January 2009 Archive
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- Halo 3 Mythic map pack officially detailed
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- THQ wireless division to drop 100 jobs
- Kotick confirms DJ Hero
- Wolfman joins DC Universe Online team
- Iwata aiming to topple PS2 sales record with blockbuster E3
- Gridplane reveals rejected NXE mock-up
- PSN video store gets Carrie
- Metacritic helps business objectivity, says Sega's Hayes
- Kotick: The cost per hour of videogames is lower than any other form of entertainment
- Playstation 4 hasn't even been mentioned, says Reeves
- Reeves: "The line-up for PSP in 2009 is two or three times stronger than it was last year"
- "We don't have to go to Capcom or Take-Two and ask for an exclusive," says Reeves
- Reeves: "I know I'm not going to have to ring up the customer careline saying I've got three red lights"
- Sony must be like an armadillo throughout recession, says Reeves
- Reeves: Videogame industry is about survival of the professional, not cutting prices and destroying the market
- "Xbox 360 is not ahead by a million units," PS3 now market's number 2, says Reeves
- Reeves: The plan wasn't to hit sales, it was to hit a profit target
- Buzz! Brain of the UK announced - screenshots
- Sony: Killzone 2 ad-campaign to launch "mid Feb"
- Pachter anticipates weak EA fiscal Q3 09 results
- DSi for Europe in spring/summer
- Killzone 2 screens show open warfare, Japanese release date [Update]
- Dejobaan Games announces AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! for PC
- EA: 4th Need for Speed game in development by Black Box
- Sony plans Killzone 2 web game as part of ?2m marketing push
- Epic working hard on making Gears of War PC playable
- No level cap in next Fallout?
- Revamped NFS series launches this year
- Sony to spend ?4m on advertising this quarter, half of that on Killzone 2 alone
- Co-op patch for Killzone 2? "No plans," says Sony
- Sony: We are on track
- Nintendo and Sony stock falls on financial results
- Midway announces Booty as chairman
- Don King Boxing for Wii and DS end of March [Update]
- Platinum Games opens Western site
- Nintendo releases über PDF - first party 09 release schedule, best seller list and much more
- Survey says: 47% of PC purchases are digital downloads
- Ex-THQ exec starts Mamba Games
- Yakuza 3 to get mandatory 5Gb install
- Majesco updates fiscal 08 results
- Police coming to Burnout Paradise?
- Ensemble involved in Halo Wars' future
- MGS always looking for new genres to tell Halo stories in
- Rumour: EA to axe more staff, Need For Speed PSP dead
- Halo 3 Mythic Pack shots and info leaked from Austria
- Kamide quantifies "something big has gone wrong" at Nintendo remark
- LBP packs most downloaded PSN content in January
- Japanese hardware sales - January 19-25
- Faith and a .45 on hold due to lack of publisher
- Disney cuts 50 North American staff
- US PSN update, January 29
- Shelley: Two new studios to emerge from Ensemble
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- THQ "closing down" rumour is actually wireless division restructuring
- Analyst: "Something big has gone wrong" at Nintendo [Update]
- New Starcraft II screens show Zerg madness
- Euro PSN update, January 29
- Killzone 2 intro movie released
- Gold farming site sells for $10 million
- Batman: Arkham Asylum gets impressions, screens, movie
- Eurogamer Killzone 2 review - it's a 9 [Update]
- First Warhammer Online "live" expansion is Call to Arms
- Activision job listing confirms "bullshots"?
- PopCap games confirmed for PSN
- Rumour: Crackdown 1.5 out "early 2010", Ruffian IS working on it despite Realtime Worlds statement
- Star Ocean: The Last Hope for "spring" in PAL regions, new shots
- PoP "Epilogue" DLC detailed
- Official: Games Convention is dead
- Street Fighter HD patch in the works
- Nolan Bushnell to receive BAFTA Fellowship
- Mario and Luigi 3 - movie and screens
- PSP PixelJunk Monsters to have "50% more content"
- Nintendo shows sales growth in nine-month financials
- Nintendo slashes profit forecast, cuts Wii target, raises DS estimate
- Main Killzone 2 review embargo is Monday, February 2
- Baverstock confirms Kuju lay-offs
- Grim reading: PlayStation revenue, hardware and software sales decline in Q3
- Japanese software sales, January 19-25
- Analyst: WoW accounted for half of Acti-Blizz's 2009 revenue
- Boom Blox 2 to release this spring
- Final Fantasy CC: The Crystal Bearers not canceled, gets swank trailer
- Mirror’s Edge DLC chased right into February
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- First big Killzone 2 reviews go live tomorrow
- Interactive Achievement Awards to be televised
- Nintendo gives faith for Japan's future, says ex-Sony boss
- MCV: UK market will overtake Japan this year
- Houser: Freedom worth more than respect
- Euro FFXIII trailer to be distributed at 4pm tomorrow
- New FFXIII trailer confirms 2009 for PlayStation 3
- New Final Fantasy XIII trailer is live [Update]
