2004 in video games explained
2004 saw many sequels and prequels in video games, such as Madden NFL 2005, NBA Live 2005, ESPN NBA 2K5, Tony Hawk's Underground 2, WWE Smackdown! vs. Raw, Doom 3, Dragon Quest VIII, Gran Turismo 4, , Half-Life 2, Halo 2, , , , Ninja Gaiden, Pokémon FireRed/LeafGreen/Emerald, Everybody's Golf 4 (Hot Shots Golf Fore!), , , Tekken 5, and World of Warcraft. New intellectual properties included Fable, Far Cry, FlatOut, Killzone, Katamari Damacy, Monster Hunter, N, Red Dead Revolver, SingStar, and Sacred. The Nintendo DS was also launched that year.
The year has been retrospectively considered one of the best and most important in video game history due to the release of numerous critically acclaimed, commercially successful and influential titles across all platforms and genres at the time.[1] The year's best-selling video game was Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. The year's most critically acclaimed titles were Dragon Quest VIII and Gran Turismo 4 in Japan, and Half-Life 2 and San Andreas in the West.
Events
- January 20 – Wireds Vaporware Awards gives its first "Lifetime Achievement Award" to recurring winner Duke Nukem Forever.
- February 26 – Castle Wolfenstein creator Silas Warner dies at age 54.
- March 4 – Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences hosts 7th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards; inducts Peter Molyneux into the AIAS Hall of Fame.
- March 22–26 – Game Developers Conference hosts 4th annual Game Developers Choice Awards and Gama Network's 6th annual Independent Games Festival (IGF).
- May 11 – Nintendo officially announces its "Revolution" (later named Wii) console.
- May 11–13 – The 10th annual E3 is held in Los Angeles, California, United States.[2]
- July – IEMA (Interactive Entertainment Merchants Association) hosts 5th annual Executive Summit.
- August 1 – During the Evolution Championship Series, a match of results in the viral "Evo Moment 37".
- August 3 – Doom 3 is released, restarting the breakthrough franchise, and featured complex graphics features such as unified lighting and shadowing, real-time fully dynamic per-pixel lighting and stencil shadowing. The game became id's best selling game to date.
- October 6-10 – The 2004 World Cyber Games are held in San Francisco.
- October 12 – EA Sports launches the multi-format FIFA Football 2005. It is the last major title to be released for the original PlayStation console.
- November – and Half-Life 2 are officially released on PC around the world, bringing in a new era for the first-person shooter genre of video games, with advanced graphics & physics.
- November 5 – Nobuo Uematsu resigns from Square Enix and becomes a freelancer, starting his own business, called Smile Please Co., Ltd.
Business
- January 12 – Ubisoft acquires Tiwak.
- February – Electronic Arts consolidates, rolls most of Maxis and all of Origin Systems into its Redwood Shores, California HQ.
- March – Microsoft announces XNA the successor of DirectX as the default API for "Longhorn", and Xenon.
- April 6 – Midway Games acquires Surreal Software.
- April 13 – T1, a South Korean esports organization, is founded.
- May – Sammy Corporation buys a controlling share in Sega Corporation at a cost of $1.1 billion creating the new company, Sega Sammy Holdings, one of the biggest video game companies in the world.
- July – Square Enix restructures executive branches around the world.
- September 1 – Acclaim declares bankruptcy and closes its doors.
- October – Kotaku, a video game website, is launched.
- October 11 – Midway Games acquires Inevitable Entertainment and renames it Midway Studios Austin.
- November 30 – Midway Games acquires developer Paradox Development.
- December 13 – Electronic Arts purchases a 5-year exclusive agreement for the rights to the NFL, which includes NFL teams, stadiums and players for use in EA's football video games.
- December 20 – Electronic Arts purchases 20% stake in Ubisoft. The purchase at the time was considered "hostile", by Ubisoft.
Hardware releases
Trends
In 2004, the total U.S. sales of video game hardware, software and accessories was $9.9 billion compared with $10 billion in 2003. Total software sales rose 8 percent over the previous year to $6.2 billion. Additionally, sales of portable software titles exceeded $1 billion for the first time. Hardware sales were down 27 percent for the year due in part to shortages during the holiday season and price reductions from all systems.
