Chronology

By Season

.hack Timeline of Events

Project .hack (Season 1) Date Title Game Version 2007 .hack//Epitaph of Twilight Novels .hack//Epitaph of Twilight Volume I .hack//Epitaph of Twilight Volume II frägment 2009 .hack//AI Buster novels .hack//AI buster .hack//AI buster 2 2nd Character (AI buster 2) Wotan's Spear (AI buster 2) .hack//SIGN .hack//SIGN OVA "Intermezzo" The World:R1 .hack//ZERO 2010 Games Tetralogy Vol.1~Vol.4 .hack//INFECTION .hack//MUTATION .hack//OUTBREAK .hack//QUARANTINE .hack//Liminality Liminality: In the Case of Mai Minase Liminality: In the Case of Yuki Aihara Liminality: In the Case of Kyoko Tohno Liminality: Trismegistus .hack//Another Birth .hack//Another Birth vol.1//INFECTION .hack//Another Birth vol.2//MUTATION .hack//Another Birth vol.3//OUTBREAK .hack//Another Birth vol.4//QUARANTINE .hack//XXXX .hack//XXXX Volume 1 .hack//XXXX Volume 2 New Novelization 「.hack」 New Novelization 「.hack」 Vol.1 New Novelization 「.hack」 Vol.2 New Novelization 「.hack」 Vol.3 New Novelization 「.hack」 Vol.4 .hack//SIGN OVA "Unison" 2014 Kamui (AI Buster 2) Rumor (AI Buster 2) Firefly (AI Buster 2) .hack//Legend of the Twilight (manga) .hack//Legend of the Twilight Bracelet (anime) unknown .hack//frägment Online✕Offline .hack//MOBILE (Feature Phone games)

.hack Conglomerate (Season 2) Date Title Game Version 2015 The World R:2 is released The World:R2 2016 .hack//Roots .hack//Cell .hack//Alcor 2017 G.U. Games .hack//G.U. Vol.1~Vol.3 .hack//G.U. vol.1//Rebirth .hack//G.U. vol.2//Reminisce .hack//G.U. vol.3//Redemption .hack//G.U. Last Recode .hack//G.U. Begins .hack//G.U. vol.4 Reconnection .hack//G.U. Trilogy .hack//G.U. novels .hack//G.U.+ .hack//GnU

Project Third (Season 3) Date Title Game Version 2020 .hack//Link .hack//Link manga The World R:X 2022 .hack//Quantum OVA .hack//Quantum Novel .hack//Quantum+ .hack//Quantum i(Introduction) 2023 .hack//Bullet Unknown (不明) 2024 .hack//Beyond The World Beyond The World: SORA The World FORCE:ERA 2025 .hack//Versus .hack//Versus: Thanatos Report VERSUS: The World 2030 G.U.ilty Dragon (Smart Phone Game) The World: Armed Conflict 2032 New World (Smart Phone Game) The World: Re-vice age

Specific Media Timelines

AI Buster 2

AI Buster 2 Timeline

Date Event (Tokyopop ver.) End of the 20th Century The U.S. Department of Defense develops the ARPANET, which becomes the basis of the Internet. By 1999, almost everyone across the world has access. Beginning of the 21st Century As the Internet increases in popularity, classified government information becomes harder to conceal and easier to obtain. Hackers continue to attack networks, cyber crime increases. 2002.10 The United Nations subsystem, WNC, is implemented. 2003.1 WNC Winter meeting 2003. 4 A new virus called Hello, WNC infects up to ten million users. 2003.12 The Japanese Youth who created the Deadly Flash virus is sentenced to death. 2004.4 At the WNC Spring Meeting, the following bills are passed: Investigation and Research of New Viruses, Technical Security Development Aid, and Strengthening Reinforced Penal ReG.U.lations of Net Crime 2004.8 Emma Weilant dies. The net poem Epitaph of Twilight is lost before it can be completed. The Swiss Bank's main computer gets hacked, losing more than $84 million. 2005.1 Hacking causes the New York Stock market's prices to hike. 2005.12 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. 2006.1 America's 44th President, Jim Stonecold, resigns. ALTIMIT OS becomes The World's most commonly used operating system. 2006 Summer CyberConnect Corporation (CC Corp.) takes over and becomes the foundation for The World. Harald Hoerwick sells Fragment to CC Corp. 2007.1 The ALTIMIT OS Corporation (head office in San Francisco) establishes 12 overseas affiliation firms 2007.5 Watarai and Junichiro Tokuoka begin work on the Japanese Version of Fragment, which later becomes The World. ALTIMIT OS' Fragment begins its test play. 2007.7 Fragment becomes the most popular topic among network game users. 2007.10 WNC announces that all computers switch to ALITIMIT OS. On December 24th, the United Nations names The Mother Mary's Kiss an international holiday. CC Corp. announces the release of Fragment 2007.11 Beginning of the month Within the beginning of the first hour, The World receives more than 100,000 orders. 2007.11 End of the month CC Corp. denies the rumors of discontinuing The World. 2007.12.24 The World's Network Security Declaration, President Alex Coleman, is informed of the start of The World's download sale. 2010 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) The second Internet Crash, Pluto Again, occurs. (Based on the PS2 game) 2011 Watarai leaves CC Corp. 2013 Saki Shibayama takes over as official debugger. (Story #3, Kamui) Rena Kunisaki purchases The World. (Story #4, Rumor) 2014 .hackers Official Limited Edition Character Exhibition. (Story #5, Firefly, based on .hack//Legend of the Twilight)

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。 ●サイバーコネクト社 (CC社)設立。 ●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。 ●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。 ●「フラグメント」 テスト公開。 ●「MOTHER MARY S KISS (聖母の口づけ)」 到来。 ネットワーク平和宣言。 ●「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』) ●度会一詩、 猫PCを調査。 (短編) (アニメ版「.hack//SIGN』)「ザ・ワールド』 のプレイヤーが意識不明になるという噂が流れる。 ●「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) ●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」)