2001

This page is about events and releases from the year 2001.
== Events ==
== Fictional Events ==
=== Unknown Date ===
* Events of Penumbra trilogy occur
* Events of Max Payne occur
=== March 10-April 14 ===
* Events of Rainbow Six's Eagle Watch expansion occur
=== August 4-December 19 ===
* Events of Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear's Pandora Trigger, Arctic Flare, Sand Hammer, Lost Thunder, Perfect Sword, Crystal Ark, and Silent Drum occur
== Film ==
=== Film Releases ===
Date 	Title 	Production/Distribution 	Genres
February 10	Recess: School's Out 	Walt Disney Television · Walt Disney Company 	Comedy · Adventure
March 16 	Enemy at the Gates 	Mandalay Pictures · Paramount 	Drama
March 18 	Spy Kids 	Troublemaker Studios · Dimension Films 	Action · Comedy
April 22 	Shrek 	DreamWorks 	Comedy · Parody
May 4 	The Mummy Returns 	Universal 	Adventure · Fantasy
June 3 	Atlantis: The Lost Empire 	Walt Disney Animation Studio 	Action-Adventure · Science Fiction
July 2 	Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within 	Columbia Pictures · Sony 	Drama · Science Fiction
July 16 	Jurassic Park III 	Ambln Entertainment · Universal 	Action
August 7 	Osmosis Jones 	Warner Bros. 	Comedy · Action
October 28 	Monsters Inc. 	Pixar Animation Studio · Walt Disney Company 	Comedy
December 10	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	New Line Cinema 	Adventure · High Fantasy
December 21	Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius 	Nickelodeon · O Entertainment · DNA Productions · Paramount	Comedy · Science Fiction
== Music ==
=== Album Releases ===
====January-June====
Date 	Artist 	Album 	Genres
March 6 	Alien Ant Farm 	Anthology 	Pop Punk · Punk Rock
March 13	Semisonic 	All About Chemistry 	Post-Grunge · Pop Rock
March 19	Gojira 	Terra Incognita 	Death Metal · Progressive Rock
March 20	Dashboard Confessional	The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most	Emo
March 20	Toadies 	Hell Below/Stars Above 	Grunge · Hard Rock
March 26	Gorillaz 	Gorillaz 	Punk Rock · Rap Rock · Pop Rock
March 27	Saliva 	Every Six Seconds 	Nu Metal · Rap Rock
April 2 	Rammstein 	Mutter 	Nu Metal · Electrorock
April 3 	Alkaline Trio 	From Here to Infirmary 	Pop Punk · Emo
April 3 	Yellowcard 	One for the Kids 	Punk Rock · Pop Punk · Hardcore Punk
April 10	Thursday 	Full Collapse 	Hardcore Punk · Emo
April 24	Fear Factory 	Digimortal 	Nu Metal · Electrorock
May 8 	Sum 41 	All Killer No Filler 	Pop Punk
May 15 	Tool 	Lateralus 	Progressive Rock · Grunge
May 15 	Weezer 	Weezer 	Pop Punk · Punk Rock
May 22 	Staind 	Break the Cycle 	Post-Grunge
May 22 	Static-X 	Machine 	Electrorock · Nu Metal
May 30 	Radiohead 	Amnesiac 	Progressive Rock
June 5 	Drowning Pool 	Sinner 	Nu Metal
June 12 	Blink-182 	Take Off Your Pants and Jacket 	Pop Punk
June 12 	Sugar Ray 	Sugar Ray 	Pop Rock
June 18 	Muse 	Origin of Symmetry 	Progressive Rock · Hard Rock
June 19 	311 	From Chaos 	Rap Rock · Pop Rock · Reggae
June 19 	Stone Temple Pilots 	Shangri-La Dee Da 	Grunge · Psychedelic Rock
====July-December====
Date 	Artist 	Album 	Genres
July 3 	The White Stripes 	White Blood Cells 	Punk Rock · Pop Rock · Blues
July 10 	Saves the Day 	Stay What You Are 	Emo · Pop Punk · Hardcore Punk
July 23 	Clawfinger 	A Whole Lot of Nothing 	Nu Metal · Rap Rock · Electrorock
July 24 	Avenged Sevenfold 	Sounding the Seventh Trumpet 	Metalcore