Video game consoles
- GameCube
- Xbox
- PlayStation 2
- Sony released an internal hard drive for the PlayStation 2 on March 23
- The third major hardware revision of the PlayStation 2 (model number SCPH-70000) was released in Japan on November 1
Handheld game systems
The dominant handheld systems in 2004 were:
Additionally, Nokia released an updated version of their original N-Gage, called the N-Gage QD. Nintendo released the Nintendo DS on November 21 in the United States. In Japan Sony released the PlayStation Portable on December 12.
Best-selling video games
Rank! rowspan="2" | Title | Platform | Publisher | Sales |
|---|
| Japan | USA[3] | Europe | Worldwide |
|---|
| 1 | | PS2 | Rockstar Games | | 5,144,214 | 1,750,000+[4] | 6,894,214+ |
| 2 | Pokémon FireRed / LeafGreen | GBA | The Pokémon Company | 2,392,005 | 2,367,431 | | 5,800,000[5] |
| 3 | FIFA Football 2005 | Multi-platform | EA Sports | 56,075 | 53,804+ | | 4,500,000[6] |
| 4 | Halo 2 | Xbox | Microsoft Game Studios | 42,310[7] | 4,288,397 | | 4,330,707+ |
| 5 | Madden NFL 2005 | PS2, Xbox | EA Sports | 3,705[8] | 4,274,243 | | 4,277,948+ |
| 6 | Dragon Quest VIII: Sora to Umi to Daichi to Norowareshi Himegimi | PS2 | Square Enix | 3,327,167 | | | 3,327,167 |
| 7 | ESPN NFL 2K5 | PS2 | Take-Two Interactive | | 2,632,393 | | 2,632,393 |
| 8 | Pro Evolution Soccer 4 (Winning Eleven 8) | PS2 | Konami | 1,120,272 | | 1,500,000+[9] | 2,620,272+ |
| 9 | | PS2, Xbox | Electronic Arts | | 2,453,829 | | 2,453,829+ |
| 10 | Pokémon Ruby / Sapphire / Emerald | GBA | The Pokémon Company | 1,670,000 | | | 1,670,000+ | |
Japan
Best-selling video games in Japan[10] ! Rank! Title! Platform! Publisher!Genre! Sales| 1 | Dragon Quest VIII: Sora to Umi to Daichi to Norowareshi Himegimi | | Square Enix | Role-playing | 3,327,167 |
| 2 | Pokémon FireRed / LeafGreen | GBA | The Pokémon Company | Role-playing | 2,392,005 |
| 3 | Pokémon Ruby / Sapphire / Emerald | GBA | The Pokémon Company | Role-playing | 1,670,000 |
| 4 | (The Heavenly Bride) | PS2 | Square Enix | Role-playing | 1,611,974 |
| 5 | Winning Eleven 8 (Pro Evolution Soccer 4) | PS2 | Konami | Sports | 1,120,272 |
| 6 | Sengoku Musou (Samurai Warriors) | PS2 | Koei | Hack and slash | 1,024,253 |
| 7 | Jissen Pachislot Shinshouhou! Hokuto no Ken (Fist of the North Star) | PS2 | Sammy Corporation | Pachislot | 916,765 |
| 8 | | PS2 | Konami | Stealth | 694,307 |
| 9 | Gran Turismo 4 | PS2 | Sony | Racing simulation | 663,543 |
| 10 | Derby Stallion 04 | PS2 | Enterbrain | Simulation | 603,815 | |
United States
Best-selling video games in the United States (NPD Group)[11] [12] ! Rank! Title! Platform(s)! Publisher! Sales[13] ! Revenue! Inflation| 1 | | | Rockstar Games | 5,144,214 | | $ |
| 2 | Halo 2 | | Microsoft Game Studios | 4,288,397 | | $ |
| 3 | Madden NFL 2005 | PS2, Xbox, GC | EA Sports | 4,274,243 | | $ |
| 4 | ESPN NFL 2K5 | PS2, Xbox | Take-Two Interactive | 2,632,393 | | $ |
| 5 | | PS2, Xbox, GC | Electronic Arts | 2,453,829 | | $ |
| 6 | Pokémon FireRed / LeafGreen | GBA | Nintendo | 2,367,431 | | $ |
| 7 | NBA Live 2005 | PS2, Xbox | EA Sports | 1,723,190 | | $ |
| 8 | Spider-Man 2 | PS2, GC | Activision | 1,569,251 | | $ |
| 9 | ESPN NBA 2K5 | PS2, Xbox | Take-Two Interactive | 1,280,314 | colspan="2" rowspan="2" |
| 10 | Star Wars: Battlefront | PS2, Xbox | LucasArts | 1,224,927 | |
PAL regions
Top game rentals in the United States
Critically acclaimed titles
Famitsu
In Japan, the following video game releases in 2004 entered Famitsu magazine's "Platinum Hall of Fame" and received Famitsu scores of at least 36 out of 40.[17]
Metacritic and GameRankings
In the West, Metacritic (MC) and GameRankings (GR) are aggregators of video game journalism reviews.
