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==Lore==
The story of ''.hack'' takes place in an alternate timeline to our own. At the time of release, the most entries of the series were set in the near future. While similar to our reality, several key events differentiate the history of .hack's world from our own. <br>
Near the turn of the 21st century, a [[Pluto's Kiss|catastrophic computer virus]] wipes out most of the internet and forces [[World Network Council|world leaders]] to restrict access to regular citizens. In the following years, only governments and some businesses are allowed use the remaining network infrastructure. The [[ALTIMIT OS]] (Altimit Operating System) is released to ensure greater security and avoid future security threats. Over time, citizens are allowed to access the new network and it becomes widely adopted, gaining 100% of the market share for all computer systems around the offline world in everyday applications and use; from desktop computers, government systems, schools, phones, transportation networks, municipal and hospital systems. <br>
A company known as [[CyberConnect Corporation (fictional)|CyberConnect Corporation]], commonly referred to as "CC Corp," takes advantage of the dearth of network games and releases a [[MMORPG]] called "[[The World]]." As the first network game since the crisis, The World is incredibly popular, gaining over 4.5 million players on its first day before going on to having 20 million players by the time of the events that occur in the [[Games Tetralogy|first set of games]] in the series. <br>
The basis for The World was created by a German programmer named [[Harald Hoerwick]], based on an epic poem called [[The Epitaph of Twilight]], written by [[Emma Wieland]]. Harald sought to use the game to create the [[Ultimate AI]] as the daughter he could never have with Emma after her untimely death. Unbeknownst to CC Corp, the development of the Ultimate AI was integrated with the game and was intrinsically linked with ALTIMIT OS and the network's vital operations upon which the majority of Earth's population now depends. As [[Morganna|unexpected factors]] hinder the Ultimate AI's development, the network gradually becomes unstable and the effects begin blurring [[Liminality (concept)|the boundaries]] separating offline and online life. <br>
The shift is gradual enough that initially it can be handwaved away by CC Corp, but the frequency of incidents accelerates past the point of being  able to conceal it from the general public. Players start to see strange errors spread across The World. Rumors spread of [[Data Bug|invincible monsters]], [[Data Drain|unusual abilities]], and [[Coma Patients|players falling into a coma]] while playing the game. Strange incidents escalate to the point regular players start to search for answers as CC Corp attempts to cover up the game's involvement. <br>
==By Season==
==By Season==
===Season 1===
<center>
<center>
{|
|+'''.hack Timeline of Events'''
| style="vertical-align:top;" |
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Project .hack <br /> (Season 1)
|+ Project .hack <br /> (Season 1)
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! Game Version
! Game Version
|-
|-
| 2007
| rowspan="2" | 2007
| {{Tree list}}'''[[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=Epitaph of Twilight 1(Novel)]] [[Epitaph of Twilight 1(Novel)|.hack//Epitaph of Twilight Novels]] '''
| {{Tree list}}'''[[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=Epitaph of Twilight 1(Novel)]] [[Epitaph of Twilight 1(Novel)|.hack//Epitaph of Twilight Novels]] '''
** [[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=Epitaph of Twilight 1(Novel)]] [[Epitaph of Twilight 1(Novel)|.hack//Epitaph of Twilight Volume I]]
** [[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=Epitaph of Twilight 1(Novel)]] [[Epitaph of Twilight 1(Novel)|.hack//Epitaph of Twilight Volume I]]
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{{Tree list/end}}
{{Tree list/end}}
|'''frägment'''  
|'''frägment'''  
|-
|The World R:1 is released
|
|-
|-
| 2009
| 2009
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** [[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=AI buster 1(Novel)]][[AI buster 1(Novel)|.hack//AI buster]]  
** [[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=AI buster 1(Novel)]][[AI buster 1(Novel)|.hack//AI buster]]  
** [[File:Icon_book.png|24px||link=AI buster 2(Novel)]][[AI buster 2(Novel)|.hack//AI buster 2]]
** [[File:Icon_book.png|24px||link=AI buster 2(Novel)]][[AI buster 2(Novel)|.hack//AI buster 2]]
***[[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=2nd Character (story)]][[2nd Character (story)|2nd Character]] ([[AI buster 2(Novel)|AI buster 2]])
***[[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=2nd Character (story)]][[2nd Character (story)|2nd Character]]
***[[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=Wotan's Spear (story)]][[Wotan's Spear (story)|Wotan's Spear]] ([[AI buster 2(Novel)|AI buster 2]])
***[[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=Wotan's Spear (story)]][[Wotan's Spear (story)|Wotan's Spear]]
{{Tree list/end}}
{{Tree list/end}}
{{Tree list}}'''[[File:Icon_video.png|24px|link=SIGN_(anime)]] [[SIGN_(anime)|.hack//SIGN]] '''
{{Tree list}}'''[[File:Icon_video.png|24px|link=SIGN_(anime)]] [[SIGN_(anime)|.hack//SIGN]] '''
** [[File:Icon_video.png|24px|link=Intermezzo (OVA)]] [[Intermezzo (OVA)|.hack//SIGN OVA "Intermezzo"]]  
** [[File:Icon_video.png|24px|link=Intermezzo (OVA)]] [[Intermezzo (OVA)|.hack//SIGN OVA "Intermezzo"]]  
{{Tree list/end}}
{{Tree list/end}}
| rowspan="6" | '''The World:R1'''  
[[File:Icon digital.png|24px|link=SIGN SKT (Feature Phone Game)]] [[SIGN SKT (Feature Phone Game)|SIGN SKT]] <br />
|-
{{Tree list}}[[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=G.U. Begins (Manga)]] '''[[G.U. Begins (Manga)|.hack//G.U. Begins]]'''
|
**.hack//SIGN Chapter 1: Encounter
|
**.hack//SIGN Chapter 2: Despair
**.hack//SIGN Chapter 3: Declaration
**.hack//SIGN Chapter 4: Catastrophe
{{Tree list/end}}
| rowspan="7" | '''The World:R1'''  
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2010
| rowspan="2" | 2010
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** [[File:Icon_games.png|24px|link=Quarantine]] [[Quarantine|.hack//QUARANTINE]]
** [[File:Icon_games.png|24px|link=Quarantine]] [[Quarantine|.hack//QUARANTINE]]
{{Tree list/end}}
{{Tree list/end}}
{{Tree list}}[[File:Icon_video.png|24px|link=Liminality_(anime)]][[Liminality_(anime)|.hack//Liminality]]
{{Tree list}}[[File:Icon_video.png|24px|link=Liminality_(anime)]] '''[[Liminality_(anime)|.hack//Liminality]]'''
**[[Liminality_episode_1|Liminality: In the Case of Mai Minase]]  
**[[Liminality_episode_1|Liminality: In the Case of Mai Minase]]  
**[[Liminality_episode_2|Liminality: In the Case of Yuki Aihara]]  
**[[Liminality_episode_2|Liminality: In the Case of Yuki Aihara]]  
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{{Tree list/end}}
{{Tree list/end}}
|-
|-
| {{Tree list}}'''[[File:Icon_book.png|24px]] [[Another Birth_(Novels)|.hack//Another Birth]] '''
| {{Tree list}}[[File:Icon_book.png|24px]] '''[[Another Birth_(Novels)|.hack//Another Birth]] '''
** [[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=]] [[Another Birth_(Novels)|.hack//Another Birth vol.1//INFECTION]]
** [[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=]] [[Another Birth_(Novels)|.hack//Another Birth vol.1//INFECTION]]
** [[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=]] [[Another Birth_(Novels)|.hack//Another Birth vol.2//MUTATION]]
** [[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=]] [[Another Birth_(Novels)|.hack//Another Birth vol.2//MUTATION]]
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** [[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=]] [[Another Birth_(Novels)|.hack//Another Birth vol.4//QUARANTINE]]
** [[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=]] [[Another Birth_(Novels)|.hack//Another Birth vol.4//QUARANTINE]]
{{Tree list/end}}
{{Tree list/end}}
{{Tree list}}'''[[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=XXXX_(Manga)]] [[XXXX_(Manga)|.hack//XXXX]]'''
{{Tree list}}[[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=XXXX_(Manga)]] '''[[XXXX_(Manga)|.hack//XXXX]]'''
**[[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=]] [[linkXXXX_(Manga)|.hack//XXXX Volume 1]]
**[[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=XXXX_(Manga)]] [[XXXX_(Manga)|.hack//XXXX Volume 1]]
**[[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=]] [[linkXXXX_(Manga)|.hack//XXXX Volume 2]]
**[[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=XXXX_(Manga)]] [[XXXX_(Manga)|.hack//XXXX Volume 2]]
{{Tree list/end}}
[[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=New Testament Novel 「.hack」 (Novel)]] [[New Testament Novel 「.hack」 (Novel)|New Testament Novel 「.hack」]] <br />
{{Tree list}}[[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=G.U. Begins (Manga)]] '''[[G.U. Begins (Manga)|.hack//G.U. Begins]]'''
**.hack// Chapter 1: Infection
**.hack// Chapter 2: Mutation
**.hack// Chapter 3: Outbreak
**.hack// Chapter 4: Destruction
**.hack// Chapter 5: Quarantine
**.hack// Chapter 6: Rebirth
{{Tree list/end}}
{{Tree list/end}}
[[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=New_Novelization_(Novels)]] [[New_Novelization_(Novels)|New Novelization 「.hack」]]
|-
|-
|
|2011
|[[File:Icon_video.png|24px|link=Unison (OVA)]] [[Unison (OVA)|.hack//SIGN OVA "Unison"]]  
|[[File:Icon_video.png|24px|link=Unison (OVA)]] [[Unison (OVA)|.hack//SIGN OVA "Unison"]]
|-
|2013
|{{Tree list}}[[File:Icon_book.png|24px||link=AI buster 2(Novel)]] '''[[AI buster 2(Novel)|.hack//AI buster 2]]'''
** [[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=Kamui_(story)]] [[Kamui (story)|Kamui (AI Buster 2)]]
** [[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=Rumor_(story)]] [[Rumor (story)|Rumor (AI Buster 2)]]
{{Tree list/end}}
|-
|-
|2014  
|2014  
|[[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=Kamui_(story)]][[Kamui_(story)|Kamui (AI Buster 2)]]<br />[[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=Rumor_(story)]] [[Rumor_(story)| Rumor (AI Buster 2)]]<br />[[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=Firefly_(story)]][[Firefly_(story)|Firefly (AI Buster 2]] <br />[[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=Legend_of_the_Twilight_(Manga)]] [[Legend_of_the_Twilight_(Manga)|.hack//Legend of the Twilight (manga)]]<br />[[File:Icon_video.png|24px|link=Legend_of_the_Twilight_(anime)]][[Legend_of_the_Twilight_(anime)|.hack//Legend of the Twilight (anime)]]
| {{Tree list}}[[File:Icon_book.png|24px||link=AI buster 2(Novel)]] '''[[AI buster 2(Novel)|.hack//AI buster 2]]'''
 
