Happy spring holidays, everyone! Why not take a break from the matzo and the egg-hunting, and check out all the history happenings going on this week. 

April 24

2003: The European Interactive Games Industry announces the first pan-European rating system, PEGI. It's similar to the U.S.' ESRB system but breaks ratings down into age-specific groups.

2007: Ubisoft announces Tom Clancy's EndWar.

April 25

1964: Kenji Yamamoto is born. He is one of Nintendo's most notable composers, having worked on several Metroid games, Advance Wars, and Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

1972: Ralph Baer and the Odyssey creation team have their patent approved. This allowed Baer to license it to Magnavox.

1980: Activision announces that it exists and intends to design games for the Atari 2600, making it the first third-party developer for the console.

April 26

1989: Satoshi Tajiri founds Game Freak, the Nintendo development studio behind the Pokémon series.

April 28

1995: Tails' Skypatrol hits the shelves in Japan. Originally a Japanese exclusive for the Game Gear, it later showed up as an unlockable on Sonic Adventure DX for the GameCube.

1997: 3D Realms announces Duke Nukem Forever. Gearbox hopes to release it this summer, a mere 14 years later.

April 29

2008: Rockstar releases Grand Theft Auto 4 on the PS3 and Xbox 360. The PC version didn't surface until December that year.

April 30

1998: Spec Ops: Rangers Lead the Way goes on sale for PC.