2004 games and expansions scoring at least 88/100 (MC) or 87.5% (GR)[18] [19] | Game | Publisher | Release Date | Platform | MC score | GR score |
|---|
| Half-Life 2 | Valve | November 16, 2004 | Microsoft Windows | 96/100 | 95.48% |
| Rockstar Games | October 26, 2004 | PlayStation 2 | 95/100 | 95.08% |
| Halo 2 | Microsoft Game Studios | November 9, 2004 | Xbox | 95/100 | 94.57% |
| Electronic Arts | September 8, 2004 | Xbox | 94/100 | 93.06% |
| Electronic Arts | September 8, 2004 | PlayStation 2 | 93/100 | 93.32% |
| Unreal Tournament 2004 | Atari | March 16, 2004 | Microsoft Windows | 93/100 | 92.57% |
| Ubisoft | March 23, 2004 | Xbox | 93/100 | 92.37% |
| World of Warcraft | Blizzard Entertainment | November 23, 2004 | Microsoft Windows | 93/100 | 91.89% |
| Ninja Gaiden | Tecmo | March 2, 2004 | Xbox | 91/100 | 92.54% |
| Nintendo | November 15, 2004 | GameCube | 92/100 | 91.87% |
| Activision | September 22, 2004 | Microsoft Windows | 92/100 | 91.75% |
| ESPN NFL 2K5 | Sega | July 20, 2004 | Xbox | 92/100 | 90.52% |
| Konami | November 17, 2004 | PlayStation 2 | 91/100 | 91.77% |
| Sony Computer Entertainment | November 3, 2004 | PlayStation 2 | 91/100 | 91.54% |
| Pro Evolution Soccer 4 | Konami | August 5, 2004 | PlayStation 2 | 91/100[20] | 91.12%[21] |
| Madden NFL 2005 | EA Sports | August 9, 2004 | PlayStation 2 | 91/100 | 90.33% |
| Madden NFL 2005 | EA Sports | August 9, 2004 | Xbox | 91/100 | 89.5% |
| Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005 | EA Sports | September 20, 2004 | Microsoft Windows | 91/100 | 88.24% |
| The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay – Developer's Cut | Vivendi Universal Games | December 3, 2004 | Microsoft Windows | 90/100 | 90.95% |
| The Sims 2 | Electronic Arts | September 14, 2004 | Microsoft Windows | 90/100 | 90.76% |
| Nintendo | November 4, 2004 | Game Boy Advance | 89/100 | 90.36% |
| Nintendo | February 9, 2004 | Game Boy Advance | 89/100 | 90.19% |
| Pro Evolution Soccer 4 | Konami | November 26, 2004 | Xbox | 90/100 | 90.11% |
| Dragon Quest VIII | Square Enix | November 27, 2004 | PlayStation 2 | 89/100 | 90.05% |
| Madden NFL 2005 | EA Sports | August 9, 2004 | GameCube | 90/100 | 90% |
| Pikmin 2 | Nintendo | April 29, 2004 | GameCube | 90/100 | 89.44% |
| MVP Baseball 2004 | EA Sports | March 9, 2004 | PlayStation 2 | 90/100 | 88.89% |
| MVP Baseball 2004 | EA Sports | March 9, 2004 | Xbox | 90/100 | 88.73% |
| Viewtiful Joe | Capcom | August 24, 2004 | PlayStation 2 | 90/100 | 87.95% |
| Bandai | December 12, 2004 | PlayStation Portable | 89/100 | 89.93% |
| Valve | November 1, 2004 | Microsoft Windows | 88/100 | 89.71% |
| EVE Online: Exodus | CCP Games | November 17, 2004 | Microsoft Windows | N/A | 89.62% |
| Gran Turismo 4 | Sony Computer Entertainment | December 28, 2004 | PlayStation 2 | 89/100 | 89.53% |
| NCAA Football 2005 | EA Sports | July 15, 2004 | PlayStation 2 | 88/100 | 89.45% |
