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Xbox Live launches. Sony responds with the Network Starter Pack and SOCOM.
Nintendo launches the GBA SP in Europe and sells 200,000 units.
Microsoft cuts the price of the Xbox to £129, the PS2 drops to £139.
BIGGEST SELLING SINGLE: Where is the Love – The Black Eyed Peas
PS2 sales cruise past four million in the UK.
Sony launches the Eye Toy
CHARTS
The All Formats Console Top 10 1 FIFA 2004 Electronic Arts
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Championship Manager 4 becomes the fastest selling PC game ever, shifting
124,327 in two
days – but later in the year CMdev team Sports Interactive parts
MISCELLANEOUS
The first ever MCV Awards takes place – hosted by Jeremy Vine.
The Edinburgh Games Festival also makes its debut.
IN OTHER NEWS PEGI ratings are introduced.
At the InDin, Prime Minister Tony Blair thanks the industry for its contribution to the UK economy.
HIGHEST GROSSING FILM: Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Electronic Arts’ revenues go past $2 billion.
company with Eidos and buddies up with Sega
Eidos takes Tomb Raiderdev duties away from Core and puts Crystal Dynamics in charge.
2 Need for Speed: Underground Electronic Arts
3 Medal of Honor: Rising Sun Electronic Arts
4 The Sims Electronic Arts
5 GTA: Vice City Rockstar
6 Enter The Matrix Atari
7 Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Ubisoft
8 EyeToy: Play Sony
9 The Simpsons: Hit & Run VU Games
10 FIFA 2003 Electronic Arts
Roman Abramovich buys Chelsea.
Bee Gee Maurice Gibb stops Staying Alive.
The London Congestion Charge comes into operation.
Allied troops roll into Baghdad and a statue of Saddam Hussein is brought
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crashing down as the Iraq leader’s rule comes to an end.
The small Kent village of Brogdale makes history by recording a temperature of 38.5C – the highest ever in the UK.
Den Watts/Leslie Grantham returns to Eastenders.
Iain Duncan Smith resigns after two years as leader of the Conservative party.
England win the Rugby World Cup, with Jonny Wilkinson landing a drop goal in extra time to clinch a 20-17 victory against Australia.
Concorde is taken out of service.
Mick Jagger receives a knighthood. Keith Richards takes the piss. The M6 toll road opens.
Channel 4 pulls the plug on Brookside after 21 years.
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