December 2008 Archive
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- And it's goodnight from us...
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- Criterion working on Black sequel? [Update]
- Xbox 360 gets a fireplace
- Burnout Back to the Future car does hover stuff
- Banking troubles may force CCP from Iceland
- US PC charts - Lich King solid at top, GTA vanishes
- Braid PC for "February-March 2009"
- Spector working on Epic Mickey?
- Halo is Live deal of the week
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- Research note points to new Zelda title in 2009 and GTA V in 2010
- Tabula Rasa now free to play
- FIFA 09 is UK Christmas number one
- Atari shows new Riddick shots
- Prototype countdown counts down to something
- DSi sells over 1 million in Japan
- Batman: Arkham Asylum gets new shots
- Kingdom Hearts 358/2 delayed
- Gizmondo relaunch delayed
- Musicians making more profit from rhythm action games than their albums
- FIFA Manager 09 patch now live
- Large text Banjo patch now live
- New Final Fantasy Agito XIII trailer looking sharp
- Rumour: Factor 5 studios to be shut?
- Rise of Nations makes old brains work better, says study
- Telegraph: "Doctors fear a Wii knee epidemic"
- NYT names Spore as 2008's "best disappointment"
- Voice chat re-added to Home today
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- New SKATE 2 screens feature men in compromising positions, grinding
- PS3 Trophy error pops up, Sony to hammer it down – eventually
- Double Fine launches the Psychopedia
- Masses of new inFAMOUS footage released
- Reeves: "You don’t grow the market by putting out shoddy machines"
- PAIN is PSNs most downloaded of 2008
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- Top-line EA roster hits Steam
- Exclusive: Realtime Worlds confirms "ongoing" Crackdown 2 discussions with Microsoft
- Still no Super Street Fighter HD II remix PS3 release date
- EA to close Black Box
- Lumines Supernova on PSN next week
- Dawn of War II trailer shows enemies of the Imperium
- TimeSplitters 4 concept art released
- Blizzard posts first StarCraft II Battle Report
- Metal Gear LBP packs get date and prices confirmed for Europe
- "Significant interest" shown in buying Free Radical
- OutRun Online Arcade trailer posted
- Frontier Developments hits 200 staff
- Rose in Street Fighter IV - shots to prove it
- LittleBigPlanet patched to 1.07, store added
- EA to lay off an extra 400 staff, nine studios under threat
- MGS packs for LBP on December 23
- 800 Microsoft point cards now helping keep retail relevant
- Wireless SingStar microphones out next year
- WipEout HD demo announced for Christmas Eve
- TIGA "expresses condolences" at Free Radical "fate"
- Source: Microsoft is funding Crackdown 2 development and Ruffian start-up
- Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars – The Director’s Cut confirmed for Wii and DS
- Sharp fined for DS screen price-fixing
- 3D Realms makes DNF Christmas art, doesn't release game
- Core gamers have "no clue" we're in recession, says Pachter
- Rumour: ABIT closing down this month
- Japanese hardware sales - DSi goes mental
- US PSN update, December 19
- Real Time Worlds staff form Ruffian
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- Quakecon 2009 dates announced
- Euro PSN update, December 18
- Street Fighter II HD Remix sells over 250,000
- Two new Resident Evil 5 movies released, new levels playtested
- OutRun Online Arcade confirmed for "early 2009"
- Confirmed - Free Radical is in administration
- Doak left Free Rad earlier this month, company closed
- UK software market to be worth ?1.9 billion in 2008
- Yahtzee pilots "GameDamage" TV show
- Football Manager Live to release on January 23
- Rumour: Free Radical shutting up shop? [Update]
- Bionic Commando multiplayer gets new screens
- PSP2 in development? "No plans," reiterates Sony
- Outpacing market is "key measure" for 360, says Microsoft
- Take-Two shares plummet on Q4 loss
- Home down for 6 hours today for v1.04 upgrade
- Japanese software sales, December 8-14
- Wii "viable" for mature content, says Feder
- True Riddick sequel on the way, "a couple of years out"
- Fable II DLC delayed until "late January"
- Take-Two's full-year earnings call transcribed in full
- GTA takes $710 million in revenue this year
- Take-Two extends revenue and loss in Q4, shows record full-year
- Take-Two signs GTA talent up to 2012
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- Crysis Wars free to play for 10 days
- Hamill and Conroy to voice Arkham Asylum
- Verbinski signs on for Second Life movie
- Stormrise gets new trailer, shots
- Australia games sales surge after government cash injection
- New Noby Noby Boy trailer is bizarre
- Soul Calibur and Tekken get Home lounges in Japan
- Club Nintendo launches in the US
- Harrison: I want to prove Kotick wrong over Ghostbusters
- New Star Ocean: The Last Hope trailer looks amazing
- EA takes ASA heat for misleading on Tiger Wii graphics
- New F.E.A.R. 2 trailers will leave you startled and confused
- New Avatar clothing renders your current outfit completely obsolete
- Lionhead to reveal "experiments" at GDC 09
- Metal Gear Solid Touch confirmed for iPhone
- White Knight Chronicles gets 29/40 in Famitsu
- Sims 3 specs released for both desk and lap
- Scratched 360 discs worry less than 1% of 360 userbase
- Home to get connection patch on Thursday
- Halo 3 stays top of Live play chart
- New MGS game to be revealed in "a few weeks"... for iPhone
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- Spore for Steam?