July 24 	Darwin's Waiting Room	Orphan 	Nu Metal · Rap Rock
July 24 	Jimmy Eat World 	Bleed American 	Pop Punk · Emo
August 13 	10 Years 	Into the Half Moon 	Nu Metal · Progressive Rock
August 21 	The Appleseed Cast 	Low Level Owi: Volume I 	Emo · Post-Grunge · Progressive Rock
August 28 	Powerman 5000 	Anyone for Doomsday? 	Electrorock · Nu Metal
August 28 	Puddle of Mudd 	Come Clean 	Post-Grunge
August 28 	Skillet 	Alien Youth 	Electrorock · Post-Grunge · Hard Rock · Nu Metal
August 28 	Slipknot 	Iowa 	Nu Metal
September 3 	Sick Puppies 	Welcome to the Real World 	Nu Metal · Rap Rock
September 4 	System of a Down 	Toxicity 	Nu Metal · Progressive Metal · Heavy Metal
September 11	Nickelback 	Silver Side Up 	Post-Grunge · Hard Rock · Heavy Metal
September 11	P.O.D. 	Satellite 	Nu Metal · Rap Rock
September 18	Ill Niño 	Revolution Revolución 	Nu Metal · Rap Rock · Metalcore
September 25	Days of the New 	Days of the New 	Post-Grunge · Folk Rock
October 2 	Machine Head 	Supercharger 	Nu Metal
October 9 	Brand New 	Your Favorite Weapon 	Emo · Pop Punk
October 9 	Death Cab for Cutie 	The Photo Album 	Emo · Folk Rock
October 16 	Fugazi 	The Argument 	Hardcore Punk
October 18 	Say Anything 	Baseball: An Album by Say Anything	Emo · Punk Rock
October 23 	The Appleseed Cast 	Low Level Owl: Volume II 	Emo · Progressive Rock
October 23 	Bush 	Golden State 	Grunge
October 23 	Incubus 	Morning View 	Hard Rock · Post-Grunge · Pop Rock
October 30 	Flaw 	Through the Eyes 	Nu Metal
October 30 	Vendetta Red 	White Knuckled Substance 	Emo · Post-Grunge · Post-Hardcore
November 6 	Dope 	Life 	Nu Metal · Electrorock
November 13 	Sevendust 	Animosity 	Nu Metal
November 20 	Creed 	Weathered 	Post-Grunge · Hard Rock
November 20 	Hoobastank 	Hoobastank 	Pop Punk · Post-Grunge · Punk Rock
November 26 	A Day in The Life 	Nine Reasons to Say Goodbye 	Emo
December 23 	Gym Class Heroes 	...For the Kids 	Hip-Hop · Rap Rock
==Television==
==Video Games==
===Game Releases===
Date 	Title 	Platform 	Genres
January 29 	Oni 	PC 	Third-Person Shooter · Beat 'em Up
February 7 	Clive Barker's Undying 	PC 	First-Person Shooter
March 21 	Serious Sam: The First Encounter 	PC 	First-Person Shooter
April 17 	X-COM: Enforcer 	PC 	Third-Person Shooter
May 22 	Red Faction 	PC · PS2 	First-Person Shooter
July 19 	Final Fantasy X 	PS2 	Role-Playing Game
July 23 	Max Payne 	PC 	Third-Person Shooter
August 23 	Devil May Cry 	PS2 	Hack n' Slash
September 13	Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies 	PS2 	Simulator
September 24	Silent Hill 2 	PS2 · PC 	Survival Horror
September 30	Ico 	PS2 	Adventure
October 22 	Aliens Versus Predator 2 	PC 	First-Person Shooter
October 30 	Civilization III 	PC 	Turn-Based Strategy
November 8 	Resident Evil: Survivor 2 	PS2 	Rail Shooter
November 13 	Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty	PS2 	Stealth
November 13 	Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds 	PC 	Real-Time Strategy
November 13 	Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 	PC · XBOX · PS2 · GCN	First-Person Shooter · Tactical Shooter
November 15 	Halo: Combat Evolved 	XBOX 	First-Person Shooter
November 15 	Oddworld: Munch's Oddyssey 	XBOX · PC 	Platformer
November 19 	Return to Castle Wolfenstein 	PC, XBOX · PS2 	First-Person Shooter
December 3 	Jak & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy 	PS2 	Action-Adventure · Platformer
== See Also ==
Category:2001