston Red Sox organization. |
| September 25 2023 | Attracted controversy by reposting an anti-Semitic tweet with offensive references to Jewish people in government and society. |
| February 23 2023 | 26th D.I.C.E. Awards held, with Elden Ring winning Game of the Year, hosted by Stella Chung and Greg Miller at Resorts World Las Vegas |
| February 23 2023 | 26th D.I.C.E. Awards held, with Elden Ring winning Game of the Year, hosted by Stella Chung and Greg Miller at Resorts World Las Vegas |
| January 2023 | Bruce Straley called for video game industry unionization after not being credited in The Last of Us HBO adaptation, highlighting the need to protect creators. |
| 2022 | Phil Spencer recognized for his position as CEO of Microsoft Gaming |
| 2022 | Ed Boon, creative director of NetherRealm Studios, recognized for co-creating the influential Mortal Kombat series |
| 2022 | Toby Fox worked as a guest composer for beatmania IIDX 30 RESIDENT. |
| 2022 | Composed and wrote 'Skies Forever Blue' in collaboration with Itoki Hana |
| 2022 | Toby Fox contributes music to the major Nintendo Switch game Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. |
| 2022 | Spun out Pok Pok, a play-based learning app, as a separate project. |
| 2022 | Snowman developed and released Lucky Luna for Android and iOS platforms |
| 2022 | Received 58.6% of votes in his 10th and final year on the BBWAA ballot, and was not selected for Hall of Fame induction through the Contemporary Baseball Era Players Committee. |
| June 2022 | Video game workers in Edmonton, Canada, unanimously voted to unionize for the first time. |
| February 24 2022 | 25th D.I.C.E. Awards held, with It Takes Two winning Game of the Year, hosted by Greg Miller and Jessica Chobot at Mandalay Bay Convention Center |
| February 24 2022 | 25th D.I.C.E. Awards held, with It Takes Two winning Game of the Year, hosted by Greg Miller and Jessica Chobot at Mandalay Bay Convention Center |
| 2021 | The video game industry had still not experienced its 'Me Too moment' despite widespread allegations of harassment and discrimination. |
| 2021 | Several smaller game studios in the United States began unionization efforts, primarily involving quality assurance teams at Blizzard Entertainment and Zenimax Media. |
| 2021 | Created games on Roblox platform including 'Anyone Could Be Struck By Lightning At Any Time', and released Triangle Run on Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Linux. |
| 2021 | The Last of Us Part II received 11 D.I.C.E. Award nominations. |
| 2021 | Provided guest items and stories for 'Get in the Car, Loser!' and was a featured artist on the song 'Myths You Forgot' |
| 2021 | Blow criticized modern programming practices, describing current programming as dealing with unnecessary complexity and partly motivating his creation of the Jai programming language. |
| December 2021 | Game Workers Unite Australia was formed under Professionals Australia, set to become active in 2022. |
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