April 2010 Archive
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- Martin: Move doesn't "ruin the experience" of SOCOM 4
- First screens from Bulletstorm released
- Four more ex-Infinity Ward vets join Respawn Entertainment
- Fallout: New Vegas gets previewed
- SWTOR: Darth Malgus, Mandalore, General Garza get bios
- Liberal Democrats are "committed to support" Games Tax Relief
- Rockstar dishes multiplayer details on Red Dead Redemption
- Rock Band sales decrease by seven percent
- Main character for Persona 5 has an introverted personality
- THQ details exclusive PS3 content for UFC 2010
- Bungie: New IP to be "even better" than Halo
- Hurry - Max Payne bundle is just $3.74 on Steam
- Guild Wars 2 video shows the Elementalist in action
- Dead Space 2 site updated with visuals and some info
- APB formally announced for July 2 UK release
- Capcom ships one million SSFIV copies
- Lost Planet 2 video's loaded with goodies
- IW attorney: Activision covered up its horns with a Halo
- Activision: CoD: Black Ops will be the "most intense experience possible" [Update]
- Codemasters releases extended F1 2010 dev diary
- Split/Second Survival mode detailed in new clip
- Bungie may discuss possibility on developing other Acti titles
- Bungie says goodbye to Halo, says hello to Activision - everything in one place
- New Dead Space 2 art is just plain fantastic
- Call of Duty: Black Ops announced, releases on November 9
- Analyst: Bungie would be "very good fit" to replace Infinity Ward
- Japanese hardware charts - PSP still reigns supreme
- APB FAQ shows July 2 EU release date, June 29 launch for US
- Staten: Bungie "had to break through" Infinity Ward "noise" to announce Acti deal
- Steam hitting Mac May 12
- Report: Treyarch game is "Call of Duty: Vietnam"
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- Mega Man Zero Collection hitting DS in June
- C&C4: Tiberian Twilight adds three new maps
- US PSN update, April 29 - Record Of Agarest War, more
- Star Trek MMO will not get a sequel, says Cryptic
- Codemasters to release International Cricket in June
- Zeno Clash: Ultimate Edition to cost 1200 MS Points
- Portable gaming on the rise with US youngsters
- Free Realms gets first PS3 demo at E3
- Singularity - Cause and Effect video
- Penny Arcade founders land on annual TIME 100
- Splinter Cell Thursday hands out the FAMAS G2
- First DLC episode for Alan Wake included with copies of the game for free
- Tippl: Online "expected" to be a big part of Bungie's new game
- Euro PSN update, April 29 - LBP, SSFIV, FIFA South Africa
- Sony: Bungie/Activision deal is "great news for all gamers"
- Bungie: New game "might be" at E3
- Jarrard: Reach "for all intents and purposes" is its final Halo game
- Bungie: IW controversy does not put it off from working with Activision
- Interview: Bungie on signing with Activision for a decade
- Bethesda opens new offices in France and Germany
- Microsoft: Bungie partnership "remains unchanged" despite Activision deal
- Bungie: "We are still independent", new IP "has a concrete path"
- SSFIV alternate costume packs get dated
- Dead Space 2 teaser trailer decoded
- Pachter: Bungie/Activision project is "well along in development"
- Screens - Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
- New Alan Wake trailer rocks the boat
- Bungie signs exclusive 10-year Activision deal on "next big action game universe" [Update]
- New titles for 360 Game Room delayed "until further notice"
- Dead Space 2 trailer officially official
- Rare to deliver Develop motion control keynote
- Meier: Games trade "challenged" by "embarrassment of riches"
- THQ registers Red Faction domains
- China: 100 million new gamers in "the next few years"
- Big Stig reveals alternate GoW III ending
- Test Drive Unlimited 2 gets debut trailer
- Guild Wars 2 combat and elementalist detailed
- BioShock 2 Metro Pack trailered
- StarCraft II Mac beta out now
- Zeno Clash: Ultimate Edition dated for May
- Mysterious figure appears on God of War "Spartans Stand Tall" site
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- Halo: Reach beta to last until May 19
- Four more employees may have left Infinity Ward
- Gray Matter coming to Xbox 360
- Dante's Inferno: Trials of St. Lucia drops tomorrow
- Cohort Studios: The core will "come around" to new motion controls
- Dead Space 2 trailer leaked early
- Play BFBC2, get M24 sniper from Medal of Honor
- World premiere of Treyarch's Call of Duty hitting GTTV
- Buy Singularity, get Prototype for free
- Obsidian: Canned Aliens RPG felt "ready to ship"
- Spanish mag gives Alan Wake 93/100; says it's 16 hours long
- Red Steel 3 revealed, uses Vitality Sensor
- Check out the alt costumes for SSFIV
- Two more Tom Clancy games in the works at Ubisoft
- Jaffe and his PS3 game to skip E3
- Video - Explosives in Split/Second, demo up on XBL
- Analyst: Infinity Ward will be "essentially closed" after next map pack is released
- Hydrophobia is a timed exclusive; will come to PC and PSN
- Video - Skate 3 brings the co-op
- Conduit 2 will get "whatever it takes" for a win
- Tim Schafer to speak at Develop 2010
- Splinter Cell Conviction hits US Steam, Euro version to cost €50
- Mike Griffith quits Activision
- Interview: Blizzard's Chris Metzen on the WoW movie, Heart of the Swarm, more
- Red Dead Redemption Gamestop vid shows pre-order bonus
- Mad Catz forges "promotional alliance" with Daigo
- Ballmer: Natal is "the most exciting product we’ll bring to market this year"
- Next Mistwalker game laid bare in Famitsu
- New Vanquish screens are action incarnate
- Halo "Birth of a Spartan" live-action teaser springs forth from Microsoft's womb
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- TDU2 players want depth, "not graphics" says dev head
- THQ handing out UFC 2010 demo codes this coming Thursday