** [[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=Firefly_(story)]][[Firefly (story)|Firefly (AI Buster 2]])
{{Tree list/end}}
{{Tree list}}
* '''.hack//Legend of the Twilight'''
** [[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=Legend_of_the_Twilight_(Manga)]] [[Legend of the Twilight (Manga)|.hack//Legend of the Twilight Manga]]
** [[File:Icon_video.png|24px|link=Legend_of_the_Twilight_(anime)]] [[Legend of the Twilight (anime)|.hack//Legend of the Twilight Anime]]
{{Tree list/end}}
|-
|-
|unknown
|unknown
|[[File:Icon_games.png|24px|link=.hack//fragment]] [[.hack//fragment|.hack//frägment Online✕Offline]] <br />[[File:Icon_games.png|24px|link=MOBILE]] [[.hack//MOBILE]] (Feature Phone games)
|
[[File:Icon_games.png|24px|link=.hack//fragment]] [[.hack//fragment|.hack//frägment Online✕Offline]] <br />
[[File:Icon digital.png|24px|link=MOBILE (Feature Phone Game)]] [[MOBILE (Feature Phone Game)|.hack//MOBILE]] <br />
[[File:Icon digital.png|24px|link=Vol.1 LGT (Feature Phone Game)]] [[Vol.1 LGT (Feature Phone Game)|Vol.1 LGT]]  <br />
[[File:Icon_video.png|24px|link=GIFT (OVA)]] [[GIFT (OVA)|.hack//GIFT]]  <br />
[[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=4koma (Manga)]] [[4koma (Manga)|.hack//4koma]] <br />
 
