2005 in machinima

Events

• January 26 – Paul Marino moderated a discussion panel on machinima at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival.
• June 21 – Electronic Arts released its first-person shooter computer game Battlefield 2.
• October 27 – October 28 – The Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences presented machinima pieces at the Austin Game Conference.
• November 8 – Lionhead Studios released its simulation game The Movies, the first game to contain dedicated tools for creating machinima.
• November 12 – The Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences held the 2005 Machinima Film Festival at the American Museum of the Moving Image.

  Notable releases

• February 9 – Edgeworks Entertainment's The Codex premiered.
• May 18 – of Rooster Teeth Productions' Red vs. Blue ended with episode 57.
• June 28 – This Spartan Life premiered with the first two modules of episode 1.
• August 13 – The Codex ended with episode 20.
• August 29 – of Red vs. Blue began with episode 58.
• September 27 – Rooster Teeth Productions' PANICS premiered.
• October 18 – PANICS ended with episode 4.
• November 22 – Alex Chan posts The French Democracy to The Movies website.

  Active series

• The Codex
• Fire Team Charlie
• Neverending Nights
• PANICS
• Red vs. Blue
• The Strangerhood
• Strangerhood Studios
• This Spartan Life
• Time Commanders

  Awards

Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences

• Best Picture:
• Best Series: This Spartan Life
• Best Direction: Whiplash
• Best Virtual Performance: A Few Good G-Men

  Rockets on Prisoner

• Best Movie: The Codex episode 20
• Best Halo 2 Movie: The Codex episode 20
• Best Series: Red vs. Blue
• Best Male Performance: Joel Heyman as from Red vs. Blue
• Best Female Performance: Kathleen Zuelch as from Red vs. Blue