2021 in video games (English Wikipedia)

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Kratky, Otto (December 7, 2020). "Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World: The Game Complete Edition Releases January". DualShockers. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
Agossah, Iyane (September 24, 2020). "Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny New Details, Series Sold Over 4.5 Million Worldwide". DualShockers. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
Frech, Ricky (January 6, 2021). "Outriders Delayed to April 1 to "Fine Tune the Game"". DualShockers. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
Agossah, Iyane (November 28, 2020). "SaGa Frontier Remastered Announced For PS4, Switch, Steam, Mobile". DualShockers. Retrieved November 28, 2020.

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Chowdhury, Samyarup (February 19, 2021). "MotoGP 21 Reveals Official Release Date". EssentiallySports.

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Barmeier, Elizabeth (October 30, 2021). "St. Louis animation company debuts horror video game". FOX2now. Archived from the original on October 30, 2021. Retrieved October 30, 2021.

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"アンジェリークルミナライズ（アンミナ）". アンジェリークルミナライズ（アンミナ）公式サイト.

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Williams, Callum (May 6, 2021). "Metro Exodus Confirms Next-Gen Update Release Date, New Features". Game Rant. Retrieved April 23, 2024.
Young, Rory (July 31, 2021). "Kitaria Fables Looks Like A Harvest Moon Action-RPG". Game Rant. Retrieved August 26, 2021.

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"Tails of Iron". Game Reactor. September 29, 2021. Retrieved September 29, 2021.
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Dealessandri, Marie (February 2, 2022). "Psychonauts 2 wins Game of the Year at New York Game Awards 2022". Gamesindustry.biz. Gamer Network. Archived from the original on February 2, 2022. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
Rousseau, Jeffrey (April 8, 2022). "A breakdown of China's games market (GDC 2022)". GamesIndustry.biz. Archived from the original on April 8, 2022. Retrieved April 20, 2022.
Dring, Christopher (January 27, 2022). "Old games, FIFA and Switch dominated Europe in 2021". GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved January 29, 2022.
Batchelor, James (January 25, 2021). "Jagex sold to Carlyle Group". GamesIndustry.biz.
Handrahan, Matthew (March 9, 2021). "TinyBuild launches £340m IPO". GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
Sinclair, Brendan (March 16, 2021). "2K acquires PGA Tour 2K21 studio, signs Tiger Woods". GamesIndustry.biz.
Dring, Christopher (April 6, 2021). "Nintendo, Xbox and Ubisoft back digital-only E3 2021". GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
Dring, Christopher (July 19, 2021). "Tencent to buy Crackdown and Sackboy developer Sumo in $1.3bn deal". GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
Van Allen, Eric (February 18, 2021). "GDC drops in-person plans for 2021 event". GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
Batchelor, James (November 4, 2021). "Devolver Digital valued at $950m as it floats on London Stock Exchange". GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved November 4, 2021.
Partis, Danielle (November 15, 2021). "Private Division acquires developer Roll7". GamesIndustry.biz.
Sinclair, Brendan (December 10, 2021). "Sony acquires Valkyrie Entertainment". GamesIndustry.biz.
Rousseau, Jeffrey (December 15, 2021). "Embracer purchases Asmodee for €2.75bn". GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
Dring, Christopher (December 17, 2021). "Tencent buys Back 4 Blood developer Turtle Rock". GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
Partis, Danielle (December 21, 2021). "Embracer acquires Dark Horse, Shiver Entertainment and Spotfilm Networx". GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved December 21, 2021.
Batchelor, James (March 11, 2021). "Rockstar Leeds founder Gordon Hall dies". GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
Dring, Christopher (December 16, 2021). "Games industry pioneer Ian Hetherington dies". GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved December 19, 2021.

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Litt, Nate (March 26, 2021). "WHAT THE DUB?! Is A Party Game With A Unique Spin". Game Tyrant. Retrieved April 8, 2021.

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Alexander, Maria (October 10, 2021). "Switch Review Round-Up – Boomerang-Fu, Exodemon, Nongunz, and more". Gamezebo. Retrieved September 13, 2023.

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Lombardo, Ben (June 13, 2020). "NEWSModus Games announces their new horror game In Sound Mind". Gaming Trend. Retrieved June 13, 2020.

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Davis, Wes (December 4, 2020). "Skunkape Games Already Working on Remastering Seasons 2, 3 of Sam and Max". Hardcore Gamer. Retrieved December 4, 2020.

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"Fiche de jeu - Tomb Rumble". IndieMag. Retrieved September 26, 2023.

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"Chicken Police Paint it Red Out Now on Mobile". Invision Community. June 29, 2021. Retrieved June 29, 2021.

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Hofer, Brooke (March 18, 2021). "The Jackbox Party Pack 8 Is Coming This Fall". Jackbox Games. Retrieved March 18, 2021.

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Tolito, Stephan (February 1, 2021). "Google Stadia Shuts Down Internal Studios, Changing Business Focus". Kotaku. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
Walker, Ian (March 18, 2021). "Sony Buys Evo". Kotaku. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
Plunkett, Luke (February 4, 2021). "Zenimax Co-Founder & CEO Robert Altman Has Died". Kotaku. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
"The Brilliant SNES Emulator Author Known As Near Has Died". Kotaku. June 27, 2021. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
Plunkett, Luke (September 19, 2021). "RIP Mick McGinty". Kotaku. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
Plunkett, Luke (October 6, 2021). "Dragon Quest Composer Koichi Sugiyama Has Died". Kotaku. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
Walker, Ian (February 11, 2021). "Kingdom Hearts Series Coming To PC On March 30, Exclusive To Epic Games Store". Kotaku.
Lee, Jonathan (May 28, 2021). "Backbone Is A Noir Adventure About Racism In Anthropomorphic Vancouver". Kotaku. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
Walker, Ian (February 17, 2021). "No More Heroes III Launches On August 27". Kotaku.
Walker, Ian (May 20, 2020). "Stadia Exclusivity Will Keep Serious Sam 4 Off PS4 And Xbox Until 2021". Kotaku. Archived from the original on May 27, 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
Plunkett, Luke (December 14, 2021). "Six Years (And One Bethesda Problem) Later, Shadow Of The Colossus Tribute Is Finally Out". Kotaku. Retrieved December 14, 2021.