- Blizzard cuts ties with Korean e-Sports Association
- Overdose yourself on a bunch of SSFIV videos
- Infinity Ward employees suing Activision for unpaid dues [UPDATE]
- Guild Wars 2 blog dishes out the details
- Mafia II preview says GTA IV's "dated" in comparison
- "God damn Frank West" to be in more Capcom games, says Killian
- Electronic Arts is number 494 on Fortune 500
- ModNation Racers pre-orders bring on the Sack, Drake and Kratos
- Video - Lost Planet 2: The Final Episode
- Capcom trademarks Mega Man Universe
- Report - More people buy a used instead of new PS3
- Dead to Rights: Retribution DLC hitting June 1
- DJ Hero DLC hits April 29 with Darude's "Sandstorm"
- The Sims 3 invading consoles this fall
- Denise Kaigler joins 38 Studios
- Show your love for Alan Wake with boxers
- PSA: BioShock 2 map pack coming this week [Update]
- Ninja Theory ain't afraid of no PS3
- Far Cry 2, Kane and Lynch on GoD
- New No More Heroes 2 vids show women, weapons
- Cecil: Heavy Rain was "deeply flawed"
- XBLA sales rise 41% in March
- PartnerNet snap hints at Shenmue II download
- Le Carre, Bagley pegged as Kojima influences
- Red Dead Redemption features "beyond Black" swearing, gets rated M
- Crackdown 2's Thompson: Modern games are "too easy"
- Black: EA treats dev team members as "building blocks they can mix and match"
- Bodycount boss: Lady Gaga "blew my f**king socks off"
- Black Wii rumoured for May launch in US
- 350,000 played Madden 10 online once only
- StarCraft II cut-scene intros Zeratul, gameplay vid shows fighting
- StarCraft II expansion Collector's Editions possible if "fan excitement" is there
- Enslaved gets teaser site, spangly music, countdown
- Rockstar Collection 50% off on Steam this week
- Farsight dev diary: Move "opens up PS3" to new range of genres
- More ex-IW vets join Respawn Entertainment
- Arcania – Gothic 4 gets new screens
- Halo: Reach up for pre-order now
- Report: Square announces Extreme Edges label
- Cohort Studios: Move is "so much more accurate" than Wiimote
- Syfy announces two-hour Red Faction movie, leaves "back door" open for full TV series
- Shock of the century: More devs leave Infinity Ward
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- Watch a Bungie chap be very good at Halo: Reach
- Enslaved shots show prettiness, fire, jumping man
- Steam UI update available now
- We're hiring: US editor sought
- Super Street Fighter IV takes EG 10 - round-up
- The 3rd Birthday to release this year in Japan, says Wada
- US Supreme Court to decide future of violent games law
- Halo: Reach mutliplayer beta gets another video blowout
- Pachter on Splinter Cell: "You will see those games on PS3"
- Yet more Alpha Protocol movies detail protagonist, old man, fit woman
- Massive 35 minute Halo: Reach multiplayer vid goes "boom"
- Halo: Reach “Birth of a Spartan” live action short hitting April 27
- Pachter "certain" future Mass Effect titles going to PS3
- Halo: Reach teaser website opens up, promises "augmentation" on Wednesday
- Alan Wake - 20-minute movie from South Korea
- Early access to UFC Undisputed 2010 demo offered by THQ
- Bruckheimer: Games and movies indistinguishable in "next 10 years"
- Split/Second demo now live on Marketplace [Update]
- Sony adds in new, cheaper, more efficient PS3 graphics chip
- Infinity Ward staff disaster is "disturbing," says Bodycount chief
- Black: "F**k" realism over fun
- Surfer Girl: Metal Gear Solid to support Natal
- Off-screen Natal images show waving arms, Avatars for Ricochet
- UK charts: Splinter Cell: Conviction stays hidden at the top
- IGN's Matt Casamassina takes up new job at Apple
- Slim 360 for E3 debut, says Surfer Girl [Update]
- F1 2010 promises to have "the most authentic experience possible" - new shots, dev diary
- Weird Dead Space 2 art shows up
- L4D2 DLC also mentions Plants vs Zombies
- 360-exclusive Split/Second demo releasing this week
- Shadow of the Colossus movie still happening
- Man plays with Move in London, takes pictures
- French XBLA grab shows Jet Set Radio
- Halo 3: ODST sales will be "reinvigorated" thanks to Reach beta, says Microsoft
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- Yoshinori Ono says to ask Capcom for another Darkstalkers
- Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead gets June release
- ESRB gives Red Dead Redemption an "M" rating
- Skate 3 trailer has falling, meat, zombies, metal
- Alpha Protocol video - So much for the vodka
- Oddworld games still coming to PC in 2010
- UK: Download RDR trailer, get 400 MS Points
- Check out these pimp-tastic Saint's Row 2 Avatar items
- Toy Box mode for Toy Story 3 revealed through video
- Madden NFL demo will feature the Colts vs The Jets
- StarCraft II to forgo cross-server play at launch
- Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Pack costs $15 on Steam
- Mad Catz to be worldwide maker of Rock Band peripherals
- Sakamoto says Team Ninja collaboration on Metroid: Other M "feels destined"
- Dead Island to possibly be published by Deep Silver
- "We're not trying to be innovative", says SCII designer
- Japanese software charts, April 12-18: NSMBW tops again
- LBP PSP Turbo Pack has construction vehicles
- Ian Livingstone given British Inspiration Award
- Activision registers website for possible Goldeneye revival
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- Rumour - Metroid: Other M, Sin and Punishment 2 delayed in US [Update]
- Patch for StarCraft II Beta adds map editor, more
- Avatar's film producer blames Fox for bad game sales
- Don't worry, SOCOM 4 supports both Move and DualShock
- Four more team members leave Infinity Ward [Update]
- Digital weekend sale: L4D2, CoD4, Thief
- Meet the Lady Pirates of Lost Planet 2
- UFC 2010 gets HMV exclusive, demo codes coming