- GTA IV is the best selling title in Europe and the US for 2008
- Sony released PSP, but never put enough of a push behind it, says Smackdown CEO
- Rock Band may have 5,000 songs this year, says MTV
- Preview NXE themes before you buy
- Alan Wake footage "not real" says Remedy [Update]
- Rumour: Leaked Alan Wake footage surfaces [Update]
- ESA: Computer and videogames tops $21 billion in 2008
- Street Fighter HD reports are false, site had no contact with Capcom
- Rumour: Warner to reboot Lara in new film, Megan Fox to star
- Blue Dragon bestseller for 360 in Japan
- Capcom says Dead Rising 2 talk a "mistranslation"
- Two new The Lost and Damned images show sawn-offs
- Rock Band Wii to get Red Hot Chilli Peppers
- Microsoft will continue to invest in PC gaming
- Famitsu 360: Ninja Blade to get worldwide release plus other titbits [Update]
- Famitsu 360 gives Star Ocean IV 34/40
- Crysis Warhead patch adds Windows 64-bit support
- Ubisoft launches official Far Cry 2 map editing guide
- Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts sold under 150k units in the US last year
- Japanese Xbox.com URL suggests Final Fantasy IV 360 [Update]
- Dead Rising and Lost planet sequels might go multiplat
- Pachter: Xbox Live a proverbial goldmine
- Halo Wars DLC a real possibility
- Atari Australia re-sign to distribute Konami titles down under
- Muzyka: One-platform console future could happen
- Sins of a Solar Empire expansion delayed
- Avatars get national soccer strips
- Dawn of War II multiplayer beta now open to all
- SCEE refuses Street Fighter HD in Europe due to "faults"
- Nexon closes Vancouver studio
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- Pessner takes control of Games for Windows
- Empire: Total War gets March 3 date
- "Source" goes offensive over PSP2 rumours
- World at War tops Live play charts
- Mr Megaton, Satoru Iwata, to keynote GDC
- US PSN stats show all time downloads
- Banjo-Tooie XBLA to be released in April, new screenshots
- Red Alert 3 expansion gets new cast members [Update]
- Flower priced at $9.99 (?€)
- Halo 3: ODST premiere in concert
- Comic Con's gaming space up 50%
- Latest Singstar Store update gets Kylie
- Interview: Brian Etheridge on Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard
- WipEout Pulse on way to PS2?
- Guitar Hero World Tour February set-list includes Wings, Incubus and Ryan Adams
- New Godfather II images look menacing
- Three new Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard movies and loads of pretty pictures to look at
- Eurogamer gives Fallout 3 DLC Operation Anchorage 5/10
- Marketing and PR jobs to be cut at EA UK?
- WipEout HD updated to v1.26 - no-one knows what it does
- LocoRoco Hi coming to mobiles
- Family Trainer Wii sells one million worldwide
- Nintendo announces Wii Fit Body Check Channel
- Future blames "tough conditions" for fiscal end of 08 though still up Y-o-Y
- Major publishers snub Writers Guild awards
- Sony denies PSP2 rumours
- New DSiWare titles for Japan
- Remedy: You will see something interesting when the time is right
- Eutechnyx boss fears the "decimation of the British game development community"
- EVE Online wormholes explained
- Wii Fit still top of UK charts
- Drug dealing in GTA: Chinatown Wars a good way of making some extra cash
- Huge Unreal Tournament patch to get Steam achievements
- WipEout innovator Designers Republic shut down
- HanbitSoft: Hellgate London will continue as free-to-play title
- Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time dated for US
- Contests offer early access to Halo Wars demo
- Fallout 3 Operation: Anchorage DLC goes Live
- Wrath of the Lich King solid at top of US PC charts
- Stormrise units detailed
- Restriction of "adult liberty" is "small sacrifice," says Australian's Atkinson
- PSP2 "coming soon," according to IGN
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- First large Motorstorm 2 patch imminent
- FFXIII site updated with promise of trailer
- Crysis Warhead DRM deauthorization tool released
- ESA lobbying spend up 25% in 2008
- Ninja Turtles 25th anniversary means new game, dude
- Burnout Paradise Ultimate Box gets trailered
- Lionhead denies Fable II PC rumours
- Pachter predicts Nintendo to raise hardware expectations after strong Q3 results
- New Street Fighter IV shots show Ryu and Rose getting it on
- Bethesda responds to Fallout 3 critcisms
- EA: Reviewers were punishing us for doing something new with the Godfather franchise
- New Mortal Kombat game in the works
- Criterion and Bright Light safe from EA lay-offs
- THQ to make more de Blob for Wii
- Tecmo and Koei announce Koei Tecmo Holdings
- Race Pro slips to February 20
- UK Guitar Hero World Tour/Rock Band ratio closer to 4:1, says Red Octane
- New Halo Wars images show tanks, Hunters, Banshees - looks great
- Six new Grateful Dead tracks for Rock Band
- The Sims 3 release date slips
- No PS3 patch for Fallout 3, says Bethseda
- Resident Evil 5 PC version confirmed?
