2011 in computing, games and technology

47 milestones from 2011: 12 computers and hardware, 1 peripherals, 4 software, 5 games, 11 games, 3 books, 8 events, 1 legal milestones, 2 world events.

Open 2011 in the interactive timeline The 2010s

Computers and hardware

• Canon PowerShot S100
• Intel Sandy Bridge (2nd generation Core)
• Fujifilm FinePix X100
• Apple iPad 2
• Nintendo 3DS
• Sony Ericsson Xperia Play
• AMD FX (Bulldozer)
• Apple iPhone 4S
• Wii Family Edition
• PSP-E1000 (Street)
• Kindle Fire
• Galaxy Nexus

Peripherals

• AMD Radeon HD 7970

Software

• Internet Explorer 9
• Google+
• Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
• iOS 5

Games

• Portal 2
• Duke Nukem Forever
• Dark Souls
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Games

• Duke Nukem Trilogy: Critical Mass
• Terraria
• Bastion
• Temple Run
• Deus Ex: Human Revolution
• Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure
• Batman: Arkham City
• Battlefield 3
• Super Mario 3D Land
• The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
• Mario Kart 7

Books

• Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America
• The Making of Prince of Persia: Journals 1985-1993
• Ready Player One (novel)

Events

• Nokia and Microsoft announce a Windows Phone partnership
• Cisco announces the end of Flip Video
• PlayStation Network outage
• Microsoft announces its purchase of Skype
• Twitch.tv launches
• Steve Jobs resigns as Apple CEO
• Minecraft 1.0 released at MineCon
• Zynga goes public

Legal milestones

• Supreme Court rules on violent video games (Brown v. EMA)

World events

• Tohoku earthquake and tsunami
• Steve Jobs dies