- DSi Ware launching on Christmas Eve in Japan
- Harmonix apologises for Wii Rock Band 2 delay
- Turbine drops jobs after Moria launch
- LBP Level Pack to hit PSN this week
- Mirror's Edge demo Time Trial mode now unlockable
- Silent Hill: Homecoming dated for Feb in Europe
- Midway cuts 25% of global staff
- 360 leads PS3 by 1 million consoles in EFIGS
- Rare parodies films with Viva 2 Christmas wallpapers
- Reeves: Games trade is not recession-proof
- Bomberman cheap on XBLA this week
- PSN down for maintenance today
- Microsoft "sitting" on next Llamasoft game
- Halo Wars - 46 new screens
- Last Remnant director: 360's easier to work with than PS3
- Rumour: PSP-4000 next year
- First Terminator Salvation movie posted
- Spike God of War III footage was "meh," says Jaffe
- Best NPD graphs ever show Wii dominance in glorious Technicolor
- Guitar Hero may create "entire culture of future musicians," says Metallica
- Suit: Microsoft knew Xbox 360 could damage discs
- God of War III is "epic conclusion" to series, says Sony
- New Demigod screens demand new graphics card
- Source: Factor 5 drops 37 staff
- EGM rumours Square MMO reveal for E3 2009
- PS3 "not just for games any more," says SCEA
- New Star Ocean: The Last Hope shots are pretty
- US Club Nintendo almost goes live
- F.E.A.R. 2 ban overturned in Australia
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- Nintendo dates entire 2009 first quarter
- Fallout 3 PS3 patch available, says internet
- Singstar backwards compatibility launching tomorrow
- Phantom actually launches something: a game store
- GTA IV finds US PC chart tough to crack
- World at War unshakable at top of UK chart
- Uncharted 2 shots are 100% knockout
- GTA IV DLC - 8 new screens
- Last Remnant PC version confirmed for spring
- Free Mercenaries 2 DLC now on Live
- New StarCraft II shots show Zerg rush
- Fable II is Telegraph's game of the year
- LittleBigPlanet wins Edge 2008 Awards
- Michael Phelps games in partnership with 505
- November NPD graphed and plotted
- Children should play more games, says Cabinet minister
- Time Warner buys extra 10 million shares in Eidos
- GTA: Chinatown Wars dated
- Guitar Hero outsells Rock Band in the US
- Jaffe: Not enough to do in Home
- Noby Noby Boy dated, priced
- Ghostbusters on Wii - 10 minutes of video
- Space Giraffe released for PC
- Mercenaries 2 DLC movie shows things exploding
- Zavvi cuts 360 to ?100, PS3 to ?270
- Spike shows new Watchmen trailer
- Awesome Mafia 2 trailer shown at VGAs
- New Brutal Legend trailer aired at VGA 2008
- Dante's Inferno trailer released
- Will Wright working on new project
- VGA 2008 - The winners
- EA announces Dante's Inferno
- First Fight Night Round 4 trailer shows Ali versus Tyson
- New Uncharted 2 trailer looks bleak
- GTA: Lost and Damned debut trailer preaches brotherhood, togetherness
- First real-time God of War 3 footage punches the earth
- Gears of War 2 "Combustible" map pack dropping after midnight* (Update)
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- Team Fortress 2 $10 on Steam this weekend
- Washington Times: Sony doing all in its power to "hinder" PS3
- CNN: PS3 is a "sinking ship"
- Big TF2 patch imminent, Valve "actively working" on 360 update
- LittleBigPlanet sold 141,000 units in the US last month, top 20 revealed
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- South Central DLC confirmed for Midnight Club: LA
- Blizzard details Death Knight WoW nerf
- Final Fantasy XIII and Versus - DVD trailers webalized
- EA axes plans for new Vancouver dev studio
- Home connections horrors due to "overwhelming demand," says Sony
- Hol. Y. S**t: Star Wars: The Old Republic gameplay footage is amazing
- Sega confirms multiplayer for Empire: Total War
- US PS Movie Store update, December 12
- New Diablo III shots released
- Dawn of War II multiplayer footage is completely awesome
- Home charges are "schoolboy error," says Eurogamer
- No more DLC for CoD4, says Infinity Ward
- Lich King tops US PC sales for November
- Rise of the Argonauts gets date, movie
- EA to publish Brutal Legend
- Japanese hardware sales - December 1-7
- US PSN update, December 11
- Fallout 3 level editor released
- GTA IV DLC - new shots
- Empire: Total War delayed to March