- Red Dead Redemption gets animated in May on Fox
- Kane & Lynch 2 screens show battered vehicles
- US PSN update, April 22 - Monkey Island, LP2 demo, UC2
- Conan: Rise of the Godslayer dated for May 11
- R.U.S.E. moves into September
- More Just Cause 2 Black Market DLC announced
- New Blur trailer released by Activision
- Modern Warfare 2 matchmaking tweaked on Xbox Live
- StarCraft II still on target for mid-year release
- Keiji Inafune named Capcom's global head of production
- Project K details and screens surface
- Starcraft II single-player blown to pieces - impressions round-up
- Codemasters holds on to LOTRO in Europe
- Japanese hardware charts - PSP comes out trumps again
- DJ Shadow working on DJ Hero 2
- ModNation Racers PS3 to release on May 21 in UK
- Report - Ubisoft's DRM software hacked
- Microsoft, Nintendo, Activision win big at MCV awards
- Third Bad Company 2 map pack getting ready for release
- Pachter: Call of Duty to see lower sales due to EA, Respawn competition
- First Madden NFL '11 trailer released
- Sega: Lay-offs help aim for "leadership position" in "digital space"
- Red Dead Redemption multiplayer modes get detailed
- Activision confirms Tony Hawk: Shred title
- First episodes of Alan Wake prequel air this Sunday
- Combat detailed in new Old Republic dev diary
- Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Driver: San Francisco domains registered by Ubisoft
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- MS Q1 2010 financials: Xbox 360 business generates $165M
- Eight ex-Infinity Ward staff join Respawn Entertainment [Update]
- Marvel vs Capcom 3 in development since 2008
- Vidzone launches Vidzone TV on PS3
- SEGA West lays-off 73 staffers through restructuring
- Alpha Protocol - Meet Scarlet Lake, boys
- Cybermen, arctic setting for next Doctor Who game episode
- Free DLC hitting MAG next week
- Frank West leaves a foreboding message in L4D2
- Pachter: Netflix users to increase by 3M this year
- Rumor: Arkham Asylum 2 to miss 2010 release
- Paul Anderson considering a game for his film adaptation of Buck Rogers
- New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees is coverboy for Madden NFL 11
- Report - Bethesda drops Interplay lawsuit [UPDATE]
- Ubisoft to hold press event at E3 on June 14
- Whitten: Natal is more than gaming and "learns about you"
- Win stuff: Capcom lays down MVC3 shadow character guantlet!
- Euro PSN update, April 22 - Lost Planet 2 MP demo, UC2, loads of sales
- SEGA's Move and Natal projects to court PS2 crowd
- Power-ups and co-op detailed for SMG2
- First L4D2 Mutation mode is Realism Versus
- West and Zampella's bonuses handed out to remaining Infinity Ward staff
- Halo: Reach Legendary Edition to cost ?100 in UK
- Uncharted 2 update includes Siege Expansion, Double Cash weekend
- Richard Morgan, EA in talks on future games
- New Halo: Reach vidoc released
- Interview: Crysis 2 author Richard Morgan (part 1)
- Halo: Reach to release in three flavours [Update]
- Eurogamer Expo tickets on sale now
- Future's "CVG Network" claims 2.3 million UU from Google stats
- Activision: More staff expected to leave Infinity Ward
- Left 4 Dead 2: The Passing now available on Marketplace
- Bungie: Halo 3 on GoD is still same great game despite slower loading times
- Final Fight: Double Impact requires net connection on PS3 to play
- Major League Baseball streaming coming to PS3 in US
- Bungie: Halo: Reach almost "content complete"
- UFC 2010 career mode mapped in movie
- ModNation Racers TV ad gets the Butler treatment
- Rank 50 in Battlefield: Bad Company 2 takes about 282 hours
- Blizzard appealing Starcraft II AO rating in Korea
- Activision: Three new Call of Duty titles in two years
- First movie of Mac Steam appears on YouTube
- L4D2 Passing out today, promo trailer brings the hate
- Latest PS3 system update prepares for third dimension
- Rumor: Rocksteady prepping new DLC for first Arkham Asylum?
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- Blur: Best Buy and GameStop pre-order incentives
- Yamauchi: How we put the Top Gear test tack into Gran Turismo 5
- Tecmo Koei wishes Itagaki and Valhalla prosperity
- Kit Upgrade DLC coming to Battlefield: Bad Company 2
- Lost Planet 2 multiplayer demo now available on XBL
- Alpha Protocol - Henry Leland is an arms dealer with a mission
- New Mario Galaxy 2 trailer is out of this world
- Fable III hero screenshot is rather smashing
- Pre-order StarCraft II at Gamestop, get beta access
- Rumor - Next Silent Hill game is an FPS
- GAME execs exiting the company as profits tumble
- Report - Formal Bulletstorm reveal on hold due to Icelandic volcano
- HMV outs possible Bond game - James Bond: Bloodstone
- Bungie may do another Halo "ten years down the line"
- Report: Microsoft in talks for XBL Channel, Conan was suggested for it
- Modern Warfare 2 makes $401M in first 24-hours, wins a Guinness
- Over 320K accounts banned from Warcraft III and Diablo II
- Halo: Reach multiplayer beta gets breached - round-up
- Hands-on with the Halo: Reach multiplayer beta
- Dead Rising 2 gets massive video blowout
- Okamiden footage, screens from Captivate are pretty
- Bungie: 3 million people expected to play Reach beta
- Lost Planet 2 video shows off multiplayer DLC
- Steam UI update coming next week
- Dead Rising 2 - new zombie-filled screens
- Captivate 2010 blown to pieces - everything in one place
- Capcom talks editorial integrity and more at Captivate
- Yamauchi will be "angry" when GT5 development finishes
- SCII beta gets map editor this week, Mac beta possibly coming next week
- Yakuza: Project K developed for PSP
- MGS: Peace Walker nabs 40/40 in Famitsu
- Sega not finished with mature Wii titles after all - just more casual-focused
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- Turbine has been acquired by Warner Bros.