- No Elites in Halo: ODST
- Guitar Hero World Tour outsells Rock Band 2:1
- GTA IV PC patch adds new sliders
- Resident Evil 5 360 demo is now live
- Videogames outsell DVD and Blu-ray in 2008
- Head of Games for Windows Live sacked
- Sega: New IP is likely to suffer this year
- Capcom: Resident Evil 5 can still "loosely be considered a survival horror game"
- Dark Void gameplay shows jet-packs and huge mechs
- Blue Dragon Plus English trailer is dramatic
- PSP gets "carnival colors" in Japan
- Pardo - Piracy "hurting" single-player games
- 10/10 scores revisited, ridiculed
- Braid creator hard at work on 2D RPG – for now
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- Rockstar invites you to meet Billy Ray and Malc
- Yakuza 3 trailers and images look so good it hurts
- Lost Planet movie working with nearly $200 million budget
- Full Guitar Hero: Metallica tracklist unveiled
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- Star Ocean: The Last Hope trailer looks like Japanese Mass Effect
- Dawn of War II beta keys on Eurogamer [Update]
- Microsoft's Gamefest slips to 2010
- 360 to get red Resident Evil 5 bundle
- Halycon mulls Terminator MMO
- The Old Republic gets new screens
- Gears of War movie trilogy planned
- Microsoft game testers next to face chop
- Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings for Wii, DS this spring
- Joystiq to relaunch next week, opts for "spokes" approach
- LA Noire team seeks staff, isn't anywhere near releasing game
- Bungie makes new-old Halo: ODST pictures
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- Uncharted: Among Thieves screens are pretty, big
- Resistance 2 patch adds new Trophy conditions, other things
- 10 new Madworld shots posted
- LBP lords over Interactive Achievement Award nominations
- Criterion details free Burnout Paradise update for Feb 6
- Microsoft confirms ACES closure
- Halo Wars gold, demo confirmed for February 5
- Analyst: PS3 continues to lack a clear 'must-own' title that will drive sales
- European parliament sees PEGI rating system as right way forward
- New The Lost and Damned screenshots draw us back in
- Euro PSN update, Jan 22
- New Metal Gear Online 'Bomb Mission' gametype added
- New Resident Evil 5 packshot released (without 2-16 player system link)
- 24 Season 7 HD in this week's US PSN video store update
- Sega: No plans for Yakuza 3 Western release
- Pachter: Sony "is a distant third, and is falling behind at a rapid pace"
- Square Enix bans hundreds of FFXI players
- New Street Fighter IV gameplay footage is jaw dropping
- EA: Reductions needed to "make the company stronger"
- More Yakuza 3 screens reveal Karaoke mini game
- THQ looks to capitalise on Red Ant closure
- The Secret World to get "big changes," says Funcom
- More Chronicles of Riddick screens released as launch date looms [Update]
- New PlayStation Home space revealed
- This week's PAL releases, Friday January 23
- Red Alert PS3 "announced too soon," says EA
- EA: No concrete information on Mass Effect 2 at GDC09
- Source: Criterion will not face redundancies
- EA: Battlefield Heroes release date news "soon"
- Confirmed: Eidos closes Manchester studio
- Fight Night Round 4 details from Game Informer
- Ubisoft share prices down 19%
- Microsoft and Sony's stock slides
- Rumour: EA UK now facing staff cuts [Update]
- New Ghostbusters images make us feel good
- THQ unlikely to break even this financial year, says analyst
- Skate 2 gets Time is Money DLC that unlocks everything
- Rumour: Eidos closing its Machester studio
- Japanese hardware sales - January 12-18
- Forbes writer defends Rock Band "shameless knockoff" accusation
- US PSN update, January 22
- Rumour: EA Canada GM note on Black Box lay-offs leaked
- Australians to get Killzone 2 early and late
- Microsoft's Entertainment Division hit by lay-offs, Flight Sim and GS Blog staff given papers
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- Ubi expects next console generation in 2011
- EA holds company-wide meeting, Black Box sees mass lay-offs
- Tomb Raider: Underworld DLC date confirmed
- Mass Effect PS3 rumours are "inaccurate," says EA
- Splinter Cell: Conviction still a 360 exclusive
- GTA IV: The Lost and Damned gets playtest netsplosion
- I am Alive delayed, requires more development time
- Far Cry 2, PoP and Shaun White all break 2 million sales
- Ubi sees sales jump 13% to €508 million in Q3, full year guidance tweaked
- Ubi confirms Assassin's Creed 2 and Splinter Cell: Conviction for upcoming financial year
- Age of Conan 360 still in development, says Funcom
- Rockstar prices The Lost and Damned [Update]
- Microsoft to cut 5,000 jobs as 360 sells 6 million in 3 months
- Four new Spore titles announced
- Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena details confirmed
- amBX launches free downloadable SDK
- Sony has no plans to reduce SCEE headcount [Update]
- Square Enix's Crystal Defenders for Wii/PSN/XBLA - Yosumin Live for XBLA
- New Sackboy costume packs announced
- Sega Europe is "in great shape"
- Sony to reduce headcount in gaming division
- Ubisoft hiring for a "new cross-platform music based game"
- EA: New official Fight Night Round 4 images on the way, release information soon
- Puzzle Quest: Galactrix heading to get PSN release
- Mario & Sonic Olympics 2 on the way?
- Five new Mafia II screenshots look stunning
- Capcom doesn't expect Australian delays
- F.E.A.R. 2 single player demo now on Xbox Live
- Sony potentially looking to roll out PSP playback venture to other clubs
- Guitar Hero: World Tour 360 gets Aussie Track Pack
- Spore 360/PS3 would have to have the "right design" to be considered, says EA
- Greenberg feels fortunate 360 is half the price of PS3, expects continued momentum in 2009
- New high res Fight Night Round 4 scans show glistening sweat
- Noby Noby Boy is not a so-called "game," released worldwide next month
- Sony: Game operating income is expected to be lower at end of fiscal year
- World in Conflict expansion dated for March, consoles TBD
- Mines of Moria patch to fix Captain class issues
- Gamestop surges on back of secondhand market
- Riddick Dark Athena intro movie posted
- Pachter: Greenberg and Hirai are both right
- EA confirms Tiburon lay-offs
- Killzone 2 goes gold
- God of War III event dated for February 10
- Japanese software sales, January 12-18
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- Arsenal to trial live action replays via PSP
- FFXIII site counts down to... something
- Judas Priest singer trademarks "Metal God" game
- Lord of the Rings: Conquest demo passes 1 million downloads
- EA's new Wii tennis game has balls, says Moore
- Ex 1UP Show staff launch Co-Op
- Battlefield Heroes beta re-opened
- Monster Hunter was most-sold game in Japan last year
- Killzone 2 Euro game and bundle dates confirmed [Update]
- Watch Obama's inauguration on Xbox Live
- Team Fortress 2 to get new map and game mode
- Capcom signs Monumental Games deal
- Rag Doll Kung Fu: Fists of Plastic detailed
- December NPD: Sales for LBP, MGS4 hits 1 million, and more
- Lost and Damned achievement details, new screenshot
- H.A.W.X. promises to open up Ace Combat's closed gameplay
- First fake games consoles seized in UK raid
- Capcom: Our box art lies!
