Interesting Game Releases of 2000




Pokémon Trading Card Game
★★★★
Collectible Card Game Role-Playing
Hudson Soft / Creatures (Japan)
Game Boy Color – December 15, 2000




Rowan’s Battle of Britain
★★★★½
WWII Combat Flight Simulation
Rowan Software (UK)
Windows – December 8, 2000




Project I.G.I.: I’m Going In
★★★½
Tactical First-Person Shooter
Innerloop Studios (Norway)
Windows – December 8, 2000




Harvest Moon: Back to Nature
★★★½
Cozy Farm Simulation
Victor Interactive Software (Japan)
PlayStation – November 21, 2000




Tomb Raider: Chronicles
★★
Third-Person Action-Adventure
Core Design (UK)
Windows – November 21, 2000




Hitman: Codename 47
★★★½
Third-Person Stealth
IO Interactive (Denmark)
Windows – November 19, 2000




The Operative: No One Lives Forever
★★★★
First-Person Shooter
Monolith Productions (USA)
Windows – November 11, 2000




Counter-Strike
★★★★★
Multiplayer Tactical First-Person Shooter
Valve (USA)
Windows – November 8, 2000




Delta Force: Land Warrior
★★★½
Tactical First-Person Shooter
NovaLogic (USA)
Windows – November 8, 2000




Sacrifice
★★★½
Third-Person Real-Time Strategy
Shiny Entertainment (USA)
Windows – November 5, 2000




Hogs of War
★★½
Third-Person Turn-Based Tactics
Infogrames Sheffield House (UK)
Windows – November 3, 2000




Blobby Volley
★★½
Fun-Sport Volleyball
Daniel Skoraszewsky and Silvio Mummert (Germany)
Windows – November 1, 2000




FIFA 2001
★★★★
Soccer Simulation
EA Canada
Windows – October 30, 2000




Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2
★★★
Skateboarding
Neversoft (USA)
Windows – October 25, 2000




Medal of Honor: Underground
★★★
WWII First-Person Shooter
DreamWorks Interactive (USA)
PlayStation – October 23, 2000




Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2
★★★★
Real-Time Strategy
Westwood Pacific (USA)
Windows – October 21, 2000




Sudden Strike

★★★
WWII Real-Time Tactics
Fireglow Games (Russia)
Windows – October 10, 2000




Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn
★★★
Isometric Role-Playing
BioWare (Canada)
Windows – September 21, 2000




Star Trek: Voyager – Elite Force
★★★
First-Person Shooter
Raven Software (USA)
Windows – September 15, 2000




Crimson Skies
★★★
Arcade Flight
Zipper Interactive (USA)
Windows – September 17, 2000




MTV Sports: Skateboarding Featuring Andy Macdonald
★★½
Skateboarding
Darkblack (UK)
Windows – September 13, 2000




Spider-Man
★★★★
2D-Platformer Beat-em-Up
Vicarious Visions (USA)
Game Boy Color – August 31, 2000




Tenchu 2: Birth of the Stealth Assassins
★★★½
Third-Person Stealth
Acquire (Japan)
PlayStation – August 7, 2000




Heavy Metal: FAKK 2
★★★½
Third-Person Action-Adventure
Ritual Entertainment (USA)
Windows – August 4, 2000




Diablo II
★★★★
Isometric Action Role-Playing Hack and Slash
Blizzard North (USA)
Windows – June 28, 2000




Deus Ex
★★★★½
First-Person Stealth Action Role-Playing
Ion Storm (USA)
Windows – June 23, 2000




Ground Control
★★★½
Real-Time Tactics
Massive Entertainment (Sweden)
Windows – May 31, 2000




Perfect Dark
★★★★
First-Person Shooter
Rare (UK)
Nintendo 64 – May 22, 2000




Star Wars: Episode I – Jedi Power Battles
★★★½
3D Platform Beat-em-Up Action
LucasArts (USA)
PlayStation – April 4, 2000




F1 2000
★★★★
F1 Racing Simulation
Image Space Incorporated (USA)
Windows – March 24, 2000




Thief II: The Metal Age
★★★
First-Person Stealth
Looking Glass Studios (USA)
WindowsMarch 23, 2000




Star Wars: Force Commander
★★★
Real-Time Strategy
Ronin Entertainment / LucasArts (USA)
Windows – March 21, 2000




Pokémon Stadium
★★★
Turn-Based Strategy
Nintendo (Japan)
Nintendo 64 – March 6, 2000




The Sims
★★★½
Social Simulation
Maxis (USA)
Windows – February 4, 2000




Die Drei ???: Bomben in Rocky Beach
★★½
Point-and-Click Detective Adventure
United Soft Media Verlag (Germany)
Windows – 2000