- John Romero looking for experienced UR3 coders for "exciting IP"
- US 7-Eleven stores to start selling used games in September
- EA launches free-to-play browser game Lord of Ultima
- Gears of War 3 Avatar goodies land on XBL
- Rumor: Project Natal development kit photos leaked
- Rumor: Mr. Freeze, Talia al Ghul to appear in Arkham Asylum 2
- Video - Super Street Fighter IV Tournament DLC
- L4D2: The Passing coming to Steam and XBL Thursday [Update]
- PoP: The Forgotten Sands - videos for preview build surface
- DLC for Metro 2033 currently being tested
- More Just Cause 2 and BioShock 2 DLC dated for XBL
- Bionic Commando: Rearmed 2 confirmed for Q1 2011
- Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective coming to DS this winter
- New Dead Rising 2 trailer is in your face
- Okamiden gets 2011 western release for DS
- DLC announced for SSFIV, Lost Planet 2, MotoGP 09/10
- Captivate 2010: Dead Rising 2 gets Co-Op; Prologue story details [Update]
- Marvel vs Capcom 3 formally announced for spring 2011 release
- Iceland's volcano causes some games to miss Australian release
- Rumor - Nintendo 3DS out in October
- Wii Classic Controller Pro now in US stores
- Bulletstorm is Epic's "dream sci-fi movie" in a "groundbreaking video game", says writer
- Gamespot handing out Third Echelon Map codes for Conviction
- Brink director says transition from "PC-only" development was challenging
- MGS4, PW team now involved with Metal Gear Solid: Rising
- Steam Achievements for The Passing reveal L4D2 content
- CCP hasn't been blown up by a volcano
- Halo 3 now available on Games on Demand
- 1 million 360's sold in Australia and New Zealand
- New Alpha Protocol movies show German saucepot, old Russian man
- 8% of Japanese people want to buy Nintendo 3DS, says poll
- Bushnell rejoins Atari as Harrison, Gardner, Bozek resign
- DS piracy blamed for 50% drop in European software sales
- Bionic Commando: Rearmed 2 gets first trailer, includes jumping
- "Tony Hawk: Shred" dropped in tweet
- Battlestations dev Eidos Hungary shut down last year, says Square Enix
- Kojima working on second "confidential project"
- The 3rd Birthday will "exceed expectations", says Square Enix
- Marvel Vs Capcom 3 trailer hits YouTube
- Batman voice actor: Arkham Asylum 2 to be "really dark," will include Two-Face
- Jaffe "may" work on non-Sony platforms someday
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- "Natal is challenging because it's so different," says Molyneux
- Fourth generation iPhone prototype leaked
- Ubisoft ditches paper manuals in green effort
- PSA: Halo: Reach previews embargo lifts 4pm tomorrow [Update]
- Report: Bionic Commando: Rearmed 2 is real, was announced last week
- Alan Wake runs in 720p, Remedy not happy over recent leaks
- Marvel Vs Capcom 3 announced at Captivate
- Borderlands: Zombie Island of Dr. Ned is this week's Live Deal of the Week
- The Outsider still being worked on at Frontier
- Yerli: Console version of Crysis 2 "looked impossible"
- Splatterhouse movie shows ballet, gore
- Nothing is sacred in new Crackdown 2 dev diary
- Crysis 2 platform teams "always in competition"
- Interview: Crysis 2 exec producer, Nathan Camarillo
- New Sledgehammer CoD title "will broaden the audience", says Activision
- Crackdown 2 footage blows the stuffing out
- UK charts: Splinter Cell: Conviction gets top spot
- Kamiya: Force me to do new StarFox
- Split/Second footage blows up the boat
- Police stops Splinter Cell PR stunt in New Zealand
- First Doctor Who: Adventure Games footage is go
- New MMA vid features grunting, punching
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- Crazy Taxi, Sonic Adventure outed for Xbox Live Arcade
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- Violent games effect sleep patterns less than previously thought
- Monster Hunter armor in Lost Planet 2 exclusive to Japan
- Natal's River Rush outed and described by filmmaker James Gunn
- Microsoft investigating harsh working conditions in its China factory
- LOTRO is three, celebrates with goodies and a subscription sale
- Singularity gets new trailer, June 29 release date
- New MMA shots from EA show exactly what you expect
- Cavia already working on DLC for NieR
- Just Dance moves one million copies in the US
- First Doctor Who: Adventures Game episode releases June 5
- ModNation Racers PSP: Final Track Studio tutorial series hits the net
- Tippl: Activision treats its developers "extremely well"
- Former GRIN staffers form Might and Delight studios
- Infinity Ward staffer: "We are not dead"
- Sam & Max items make their way into Team Fortress 2
- Musician mentions "Sony" and "LittleBigPlanet 2" in tweets
- Red Steel 2 moves 50K copies in 12-days, according to NPD
- Massive patch for Supreme Commander 2 hits PC
- Unannounced Square Enix game will leave you "shocked"
- Halo: Reach multiplayer footage will rock your face
- OPM UK teases open-world game with user-generated missions hitting PS3
- StarCraft II given an AO rating in Korea
- Rock Band getting Coheed, Siouxsie, the Femmes next week
- Left 4 Dead 2 DLC The Passing hits next week
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- Sony's Move brawler now called The Fight: Lights Out
- Red Dead Redemption to have three difficulty modes
- Infinity Ward insider says the studio is "dead"
- Grasshopper Manufature copyrights "Closer" with USCO [Update]
- DSi XL moves 141,000 units since March 28 US debut
- Telltale says fans would like for it to make a LOST game
- Crytek CEO says demos are "a luxury” and “prohibitively expensive”
- SEGA revises earnings forecast, expects profit in Q4
- US PSN update, April 15 - Sam & Max, Skate 3 Demo
- Age of Conan retail package to contain Rise of the Godslayer
- US PS Video Store update, April 15 - Party time, excellent
- Developer says fitness gamers will "benefit more" from Move and Natal
- Ghost Recon: Future Soldier multiplayer beta detailed
- Graphics for Sam & Max Season 3 went "up a level" on PS3
- Loads of Super Mario Galaxy 2 goodies hit official Nintendo site