- Survey says: Playing Madden increases your NFL IQ
- Capcom says Resident Evil 5 box art "isn't lying" [Update]
- Rumour: Resident Evil 5 to have offline multiplayer up to 16 players? [Update]
- Command and Conquer PS3 due in March
- Rock Band Wii gets Nine Inch Nails
- Vanguard: Saga of Heroes level cap to be upped, two new dungeons announced
- Home director Buser to talk at Engage! Expo
- Wii Play tops 2008 multi-format NPD software charts
- Gears 2 title update released, fixes exploits, makes improvements
- Correction: I am Alive to be released by the end of March
- Ubisoft's full release schedule includes Grey's Anatomy
- New Dead Rising Wii images show waggle
- The Maw now on XBLA
- Dawn of War II early beta now open, Eurogamer giving keys away
- Nintendo: Trade prices for Wii-make games are lower than usual
- Tenchu: Shadow Assassins gets fixed Euro March release
- Ubisoft refuses to comment on Pachter Ass Creed 2 and SC: Conviction rumours
- Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood gunning for Q2 09
- European press invited to exclusive God of War 3 sneak preview
- Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. gets March release date
- I am Alive to ship in Q1 09
- Still no Street Fighter IV PC date as console launch looms
- Accept gold farming as it will never go away, says RedBedlam boss
- Microsoft: 360 great option for Wii owners as they progress through gaming into high definition
- Steam flogging Dawn of War Soulstorm cheap
- Sony to announce grand restructuring plans this week
- Prototype comic coming in April
- Greenberg belittles Hirai's "longevity" snipe
- God of War III shown to press next month [Update]
- Halo Wars review embargo lifts on February 20
- Sites pull Battlefront III footage after Lucas threat
- Pachter: Assassin's Creed 2 out before March 2010
- Velvet Assassin will retain morphine references
- Street Fighter IV story trailer is cool
- US Outrun exclusive to XBLA
- Riccitiello: It's too early to talk about my legacy
- Sega confirms 30 job losses in US
- PS3 Firmware 2.60 now live
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- Rumour: Sega US lays off 30 [Update]
- EA Tiburon next in line for lay-off rumours
- GTA Chinatown Wars shots show talking, scowling
- America's Army 3 to release this year
- Ubisoft gets a Brazilian
- Dawn of War II may receive first DLC "weeks" after launch
- PS3 Firmware 2.60 to add photo gallery and DivX 3.11 support [Update]
- Jacobs responds to Mythic lay-off rumour, EA declines to comment
- Rebellion wanted to up PS2 Battlefront III to 360 and PS3 versions
- World of Warcraft patch adds 3D vision, Death Knight freedom
- Marvelous Entertainment site counts down to something
- 2K Games: Games industry is recession-proof
- Acti Blizz to release December quarter and calendar year 08 results in February
- EA can learn a lot from World of Goo, says Peter Moore
- New dating site for gamers opens
- Five new MadWorld images released
- Analyst: Sony's ten year plan is about continued internal development, not just time on the market
- Gridrunner+++ coming to XBLA in April
- Bungie's Staten outlines Halo: ODST
- Piracy will never be fixed, says SI Games boss
- Who's to blame for late PSN releases? Sony, says publishers
- Nintendo: Wii Fit's been stocked weekly since launch
- As many Street Fighter IV screenshots as you could throw a fireball at
- Mario Power Tennis Wii dated [Update]
- Star Ocean: The Last Hope official US site opens
- Australian games market grew 47% last year
- Sega pens new digital deal
- First I am Alive image published?
- Wheelman gets worldwide release date
- BlazePro PS3 wireless keyboard $11 compared with $50 Sony branded model
- Square: PS3 must have attractive games to improve attach rate, FFXIII demo detailed
- US PC sales charts - week ending January 10
- Wii moving to break PS2’s record, PS3 trailing like GameCube
- Sony unveils official Killzone 2 bundle for UK [Updated]
- Steve Miller Band songs now available for Rock Band
- New Gears 2 achievements listed, patch imminent?