| FirePower for Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 3 | Microsoft Game Studios | June 11, 2004 | Microsoft Windows | 88/100 | 89.43% |
| Far Cry | Ubisoft | March 23, 2004 | Microsoft Windows | 89/100 | 89.38% |
| DreamCatcher Interactive | October 5, 2004 | Microsoft Windows | 81/100 | 89% |
| Football Manager 2005 | Sega | November 5, 2004 | Microsoft Windows | 89/100 | 88.81% |
| Vivendi Universal Games | June 1, 2004 | Xbox | 89/100 | 88.61% |
| NCAA Football 2005 | EA Sports | July 15, 2004 | Xbox | 89/100 | 88.4% |
| MVP Baseball 2004 | EA Sports | March 9, 2004 | GameCube | 89/100 | 87.43% |
| Ridge Racer | Namco | December 12, 2004 | PlayStation Portable | 88/100 | 88.62% |
| RalliSport Challenge 2 | Microsoft Game Studios | May 4, 2004 | Xbox | 87/100 | 88.54% |
| Pro Evolution Soccer 4 | Konami | December 3, 2004 | Microsoft Windows | 88/100 | 88.5% |
| Out of the Park Baseball 6 | Out of the Park Developments | June 14, 2004 | Microsoft Windows | 87/100 | 88.4% |
| Sid Meier's Pirates! | Atari | November 22, 2004 | Microsoft Windows | 88/100 | 88.34% |
| Nintendo | July 22, 2004 | GameCube | 87/100 | 88.05% |
| NCAA Football 2005 | EA Sports | July 15, 2004 | GameCube | 88/100 | 88.01% |
| Sony Computer Entertainment | September 14, 2004 | PlayStation 2 | 88/100 | 87.92% |
| Microsoft Game Studios | April 27, 2004 | Microsoft Windows | 88/100 | 87.86% |
| Nintendo | October 14, 2004 | Game Boy Advance | 88/100 | 87.79% |
| Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005 | EA Sports | September 20, 2004 | GameCube | 88/100 | 87.68% |
| Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005 | EA Sports | September 20, 2004 | PlayStation 2 | 88/100 | 87.08% |
| Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005 | EA Sports | September 20, 2004 | Xbox | 88/100 | 86.51% |
| ESPN NHL 2K5 | Sega | August 30, 2004 | Xbox | 88/100 | 86.22% |
| Tri Synergy | September 13, 2004 | Microsoft Windows | 83/100 | 87.83% |
| EA Sports | September 4, 2004 | GameCube | N/A | 87.61% | |
Notable releases
Notable releases of the year 2004| Release | Title | PC | 5th Gen | 6th Gen | Handheld |
|---|
| January 5 | Sonic Battle | | | | GBA |
| January 13 | | | | | |
| January 14 | .hack//Quarantine Part 4 | | | | |
| January 20 | | | | | |
| Maximo vs. Army of Zin | | | | |
| January 28 | | | | | |
| | | | | |
| January 29 | Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen (Japan) | | | | GBA |
| February | (Russia) | | | | |
| February 2 | R-Type Final | | | | |
| February 9 | Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles | | | | |
| | | | | GBA |
| EverQuest: Gates of Discord | | | | |
| February 10 | Nightshade | | | | |
| | | | | |
| Wrath Unleashed | | | | |
| Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship Tournament 2004 | | | | GBA |
| February 11 | Feeding Frenzy | | | | |
| February14 | Classic NES Series: Donkey Kong, Excitebike, Ice Climber, The Legend of Zelda, Super Mario Bros. | | | | GBA |
| February 17 | [22] | Windows | | GCN, PS2, Xbox | |
| | | | | |
