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Spike Video Game Award winners
- GameSpotOn the 1st of May 1996, three former IDG employees launched a new website called GameSpot. Pete Deemer, Vince Broady, and Jon Epstein formed SpotMedia…
- Game InformerIn August 1991, a six-page circular appeared inside FuncoLand retail locations. David R. Pomijie, the owner of that video game retailer, decided to launch a…
- Joker (character)On the 25th of April 1940, the first issue of Batman hit newsstands with a character who would become one of fiction's most enduring villains.
- WiiOn the 24th of September 2001, Nintendo began collaborating with Gyration Inc., a company that held several patents in motion-sensing technology.
- Rock BandIn 2007, Harmonix released Rock Band, a rhythm game that transformed how players interacted with music. The studio had spent years refining its approach to…
- Nintendo DSIn mid-2002, Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi stepped down from his executive role to become an advisor. He proposed a new system built around two screens.
- Dragon Age: OriginsIn the kingdom of Ferelden, savage creatures called Darkspawn dwell within the Deep Roads. These underground highways were created by dwarves long ago…
- Final Fantasy XIIn November 1999, a team of developers gathered in Osaka and Tokyo to begin work on Final Fantasy XI. This project emerged from a meeting where Hironobu…
- Media MoleculeOn the 4th of January 2006, four former Lionhead Studios employees incorporated Media Molecule in Guildford, Surrey. Mark Healey led the group alongside Alex…