|}
|}
| style="vertical-align:top;" |
</center>
[[Legacy (Story)|.hack//Legacy]]
[[Flower of Wolves & The Wavemaster (Story)|Flower of Wolves & The Wavemaster]]
[[Rena Special (Manga)|.hack//RENA]]
[[The Blooming Wolf & the Crimson Lightning (Manga)|The Blooming Wolf & the Crimson Lightning]]
[[Reflections in the Azure Sky (Manga)}|Reflections in the Azure Sky]]
 
Welcome to Mireille's Dental Clinic
.hack//Present from Mother to Daughter
Reasons for Donning the Cobalt Knight Uniform
 
===Season 2===
<center>
{| class="wikitable"   
{| class="wikitable"   
|+ .hack Conglomerate <br /> (Season 2)
|+ .hack Conglomerate <br /> (Season 2)
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! Title
! Title
! Game Version
! Game Version
|-
|
|[[File:Icon_games.png|24px|link=Link (Game)]] .hack//ChupChopCase
|
|-
|-
| 2015  
| 2015  
|The World R:2 is released
|The World R:2 is released
| rowspan="4" | '''The World:R2'''  
| rowspan="8" | '''The World:R2'''  
|-
|-
| 2016
| 2016
|[[File:Icon_video.png|24px|link=Roots_(anime)]] [[Roots_(anime)|.hack//Roots]] <br />[[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=Cell_(Novels)]] [[Cell_(Novels)|.hack//Cell]] <br />[[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=Alcor_(Manga)|.hack//Alcor]] [[Alcor_(Manga)|.hack//Alcor]]
|First Login
[[File:Icon_video.png|24px|link=Roots_(anime)]] [[Roots (anime)|.hack//Roots]]  
{{Tree list}}[[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=G.U. Begins (Manga)]] '''[[G.U. Begins (Manga)|.hack//G.U. Begins]]'''
**.hack//Roots Chapter 1: Welcome to the World
**.hack//Roots Chapter 2: Forefeel
**.hack//Roots Chapter 3: Breakup
**.hack//Roots Chapter 4: Tragedy
**.hack//Roots Chapter 5: Painful Forest
**.hack//Roots Chapter 6: Determination
{{Tree list/end}}
[[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=Alcor_(Manga)|.hack//Alcor]] [[Alcor (Manga)|.hack//Alcor]]
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" |2017  
| rowspan="3" |2017  
|{{Tree list}} G.U. Games
|[[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=GnU (Manga)|.hack//GnU]] [[GnU (Manga)|.hack//GnU]] <br/>
**'''[[File:Icon_games.png|24px|link=G.U. Games]] [[G.U._Games|.hack//G.U. Vol.1~Vol.3]]'''
[[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=Cell_(Novels)]] [[Cell (Novels)|.hack//Cell]] <br/>
{{Tree list}} [[File:Icon_games.png|24px|link=G.U. Games]] Original G.U. Games
**[[File:Icon_games.png|24px|link=G.U. Games]] '''[[G.U._Games|.hack//G.U. Vol.1~Vol.3]]'''
***[[File:Icon_games.png|24px|link=]] [[G.U. vol.1 Rebirth|.hack//G.U. vol.1 //Rebirth]]
***[[File:Icon_games.png|24px|link=]] [[G.U. vol.1 Rebirth|.hack//G.U. vol.1 //Rebirth]]
***[[File:Icon_games.png|24px|link=]] [[G.U. vol.2 Reminisce|.hack//G.U. vol.2 //Reminisce]]
***[[File:Icon_games.png|24px|link=]] [[G.U. vol.2 Reminisce|.hack//G.U. vol.2 //Reminisce]]
***[[File:Icon_games.png|24px|link=]] [[G.U. vol.3 Redemption|.hack//G.U. vol.3 //Redemption]]
***[[File:Icon_games.png|24px|link=]] [[G.U. vol.3 Redemption|.hack//G.U. vol.3 //Redemption]]
** {{Tree list/branching}}
**[[File:Icon_games.png|24px|link=G.U. Last Recode]] [[G.U. Last Recode|.hack//G.U. Last Recode]]
***[[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=G.U. Begins (manga)|.hack//G.U. Begins]] [[G.U. Begins (manga)|.hack//G.U. Begins]]
***[[File:Icon_games.png|24px|link=]] [[G.U. vol.4 Reconnection|.hack//G.U. vol.4 Reconnection]]
{{Tree list/end}}
{{Tree list/end}}
 