| Pro Evolution Soccer 3 | Windows | | | |
| February 24 | Romance of the Three Kingdoms IX | | | | |
| February 26 | Kaido Battle 2: Chain Reaction | | | | |
| February 27 | | | | | |
| March 1 | N | Windows | | | NDS |
| March 2 | Drakengard | | | | |
| Lifeline | | | | |
| Ninja Gaiden | | | Xbox | |
| Scooby-Doo: Mystery Mayhem | | | GCN, PS2, Xbox | GBA |
| MTX Mototrax | | | | |
| March 4 | Colin McRae Rally 04 | | | | |
| March 8 | The Suffering | | | | |
| March 9 | Firefighter F.D.18 | | | | |
| | | | | |
| Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Athena Sword | Windows | | | |
| March 10 | | | | | |
| March 11 | Monster Hunter | | | PS2 | |
| March 12 | Seven Samurai 20XX | | | | |
| March 14 | Battlefield Vietnam | Windows | | | |
| March 15 | Wade Hixton's Counter Punch | | | | GBA |
| March 16 | Unreal Tournament 2004 | Windows | | | |
| March 19 | Sacred[23] | Windows (EU) | | | |
| March 23 | | | | | |
| Far Cry | Windows | | | |
| Final Fantasy XI | | | PS2 (US) | |
| | | | | |
| Sonic Heroes | Windows | | GCN, PS2, Xbox | |
| All-Star Baseball 2005 | | | | |
| | | | |
| | Windows | | | GBA |
| March 24 | | | | GCN, PS2 | |
| March 25 | Sacred | Windows (NA) | | | |
| March 31 | Resident Evil Outbreak | | | | |
| April 1 | Destruction Derby Arenas | | | | |
| April 5 | Alias | | | | |
| Fight Night 2004 | | | | |
| April 8 | All-Star Baseball 2005 | | | | |
| April 12 | Painkiller | Windows | | | |
| Serious Sam Advance | | | | GBA |
| April 13 | TOCA Race Driver 2 | Windows | | | |
| April 20 | | Windows | | PS2, Xbox | | | | | | |
| Manhunt | Windows | | Xbox | | | | | | |
| | City of Heroes | Windows | | | |
| April 27 | Windows | | | |
| April 28 | Beyond Divinity | Win | | | |
| April | .kkrieger | | | | |
| May 4 | | | | | |
| Red Dead Revolver | | | | |
| Rallisport Challenge 2 | | | Xbox | |
| May 6 | Samurai Warriors | | | PS2 | |
| May 7 | | | | GCN, PS2, Xbox | |
| May 21 | | | | | GBA |
| May 21 | Way of the Samurai 2 | | | | |
| May 24 | Mario vs. Donkey Kong | | | | GBA |
| May 25 | Chaos Field | | | | | Arcade |
| Metal Slug 3 | | | Xbox | |
| Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Windows | | PS2, Xbox, GCN | GBA |
| | Windows | | Xbox | |
| June 1 | | | | Xbox | |
| June 7 | Sonic Advance 3 | | | | GBA |
| | | | GCN | |
| June 8 | Ribbit King | | | | |
| June 14 | | | | | |
| June 15 | Front Mission 4 | | | | |
| | Windows | | | |
| June 21 | Driver 3 | | | | |
| June 22 | | | | | GBA |
| June 23 | Mega Man Anniversary Collection | | | GCN, PS2, Xbox (2005) | GBA |
| June 27 | Mega Man Battle Network 4 | | | | GBA |
| June 29 | | | | | GBA |
| Spider-Man 2 | Windows (US 06/28/04, EU 07/09/04) | | | |
| July 2 | | | | | |
| July 5 | Around the World in 80 Days | | | | GBA |
| July 9 | Richard Burns Rally | | | | |
| July 13 | Tales of Symphonia | | | | |
| July 14 | Athens 2004 | | | | |
| July 15 | | | | | |
| July 20 | Catwoman | Windows | | | GBA |
| Puyo Pop Fever | | | | |
| Sudeki | | | | |
| July 21 | Crimson Tears | | | | |