- Infinity Ward sackings were "horrifying", says Insomniac
- Crytek taking 3D "very seriously", working close with Move, Natal
- Western version of MGS: Peace Walker uncut version
- Miyamoto plans to continue working should Nintendo retire him
- No Doubt wins first round in Activision lawsuit
- GT5 will be "totally different" than Prologue, says Yamauchi
- Up to 20 more staff could leave Infinity Ward, says Pachter
- New Halo Reach shots blow our minds
- Bungie "can't wait" to show Halo: Reach at E3
- Splinter Cell on PS3: "We’ll have to see"
- Ubisoft DRM software "vital to our business", says Conviction creative lead
- Interview: Splinter Cell Conviction's Maxime Béland
- Splinter Cell Conviction - the first 20 minutes in video
- PS Store updates to move to Tuesday and Wednesday
- How Infinity Ward job losses have affected MW2's credits
- Japanese hardware charts - PSP back on top
- Demon's Souls formally dated in Europe for June 25 by Namco Bandai
- March NPD - everything in one place
- NPD March 2010: Nintendo touts record-breaking portable sales
- NPD March 2010: Microsoft pleased with figures, says bring on E3
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- NPD March 2010: "Consumer demand remains incredibly high" for PS3 despite shortages, says Seybold
- God of War III bests God of War II launch by 32%
- NPD March 2010 Analysis: Industry sales up 6% to $1.52B
- Original Xbox Live is dead
- NPD March 2010: DS comes out top in hardware stakes
- NPD March 2010: Raw Data
- NPD March 2010 Software - God of War III moves 1.1M units
- World of Warcraft gets new cosmetic pet and Celestial Mount
- Watch the first eleven minutes of Alan Wake
- Lost Planet 2 gets Dead Rising and Monster Hunter characters
- Things you may not know about Heavy Rain's development
- Sony cans plans for PSP Room
- LOTR: Aragorn's Quest to support Move on PS3
- New MS Points pricing structure is US-only for the time being
- Video shows Natal recognizing gender
- F.E.A.R. 3 to have "divergent co-op" and possession abilities
- Epic opens doors to new office in Japan
- Survey says: Xbox 360 failure rate is 42%
- Japanese software charts, April 5-11: NSMBW tops
- 3D firmware update for PS3 not compatible with Blu-rays
- Buy a Sony Bravia 3D TV, get four free 3D games
- Skate 3 demo now available from Xbox Live Marketplace
- Olin: Those that forget DS is the number one portable are "silly"
- Red Dead Redemption multiplayer shots look 'hawt
- cdv Software files for preliminary insolvency
- EU PS Store update, April 15 - GTA IV, Sam and Max Season 3, Skate 3
- Activision expects Q1 2010 to be better than original forecast [Update]
- First Pokemon Black/White shots get out
- Microsoft's European VP of strategic marketing resigns
- Gravity Crash reduced to ?4 on PS Store
- West: With Respawn, "the sky's the limit"
- Square Enix releases launch trailer for Nier
- Assassin's Creed II receives Guinness World Record [Update]
- First artwork for Level 5's Time Travelers revealed
- Kojima: I'll leave games industry if I "mess up" next project
- Namco Bandai "making full announcement" on Demon's Souls Euro release tomorrow
- USK lists Demon's Souls for European release by Namco-Bandai
- Split/Second gets first dev diary
- Original Xbox Live is still up and kicking
- Interview - Joseph Olin, AIAS president (part 1)
- BioShock Marin team not handling XCOM, says 2K
- Nolan North: Uncharted 3 is "common sense"
- Two more devs leave Infinity Ward
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- MoH executive producer says games "can" be too authentic
- Video - PoP: The Forgotten Sands on Wii
- Tor to publish Dead Space: Martyr by B.K. Evenson
- Analyst says for 3D to be a success, it needs to lose the glasses
- Demon's Souls blows past Atlus' projected unit sales in the US
- Army of Two 2 DLC issues to be fixed "soon"
- Alpha Protocol on PC will use Uniloc DRM
- BioWare's Muzyka and Zeschuk to keynote Develop
- DLC for Splinter Cell: Conviction to hit XBL on a weekly basis
- Monster Hunter Tri gets 8.8 from IGN in first online review
- Crackdown 2 to have "thousands of enemies on screen"
- Street Fighter Fit, Street Fighter Exercise a "possibility", says producer
- Crysis 2 gets "slightly more performance" out of PS3 than 360
- Black/White introduces new Pokemons, store, visuals
- Concept art for Ghost Recon: Future Soldier surfaces
- International iPad launch delayed until May
- Rumor: 2K working on MMO set in BioShock universe
- Games without narrative from get-go will become "obsolete", says Yerli
- "A lot of work ahead" for DC Universe Online, says SOE
- Yerli: Uncharted 2 didn't do "justice to the medium of game"
- Interview: Cevat Yerli on narrative in Crysis 2 (part 2)
- Tomb Raider: Legend, Devil May Cry 4 available on GoD
- $300 360 Slim with Natal and 250Gb HDD on the way, says Pachter
- Rumour - Ghost Recon: Future Soldier supports Natal
- GTA IV on sale for Games for Windows for $15
- Triple trademark filings from Starbreeze mention Syndicate
- Take Two needs to "get bigger", says Zelnick
- PSA: Today last full day for original Xbox Live
- New Level 5 project is a time-travel game
- White Knight Chronicles 2 shots get out
- BioShock 2 team resurrects XCOM... as a first-person shooter [Update]
- Uncharted 2 "the perfect example" of storytelling, says Crysis 2 writer
- Four more development vets flee Infinity Ward
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- Ubisoft chats about classes in Ghost Recon: Future Soldier
- SAW 2 video is a bit gross
- Freezing issues being reported for Splinter Cell: Conviction [Update]
- Bruckheimer feels good movies based on games boils down to talent
- No one wants a "solitary experience" anymore, says Conviction's multiplayer director
- UFC 2010 developer diary discusses new fighting combos
- Road & Track Car Pack for Forza 3 hits XBL Marketplace
- Survey says average income of US Game Industry is $75,573
- Professional StarCraft players in Korea accused of cheating
- No more Green Day DLC coming to Rock Band - for now