Online Jack <br/>
[[File:Icon_video.png|24px|link=G.U. Trilogy (CG movie)]] [[G.U. Trilogy (CG movie)|.hack//G.U. Trilogy]]<br />[[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=G.U. (Novels)]] [[G.U. (Novels)|.hack//G.U. novels]] <br />[[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=G.U.+ (Manga)|.hack//G.U.+]] [[G.U.+ (Manga)|.hack//G.U.+]]
|-
| [[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=G.U. (Novels)]][[Peaco's Story (story)|.hack//4koma Peaco's Story]]
|-
|[[File:Icon_video.png|24px|link=G.U. Trilogy (CG movie)]][[G.U. Returner (anime)|.hack//G.U. Returner]]
|-
| rowspan="3" |2018
|[[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=G.U.Ragtime(Novels)]][[G.U. Ragtime (Novel)|.hack//G.U. RAGTIME]]
|-
|[[File:Icon disc.png]][[G.U. Innocent Call (Drama CD)|.hack//G.U. Innocent Call]]
|-
|{{Tree list}}[[File:Icon_games.png|24px|link=G.U. Last Recode]] '''[[G.U. Last Recode|.hack//G.U. Last Recode]]'''
**[[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=G.U. Begins (Manga)]] [[G.U. Begins (Manga)|.hack//G.U. Begins]]
**[[File:Icon_games.png|24px|link=G.U. vol.4 Reconnection]] [[G.U. vol.4 Reconnection|.hack//G.U. vol.4 Reconnection]]
{{Tree list/end}}
|-
|-
|[[File:Icon_video.png|24px|link=G.U. Trilogy (CG movie)]] [[G.U. Trilogy (CG movie)|.hack//G.U. Trilogy]]<br />[[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=G.U. (Novels)]] [[G.U. (Novels)|.hack//G.U. novels]] <br />[[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=G.U.+ (Manga)|.hack//G.U.+]] [[G.U.+ (Manga)|.hack//G.U.+]]<br />[[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=GnU (Manga)|.hack//GnU]] [[GnU (Manga)|.hack//GnU]]
|-
|-
|unknown
| [[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=4koma (Manga)]] [[4koma (Manga)|.hack//4koma]]
|}
|}
| style="vertical-align:top;" |
</center>
 