| July 22 | Bujingai | | | | |
| July 29 | | | | | |
| August 1 | NFL GameDay 2005 | | | | |
| August 3 | Doom 3 | Windows | | | |
| August 5 | | | | | GBA |
| August 10 | Classic NES Series: Metroid, Zelda ii: The Adventure of Link | | | | GBA |
| August 18 | | | | | GBA |
| August 24 | Crazy Bus | | | | |
| Starsky & Hutch | | | | |
| Viewtiful Joe | | | | |
| August 25 | Amazing Island | | | | |
| August 30 | Pikmin 2 | | | | |
| WWE Day of Reckoning | | | | |
| August 30 | | | | | |
| August 31 | Street Racing Syndicate | | | | |
| September 2 | | | | | |
| September 3 | Digimon Rumble Arena 2 | | | | |
| September 6 | Digimon Rumble Arena 2 | | | | |
| September 7 | | | | PS2, Xbox | |
| | Windows | | PS2, Xbox | |
| September 8 | | | | | |
| | Windows | | | GBA |
| September 9 | King of Colosseum II | | | PS2 | |
| Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen (North America) | | | | GBA |
| September 12 | Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper | | | | GBA |
| September 13 | | | | | |
| Digimon Racing | | | | GBA |
| EverQuest: Omens of War | Windows | | | |
| | | | | GBA |
| September 14 | Advance Guardian Heroes | | | | GBA |
| Power Rangers Dino Thunder | | | | GBA |
| Gradius V | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | Windows | | | |
| Fable | | | Xbox | |
| | | | PS2 | |
| The Sims 2 | Windows | | | |
| September 16 | Pokémon Emerald (Japan) | | | | GBA |
| September 17 | Crisis Zone | | | PS2 | |
| September 20 | F-Zero: GP Legend | | | | GBA |
| | | | GCN, PS2, Xbox | |
| | Windows | | | |
| September 21 | Blood Will Tell | | | | |
| Dance Dance Revolution Extreme | | | PS2 | |
| Final Fantasy XI Chains of Promathia
| Windows | | PS2 | |
| Second Sight | | | | |
| Star Wars: Battlefront | | | PS2, Xbox | |
| | | | | GBA |
| September 22 | Disney's Kim Possible 2: Drakken's Demise | | | | GBA |
| Katamari Damacy | | | PS2 | |
| | | | | |
| September 27 | | | | | |
| Shark Tale | | | | GBA |
| September 28 | | | | | |
| | | | | |
| Crash Twinsanity | | | PS2, Xbox | |
| October 1 | | | | | |
| Scaler | | | GCN, PS2, Xbox | |
| October 4 | | | | | |
| Tony Hawk's Underground 2 | | | GCN, PS2, Xbox | GBA |
| October 5 | | | | | |
| | | | PS2, Xbox | |
| | | | | |
| Mega Man Zero 3 | | | | GBA |
| | | | | |
| Syberia II | | | | |
| TOCA Race Driver 2 | | | | |
| October 11 | | | | GCN | |
| October 14 | BloodRayne 2 | | | | |
| Lilo & Stitch 2: Hämsterviel Havoc | | | | GBA |
| | | | PS2 | |
| | | | GCN, PS2, Xbox | GBA |
| FIFA Football 2005 | | | GCN, PS2 | GBA, PSP |
| Under the Skin | | | | |
| October 18 | Kirby & the Amazing Mirror | | | | GBA |
| October 19 | Neo Contra | | | | |
| | | | | GBA |
| | | | | GBA |
| | | | | GBA |
| October 20 | | | | | |
| Tron 2.0 | | | | GBA |
| October 22 | Sacred Plus (EU) | Windows | | | |
| October 25 | | | | PS2 | |
| OutRun 2 | | | Xbox | |
| October 26 | Dead or Alive Ultimate | | | Xbox | |
| Grand Theft Auto Advance | | | | GBA |
