2017 in Tetris

2018 in Tetris is an overview of events, including new releases, world records, and other noteworthy Tetris content.

New Releases

April

Puyo Puyo Tetris

• Originally released in Japan in 2014
• Released on the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch

Tetris MicroCard

• After being announced Oct 2015 (and first shown in March 2014)
• Is not reprogrammable like originally intended

Events

March

• Tetris × Adidas [1] [2] [3]

June

• Tetris turns 33 years old

July

Tetris at SGDQ

• long setup time, drama

Vods:

• Tetris: The Grand Master in 12:02 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeNB4w99FiY
• Tetris: The Grand Master 2-players 1-controller in 10:40 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6-TGvIFipo
• Tetris: The Grand Master Rev Mode by EnchantressOfNumbers - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zin8O7440n0
• Tetris TGM3: Terror Instinct by kevinDDR - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvhvyORpoAk

August

• Tetris.com opens an online merch store where you can buy a Tetris tote bag
• Tetris sponsors a race car instead of making a game [4]

September

• Tetrisconcept European meetup [5]
• The Classic Tetris European Championship?

October

• Tetris easter egg in Russian truck [6]

CTWC TGM1 race

• Round 1 [7]
• Round 2 [8]
• Round 3 [9]

CTWC NES

• Top 32 [10]
• Top 16 [11]
• Top 8 [12]
• Top 4 [13]
• Finals [14]

November

• TGM Movie announcement by KevinDDR [15]

December

• Polygon correctly states that Tetris is the best game of all time [16]

Records

May

• Doubles world record broken by KevinDDR and ApertureGrillz (3:17.60) [17]

November

• TAP Master Orange Line record broken by KOO (7:09:41) [18]

November

• Shirase (W) world record by Hebomai and first 4min (3:59:80) [19]