- Ruffian Games now open, major title already in the works
- Deadly Creatures coming February 9
- Hirai: We're not in competition with Nintendo, 360 "lacks longevity"
- MetaCritic pressure on devs is "ridiculous," says Splash Damage boss
- EA shrugs off Forbes Rock Band plagiarism accusation
- Australian distributor for Capcom and Konami under receivership [Update]
- PSP Firmware 5.03 imminent
- House of the Dead Overkill "Hand Cannon" is ?10
- Lead characters rumoured for SAW game
- Rumour: Mythic latest to suffer EA job cuts
- Puzzle Quest: Galactrix demo Flashed for free
- Midway’s Wheelman delayed, demo announced
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- Amazon offers Live Gold sub for $30
- CCP has "nothing to add" to World of Darkness date
- Wii Fit back on top of UK chart
- SOE acquires PoxNora game, forms new studio
- EA's Skate 2 PS3 version "runs like a dog," says Aussie review
- Flower to release on Feb 12
- Halo 3: ODST soundtrack to air this Saturday in Seattle
- DivX not happy with third party 360 support
- Uncharted as, if not more, popular than Tomb Raider, says Naughty Dog
- Final Fantasy Legends 2 official site opens
- Football Manager Live is too deep to spend money on, says Champ Man dev
- Official Killzone 2 box art unveiled
- MadWorld, House of the Dead and The Conduit to drive ‘broader market success,' says Sega
- Square announces 160Gb PS3 FFVII: Advent Children Complete console
- New Yakuza 3 trailer has got it all
- Sony says PS3 only console powerful enough for Killzone 2 as OPM UK announces first official review
- Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II goes gold
- Lifesize Jack Sparrow being auctioned off for Games Aid charity
- Euro Resident Evil 5 PS3 demo confirmed for February 2
- "Nacht der Untoten" playlist unlocked, zombies for all
- New DC Universe Online screenshots looking good [Update - trailer added]
- Rockstar: Chinatown Wars is finished
- There's more money being spent on the PC than ever before, says BioWare
- Circuit City to close
- Harmonix interested in making Amplitude sequel
- Fallout 3 soundtrack on iTunes
- The Beatles to be an "art object," says Rigopulos
- Write a story, win a Star Trek Online beta slot
- Madworld given 15+ in Australia
- Eidos announces 'Mini Ninjas' from Io Interactive
- Matt Matthews pulls December NPD apart
- SOE MMOs hit Steam
- FFXIII demo dated for Japan
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- Violence doesn't make games more enjoyable, says study
- Report: Sony refused Sony Ericsson PlayStation brand use for phone
- Forbes: Rock Band is "shameless knockoff" of Guitar Hero
- Valve: "Pirates are under-served customers"
- Rumour: World of Darkness to launch in 2010
- Godfather II combat "best in the genre," says EA
- Free Realms PS3 still TBD, says SOE
- CCP to drop EVE Online classic graphics support
- December NPD: Canadians spend a record $2.09 billion on consoles
- Phantasy Star Portable gets new DLC
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- New 6 minute Resi 5 trailer and screenshots
- New Sonic and the Black Knight footage shows hack'n'slash
- Mass Effect Two-Disc Edition coming in February
- New Fragile video is impressive
- Star Ocean: The Last Hope to land in April? New screenshots and trailer
- Microsoft stands by 360 pricing strategy
- F.E.A.R. 2 demo available to all on Jan 22
- US gets much better Resi 5 limited edition box set than Europe
- Play Resistance Retribution demo early with US pre-order deal
- A bundle of new Deadly Creatures screenshots let loose
- Penny Arcade’s annual Child’s Play charity comes to a close, demolishes records
- Game over for Microsoft’s Gamerscore blog
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- US PSN video content update
- FFXIII Euro dates still to be decided, says Square Enix
- Eidos confirms takeover talks
- Killzone 2 US demo on PSN day before launch, says Sony
- SouthPeak unveils new X-Blades images
- New Ninja Blade video shows manic gameplay
- Gary Dale leaves Take-Two
- Rumour: Battlefront III heading back to Pandemic
- Sony may not be able to cut as early as April, Wii sales to level out in '09, says Pachter
- EA details and dates Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box
- Seven new Fuel screens from Codemasters
- New Street Fighter footage is mental
- December NPD: All the news in one place
- New Yakuza 3 shots show Don Quijote shop
- US and EU PlayStation store updates, January 16
- Source: Battlefront 3 footage is real
- Square confirms 2009 FFXIII Japanese release, Europe and US in 2010
- Rumour: Why Pandemic's Dark Knight never was, reason for studio's closure
- December NPD: 360 surpasses 28 million sold worldwide, says Microsoft
- Jaffe: MGS4 devs had "a whole hell of a lot of tenacity and vision"
- Epic: Gears 2 surpasses 4 million in 2 months, double that of its predecessor
- Japanese harware sales, Jan. 5th - 11th
- December NPD: "Wii figures are not any indication that is demand slowing down," says EEDAR
- December NPD: The year in graphs
- December NPD: Sony's PlayStation brand showing continued sales momentum, software up 116% Y-o-Y
- December NPD: Nintendo we offered "offer consumers an expanded definition of what a video game can be"
- December NPD: Microsoft boasts "biggest month in Xbox 360 in history"
- December NPD: PS3 sales up 40% Y-o-Y - holiday season sales decline
- December NPD: GTA IV 360 sales almost double that of PS3 for 2008
- December NPD: December NDS sales head record breaking year for US games industry
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- December NPD: Nintendo holds top four titles in 08 annual software sales
- December NPD: Wii Play beats Call of Duty 360 to number 1 spot
- December NPD: DS clear winner as 360 outsells PS3 2:1
- A plethora of Pikmin Wii-make screenshots
- FIFA 09 Live Season 360 gets price reduction
- Lips january DLC schedule reveals Rihanna
- New Star Ocean: The Last Hope screenshots
- Resident Evil 5 limited edition PS3 packaging for Europe revealed [Updated]
- GTi Club+ now on US PSN - new screenshots
- Eurogamer visited by over 3.7 million unique users in November 2008
- Star Wars Battlefront 3 footage leaked?
