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Happy spring holidays, everyone! Why not take a break from the matzo and the egg-hunting, and check out all the history happenings going on this week.
April 24
2003: The European Interactive Games Industry announces the first pan-European rating system, PEGI. It's similar to the U.S.' ESRB system but breaks ratings down into age-specific groups.
2007: Ubisoft announces Tom Clancy's EndWar.
April 25
1964: Kenji Yamamoto is born. He is one of Nintendo's most notable composers, having worked on several Metroid games, Advance Wars, and Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
1972: Ralph Baer and the Odyssey creation team have their patent approved. This allowed Baer to license it to Magnavox.
1980: Activision announces that it exists and intends to design games for the Atari 2600, making it the first third-party developer for the console.
April 26
1989: Satoshi Tajiri founds Game Freak, the Nintendo development studio behind the Pokémon series.
April 28
1995: Tails' Skypatrol hits the shelves in Japan. Originally a Japanese exclusive for the Game Gear, it later showed up as an unlockable on Sonic Adventure DX for the GameCube.
1997: 3D Realms announces Duke Nukem Forever. Gearbox hopes to release it this summer, a mere 14 years later.
April 29
2008: Rockstar releases Grand Theft Auto 4 on the PS3 and Xbox 360. The PC version didn't surface until December that year.
April 30
1998: Spec Ops: Rangers Lead the Way goes on sale for PC.