Journal of the Dark & Wicked
The Duplicate Phenomenon
 
===Season 3===
<center>
{| class="wikitable"  
{| class="wikitable"  
|+Project Third <br /> (Season 3)
|+Project Third <br /> (Season 3)
! Date
!Date
!Title
!Title
!Game Version
!Game Version
|-
|-
|2020
|2020
|[[File:Icon_games.png|24px|link=Link]] [[Link|.hack//Link]]
|[[File:Icon_games.png|24px|link=Link]] [[Link (Game)|.hack//Link]] <br/>
[[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=Link_(Manga)|.hack//Link manga]] [[Link_(Manga)|.hack//Link manga]]
[[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=Link_(Manga)|.hack//Link manga]] [[Link (Manga)|.hack//Link manga]]
| rowspan="2" | '''The World R:X'''
| rowspan="2" |'''The World R:X'''
|-
|-
|2022
|2022
|[[File:Icon_video.png|24px|link=Quantum_(anime)]] [[Quantum_(anime)|.hack//Quantum OVA]]
|[[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=QuantumIntroduction_(Manga)]] [[QuantumIntroduction (Manga)|.hack//Quantum i(Introduction)]] <br/>
[[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=QuantumIntroduction_(Manga)]] [[Quantum_(novel)|.hack//Quantum Novel]]<br />[[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=QuantumPlus_(Manga)]] [[QuantumPlus_(Manga)|.hack//Quantum+]]<br />[[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=QuantumIntroduction_(Manga)]] [[QuantumIntroduction_(Manga)|.hack//Quantum i(Introduction)]]
[[File:Icon_video.png|24px|link=Quantum_(anime)]] [[Quantum (OVA)|.hack//Quantum OVA]] <br/>
[[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=Quantum (novel)]] [[Quantum (novel)|.hack//Quantum Novel]] <br/>
[[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=QuantumPlus_(Manga)]] [[QuantumPlus (Manga)|.hack//Quantum+]] <br/>
|-
|-
|2023
|2023
|[[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=Bullet_(Novels)]] [[Bullet_(Novels)|.hack//Bullet]]
|[[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=Bullet_(Novels)]] [[Bullet (Novel)|.hack//Bullet]]
|'''Unknown (不明)'''<ref name="Bandai Timeline">https://hack.bn-ent.net/about/world/</ref>
|'''Unknown (不明)'''<ref name="Bandai Timeline">[https://hack.bn-ent.net/about/world/ Timline] via Bandai .hack Page</ref>
|-
|-
|2024
|2024
|[[File:Icon_video.png|24px|link=Beyond The World_(CG_anime)]] [[Beyond The World_(CG_anime)|.hack//Beyond The World]]
|[[File:Icon_video.png|24px|link=Beyond The World_(CG_anime)]] [[Beyond The World (CG anime)|.hack//Beyond The World]] <br/>
[[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=BeyondTheWorldSORA_(Manga)]] [[BeyondTheWorldSORA_(Manga)|Beyond The World: SORA]]
[[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=BeyondTheWorldSORA_(Manga)]] [[Sora: Beyond The World (Manga)|Beyond The World: SORA]]
|'''The World FORCE:ERA'''
|'''The World FORCE:ERA'''
|-
|-
|2025
|2025
|[[File:Icon_games.png|24px|link=Versus]] [[Versus|.hack//Versus]]
|[[File:Icon_games.png|24px|link=Versus]] [[Versus|.hack//Versus]] <br/>
[[File:Icon_video.png|24px|link=Thanatos Report_(anime)]] [[Thanatos Report_(anime)|.hack//Versus: Thanatos Report]]
[[File:Icon_video.png|24px|link=Thanatos Report (OVA)]] [[Thanatos Report (OVA)|.hack//Versus: Thanatos Report]]
|'''VERSUS: The World'''
|'''VERSUS: The World'''
|-
|-
|2030
|2030
|[[File:Icon_games.png|24px|link=Guilty Dragon]] [[Guilty Dragon]] (Smart Phone Game)
|[[File:Icon_digital.png|24px|link=Guilty Dragon]] [[Guilty Dragon (mobile)|Guilty Dragon]] <br/>
[[File:Icon_book.png|24px|link=GuilDra G: A Gag Concept (Manga)]] [[GuilDra G: A Gag Concept (Manga)|GuilDra G: A Gag Concept]]
|'''The World: Armed Conflict'''
|'''The World: Armed Conflict'''
|-
|-
|2032
| 2032<ref name="Bandai Timeline" />
|[[File:Icon_games.png|24px|link=New World]] [[New World]]<ref name="Bandai Timeline" /> (Smart Phone Game)
|[[File:Icon_digital.png|24px|link=New World]] [[New World (mobile)|New World]]
|'''The World: Re-vice age'''
|'''The World: Re-vice age'''
|-
|-
|}
|}
|}
</center>
</center>


<br />
.hack//bullet: Versus Magician
 
==Specific Media Timelines==
 
=== .hack Official Website Timeline ===
The North American version of the .hack website (dothack.com) had a page dedicated to the series timeline.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20021222091524/http://www.dothack.com/page/story/timeline01.html Timeline] on dothack.com (Archived from [http://www.dothack.com/page/story/timeline01.html original] 2002 December 22.)</ref> This was available until the website was updated for the G.U. series, therefor this information mostly applied to the [[Games Tetralogy]] and [[SIGN (anime)|.hack//SIGN]]. The events largely match the AI Buster 2 Timeline with some translation differences. 
 
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Date
!Event
|-
|End of the 20th Century
|The global information highway known as the "internet" is born from the Department of Defense's ARPANET. By 1999, the internet is accessible to most of the world.
|-
|Beginning of 21st Century
|Through spread of the network, "Democratization of Information" occurs. As a result, it becomes difficult to conceal information. Dictatorships and police states are on the verge of extinction. By he end of the first five years of the 21st century, communist dictatorship in East Asia and military states in the Middle East either disappear from the face of the Earth, or are forced to change their system of government. However, problems with network hackers attacking host servers and instigating other internet crimes exponentially increase as they change their methods of operation and increase the frequency of their attacks.
|-
|October 2002
|The '''[[World Network Council]]''' '''(WNC)''' is formed under the United Nations. All countries with internet environments are obligated to join the council.
|-
|January 2003
|'''WNC Winter General Meeting''' is held (the first WNC general meeting). Each country quickly discloses their differences in expectations and difficulty in making adjustments. It becomes a general meeting that tests the limits of the WNC.
|-
|April 2003
|Outbreak of the new type of virus, "'''Hello WNC'''," occurs. The M Company's e-mail program, which held 70% of the market share at the time, is targeted. In the end, there were over several million reports of damage.
|-
|July 2003
|WNC Summer General Meeting is held. The main agenda on the table is the counter-measure against "Hello WNC." International public opinion opposing this necessity quickly rises as WNC is unable to reach any decision or take any drastic or landmark measures.
|-
|December 2003
|Outbreak of a new type of virus, "[[Deadly Flash|'''Deadly Flash''']]" occurs. Seven people are dead. The death penalty is ruled for the first time in internet crime history for the Japanese man who created the virus.
|-
|April 2004
|WNC Spring General Meeting is held. The Japanese, German, and Italian delegations propose the concept of "'''New Generation Hyper Net'''," but it is vetoed by the objections from the United States and China. As a result, only agendas such as the "Advancement of Research and Investigation of New Type of Viruses," "Support for New Development of Security Techniques," and "Stronger Punishment for Cyber Crimes such as Hacking and Computer Virus Creations" are voted upon.
|-
|August 2004
|The host computer of the Swiss Banks is hacked. Losses are reported to be over 80 billion dollars. A terrorist organization active in the 20th century claims responsibility, but the culprit is yet to be apprehended.
|-
|January 2005
|Stock prices in the New York Stock Exchange repeatedly show high surges and drops. From a manifesto issued by the culprit, it becomes clear that the main computers in the Stock Exchange on Wall Street and major securities companies have been hacked. The culprit is yet to be caught.
|-
|Spring - Fall 2005
(April-October)
|With the surge in cyber crime, the existence of the WNC, which only displays the slogan of "Support for Security Development" and "Elimination of Cyber Crimes," becomes questionable.
|-
|December 2005
|"[[Pluto's Kiss]]" outbreak occurs. All networks on the globe crash on December 24th. Almost all computers and communication control systems connected to the network experience malfunctions, wreaking havoc and chaos over the world. This day the network that has spread to the far reaches of the globe, "meets death." The network recovers 77 minutes after the incident, but inherent dangers such as the triggering of the United States' nuclear defense systems and automated counter-strike program, still loom. The culprit is a 10-year-old grade school student. The "Democratization of Cyber Crimes" results as a consequence of the "Democratization of Information."
|-
|January 2006
|Jim Stonecold, the 44th President of the United states of America, resigns, taking responsibility for the "Pluto's Kiss" incident.
 