- Level-5 to announce new game in next issue of Famitsu
- Karen Traviss announced as Gears of War 3 writer
- ESRB lists 15 PSP games coming from Sony
- Retailer GAME puts DLC warning stickers on used titles
- Russian StarCraft II players to be charged online fees
- Reggie: Nintendo 3DS is "our next handheld platform"
- Dead Rising was "too Japanese", says Capcom
- Report - Ken Levine creating an "original title"
- PS3 sales pass 5 million units LtD in Japan, says Famitsu
- "Several" Kingdom Hearts titles being planned, says Nomura
- Pachter: Respawn "is the ultimate screw-you to Activision"
- Gears of War 3 - first four screens
- Rumour - Apocalypse Now game in development from ex-Pandemic staff
- Gears 3: Rod Fergusson apparently confirms four-way co-op
- Halo MMO "was absolutely going to compete with WOW"
- Splinter Cell: Conviction reviews sneak in, round up
- MS confirms April 8 release for Gears 3, new Avatar COG armour out April 20 [Update]
- Rumour - Ninja Theory working on Devil May Cry 5
- Zampella and West Respawn back with EA - everything you need to know
- Bleszinski: Gears 3 "probably" releasing on April 8, 2011
- First Gears 3 trailer s**ts the bed
- Gears of War 3 formally announced
- Study: PS3 has highest percentage of Internet-connected users
- Fable III to let players impregnate their Xbox Live friends
- Infinity Ward loses another pair of veteran devs
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- Fallon producer confirms CliffyB reveal is Gears of War 3
- Zampella: MW3 "held hostage" accusations are "false and outrageous"
- Remedy: Announcing Alan Wake as a open-world game "was a mistake"
- Crytek planning free-to-use CryEngine 3 for developers
- Rockstar releases new trailer of GTA: Eps from Liberty City
- EA: Respawn creating own IPs, not Battlefield or Medal of Honor
- Activision: West-Zampella/EA deal comes as "no surprise"
- EA Partners boss: Acti has "blown up" Infinity Ward's talent, EA "in this game to win"
- Zampella on Respawn: "This is a total reset"
- EA formally announces Bulletstorm for 2011 release
- EA announces new development studio headed by Zampella, West
- Crysis 2 writer: Halo's story is "bulls**t"
- UK charts: Just Dance gets 4th UK No.1
- Updated patent points at rumble to feature in future DS iteration
- Crackdown 2 rated M by ESRB
- PlayStation Move sub-controller is named "Navigation Controller"
- Silicon Knights given $4 million boost for new project
- Castlevania devs "decided against" using Move for Lords of Shadow
- Kojima seriously hints at Zone Of the Enders 3 as next KP title
- Miyamoto's best is yet to come, wants to see new Starfox
- Modern Warfare 3 being "held hostage", says Acti
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- Conviction started out much different than final product, says producer
- Konami to release Rush'N Attack sequel this fall
- SAW 2 announced for an autumn release from Konami
- GOW3's "zipped up" too tight for certain types of DLC, says Asmussen
- GTA being shown to school children to teach them about violence
- Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck’s Revenge screened
- Castlevania: Lords of Shadow was almost a remake of 8-bit-classic
- Blacklight: Tango Down has normal multiplayer modes, mini-games
- Need for Speed World Beta 3 goes live on Wednesday
- Ubisoft drew inspiration from Uncharted, Max Payne for Conviction
- Modern Warfare 2: Everybody's Doing It
- Tracks for Green Day: Rock Band revealed
- PSA: Last weekend to play original Xbox games on Live
- Ian Livingstone gets sneak peek at Lionhead's super secret project
- UK games market drops 7.8% during Q1 2010
- Microsoft changes purchase increment for MS Points on XBL
- Splinter Cell: Conviction CE has faulty USB drives, drops by $10
- Activision's allegations "lose sight of the reality", says West and Zampell counsel
- Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter gets detailed, trailered
- Bleszinski to have two announcements on Monday
- Splinter Cell: Conviction gets 9.3 from IGN
- People Can Fly's Bulletstorm revealed as next GI cover star
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- US PS Video Store update, April 8 - Lord of the Rings Trilogy
- Conduit 2 MotionPlus support in question, will stay on Wii
- Alex St. John: OnLive is a good business idea that's "doomed"
- Activision files Cross Complaint against Zampella and West [Update]
- US PSN update, April 9 - Just Cause 2, LBP, FIFA demo
- Screens for Lost Planet 2 are deliciously great
- PoP: The Forgotten Sands release slips by a few days
- Modern Warfare 2 was "an immense disappointment", says Crysis 2 writer
- Warner trademarks Netherrealm Studios
- Eidos' Fabled Lands and Abraxas MMOs may see new life on iPad
- Uncharted 2 gets third bit of DLC with Siege Expansion Pack
- Split/Second DLC outed by Play pre-order program
- Codies CEO: Traditional publishing's the "model of the dinosaurs”
- Yerli: Crysis 2 on consoles "not about sales"
- Yerli: Crytek UK, nee Free Rad, focused on Crysis 2 multiplayer
- Yerli: "There's nothing below" 30fps in Crysis 2
- Crytek: Crysis 2's about "making gameplay that’s unique" to both consoles and PC
- EA announces Richard Morgan as Crysis 2 head-writer
- Interview: Crytek CEO Cevat Yerli on Crysis 2 (part 1)
- Crysis 2: First full reveal trailer and new images from NY premiere
- Impressions: Crysis 2 gameplay world premiere in New York
- Konami confirms new Silent Hill game for PS3, 360
- Epic to reveal new title soon, says OXM UK
- 360 dashboard shows Gears of War 3 for April 2011 release [Update]
- Splinter Cell: Conviction gets 8 in latest Edge
- Feder: Take Two a lot more then "the ‘GTA company’"
- Crytek becomes TIGA member
- Splatterhouse to feature previous 16-bit editions
- FFXIV cut-scenes gets Alpha treatment
- Rumour - Star Wars: Battlefront Online canceled
- Japanese hardware charts - the "two out of three ain't so bad" edition
- Rumour - Portal 2 making its way to PS3
- Pokemon Black and White coming to Japan this fall
- Halo: Reach beta maps, details revealed