- Geoff Keighley: Spike Videogame Awards’ “goal” to be bigger than E3
- Famitsu RE5 ad shows Jill Valentine’s hot new character design
- November NPD - Everything in one place
- November NPD: Wrath of the Lich King sells 1.4 million
- November NPD: Biggest American month ever for 360, says Microsoft
- November NPD: Nintendo claims record sales in the US, Wii now over 15 million
- November NPD: Sony focuses on year-to-date growth in post-figures release
- November NPD: US industry nears $3 billion, up 10%
- November NPD: Gears of War 2 pips CoD to number one
- November NPD: Wii sells over 2 million consoles to blitz hardware race
- Home connection problems appear to have eased
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- Sony officially announces Home launch
- Buser: "Something like Home has never been done before"
- Home suffering instant connection issues
- Sony launches Home
- Man loses loses life to Xbox 360 - disturbing footage within
- Turbine betas MyLotro.com
- Echochrome gets Trophies, 1,000 user-created levels
- Star Wars: The Old Republic gameplay footage to air tomorrow
- Euro PSN update, December 11
- Home not released yet due to "technical problems" - TedTheDog keeps us up to date [Update]
- Namco: Bringing Tekken to 360 was a matter of reaching Europe and the US
- Pickfords switch Naked War to free-play
- Heavy Rain impressions, shots, photos - and the case of the missing watermark
- Jasper 360s - How to spot them
- New Heavy Rain shots released
- The VG247 Community Awards 2008 - the results
- Fable II DLC gets firm release date
- Spanish EGM edition is no more
- Gears of War 3 talk is "total nonsense," says Rein
- New White Knight Chronicles movies released
- Live will stay up over Christmas, says Greenberg
- Two new Flower trailers look beautiful
- Ubi "mad" about Atari Cryptic deal, working on three acquisitions
- Bethseda details Fallout 3 DLC
- Game Informer Uncharted 2 scans hit the web
- Microsoft shows post-NXE stats, no hard figures included
- Japanese software sales, week ending December 7
- White Knight Chronicles screenshot and event photo get
- Greenberg: Home is "Second Life for hardcore gamers"
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- EA stock plunges 17% on profit warning, down 70% this year
- CD Projekt "not just slapping together a [Witcher] port"
- Lich King stays top of US PC charts
- BioWare using HeroEngine for The Old Republic
- Micro-transactions introduced to EverQuest
- Jaffe: God of War III Spike footage not the same as before
- Take-Two Q4 results for December 17
- DS breaks UK hardware sales record
- EGM: Epic making Gears 3, sun sets in west
- Space Giraffe out for PC
- Pachter: No confidence in EA hitting $6 billion pledge
- Home will launch in the "evening," says SCEE
- The Dark Knight up on US PS Movie Store
- Prototype’s CES assets leak early, get ‘em while they’re still here
- Peter Molyneux hints at new projects, uses words like “familiar” and “different”
- Confirmed: Home launches tomorrow in all regions
- Dragon Quest X confirmed for Wii (update)
- Rock Band serves more than 28 million downloaded tracks
- EA: More new IP coming next year
- EA: We've still got work to do on the Wii
- EA to reduce roster weight, but Mirror's Edge, Dead Space, sports are all safe
- KOTOR MMO to be "micro-transaction-based"
- Joystiq: UGO to buy 1UP.com
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- GDC China 2009 dated
- EA cuts forecast on slow Q4 sales
- Rockstar signs entire catalogue up to Metaboli
- MotorStorm 2 does 1 million sales
- Peter Moore, Tony Hawk to celebritize VGAs
- Activision announces X-Men Origins: Wolverine for spring release
- Nelson adds Community Games to Live play charts, Word Soup wins
- Sony: Home '08 launch "still on track in UK"
- New Resident Evil 5 trailer released
- Atari buys Cryptic [Update]
- Denny: Heavy Rain is played with your head, not the pad
- IGN removes 2/10 WSM 09 review, apologises
- Mirror's Edge PC spec requirements released
- Gears 2 passes 3 million units
- Billy Bob Thornton and Dennis Hopper to voice Deadly Creatures
- LBP gets Street Fighter sackboys
- Ubi waiting for "more anticipation" for Assassin's Creed 2
- Rockstar details GTA IV PC patch
- Home's launch is "imminent," says SCEA
- Free Far Cry 2 missions released