==Timeline by Media==
===.hack Official Website Timeline===
[[Homepage Timeline (North America)| dothack.com Timeline (North America)]]


WNC Winter General Meeting is held. The proposal of "New Generation Hyper Net" from 2005 resurfaces and the only OS that evaded the "Pluto's Kiss," '''[[ALTIMIT OS|ALTIMIT]]''' is designated as the universal basic operating system.
===AI Buster 2===
|-
[[AI buster 2 Timeline]]
|Summer 2006
(July-September)
|The business OS, "ALTIMIT," becomes available to the general public. Also around this time, the core members of the ALTIMIT developing team depart from the company and establish CyberConnect Corporation.


==Notes==


A German programmer named Harald Hörwick brings the network game, "Fragment," to CC Corporation.
==References==
|-
<references />
|January 2007
|The next generation network system using ALTIMIT spreads across the world. A communication network volume before the "Pluto's Kiss" is completed. ALTIMIT Co. (headquartered in San Francisco), establishes local subsidiaries in 12 different locations throughout the globe.
|-
|May 2007
|Testing of the ALTIMIT network game, "Fragment," begins. After the "Pluto's Kiss" incident, all forms of network entertainment are restricted, but this project is granted special permission from the WNC to be conducted to "invigorate the currently dead network entertainment markets."
|-
|July 2007
|"Fragment" dominates the board for network users. Rumors spread that "Fragment" is based upon the network epic, "Epitaph of Twilight," which is famous among certain groups of users. CC Corporation joins the international stock market.
|-
|October 2007
|WNC makes an official announcement that as of October 31st, nearly 100% of all network servers in the world have been ported to ALTIMIT OS. It is also announced that all network restrictions will be lifted as of midnight December 24th (Network Peace Proclamation). The United Nations votes to make this day an international holiday known as "Virgin's Kiss."
 
 
CC Corporation issues a press release and officially announces the release of the Massive Multi-player Online Role Playing Game, "The World," which is laso the official title of the game known as "Fragment." The release date is almost universal throughout the globe, with download available beginning at midnight on December 24th, as "Virgin's Kiss" holiday begins.
|-
|First half of November 2007
|Reservation for "The World" begins. 1 million users log in the first hour. CC Corporation's total stock value surpasses ALTIMIT Co.
|-
|Second half of November 2007
|Rumors of "The World" not being released spreads among the network community. CC Corporation denies the rumor.
|-
|December 24, 2007
|"Virgin's Kiss" arrives. President Alex Coleman announces the "Network Peace Proclamation" to the world. Download of "[[The World|'''The World''']]" commences.
|}
 
===AI Buster 2 ===
<center>
{|
|+'''AI Buster 2 Timeline'''
| style="vertical-align:top;" |
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Date
!Event (Tokyopop ver.)<ref>AI Buster 2</ref>
|-
|<center>End of<br /> the 20th<br /> Century</center>
|The U.S. Department of Defense develops the ARPANET,  which becomes
the basis of the Internet. <br /> By 1999, almost everyone across the world has access.
|-
|<center>Beginning <br />of the 21st<br /> Century</center>
|As the Internet increases in popularity, classified government information
becomes harder to conceal and easier to obtain. Hackers continue to attack <br /> networks, cyber crime increases.
|-
|<center>2002.10</center>
|The United Nations subsystem, WNC, is implemented.
|-
|<center>2003.1</center>
|WNC Winter meeting
|-
|<center>2003. 4</center>
|A new virus called ''Hello, WNC'' infects up to ten million users.
|-
|<center>2003.12</center>
|The Japanese Youth who created the ''Deadly Flash'' virus is sentenced to death.
|-
|<center>2004.4</center>
|At the WNC Spring Meeting, the following bills are passed:<br />''Investigation and Research of New Viruses'', <br />''Technical Security Development Aid'',
and ''Strengthening Reinforced Penal ReG.U.lations of Net Crime''
|-
|<center>2004.8</center>
|Emma Weilant dies.<br />The net poem Epitaph of Twilight is lost before  it can be completed.<br />The Swiss Bank's main computer gets hacked,  losing more than
$84 million.
|-
|<center>2005.1</center>
|Hacking causes the New York Stock market's prices to hike.
|-
|<center>2005.12</center>
|On December 24th, Pluto Kiss shuts down the Internet; all network computers
and communication control systems crash, only to recover 77 minutes later.
 