- David Cage: Heavy Rain on track to sell 1.5 million units by year's end
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- Modern Warfare 2 DLC hits PS3, PC next month
- Castlevania "wouldn't be as good" without Kojima, says Cox
- John Koller explains why Move is better than Natal, what's in store at E3
- Sony announces "Big Boss" pack for MGS: Peace Walker
- Blizzard suggests playing StarCraft II 30-60 hours before going 1v1
- L.A. Noire script is not 22K pages long, says Bondi
- Halo movie to be made "when the time is right," says 343
- Rumor: Gears 3 has reworked cover system, underwater missions
- Fahey: Why iPad doesn't matter to you... yet
- Apple: 450K iPads sold, responsible for 3.5M downloads
- Debut F.E.A.R. 3 trailer is literally mental
- Red Dead Redemption multiplayer video has a posse
- Sony aims to help "lead the way" with 3D gaming
- APB Beta key giveaway from Eurogamer
- Starcraft II Collector's Edition revealed, date to be announced soon
- PB Winterbottom hitting Steam with new features
- F.E.A.R. 3 formally announced for consoles, PC
- Euro PSN update, April 8 - Just Cause 2, Blue Toad Murder Files
- Red Dead Redemption is "our most ambitious game to date", says Rockstar
- Call of Duty 7 to be featured in May issue of OPM UK
- Blizzard handing out StarCraft II Beta keys on Facebook
- Molyneux: Fable III has "greatest cast any computer game has ever had"
- Nintendo's Q2 European line-up revealed
- Rumour - Capcom vs Marvel 3, SSFIV PC reveals coming soon
- Rumour - EA "placed million-dollar bounty" for ex-Infinity Ward heads
- Super Mario Galaxy 2 dated for May 27 in Japan
- Bleszinski: "You'll like what you'll see" come Monday
- Doctor Who: The Adventure Games announced for PC, Mac
- Government passes Digital Economy bill
- Supreme Commander 2 demo up on Marketplace
- Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker trailer capsizes the boat
- Crytek: Crysis 2 will set the graphical benchmark on PS3
- Cliff Bleszinski's big reveal bumped to next week
- World of Warcraft: Cataclysm beta about to kick-off
- Modern Warfare 2 defies space-time continuum, logs over 200,000 years of gameplay
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- More invites for Need for Speed World Beta go out
- Final Fanatsy XIV score leaked onto the net
- Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Package surpasses 2.5M its first week
- New Dead to Rights: Retribution video shows Jack's furry friend
- Gordon Van Dyke confirms DICE departure, now with Visceral Games
- Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker has loads of product placement
- Problems being reported with PS3 firmware update 3.21
- Video - Check out Mirror's Edge on iPad
- Uncharted 2 didn't "redefine" action games, says Castlevania producer
- Iwata: Zelda team feeling graphical pressure from Monster Hunter Tri
- Suda: Ideas for No More Heroes 3 compared to diarrhea
- Modern Warfare 2 - Free PC Multiplayer weekend on Steam
- Splinter Cell: Conviction will be "a little bit harder and realistic" than the demo
- Alan Wake goes Gold
- Magazine writer fired for publishing Rockstar email
- FIFA World Cup demo releasing tomorrow
- PSA: Borderlands double game add-on pack now available
- XBL Marketplace release and sale schedule for April 12 - April 20
- Kojima: Console will be dead "in the near future"
- MGS: Peace Walker gets characters trailer
- Star Trek Online for consoles canned
- Sakaguchi: The Last Story is no Final Fantasy "rehash"
- Splinter Cell: Conviction's stealth showcased
- Peace Walker/Monster Hunter team-up gets screened
- Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days gets extended trailer
- Alpha Protocol gets new dev diary
- Trials HD is Best Arcade Game of last year, says you
- Split/Second multiplayer vids are proper hardcore
- Alan Wake European release pushed forward to May 14
- R.U.S.E. open beta to end on April 12
- Professor Layton anime movie to get western release this September
- Mass Effect 2: Kasumi's Stolen Memory now available
- Monkey Island creator Ron Gilbert bids audieu to Hothead Games
- First Crysis 2 video from Times Square, NYC
- Rumor: Gears of War movie loses director as story, budget "scaled way back"
- Big Peace Walker announcement is Monster Hunter collaboration
- EA releases new Skate 3 demo trailer
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- Blur multiplayer demo now available on Live
- "First look" at Crysis 2 coming tonight, says Crytek
- Interview: Lost Planet 2's Jun Takeuchi
- Sony E3 presser confirmed for June 15
- Ubi CV says next Assassin's Creed is due this year, SCC PS3 also seen
- Halo 3 coming to Games on Demand on April 20
- Splinter Cell: Conviction demo release was "nerve-wracking", says Ubisoft
- Fallout 3, Fable II hit Games on Demand
- Official: Conviction vignettes blow the house down
- Ghost Recon: Future Soldier MP beta to be on Conviction disc
- More Crackdown 2 goodness released
- NCSoft trademarks City of Heroes 2
- UK charts: Just Dance moonwalks back into number one
- Koei-Tecmo confirms summer release for Quantum Theory
- 360 Flash drive support update now live
- No More Heroes 2 confirmed for May 28 UK release
- Reggie: Nintendo not afraid of Apple, iPad
- Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker includes optional install
- Super Street Fighter IV TV ad is bonkers
- Mikami given "too much freedom" on God Hand
- Crackdown 2 gets kick-ass campaign walkthrough
- Cage: Microsoft was "lying" over "sci-fi" E3 Natal demo
- Yamauchi: GT5 will have 3D, Move support if it's "interesting"
- iPad sells 300k in opening weekend, says Apple
- Sega: Madworld on Wii was a "mismatch"
- Report - Quantum Theory releasing this summer
- Sony: Arrogance from recent years "has now gone"
- Splinter: Cell Conviction's Mark & Execute feature detailed
- Two more developers leave Infinity Ward following COD-Gate
- BioWare on lack of homosexuality in ME2: "We view it as a PG-13 action movie"
- MW2 Stimulus Pack day-one buyers get seven more days of XBL Gold
