| Month |
Date(s) |
Event |
| January |
6 |
2K Games discontinued the MLB 2K series. |
| 7 |
PlayStation Now, a cloud-streaming from Sony Computer Entertainment was announced. |
| 15 - 16 |
Steam Dev Days held in Seattle, Washington. |
| 27 |
Microsoft acquired the Gears of War franchise from Epic Games. |
| February |
5 |
Double Helix Games was acquired by Amazon.com |
| 18 |
Irrational Games, the creator of the BioShock series was shut down. |
| March |
12 |
10th British Academy Video Games Awards held in Tobacco Dock, London. |
| 17 – 21 |
Game Developers Conference 2014 held in San Francisco, California. |
| 18 |
Project Morpheus, a virtual reality initiative from Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 4 is announced. |
| 25 |
Oculus VR was acquired by Facebook for $2 billion. |
| 28 – 30 |
Rezzed 2014 held at the NEC Birmingham. |
| April |
11 – 13 |
PAX East 2014 held at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. |
| 12 – 13 |
Midwest Gaming Classic 2014 held at the Sheraton Milwaukee Brookfield Hotel in Brookfield, Wisconsin. |
| May |
20 |
Nintendo discontinues the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection servers for Wii and Nintendo DS games. |
| 29 |
Electronic Arts shut down Mythic Entertainment |
| June |
10 – 12 |
E3 2014 held at the Los Angeles Convention Center.[1] |
| 12 |
Nordic Games acquired the publishing label of THQ. |
| 14 – 17 |
DreamHack-Summer held in Jönköping, Sweden. |
| 30 |
Crytek's IP's Homefront: The Revolution was acquired by Koch Media. Crytek UK, formerly Free Radical Design, and Crytek USA was shut down. |
| Deep Silver set up a new subsidiary known as Deep Silver Dambuster. |
| Electronic Arts shut down more than 50 multiplayer games. |
| July |
10 |
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater's creator Neversoft was merged into Infinity Ward by Activision. |
| 17 – 20 |
QuakeCon 2014: The massive annual LAN party held in Dallas, Texas. |
| 24 – 27 |
SDCC 2014 held at the San Diego Convention Center. |
| Unknown |
Airtight Games was shut down approximately one month after the release of Murdered: Soul Suspect. |
| August |
7 |
Activision revived the brand of Sierra Entertainment. |
| 11 |
Electronic Arts launched a subscription gaming service called EA Access for the Xbox One. |
| 13 – 17 |
Gamescom 2014 held in Cologne, Germany. |
| 20 – 22 |
Unite 2014 held in Seattle, Washington. |
| 25 |
Twitch was acquired by Amazon.com for $970 million. |
| 28 |
The Gamergate controversy came to public attention due to the introduction of the GamerGate hashtag. [2] |
| 29 |
Nintendo announced the New Nintendo 3DS XL. |
29 –
September 1 |
PAX Prime 2014 held at the Washington State Convention Center. |
| September |
18 – 21 |
Tokyo Game Show 2014 at the Makuhari Messe in Tokyo. |
| 25 – 28 |
EGX London 2014 held in Earls Court, London. |
| 27 |
Naughty Dog celebrated its 30th anniversary. |
| October |
2 – 5 |
GIGACON 2014 held in Telenor Arena, Oslo, Norway. |
| 3 – 5 |
EGS 2014 held in Centro Banamex, Mexico City, Mexico. |
| 6 |
Ubisoft Reflections, formerly known as Reflections Interactive, celebrated its 30th anniversary. |
| 11 – 12 |
Play Expo 2014 held at EventCity, Manchester. |
| 11 – 12 |
FirstLook 2014 held at Jaarbeurs in Utrecht, the Netherlands. |
| 19 |
2014 League of Legends World Championship was held at the Seoul World Cup Stadium |
| 24 |
32nd Golden Joystick Awards was held |
| 24 - 26 |
Milan Games Week held at Fieramilanocity in Milan, Italy. |
| November |
31 – 2 |
PAX Australia 2014 held at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre in Melbourne, Australia. |
| 6 |
Microsoft Studios acquired Minecraft developer Mojang for $2.5 billion. |
| 7 – 8 |
BlizzCon 2014 held at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. |
| 12 - 17 |
E-Sports World Championship 2014 was held in Baku, Azerbaijan |
| 27 – 30 |
DreamHack-Winter held in Jönköping, Sweden. |
| December |
| 4 |
2K Games announced a new subsidiary called Hangar 13. |
| 5 |
The Game Awards 2014 held in Las Vegas. |
| 6 |
Ralph H. Baer, credited as the creator of the Magnavox Odyssey, died at the age of 92. |
| 6 – 7 |
PlayStation Experience held at The Venetian Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada. |