A 10-year old elementary school  student caused the virus.
|-
|<center>2006.1</center>
|America's 44th President, Jim Stonecold, resigns.
ALTIMIT OS becomes The World's most commonly used operating system.
|-
|<center>2006 Summer</center>
|CyberConnect Corporation (CC Corp.) takes over and becomes the foundation
for The World.<br /> Harald Hoerwick sells Fragment to CC Corp.
|-
|<center>2007.1</center>
| The ALTIMIT OS Corporation (head office in San Francisco) establishes 12
overseas affiliation firms
|-
|<center>2007.5</center>
|Watarai and Junichiro Tokuoka begin work on the Japanese Version of Fragment,
which later becomes The World.<br /> ALTIMIT OS' Fragment begins its test play.
|-
|<center>2007.7</center>
|Fragment becomes the most popular topic among network game users.
|-
|<center>2007.10 </center>
|WNC announces that all computers switch to ALITIMIT OS.<br />On December 24th, the United Nations names The Mother Mary's Kiss an
international holiday. <br />CC Corp. announces the release of Fragment
|-
|<center>2007.11<br />Beginning <br />of the month</center>
|Within the beginning of the first hour, The World receives more than 100,000 orders.
|-
|<center>2007.11<br /> End of <br />the month</center>
| CC Corp. denies the rumors of discontinuing The World.
|-
|<center>2007.12.24</center>
|The World's Network Security Declaration, President Alex Coleman, is informed of the start of The World's download sale.
|-
|<center>2010</center>
|While debugging, Watarai meets with the Vagrant AI (Story#1, 2nd Character)
Watarai investigates the cat PC (Story #2, Wotan's Spear based on ''.hack//Sign'')<br />
The second Internet Crash, ''Pluto Again'', occurs. (Based on the PS2 game)
|-
|<center>2011</center>
|Watarai leaves CC Corp.
|-
|<center>2013</center>
|Saki Shibayama takes over as official debugger. (Story #3, Kamui)<br />
Rena Kunisaki purchases The World. (Story #4, Rumor)
|-
|<center>2014</center>
|.hackers Official Limited Edition Character Exhibition.
(Story #5, Firefly, based on ''.hack//Legend of the Twilight'')
|-
|}
| style="vertical-align:top;" |
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Date
!Event (Japanese ver.)
|-
|2004年
|●エマ・ウィーラント死去。 ネット叙事詩「黄昏の 建文」 未完のまま散。
|-
|2005年
|●「PLUTO KISS (冥王の口づけ)」 事件。 第一次 ネットワーク・クライシス発生
|-
|2006年
|●ネットワーク規制法によるネットワーク暗黒時代。 ●「ALTIMIT」 OSの普及。<br />●サイバーコネクト社 (CC社)設立。<br />●ハロルド・ヒューイック、CC社にネットワーク ゲーム「フラグメント」
の企画を持ち込み、 採用 される。
|-
|2007年
|●サイバーコネクト・ジャパン設立。<br />●会一時、 徳岡純一郎のもとで 「ザ・ワールド」 のテスト版である
「フラグメント」 日本語版の移 携わる。<br />●「フラグメント」 テスト公開。<br />●「MOTHER MARY S KISS (聖母の口づけ)」 到来。 ネットワーク平和宣言。<br />●「ザ・ワールド」 ダウンロード販売開始。
|-
|2010年
|●度会一詩、 デバッグ作業中に放浪AIと遭遇。 (>短編1) (前作『.hack//Al buster』) <br />●度会一詩、 猫PCを調査。 (短編) (アニメ版「.hack//SIGN』)「ザ・ワールド』<br />のプレイヤーが意識不明になるという噂が流れる。<br />●「PLUTO AGAIN (冥王再来)」 事件。 第二次ネ ットワーク・クライシス発生。
『ザ・ワールド」 と 事件との関連が取り沙汰される。 (>PS2ゲーム版)
|-
|2011年
|●度会一時、 CC社を退社。
|-
|2013年
|●柴山咲、 デバッグ責任者に就任。 (>短編3)<br />●国崎玲奈、 「ザ・ワールド」 を購入。 (>短編4)
|-
|2014年
|『.hackers』 公式限定エディションキャラクタ プレゼント開催。 (>短編5)
(コミック版「.hack//黄昏の腕輪伝説」)
|-
|}
|}
</center>
 
== Notes ==
[[File:Timeline unauthorized text.png|right|frameless]]
The gif image for the timeline hosted on dothack.com appears to have barely-legible unauthorized text from the person who made the image, who appears to be complaining about having to make the image.<blockquote>'''Timeline''' ▶▶▶
 
Time Line is historically showing the history of .hack and "The World"


Its' fuckin boaring so make this fuckin horizontally long pane.
[[Category:Lore]]
 
