2004 in machinima

The following is a list of notable machinima-related events in the year 2004.

Events

March 11 – The ILL Clan co-hosted the Florida Film Festival using their characters Lenny and Larry Lumberjack.^[1]
March 16 – Epic Games released its first-person shooter (FPS) computer game Unreal Tournament 2004.^[2]
November 9 – Bungie released^[3] its FPS video game Halo 2, which is used in multiple machinima series.
November 16 – Valve released its FPS computer game Half-Life 2.^[4]

January 3 – Season 2 of Rooster Teeth Productions' Red vs. Blue began with the premiere of episode 20 at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.^[1]
July 11 – Season 2 of Red vs. Blue ended with episode 38.^[5]
October 18 – Rooster Teeth Productions released the first episode of its new series, The Strangerhood.^[6]
November 28 – GW Films and Chipmunk Ninjas collaborated to make the popular film ClanWars.^[7]

"3rd Annual "Rockets on Prisoner" Awards: History". Rockets on Prisoner. That Weasel Television. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved November 5, 2006.
"GameSpy: Halo 2". GameSpy. Retrieved September 28, 2006.
"GameSpy: Half-Life 2". GameSpy. Retrieved September 29, 2006.
"Go Here". The Strangerhood. Rooster Teeth Productions. October 18, 2004. Archived from the original on February 1, 2013. Retrieved January 3, 2007.
Marino, Paul (2004). 3D Game-Based Filmmaking: The Art of Machinima. Scottsdale, Arizona: Paraglyph Press. ISBN 1-932111-85-9.
"Red vs. Blue: Episode 38". Machinima.com. July 11, 2004. Retrieved September 29, 2006.
"Unreal Tournament 2004 for PC Review". GameSpot. Archived from the original on January 1, 2007. Retrieved January 3, 2007.
"CS-Nation.net: ClanWars Released". Archived from the original on July 26, 2006. Retrieved May 3, 2007.