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O'brien, Matt; Press, KELVIN CHAN Associated (October 28, 2021). "Explainer: What is the metaverse and how will it work?". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 5, 2023.

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Wallace, Chris (April 20, 2021). "Focus Home Interactive acquires Streum On Studio". MCVUK. Retrieved June 2, 2021.

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"Ready At Dawn | Lone Echo II Development Update August 2021". Ready At Dawn. September 28, 2021. Retrieved September 28, 2021.

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Smith, Ryan (September 14, 2021). "Minecraft YouTube star Bashurverse dies of COVID-19 complications aged 36". Newsweek. Retrieved September 27, 2022.

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Burch, Jennifer (June 19, 2020). "Lost in Random will be rolling the dice on Nintendo Switch in 2021". Nintendo Wire. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
Brown, Tom (August 5, 2021). "Monster Crown hitting Switch on October 12th". Nintendo Wire. Retrieved August 5, 2021.

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"Wraith: The Oblivion - Afterlife". Oculus. Archived from the original on September 23, 2020. Retrieved March 3, 2021.

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"LOOPERS -ルーパーズ-" (in Japanese). Planet Media. Retrieved February 6, 2022.

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"Fast & Furious: Spy Racers Rise Of Sh1ft3r Releases Today". Outright Games. November 5, 2021. Retrieved November 27, 2021.

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MacGregor, Jody (May 29, 2021). "Syberia creator Benoît Sokal has died". PC Gamer. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
Rich Stanton (September 15, 2021). "Minecraft Youtuber Bashurverse dies from Covid-19 complications". PC Gamer. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
Brown, Fraser (September 10, 2020). "Spacebase Startopia has been delayed until 2021". PCGamer. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
"Disco Elysium: The Final Cut releases on March 30". PC Gamer. March 17, 2021.
Tyler Wilde (September 2, 2021). "Naraka: Bladepoint review". pcgamer. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
Chalk, Andy (August 4, 2021). "Less than one month before launch, New World is delayed again". PC Gamer. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
Sykes, Tom (September 1, 2021). "Shadow Tactics standalone Aiko's Choice will be out in December". PC Gamer. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
Fenlon, Wes (December 10, 2021). "Final Fantasy 7 Remake is finally coming to PC". PC Gamer. Retrieved December 10, 2021.

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Kerry, Ben (November 12, 2020). "Paradise Lost is an adventure about a 12-year old survivor of nuclear war". PC Invasion. Retrieved December 14, 2020.

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Spiers-Unwin, Ruby (January 13, 2021). "Dragon Quest Tact release date revealed for later this month". Pocket Tactics. Retrieved February 8, 2021.

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"Part 3 of Pokémon Ultimate Journeys: The Series Now on Netflix". Pokemon.com. The Pokémon Company International. Retrieved June 25, 2023.
"Part 4 of Pokémon Ultimate Journeys: The Series Now on Netflix". Pokemon.com. The Pokémon Company International. Retrieved September 8, 2023.

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Paltridge, Peter (February 1, 2021). "Spirit: Lucky's Big Adventure Announced For Consoles And PC". Popgeeks. Retrieved October 26, 2021.

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Shawn (October 20, 2021). "The Last Stand: Aftermath Gets Release Date of November 16". Post Apocalyptic Media. Retrieved August 2, 2022.

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Barker, Sammy (July 29, 2021). "Solar Ash Skates to PS5, PS4 on 26th October". Push Square. Retrieved July 30, 2020.

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Morton, Laruen (June 7, 2021). "Procedural storytelling RPG Wildermyth emerges from early access". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
Serin, Kaan (September 9, 2021). "Cloud Gardens review: zen gardening in the middle of the wasteland". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Retrieved December 16, 2022.
Smith, Graham (September 11, 2021). "The Eternal Cylinder will roll onto hard drives on September 30th". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
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"Light Fairytale Episode 2". RPGamer. November 18, 2021. Retrieved December 15, 2021.

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Siddique, Haroon (September 16, 2021). "Home computing pioneer Sir Clive Sinclair dies aged 81". The Guardian. Retrieved September 16, 2021.

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Brooks, Sam (August 25, 2021). "The mobile game that lets you save real-life dogs". The Spinoff. Retrieved December 15, 2021.

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Saed, Sherif (May 11, 2021). "QuakeCon is also a digital-only event this year". VG247. Retrieved May 11, 2021.
Nunneley, Stephany (November 4, 2021). "Devolver Digital goes public and acquires three studios". VG247. Retrieved November 4, 2021.
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Peppiatt, Dom (September 3, 2020). "Chivalry 2 delayed into 2021". VG 247. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
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Klepek, Patrick (March 8, 2021). "A 23-Year Perfectionist Journey to Localize the Obscure 'Bahamut Lagoon'". VICE. Archived from the original on March 8, 2021. Retrieved July 6, 2021.

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