By 2021, video game manufacturers are preparing to celebrate several occasions during the months of the year marking the anniversary of the release of a range of games or devices. For example, Nintendo will celebrate 35 years of The Legend of Zelda and Metroid chains this year.
This year also marks the 25th anniversary of the launch of the Resident Evil series and Crash Bandicoot and in terms of home appliances there are several occasions that will pass us throughout 2021, such as the 30th anniversary of the launch of SNES in America and the 25th anniversary of the launch of the Nintendo 64, as well as Microsoft will celebrate the 20th birthday of Xbox in November 20th anniversary of the launch of the device in America.
We have decided to dedicate a new paragraph to the site entitled "Event in this month" in which we talk about the most important anniversary events that will coincide with each month of 2021 and the beginning of course with the month of January and we will mention below the highlights of the events that have occurred in it in previous years:
This month and 5 years ago we witnessed the launch of THAT DRAGON, CANCER, this unique game tells an emotional story about a family whose 12-month-old child has been diagnosed with cancer.
How if the developer of the game is the father of that child and the screenwriter and his mother who wanted to weave the suffering they experienced with the journey of their child's struggle to face this malignant disease to provide an emotional experience that makes you sympathize with the patients and their families, it was an experience that is impossible to forget anyone who tested it and will remain etched in their memory.
The developer chose to launch it in 2016 on January 12, the child's birthday.
This month will mark the 10th anniversary of dead Space 2, released on January 25, 2011, on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC, and has provided a terrifying experience for horror game enthusiasts on board the Sprawl spacecraft, where we face many terrifying creatures that are chilling.
The Media Molecule team will also celebrate the 10th anniversary of the launch of LittleBigPlanet 2, which was released on January 18, 2011, exclusively on PlayStation 3.
The second part of the exciting platforms game has provided players with better development tools to design stages in an attractive world with cute characters with drawings and sounds that everyone enjoys and motivates them to experience the game.
Also on January 29, it will be 25 years since Duke Nukem 3D was first introduced in 1996. Which contributed to the introduction of shooting games from the perspective of the first person and created its popularity and in this game Duke embarks on a mission to defend the planet with the boa of alien invaders using an arsenal of weapons that blow up those objects.
On the occasion of the 20th anniversary, gearbox celebrated the launch of an improved version of the classic experience featuring improvements in the level of fees where work was done to develop and make modifications to the engine of the game to provide 3D drawings suitable for the eighth generation, and the player can choose between playing with the original drawings of the game and the improved fees.
The game features four episodes of the original game, along with an all-new fifth episode, including 8 stages developed by duke Nukem 3D developers and improvements that also included new music from the game's composer Lee Jackson, as well as new dialogues (Duke Talk) by actor Jon St. John.
Highlights of this month's anniversary:
- 09-Jan Electroplankton (DS) 15th
- 10-Jan Mega Man X Collection (Multi) 15th
- 17-Jan Ape Escape 3 (PS2) 15th
- 17-Jan Mass Effect 2 (Multi) 10th
- 18-Jan LittleBigPlanet 2 (PS3) 10th
- 22-Jan Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam (3DS) 5th
- 25-Jan Guardian Heroes (Sat) 25th
- 25-Jan Dead Space 2 (Multi) 10th
- 28-Jan Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash (Wii U) 5th
- 29-Jan Duke Nukem 3D (PC) 25th
- 31-Jan Mega Man X3 (SNES) 25th
- 04-Jan RuneScape (PC) 20th