- Low pound price makes UK a better proposition, says Tiga
- Dragon Age: Origins to get prequel novel
- EA to distribute Red Eagle's Wheel of Time titles
- Halo Wars soundtrack detailed
- New Heavy Rain concept images emerge
- Three new Operation: Anchorage images released
- Mafia II storyline and new screenshots unveiled
- Sega's MadWorld gets BBFC rating - no cuts required
- Nathan Drake is not your typical videogame hero, he doesn't shoot 50ft aliens, says Naughty Dog
- Eurogamer Portugal releases new Killzone 2 gameplay footage
- Nintendo Wii and DS break European sales records
- Magic Ball available from US PSN today
- Molyneux nominates LBP as most creative of '08
- New Resident Evil 5 trailer says "Survival is sometimes worse than death"
- Guitar Hero World Tour 360 gets Travis Barker Track Pack
- British Fantasy author Graham Joyce to write new Doom
- Zork to return as browser MMO
- Crimecraft coming to PC first, consoles maybe later [Update - new trailer added]
- New Moto GP Wii screenshots
- Sony and Capcom saying nothing as to a Resident Evil 5 PS3 demo release
- Latest Japanese software sales sees Sony well represented
- Left 4 Dead PC patched, 360 patch available in "coming weeks"
- Capcom: Still no Euro PSN date for Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
- Ultimate Ghost ‘n Goblins available tomorrow on US PSN
- Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce gets new images and trailer
- Brand new Skate 2 shots showing tricks for kicks
- Games market already being affected by recession, says NPD Group
- Sony Japan reveals Dress
- PSP to get new .hack//Link title
- Sony clarifies 17 million PSN users claim
- Resident Evil 5 360 demo confirmed for Europe
- Sony: "PS3 is still in its early adopter phase"
- Rumour: Brand new GTA game by the end of the year
- Live Avatars get new clothes
- BlowOut to be next Xbox Originals game
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- Resident Evil 5 360 demo coming January 26 [Update]
- Guitar Hero Metallica Wii Euro date still TBC, says Activision
- DS to get Final Fantasy Legends 2 remake
- Capcom looks forward to strongest quarter ever, Resi 5 biggest yet
- US software sales expected to hit $10 billion in December, says analyst
- Kojima: 2009 important year, hopes to have at least one game out
- Australian software sales - week ending Jan 11
- 505 Games reveals We Rock: Drum King Wii - screenshots
- New Knothole Island images released
- Guitar Hero Metallica confirmed for May in Europe
- Pachter: Majesco has mixed but positive Q4 results - expectations raised
- Famitsu gives Left 4 Dead (35/40), Fragile (31/40)
- Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 Euro release announced
- 2K: Wii market is “flooded by crappy titles”
- New Call of Juarez game to be a prequel
- EA: BioWare is "working towards Mass Effect 2"
- Nintendo doesn't see itself in competition with Sony or Microsoft
- First White Knight Story DLC announced - images [updated]
- No Killzone 2 collectors edition, says Sony
- Rumour: DSi US launch date and price
- Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Sky announced
- Rumour: EA shuts Pandemic's Australian office
- Rock Band Music Store now available for Wii
- First reviews of Street Fighter IV are in - does very well
- Pixel Junk Eden patch on its way
- Command and Conquer: Red Alert Ultimate Edition coming to PS3
- Nintendo strikes deal to put Wii Music in US schools
- Guitar Hero: Metallica set for March 29 in the US?
- Midnight Club content went live, shouldn't have, you should delete it
- Andrew Lloyd-Webber to make rhythm action games
- New Tenchu Wii trailer shows cutscenes
- Castle Crashers 'King Pack' DLC releases today
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- PS2 hits 50 million in North America
- Mirror’s Edge DLC coming January 29
- Fallout 3 DLC dated for January 27 - patch released too
- New FFXIII footage appears in dev diary
- Geo Wars 1 and 2 soundtracks released for free
- New DC Universe Online dev walkthrough shows character composition and gameplay
- Knothole Island now on Xbox Live Marketplace
- Eternal Sonata PS3 gets firm Febraury date
- Binary Tweed announces Clover for XBLA
- French site reveals Activision's Indiana Jones and the Sceptre of Kings Wii
- Star Ocean: Second Evolution gets PAL date
- The Boss to make Guitar Hero debut - get tracks early for free
- New WoW customisation tool enables sex change
- Microsoft: Knothole Island not free
- Lionhead: Knothole Island to have over 4 hours of gameplay if you don't rush it
- GAME says there was "exceptional consumer demand" platform exclusives over Christmas
- Download Knothole Island for free? [Updated]
- US politician wants health warnings on videogames
- UK console installed base hits 22 million
- New Resident Evil 5 screenshots
- US PC sales charts - week ending January 3
- New inFAMOUS gameplay looking very good indeed
- Tomb Raider Underworld DLC to hit next week?