| Star Wars Galaxies: Jump to Lightspeed | Windows | | | |
| | | | PS2 | |
| Yu-Gi-Oh! Destiny Board Traveler | | | | GBA |
| October 27 | | | | | |
| The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie | Windows | | | GBA |
| October 29 | The Incredibles | Windows | | | |
| November 1 | | Windows | | | |
| November 2 | | | | | GBA |
| | | | | |
| Killzone | | | PS2 | |
| | Windows | | | |
| RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 | Windows | | | |
| | | PS2 | |
| | | | | GBA |
| November 3 | | | | GCN, PS2, Xbox | |
| | Windows | | | |
| November 4 | | | | PS2, Xbox | |
| | | | | GBA |
| November 5 | Bejeweled 2 | Windows | | | |
| FlatOut (Europe) | | | | |
| November 8 | EverQuest II | Windows | | | |
| Mario Power Tennis (North America) | | | | |
| November 9 | | | | | |
| Halo 2 | | | Xbox | |
| Jak 3 | | | PS2 | |
| | | | | GBA |
| | | | | |
| November 10 | | | | | GBA |
| Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events | Windows | | | GBA, NDS |
| November 12 | Sabotain: Break the Rules - Wikipedia[24] | Windows | | | |
| November 15 | | | | | GBA |
| | | | | |
| MTX Mototrax | | | | |
| | | | GCN, PS2, Xbox | GBA, NDS |
| November 16 | | | | PS2 | |
| | | | | NDS |
| Fight Club | | | | |
| Half-Life 2 | Windows | | Xbox (2005) | |
| | Windows | | | |
| | Windows | | | |
| November 17 | Asphalt Urban GT | | | | NDS |
| Castle Shikigami 2 | | | | |
| | | | | |
| King Arthur | | | | |
| | | | PS2 | |
| Pac-Man World | | | | GBA |
| November 18 | | | | | |
| | | | | GBA |
| | | | | |
| | | | | GBA |
| November 19 | Mario vs. Donkey Kong | | | | GBA |
| November 21 | Super Mario 64 DS | | | | NDS |
| Spider-Man 2 | | | | NDS |
| | | | | NDS |
| November 22 | | | | GCN, PS2, Xbox | NDS |
| JFK Reloaded | Windows | | | |
| November 23 | Alien Hominid | | | | |
| World of Warcraft | Windows | | | |
| November 29 | Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls | | | | GBA |
| November 30 | Mr. Driller Drill Spirits | | | | NDS |
| Armies of Exigo | Windows | | | |
| December 1 | Painkiller: Battle out of Hell | Windows | | | |
| Scrapland | Windows | | | |
| | | | | GBA |
| December 2 | Metal Slug Advance | | | | GBA |
| | Windows | | GCN, PS2, Xbox | |
| December 5 | Mario Party 6 | | | GCN | |
| December 6 | | Windows | | Xbox | |
| | Windows | | | |
| December 7 | Growlanser Generations | | | | |
| | | | | GBA |
| Kuon | | | | |
| It's Mr. Pants | | | | GBA |
| Mega Man X8 | | | | |
| Ridge Racer DS | | | | NDS |
| December 8 | | Windows | | | |
| Sprung | | | | NDS |
| Viewtiful Joe 2 | | | | |
| December 14 | Gungriffon Allied Strike | | | | |
| December 15 | | | | | |
| December 20 | Cave Story | Windows | | | |
| December 22 | NFL Street 2 | | | | |
| December 24 | Garry's Mod | Windows | | | |
| December 28 | Gran Turismo 4 | | | | | |
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: VanOrd . Kevin . Why 2004 Was the Best Year in Gaming . Gamespot . 26 December 2021.
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