- Burnout Paradise PC to be free... ish
- Sonic Unleashed demo hits live
- GTA IV tie ratios highest in series, says Zelnick
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- Direct feed Killzone 2 screenshots released
- World at War celebrates month at top of UK charts
- EEDAR: Guitar Hero is "reaching its peak"
- NCsoft ESA departure not based on financial reasons
- Microsoft confirms Halo Wars release dates
- Sega launches official Mad World site
- Time does top 10 games of 2008, GTA IV is top
- Batman: Arkham Asylum trailer is moody
- Home in 10 days? "We're not commenting on that story," says SCEE
- Home open beta in the next 10 days, says The Times
- Pachter: Wii hit 1.4 million in November, 360 outsold PS3 2:1
- IGN Football Manager 09 review criticism best left to the terraces, say Jacobson
- Splash Damage takes Fable II lead designer
- Sebastian slashes Q3 EA estimate, says more cost cuts to come
- 53% of all American adults play games, says survey
- Harrison: PSP's still "vibrant"
- NCsoft leaves ESA
- Nintendo sells 800,000 US Wiis in Thanksgiving week
- WET - Gameplay movie, 2009 release, platforms specified
- Microsoft looking to "break the bank" at E3 2009
- Microsoft drops major hint on Crackdown sequel
- Gears of War 2 "pushing 3" million units
- Resident Evil 5 demo - 20 minutes of video
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- Walmart.com to offer "tens of thousands" of Wiis from Monday
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- Square to publish Persona 4, Disgaea DS in Europe
- SCEA launches new PlayStation show, PULSE
- Stargate developer can't make payroll, issues statement
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- Euro Killzone 2 in same "timeframe" as US release
- US PS Movie Store update, December 12
- GameStop stamps on Woolworths buyout rumour
- Force Unleashed gets new level and clothes as DLC
- Riddick's Pitch Black multiplayer mode detailed
- Great looking Trine coming to PSN and PC
- GTA IV: Lost and Damned DLC to premiere at VGAs
- Resident Evil 5 - Split-screen co-op in video
- Japan to get Live Video Marketplace
- Street Fighter IV: Collector's Edition shown for both console formats
- Harrison: Home is "brilliantly realised"
- LittleBigPlanet to get official Lumines game
- Sonic Unleashed drops to half price at GameStation
- Konami: "No comment" on MGS teaser
- Midway could face bankruptcy in 50 days
- Up to 50% off all Woolworths stock today
- Resident Evil 5 demo goes Live in Japan
- Konami teases green "A Next Metal Gear" message
- First X-Men Origins: Wolverine details now available at your local internet
- Kotick in running for Marketwatch CEO of the Year
- Japanese hardware sales - November 24-30
- Being second with Gears 2 on Live is "amazing," says Rein
- North American Killzone 2 release date officially announced
- Awesome Dawn of War II Blood Ravens vid says "new graphics card, please"
- Midway cleared in Psi-Ops copyright case
- US PSN update, December 11
- Namco heads west with new Surge label
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- LBP Japanese design a Sackboy competition winner
- Fresh Brütal Legend news to come
- Midway stock falls 40% since sale
- Korea pours billions into home games industry
- Find other LBP users with Sackbook
- Free Live multiplay for SFII Turbo HD, more
- Euro PSN update, December 4
- Watch the entire Atari Live keynote, with special guest stars, Phil and David
- UK slips to fifth in worldwide game rankings
- Patch on the way for GTA IV PC
- Report: Square and Warner ready to move on Eidos
- Reeves: We're not dropping PS3 next spring, we're ahead of 360 in Europe
- Mirror's Edge DLC shown in movie, PC version on January 13
- Xbox 360 sees highest ever sales month in Europe
- Fallout 3 drops to ?19.57 at GameStation
- GameStation to discount a title every day until Christmas
- Race Driver GRID adds 8 Ball DLC
- Harrison: Next generation will never use physical media
- Ubisoft to add 120 to Romanian studios
- Atari saving Brash’s Tale of Despereaux
- The VG247 Community Awards 2008
- Ghostbusters boss "excited" by Atari plans
- GameStation - Fallout 3 and Sonic Unleashed half price
- GTA IV PC is... broken
- Japanese software sales, November 24-30
