January 2008 Archive
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- Codemasters looking for MMO GMs
- Arcana Heart for US release
- Bad Company and Merc 2 to ship in "fiscal 2009"
- EA financials: EA posts third quarter loss on record revenues
- UEFA Euro 2008 date set for both US and Europe
- Using Virtual Console saves you "$1,200"
- How to vote in the US elections: a gamer's guide
- Wii Fit still top in Japan
- Brash does Space Chimps
- Turok developer working on action RPG
- GamerTV hits record viewings
- How to use Skype on PSP: video
- Wireless Guitar Hero guitars dated and priced for US
- Tomb Raider Underworld details and shots
- Aliens "addicted to computer games", says scientist
- TF2 maps free for console additions
- Xbox 360 controller has best battery life
- Bioshock wins Game Critics GOTY Award for 2007
- Faces of War dev reveals new project: Men of War
- Black Lion shows Shadow Harvest
- Retailers say May 20 for Haze
- Koch gets S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky
- Major Minor's Majestic March confirmed for Wii
- Euro PSN downloads for January 31
- EA closing down online racing from Burnout demo
- Platinum Games finds home on Facebook
- Nintendo console helps Welsh Alzheimer patients
- "More Portal for sure", says Valve
- Microsoft bungles Katamari demo
- US retailer Play N Trade coming to UK
- Codemasters "top 10 in three years", says Cousens
- Sony cuts PS3 sales target by 1.5 million for FY
- Check Mii Out Wii channel updated
- Full Sony Q3 financials: PS3 hardware sales up 195 percent
- Gardner named as Infogrames CEO
- GigaMedia to operate Warhammer MMO in Far East
- Profitable PS3 drives record earnings for Sony
- Wii Music for Japan this year
- Viral GTA IV marketing hits NY
- Smash Bros. launches: obligatory Japanese line forms
- 32 pages of Castlevania screenplay leaked
- "2010" could be Clash of the Titans game
- FFXIII details next month in US
- Assassin's Creed passes 2 million
- TIGA awards announced, Wilson replaces Hasson
- "No plans" for PC Halo Wars
- flOw confirmed for PSP
- UT3 mods for Xbox 360 unconfirmed: Rein
- Dan Houser says GTA IV is "sophisticated" and "organic"
- Major changes for Home, now for spring release
- Sony brands US 80Gb PS3 cancellation "rumour"
- Sixth Folklore DLC pack is final one, says Sony
- No Star Trek movie game from Bethesda
- EA confirms cartoon boxing game, Facebreaker
- Gamestrata looks to cross-platform stats
- New Sam & Max episode detailed
- Free-to-play Battlefield Heroes details
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- Wii even makes it to Emmerdale
- 2008 split console first, PC later: analyst
- Army of Two graphic novel announced
- Silicon Knights to expand by 80 staff
- Videogamer.com claims Bach GDC interview is "entirely fictional"
- SWOS cup for Connect 2008
- Chinese company rumoured for "Starcraft Online" license
- Vivendi shows over €1 billion in revenue for 2007
- Miyamoto planning "public space" server system for DS
- Maryland man blames games and "internet" for gang culture
- Poker Smash for XBLA next week
- Paris GDC dates set
- Pachter calls for unbundled Wii drop to $199
- Biggest UK games of 2007 revealed
- EA's third quarter expected to toe line, figures tomorrow
- Bizarre ad asks for shooter experience
- "90 percent" of US DS gamers use R4, says ELSPA
- Official Saw game site launches
- Shadowbane to be "reset"
- Cooking Mama franchise sales hit 1.6 million in US
- EA stock jumps after analyst upgrade
- New SFIV shots: ZOMFG
- More Just Cause 2 details and screens
- DS hits 1 million in Australia
- SOE boss to keynote ION, will discuss The Agency
- Kuju confirms first US studio
- Fatal Frame for Wii
- 1up actually owns Super Smash Bros. Brawl
- New Bourne trailer released
- Video games classed as art in France, tax breaks imminent
- Panini deal gives Girl Gamer "840,000 reach"
- Free Patapon demo for Europe
- Haze co-op video looking good
- Stringer casts doubt on in-game ad growth
- Home to reappear at GDC
- Beautiful Katamari demo releases on Euro Live
- 3DRealms "polishing" DNF
- SouthPeak publishes "games for their own merits"
- Load Inc. XBLA racer for summer
- Patapon dated for Europe
- Brash shows 2010 for first time
- Brash developing Saw game
- FFVII-related scan gets knickers in twist
- Immediate PSP Skype avalability confirmed for Europe
- Six minutes of in-game Tiberium footage
- Halo 3 most played on Live again
- Skype now available for PSP
- Burnout Paradise doesn't work without a hard drive