- New X-Men Origins: Wolverine 360 screens look decent
- New off screen Killzone 2 footage released - still looking great
- Resurrection shrine to appear in Knothole Island, says Lionhead
- Konami announces new Metal Gear Online campaign
- Greenberg: The only two winners right now are Microsoft and Nintendo
- Tokyo Beat Down to get DS release in March
- Monolith reveals Project Origin system specs - new Mech video
- LucasArts "committed" to new Indy title
- Left 4 Dead Patch coming this week
- The Maw Wednesday's XBLA game
- Pachter: PS3 at $299 in April, 360 price cut too
- Pachter: Wii sold 3.25 million in December, 360 almost 2:1 over PS3
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- Swedish site removes Killzone 2 review
- Official Avalanche site teases big news as AionGuard is revealed to Edge
- Rumour: Bioshock Mac bound
- UK Charts - week ending Jan 10th
- "I absolutely wish we could have spent more time polishing Underworld," says Tomb Raider dev
- Nintendo patents in-game assistance idea
- EEDAR: Nintendo saved Christmas
- Lips gets Superstar
- Phantasy Star Zero given winter 2009 release date
- Lenny Kravitz Pack winging its way to Rock Band
- SOE hopes PS3 will be half its business
- FFXIII demo Japan only, says Square Enix
- More than half of Conan servers merged to oblivion
- Unity Technologies appoints former Criterion CEO as chairman
- New Konami Marbles! to use Wii Balance Board
- Namco Bandai to publish Magna Carta: Crimson Stigma
- FFXIII demo to ship with FFVII: Advent Children in March
- Japanese hardware sales see a happy new year for all
- Braid blog complains as MS charge for theme - doesn’t like giving things for free
- Lara Croft needs to change successfully like Batman, says Eidos
- Uk Charts - week ending Jan 3rd
- Neversoft palms off Tony Hawk to focus on Guitar Hero
- Greenberg: "we’re not even thinking about the next generation at this point"
- BBFC gives Chinatown Wars an 18 rating - a DS first
- Microsoft to increase Live Friends limit
- First online review of Killzone 2 awards game 4 out of 5 [Update]
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- New Star Ocean: The Last Hope screens show item creation
- FIFA 09 and Mario Kart Wii top UK 2008 charts
- Atari re-confirms Ghostbusters release dates
- Resistance Retribution coming to America in March
- 30 laid off at Crystal Dynamics after poor Tomb Raider performance [Update]
- Burnout Paradise Legendary Cars to include Ecto-1, General Lee and KITT
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- Fable II title update live
- Arkham Asylum to have RPG elements
- "We absolutely would not want to trade places with Sony," says Greenberg
- Guitar Hero first game ever beyond $1 billion in sales
- New Diablo III screens show magic
- "No plans" for Star Ocean: The Last Hope PS3, says Square
- New Dawn of War II footage shows Tyranids
- Nintendo president thinks DSi downloads will drive system sales
- Star Ocean: The Last Hope NA release moved up, no changes elsewhere
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- CES 09 - All the news
- F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin demo confirmed for Europe for 360/PS3
- FFXIII and FFXIII Versus official sites go Live
- New Flock trailer and screenshots
- Stringer: PS3 and PSP combined userbase now over 61m
- Eidos lowers expectations after poor sales of "triple A products"
- Sony CES 09 keynote video
- "It will be a huge Ghostbusters week!" says Terminal Reality boss
- Latest Japanese software sales sees White Knight slip to 6th
- 5 new Killzone 2 movies are positively stunning
- New inFAMOUS gameplay shows electricity
- US and EU PlayStation store updates, January 9
- SOCOM: Confrontation 1.30 update released
- Gamestop: PS3 "a great machine," but pricey
- Three new off-screen Halo Wars CES 09 videos posted
- Star Trek Online Q&A update
- Sony: We probably announced Home too early
- Dawn of War II multiplayer beta details [Update - 2 new offscreen vids added]
- New EndWar DLC and images
- Wada: "We have to be global"
- F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin demo exclusive to Qore subscribers
- MTV shows to air on PlayStation network
- Halo Wars US release date not 28 February but March
- Bach on Blu Ray for 360: "We have no plans in that space"
- CES 09 screenshots show Resi 5 looking better than ever
- New Street Fighter IV screens and video from CES 09
- Resistance Retribution gets new trailer
- New Dead Rising: Chop til You Drop images
- EA announces Home sports complex
- Off-screen Kodu footage from CES 09
- Two new Knothole Island shots show special armour - new dev diary
- Red Alert 3 expansion pack announced for March
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- Rag Doll Kung Fu: Fists of Plastic out early March
- Flower to release in Febraury
- Halo Wars UK date still Feb 27, demo date also for Europe
- Sony’s CES stats: LBP sells 1.3 million, 17 million PSN users served
- VidZone set for release on PSN June 4th
- Patapon 2 available for download from Euro PSN 19 Feb
- SOCOM Confrontation to be available to download from Euro PSN on Feb 5
- EVE Online: Apocrypha release date announced
- Super Stardust HD soundtrack to be released on PSN
- William Shatner to make PAIN appearance
- God of War 3 and Uncharted Among Thieves trailers to hit PSN on Jan 22nd
- Resistance Retribution gets firm Euro date
- Fallout 3 DLC to raise level cap to 30
- Mass Effect 2 to appear at GDC 09
- Killzone 2 gets firm Euro release date
- Lionhead cements Knothole Island release date
- Godfather II gets firm release date
- Ferrari Challenge DLC "may never see the light of day," says System 3
- Deloitte survey says average UK household spends over 6 hours a week on gaming
- Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice to get PAL release
