The year 2014 is the two-thousandth and fourteenth year of the Common Era. The year has many science fiction releases, such as Halo Xbox One, Edge of Tomorrow, and a RoboCop reboot. In fiction several sci-fi games, movies, and books taking place during the year or referring to it. It follows 2013 and is followed by 2015.
Releases[]
January[]
- 21st: Halo: Mortal Dictata
- 28th: Star Wars: Maul: Lockdown
- 31st: Halo: Spartan Assault (X360)
February[]
- 7th: RoboCop (2014) (UK)
- 12th: RoboCop (2014) (US)
- 18th: Earth Defense Force 2025
- 18th: Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare (NA)
- 20th: Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare (EU)
- 25th: Star Trek: No Time Like the Past
March[]
- 4th: Star Wars: Empire and Rebellion: Honor Among Thieves
- 11th: Titanfall
- 20th: Divergent (US)
April[]
- 4th: Divergent (US)
- 15th: Trials Fusion
- 17th: The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014 Video Game)
- 18th: Transcendence (US)
- 20th: Transcendence (UK)
- 22nd: Warface
May[]
- 16th: Godzilla
- 20th: Edge of Tomorrow (UK)
- 20th: Wolfenstein: The New Order
June[]
- 6th: Edge of Tomorrow (US)
- 27th: Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark
July[]
- 29th: The Last of Us Remastered (Re-Release) (PS4)
August[]
- 8th: Lucy (US)
- 15th: The Giver
- 22nd: Lucy (UK)
September[]
- 9th: Destiny
October[]
- 7th: Alien: Isolation
- 14th: Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel
- 21st: Evolve (2014 Video Game)
November[]
- 4th: Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
- 7th: Interstellar
- 11th: Halo: The Master Chief Collection
To be Determined[]
- Sid Meyer's Civilization: Beyond Earth
Science Fiction Events/Announcements []
January[]
- 3rd: It is announced that the Star Wars comics license will move to Marvel Comics in 2015.
- 4th: Mythbuster's Star Wars special airs on television.
- 15th: The 1960's Batman TV series is announced to be released on DVD/Blu-Ray.
April[]
- 3rd: Marvel says they have their films planned out to 2028.
- 25th: Lucasfilm announces that they have scrapped all previous Star Wars Expanded Universe for a new canon.
- 30th: Justin Kurzel is announced as director for the Assassin's Creed movie.
May[]
- 6th: Michelle Forbes is cast for Hunger Games: Catching Fire Part II.
- 8th: Huston Huddleston begins work on a sci-fi museum, which is to open in 2015.
- 9th: Marvel's Agents of SHIELD is renewed for a second season.
- 9th: Marvel's Agent Carter is picked up on ABC.
- 9th: The NBC show Revolution is canceled.
- 12th: H.R. Ginger dies at age 74.
- 13th: First trailer for the Arrow spin-off The Flash is reveal at the end of an Arrow episode.
- 13th: The new Batman suit and Batmobile for the 2016 movie Man of Steel 2 is shown to the public.
- 16th: Main trailer for Interstellar is released.
- 16th: The title for the 2015 Halo game is revealed to Halo 5: Guardians.
- 16th: First trailer for the SyFy show Ascension is released.
- 16th: Marvel's Agent Carter actress Hayley Atwell reveals that there will be eight episodes in the first season of the series.
- 18th: Godzilla is revealed to be getting a sequel after a huge opening weekend.
- 22nd: The first trailer for Big Hero 6 is released.
- 23rd: Edgar Wright leaves the Ant-Man movie.
- 27th: Drew Goddard leaves the Daredevil web-series.
- 27th: Lego Batman 3 is announced.
- 28th: The Marvel reveals the Daredevil web-series' lead actor, Charlie Cox.
- 30th: The Stargate reboot is officially announced.
June[]
- 3rd: Pictures leak from the set of Star Wars episode VII.
- 6th: The film Jupiter Ascending is delayed to 2015.
- 9th: Peyton Reed is announced to replace Edgar Wright as director of Ant-Man.
- 10th: Vincent D'Onofrio is announced to play Kingpin in the Daredevil web-series.
- 10th-12: E3 takes place in L.A., California.
- 12th: Harrison Ford is injured on set of Star Wars: Episode VII.
- 13th: The Amazing Spider-Man 3 is delayed till 2017.
July[]
- 24th-27th: Comic-Con San Diego takes place.
World Events[]
January
- 1st – Latvia officially adopts the Euro as its currency and becomes the 18th member of the Eurozone
February
- 7th–23rd – The XXII Olympic Winter Games are held in Sochi, Russia.
- 22nd – The Ukrainian parliament votes to remove President Viktor Yanukovych from office, replacing him with Oleksandr Turchynov, after days of civil unrest left around 100 people dead in Kiev.
March
- 8th: Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, a Boeing 777 airliner en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, disappears over the Gulf of Thailand with 239 people on board. The aircraft is presumed to have crashed into the Indian Ocean.
- 16th: A referendum on the status of Crimea is held.
- 21st: Russia formally annexes Crimea after President Vladimir Putin signed a bill finalizing the annexation process.
- 24th: During an emergency meeting, the United Kingdom, the United States, Italy, Germany, France, Japan, and Canada suspend Russia from the G8.
- March 27: The United Nations General Assembly passes Resolution 68/262, recognizing Crimea within Ukraine’s international borders and rejecting the validity of the 2014 Crimean referendum.
April
- 14th: An estimated 276 girls and women are abducted and held hostage from a school in Nigeria.
- 27th: The Catholic Church canonizes Popes John XXIII and John Paul II on Divine Mercy Sunday.
May
- 13th: A coal mine explosion and fire kills 301 miners in Turkey's deadliest mine disaster.
December
- 5th: NASA tests the new Orion capsule.
Events in Science Fiction[]
- January: A three day long conflict between Mexican Loyalists, Mexican Rebels, and the U.S. Army takes place. A Ghost team along with a H.A.W.X. team are deployed to the region. (Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter, Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2, and Tom Clancy's H.A.W.K.)
- February 7: The Sochi Winter Olympic Games are set to begin. (Splinter Cell: Blacklist - Aftermath)
- March 15: American marine unit Misfit 1-3 conduct counter terrorism operations against the PLR in Iraqi Kurdistan in Iraq. An earthquake stops the firefight and the PLR make a coup to take control of Iran. Misfit 1-3 are able to be extracted from the area. (Battlefield 3)
- May: Rick Deckard joins the Los Angles Police Department. (Blade Runner)
- June 22: Raul Melendez begins his propaganda campaign. (Call of Duty: Black Ops II)
- September: Harry Bryant promoted to Chief Inspector of the Replicant Detection Division. (Blade Runner)
- October: Dave Holden becomes a Blade Runner. (Blade Runner)
- Unknown Date: Guardians of the Galaxy (Film) takes place.
- Unknown Date: A human named Gladys (aunt of Ambrose Northover) dies on Earth. (Doctor Who)
- Unknown Date: Cabo San Lucas is attacked by a kaiju.
- Unknown Date: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriot takes place.