What the fuck is this?!</blockquote>
 
 
=References=
<references />

Latest revision as of 15:15, 23 January 2025

Lore

The story of .hack takes place in an alternate timeline to our own. At the time of release, the most entries of the series were set in the near future. While similar to our reality, several key events differentiate the history of .hack's world from our own.
Near the turn of the 21st century, a catastrophic computer virus wipes out most of the internet and forces world leaders to restrict access to regular citizens. In the following years, only governments and some businesses are allowed use the remaining network infrastructure. The ALTIMIT OS (Altimit Operating System) is released to ensure greater security and avoid future security threats. Over time, citizens are allowed to access the new network and it becomes widely adopted, gaining 100% of the market share for all computer systems around the offline world in everyday applications and use; from desktop computers, government systems, schools, phones, transportation networks, municipal and hospital systems.
A company known as CyberConnect Corporation, commonly referred to as "CC Corp," takes advantage of the dearth of network games and releases a MMORPG called "The World." As the first network game since the crisis, The World is incredibly popular, gaining over 4.5 million players on its first day before going on to having 20 million players by the time of the events that occur in the first set of games in the series.
The basis for The World was created by a German programmer named Harald Hoerwick, based on an epic poem called The Epitaph of Twilight, written by Emma Wieland. Harald sought to use the game to create the Ultimate AI as the daughter he could never have with Emma after her untimely death. Unbeknownst to CC Corp, the development of the Ultimate AI was integrated with the game and was intrinsically linked with ALTIMIT OS and the network's vital operations upon which the majority of Earth's population now depends. As unexpected factors hinder the Ultimate AI's development, the network gradually becomes unstable and the effects begin blurring the boundaries separating offline and online life.
The shift is gradual enough that initially it can be handwaved away by CC Corp, but the frequency of incidents accelerates past the point of being able to conceal it from the general public. Players start to see strange errors spread across The World. Rumors spread of invincible monsters, unusual abilities, and players falling into a coma while playing the game. Strange incidents escalate to the point regular players start to search for answers as CC Corp attempts to cover up the game's involvement.

By Season

Season 1

Project .hack
(Season 1)
Date Title Game Version
2007
.hack//Epitaph of Twilight Novels
frägment
The World R:1 is released
2009
.hack//AI Buster novels
.hack//SIGN

SIGN SKT

.hack//G.U. Begins
    • .hack//SIGN Chapter 1: Encounter
    • .hack//SIGN Chapter 2: Despair
    • .hack//SIGN Chapter 3: Declaration
    • .hack//SIGN Chapter 4: Catastrophe
 The World:R1
2010
Games Tetralogy Vol.1~Vol.4
.hack//Liminality
.hack//Another Birth
.hack//XXXX

New Testament Novel 「.hack」

.hack//G.U. Begins
    • .hack// Chapter 1: Infection
    • .hack// Chapter 2: Mutation
    • .hack// Chapter 3: Outbreak
    • .hack// Chapter 4: Destruction
    • .hack// Chapter 5: Quarantine
    • .hack// Chapter 6: Rebirth
2011 .hack//SIGN OVA "Unison"
2013
24px link=AI buster 2(Novel) .hack//AI buster 2
2014
24px link=AI buster 2(Novel) .hack//AI buster 2
unknown

.hack//frägment Online✕Offline
.hack//MOBILE
Vol.1 LGT
.hack//GIFT
.hack//4koma

.hack//Legacy Flower of Wolves & The Wavemaster .hack//RENA The Blooming Wolf & the Crimson Lightning [[Reflections in the Azure Sky (Manga)}|Reflections in the Azure Sky]]

Welcome to Mireille's Dental Clinic .hack//Present from Mother to Daughter Reasons for Donning the Cobalt Knight Uniform

Season 2

.hack Conglomerate
(Season 2)
Date Title Game Version
.hack//ChupChopCase
2015 The World R:2 is released The World:R2
2016 First Login

.hack//Roots

.hack//G.U. Begins
    • .hack//Roots Chapter 1: Welcome to the World
    • .hack//Roots Chapter 2: Forefeel
    • .hack//Roots Chapter 3: Breakup
    • .hack//Roots Chapter 4: Tragedy
    • .hack//Roots Chapter 5: Painful Forest
    • .hack//Roots Chapter 6: Determination

.hack//Alcor .hack//Alcor

2017 .hack//GnU .hack//GnU

.hack//Cell

Original G.U. Games

Online Jack
.hack//G.U. Trilogy
.hack//G.U. novels
.hack//G.U.+ .hack//G.U.+

.hack//4koma Peaco's Story
.hack//G.U. Returner
2018 .hack//G.U. RAGTIME
.hack//G.U. Innocent Call
.hack//G.U. Last Recode
unknown .hack//4koma

Journal of the Dark & Wicked The Duplicate Phenomenon

Season 3

Project Third
(Season 3)
Date Title Game Version
2020 .hack//Link

.hack//Link manga .hack//Link manga

The World R:X
2022 .hack//Quantum i(Introduction)

.hack//Quantum OVA
.hack//Quantum Novel
.hack//Quantum+

2023 .hack//Bullet Unknown (不明)[1]
2024 .hack//Beyond The World

Beyond The World: SORA

The World FORCE:ERA
2025 .hack//Versus

.hack//Versus: Thanatos Report

VERSUS: The World
2030 Guilty Dragon

GuilDra G: A Gag Concept

The World: Armed Conflict
2032[1] New World The World: Re-vice age

.hack//bullet: Versus Magician

Timeline by Media

.hack Official Website Timeline

dothack.com Timeline (North America)

AI Buster 2

AI buster 2 Timeline

Notes

References

  1. ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 Timline via Bandai .hack Page
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