- Valve shoes retail sales figures for past 10 years
- First Avatar clothing pack released, is free
- Xbox division prepping for "tough times," says Kim
- Activision announces Guitar Hero 5, new Hawk, Bizarre racer and more at in-game ads conference
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- Garry's Mod takes over $3 million in revenue
- Move to Atari made Ghostbusters "more creepy"
- 2008 PlayStation Award winners announced
- New Fable II DLC screens Knothole Island
- Paradox confirms Majesty 2 for 360
- Fable II patch "currently being tested and finalized"
- Family Ski sequel on its way
- Atari: Second hand sales "extremely painful" for the industry
- Qore issue seven to be free
- Levine would be "swinging from a noose" if he wasn't making games
- The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf gets trailered
- The Witcher boss - We have two new games in the works
- New Riddick trailer is 100% wicked
- Funcom outlines AoC server merge details
- Rare patches original Banjo
- New Ghostbusters trailer isn't frightening, is good
- Banjo "does" Paris - video
- Imagine confirms N-Revolution closure
- KOTOR MMO has "potential" for action figures and comic book licensing
- Deadly Creatures delayed
- US PS Movie Store update, December 2: The dream is over
- CoD: World at War to get "two, maybe three" untraditional DLC packs
- Red Bull is first company to buy Home space
- "Evolved" moderation planned for LBP
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- Halo 3 beats CoD and Gears 2 to Live top spot
- Three new Dragon Age screenshots show Dark Spiders
- Acekard announces fully functional DSi flash cart
- Team ICO big inspiration for new Prince of Persia
- Rumour: "Most DRM strategies are dumb," says Newell
- Lich King takes US PC charts for week ending November 22
- Report: 190 million console owners by 2012
- Army of Two's "homosexual encounters" draw ire from Christian group
- SCi sheds skin, changes name to Eidos
- Jack Black to host VGAs, blockbuster line-up confirmed
- Atari press releases The Witcher for consoles
- Atari to revive D&D RPGs Baldur's Gate and Neverwinter Nights
- Confirmed: Tekken 6 to release in Europe next autumn
- Ghostbusters to launch in June 2009
- Atari to publish Ready 2 Rumble Revolution and Demigod
- Mizuguchi developing new Wii music game for Atari
- Microsoft announces "Xbox LIVE Marketplace Holiday Deal of the Week"
- God of War III trailer to be shown on December 14
- Zavvi suspends game pre-orders as EUK bust bites
- Each Halo: ODST character to have "very distinct personality"
- DC Universe Online out late 2009, early 2010
- GAME sales up 28%
- DSi breaks 500,000 in Japan
- Dead Rising Wii Chop til you Drop movie released
- After three months, Castle Crashers networking patch reaching “end of the process”
- Microsoft claims Xbox 360 outsold PS3 three-to-one on Black Friday
- MoH and Rayman 2 listed for PS3 release
- Heavy Rain is single-player only, doesn't need buttons - new shots
- Flagship co-founder forms Gravity Bear
- PS3 Firmware 2.53 available now
- Uncharted 2: Among Thieves announcement trailer released [Updated]
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- Star Trek Online - new screens
- CoD stays top of UK chart, Resistance 2 debuts at 10
- Age of Conan 360 "still in development," says Funcom
- GT5 to be ready by Christmas next year, says Sony boss
- EUK not delivering Resistance 2 to UK high street majors
- Michael Phelps swimming game in development
- Original Banjo this Wednesday
- Nintendo makes $6 from every Wii sold
- Far Cry 2 DLC trailer is shooty, drivey
- Lego Batman takes Children's BAFTA
- Project Zero 4 coming west
- Dungeon Keeper MMO licensed for China
- Criterion reveals Surf Island as premium Burnout content
- Vast majority of biggest hitter this year are sequels
- Warner on Lego Potter: No comment
- Midway sold for $0.0012 per share
- Resi 5 CEs to get console-specific extras
- Rumour: Ubi and EA looking at SCi buy
- Americans fight over gaming hardware on Black Friday
- GTA IV PC uncut for Australia
- Gears 2 ad track appears on iTunes
- GTA IV, Far Cry 2, BioShock PS3 and more go to ?17.99 on Play.com
- GDC Europe announced as gamescom event
- No Animal Crossing-Wii Speak bundle for Scandinavia
- Black Mesa trailer is cool