- We can make another 5 Bioshocks, says 2K president
- Activision stock rises 11% after analyst support
- Gears 2 Flashback Map Pack now available to all
- PSP to get Asian makeover
- Square Enix and Ubisoft strike Japan deal
- US PC sales charts - week ending December 27
- LittleBigPlanet sold over 200,000 copies in the UK
- SCEE plans to merge Liverpool and Evolution Studios
- First Magna Carta: Crimson Stigma shots show girly looking faces
- Call of Duty 4 stat-watch reveals over 10 million unique users
- Sony promises "ten years of value" with PlayStation 3
- UGO boss on 1UP: "We really have largely left it alone"
- Sony Pictures lets Ghosbusters game date slip [Updated]
- Harmonix: No Rock Band 3 this year
- Qore episode 8 to feature F.E.A.R. 2, Killzone 2 and Heavy Rain
- CES 09: Capcom demos Dark Void - screenshots
- Bach: 25 million Halo games sold
- Full audio of Microsoft's CES 09 Keynote
- Nyko unveils new Wii wand at CES
- Xbox Live Primetime set for Spring
- Microsoft announces new creation game Kodu
- Halo Wars release date and demo solidified
- Home content update coming
- New Prototype video is incredible
- 7 Skate 2 trailers out on the streets
- GTA Chinatown Wars screenshots show driving and shooting
- Two new Flower videos released
- Blood on the Sand gets Euro date
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- NCSoft will defend itself "vigorously" against a lawsuit that has "no merit"
- Saints Row 2 gets US PC release, Europe end of the month
- Nintendo is listening to its fans, says Reggie
- Cuboid coming exclusively to PSN soon
- Bomberman DS 2 gets dated, 21 new screenshots
- Sony has to service LittleBigPlanet user-generated content properly
- Lionhead "very close" to Fable II DLC release date and patch
- Five run away together
- Confirmed: Bioshock 2 screenshot and info fake
- Rumour: Bioshock Sea of Dreams to be "mostly a prequel", new Big Daddy revealed [Update]
- Skate 2 demo to hit PSN Jan 15
- Japanese hardware sales - DSi reigns supreme
- Japanese software sales - December 22 to 28
- Koei "sure" Warriors Orochi Z to be given Euro release
- Ubisoft set to reveal new Clancy shooters this year, says CVG
- White Knight Chronicles to get US release, online could be region locked
- Wii Fit sells 3 million copies in Japan
- Ubisoft's I am Alive first details unveiled - to be first-person shooter
- Sony expects Killzone 2 to fare better than MGS4
- ELSPA: Video games are "bringing families together"
- Activision stock falls 6.5%, lowest since November 2006
- UK games market worth ?4.03bn in 2008 whilst Wii software rises 112%
- Ninja Blade Euro release 'Q1 2009', says Microsoft
- ERA: Videogames UK’s fastest growing entertainment retail sector of 2008
- Left 4 Dead 360 update stops cheating
- Dawn of War II PC specs released
- Japanese PS3 owners to get Resi 5 bundle too
- King of Fighters XII trailer amazes
- New Ninja Blade screens show shiny armour
- New Star Ocean: The Last Hope images look colourful
- Ziff Davis quits, EGM closed, 1UP sold
- New Street Fighter IV shots show Cammy in thong [Update]
- Midway Presents: Bankruptcy possibly delayed until February
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- Magna Carta: Crimson Stigma announced for 360
- US PSN Movie Update includes Monty Python
- "We wanted to show this wasn’t just a jungle game," says Naughty Dog
- Greenberg: We expect a PS3 price drop
- Wii Fit being used for rehabilitation purposes in UK hospital
- New Starcraft II screenshots
- Mark Rein details Gears 2 patch
- Japanese 360 owners to get Star Ocean 4 and Resi 5 bundles
- White Yakuza 3 dragon PS3 for Japan only
- UK Killzone 2 pre-order deal unlikely, says source [Update]
- Interpol on XBLA this week
- "Interest has been very strong" in Free Radical sale, says ReSolve
- CES 09 attendance to be 15-20% down, says Pachter
- EVE reaches 45,000 users online at one time
- Forza 3 images leaked
- Early Killzone 2 demo only available for Gamestop pre-orders - 2 new videos
- New LocoRoco 2 screenshots and four videos released
- Crysis Warhead patch and SDK "sooner rathan later," says Crytek
- Reeves: Most important thing in 2009 is to make money
- Greenberg: 2008 "biggest year ever in Xbox history", 28 million consoles sold [Updated]
- 2008 "pivotal" for PlayStation, "best software line-up in the industry," says SCEA VP
- Witcher Enhanced Edition gets patched
- God of War influence on new Wolverine title, says Raven
- Variety critics list their top 10 games from ?08
- Microsoft wants Radiant Silvergun for Live Arcade
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- 2008 saw Xbox brand grow faster than any of our competitors, says 360 Europe VP
- Microsoft prepares to sue over loss of Woolworths stock
- 2008 not so great for Japanese game market
- Pachter estimates Wii sales up 100% over Christmas - 360 will see a slight rise, PS3 a slight drop
- Patcher expects "software sales to moderate to the low single digits in December"
- Eurogamer responds to Peter Moore's “WTF?”
- No Lego Harry Potter in 2009, says Eurogamer source
- Capcom announces "stellar" line up for first half of 2009
- We need a "team that can compete alongside the rest of the world," says Kojima
- Left 4 Dead DLC coming soon, says Valve
- Championship Manager has 90% piracy rate
- Resi 5 producer "worried" about Western developers
- Shin Megami Tensei MMO goes into open beta
- New Resistance Retribution screenshots
- New Wii TV channel "the stuff of television producers' nightmares"
- Halo 3 tops Xbox Live play charts for 2008
- ...and we're back - Christmas news round up
- Worlds.com files suit against NCSoft over multiplayer virtual environments
- PS3 production costs down 35 percent - still selling at a loss
- PS2 2008's most played console, says Nielsen
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- Rumour: Lego Rock Band in works at TT