- Crackdown on "treasure island" UK pricing
- Europe to get PS3 Starter Pack
- 45nm Cell to reduce power consumption by 40%
- Amazing gamer pill in rubbish shock
- Cobalt DS confirmed for US in February
- Just Cause 2 to include flyable Boeing 747
- Iwata handled N64 Smash Bros. programming alone
- EB Games Oz flat denies Microsoft scrap
- PAX registration now open
- Slight slips for Ubi games
- DS Novel listed for Europe
- Mod of the Year winners announced
- Delays and shortages for Super Smash Bros. Brawl
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- "Xbox dad" convicted of murdering daughter
- Too Human definite for GDC
- Writing Guild game nominees announced
- Spark promises Turning Point improvements after demo
- Spore could move into late 2008: analyst
- Housers' Rockstar contract "yet to be renewed"
- Take 2 shares jump after upgrade
- SingStore updates detailed for February 6
- CDV to publish Sacred 2 in US
- CoD4 beats WoW in US PC NPD data for December
- GRAW 2 co-op pack for Xbox Live
- Fragdoll interviews Lost producer
- Killzone 2 will exceed 2005 movie, says Guerilla
- Sony offering discounts to German HD-DVD turncoats
- Valve launches Steamworks
- Mikami starts news project
- Brain Training tops in Spain and Germany
- Rock Band gets metal in March
- Let's Yoga and Let's Pilates rumoured for US DS
- NPD corrects PC sales list
- CryEngine2 running on Xbox 360 and PS3 and GDC
- Sony Ericsson PSP phone - mental shots
- Take 2 stock pushed by '6 million-selling' GTA IV
- IGA to sell in-game ads for Burnout Paradise
- "Nintendo Europe release schedule" that may well not be
- GT5 Prologue date set for US
- Hazey date set
- Buzztime sues Sony over Buzz!
- Tiscali blocks CoD4 online play, among others
- Futuremark opens game dev studio
- Gamestrata.com ranking service launches
- Future revenues down 1.5 percent for the quarter
- Shin Megami Tensai: Persona 3 gets 10/10 and release date
- Rock Band for Wii revealed by new mic?
- No plans for PAL 120Gb PS3
- Lara wins best mobile action game from Spike
- Ronaldinho "beamed" for FIFA Street 3 mocap
- "Xbox dad" awaits verdict in infant death case
- "30 game's worth of music" in Super Smash Bros. Brawl
- New Ghostbousters details slime Web
- Ender's Game deal signed with Chair
- Burnout in UK number 1 paradise
- EB Australia spat rumoured with Microsoft
- Animal Crossing and Kirby for Wii in 2008
- MGS collection rumoured for PS2
- Gamecock to make Croteam announcement "soon"
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl intro movie leaked
- EA and Marvel quit partnership
- Wii Civilization Revolution "on hold"
- Wii attach rate over 8 for December in US
- Hal Halpin enters Fox nonsense
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- Wii Fit number one in Japan
- Terrible Metal Gear Online video unearthed
- Huddersfield police use Miis to track Wii owner
- Guinness confirms US street date for games record book
- Wii Fit gets rumour-dated
- Parent Group ready to fight ESA's lobbying
- Russians get LotRO
- Gamespot names new editor-in-chief
- Rez HD and Chessmaster LIVE for Europe on Wednesday
- Itagaki snipes VF5 and Tekken, bigs up Ninja Gaiden II
- Codies MMO revealed as Jumpgate
- Virgin to launch 50Mb broadband in the UK
- Jack Thompson "OK" with Mass Effect
- Toshiba "disappointed" by Woolworths HD-DVD decision
- American PSP bargains hit PSN
- Kingdom of Fire to get MMOARTS sequel
- Someone bothers to call Sony about new PS3 SKU
- Tea leaf hides money in Xbox
- Nintendo shares drop 10 percent
- THQ signs deal for... mobile Playboy game
- US VC gets 1080° Snowboarding
- Far Cry 2 in March, says developer
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl to allow free VC trials
- Five exclusive Force Unleashed levels for Wii
- UK retailer Woolworths drops HD-DVD
- Treyarch gets CoD5, back to WWII?
- HD-DVD price cutting will only "prolong agony"
- CoD4 biggest game of 2007
- Guitar Hero "On Tour" trademarked
- Wii fitness trial "surrenders to laziest pupils"
- Euro PS3 chief notes "very rapid" growth in Mid-East and Asia
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl demo hits Japan - videos
- US mobile games market to "increase by almost four times" by 2012
- Microsoft claims record attach rate for Xbox 360
- Larger HD PS3 SKU to replace 80Gb version, says rumour
- New TF2 map released
- Delayed Phenoms to be shown at CeBit
- There must be more to Gerstmann “firing”, says EGM editor
- Circuit City rumoured to drop HD-DVD