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- Geometry Wars 2 is Live Deal of the Week
- Indian games firm gets 50% stake in Codemasters
- Natal will sell "millions and millions", says Greenberg
- GT5 gets stunning leaked McLaren replay footage [Update]
- MW2 "the game to beat", says DICE
- Square Enix promising a "little surprise" for this week
- "Big Peace Walker announcement" coming on Wednesday, says Kojima
- Valve doesn't see need to change Gordon Freeman for next Half-Life
- Sony: Killzone 2 not going 3D
- Pandemic's Legends revealed in portfolio
- Duke Nukem: Forever gets leaked footage, screens
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- Super Street Fighter IV Arcade release confirmed
- Green Day: Rock Band gets full American Idiot album
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- Rumor - First bit of DLC for Just Cause 2 to land April 7
- GameStop: Pre-order details for Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions
- NBA Jam will have big head mode
- ICL students create a way to play Pong using eye movement
- Bungie weekly update has loads of information on Halo:Reach
- Assassin's Creed 2 wins seven MI6 Marketing Awards
- Ninja Theory co-founder says 3D console tech is "limited"
- WHO claims obesity in kids can partially be blamed on gaming
- Loads of Easter sales happening for PC gamers
- Jaffe says Eat, Sleep, Play game's "falling into place"
- Greenberg: "Third parties have struggled" on Wii
- Rush mode from VIP map now available to all BFBC2 players
- Rockstar planning its biggest ad blowout ever for Red Dead Redemption
- Screens - Three for Darksiders PC
- Sharp shows off what could very well be 3DS tech
- Sega cans developer of Iron Man, Golden Axe: Beast Rider
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- Split/Second goes Downtown in new trailer
- Free Realms hits the 10 million user mark
- Time's 100 Most Influential People poll shows Penny Arcade topping Obama
- Stealth will be "something you want to use" in Splinter Cell
- BioWare games are about "memorable moments", says Zeschuk
- GTA: Episodes from Liberty City gets first PC shots
- GTA: Chinatown Wars unit sales accounted for 50% of M-rated titles on DS
- Remedy: Consider Alan Wake DLC as "Christmas special"
- IO Interactive: Violence in games is criticized by the 'outside crowd'.
- Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution App hits iPad
- DAO marketing just showed what was in the game, says Zeschuk
- Blur Beta to be open to all XBL users, PS3 still not getting it
- Red Faction getting a film is part of THQ's "trans-media strategy", says Bilson
- US PS Video Store update, April 1 - Holmes, Austin Powers, Baby Mama
- Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter gets a demo on Steam today
- US PSN update, April 1 - Heavy Rain, Dante's Inferno, DAO
- The core have "looked down their nose" at motion gaming, says Dille
- THQ has a $40M Natal game under consideration, says Bilson
- Dille: Sony's more prominent in consumer's "consideration zone" than ever
- DICE: Medal of Honor is no Bad Company 2 clone
- Itagaki says he can't "make a game without" his favorite vices
- Visceral: Dead Space 2 will "scare the pants off you"
- MS sues Datel over alleged controller patent infringement
- Bleszinski: No "weaponry" for Fallon announce
- 3D Realms: Duke Nukem Forever could have gone gold yesterday
- Borderlands half-price on Steam this weekend
- Portal 2 gets new screens, art
- Final Fantasy IX confirmed for Japanese PSN
- Qore: Killzone 2 going 3D this "summer"
- Japanese hardware charts - PS3 is weekly winner, PSP comes out trumps for March
- ME2: Kasumi DLC gets trailer treatment
- Dille: God of War III sells 1 million units in "just a couple days"
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- Hydrophobia shots look rather nice, are full of water
- Enclave for Wii gets a publisher, still no date
- Mafia II gets first dev diary
- PSP Digital Comics Store update, April 1 - Beowulf, Eternal Decent
- New Halo: Reach vidoc has Halo chess
- StarCraft II has 40% more units than before, depending on your faction
- PoP: The Forgotten Sands CE for Europe has classic PoP included
- Meier: Civilization was not developed as an "educational game"
- Peter Dille details how Sony plans on "redefining the digital living room"
- Design a Gravity Crash Portable level and win a PSPgo
- Video - Red Dead Redemption: Life in the West Part II
- DAO Feastday gifts and pranks pack now available
- Resident Evil: Afterlife shots are a bit wet and wild
- AI in GT5 to be "more human-like", says Yamauchi
- Romero says Darksiders is what Quake should have been
- "Big" Halo thing is IGN-made Bollywood trailer
- PoP: The Forgotten Sands already in the works before last game was released
- Take-Two gets greenlight to sue former execs for stock fraud
- Pictures - Super Mario Galaxy 2 screen captures
- Bowling explains again why MW2's Stimulus Package is a great deal
- Xbox Live Arcade Inventory Blowout Sale has games 50% off
- Euro PSN update, April 1 - Heavy Rain, Army of Two, Dragon Age
- Ubisoft: Conviction PC delay not down to DRM
- No female Agents for Crackdown 2
- Yet more RUSE deception tricks detailed in video
- EGM cover hints at Metal Gear Solid: Rising re-reveal
- Japan gets Lost Planet 360 bundle
- MGS: Peace Walker gets last gameplay video
- DC Universe Online gets new Travelogue video
- Remedy's Matias Myllrinne joins GDC Europe panel
- Magic Johnson, Larry Bird confirmed as legends in NBA Jam
- Microsoft: MW2 DLC situation was down to "process failure"
- White Knight Chronicles 2 gets new shots
- Halo: Reach beta to contain "huge chunk" of sandbox play
- MGS: Peace Walker meets Assassin's Creed in new trailer
- PAX East brings in over 50,000 attendees
- SOE: The Agency playable "within weeks"
- Platinum's Vanquish suits up with new screens
- Sony removes OS options with PS3 upgrade
- Cliff Bleszinksi to debut new game next week
- Bizarre Creations: No plans for Geometry Wars "right now"
- Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker suffers UK delay