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January 2009 Archive

    1. WOW: other hero classes were considered
    2. Blaming the Crunch
    3. iPhone Roundup
    1. Editor's blog: Exclusive reviews?
    2. Competitive pair join WiiWare roster
    3. Japanese charts: Sony catching Nintendo
    4. PS3 will remain most expensive - Reeves
    5. Sony's David Reeves
    6. Revamped NFS series launches this year
    7. New NPC race revealed for EVE
    8. Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine Online
    9. Don King Boxing dated for Wii, DS
    10. EA Black Box doing secret NFS game
    11. No level cap in next Fallout?
    12. Disney throws Turok sequel in the bin
    13. Epic addressing Gears of War PC calamity
    14. SOE bringing PopCap games to PSN
    15. iPhone Roundup
    1. Battle-Cars head weekly PSN refresher
    2. Games Convention 2009 scrapped
    3. Ensemble involved in Halo Wars' future
    4. Halo franchise to expand in "many different directions"
    5. Star Ocean: The Last Hope for spring
    6. GOA unveils enormous WAR update
    7. Plain Sight
    8. New PAL Releases Roundup - 30/01/09
    9. Nolan Bushnell to receive BAFTA fellowship
    10. More Space Invaders Extreme 2 sightings
    11. FIFA Manager 09
    12. WOW makes up half Acti-Blizz's business
    13. US university offers StarCraft course
    14. Sony hardware sales on the decline
    15. Boom Blox sequel due this spring
    16. Postal to go on show at Nobel museum
    17. BattleForge dated for March
    18. Fieldrunners update offering new map
    1. New Final Fantasy XIII footage released
    2. Houser: gaming is storytelling "infant"
    3. OneChanbara dated for late February
    4. UT3 Titan Pack expansion this year
    5. Street Fighter IV UK tour dates, details
    6. Killzone 2 review on Thursday
    7. Blue Dragon Plus
    8. Mana Khemia for PS2, PSP this spring
    9. Red Alert 3 Uprising to cost USD 20
    10. Capcom still pushing for HD Remix on PSN
    11. Toribash beheading to WiiWare
    12. Wii Fit gets Body Check Channel in Japan
    13. Nexon closes Canadian studio
    14. Square Enix embraces Japanese XBLA
    15. MS appoints new Games for Windows boss
    16. Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll
    17. Boing! Docomodake
    1. Iwata to keynote GDC in March
    2. Banjo-Tooie XBLA due out in April
    3. Empire: Total War gets March date
    4. Earthrise
    5. No word yet on Flower Euro price
    6. WipEout Pulse may be heading to PS2
    7. Saints Row 2
    8. Saints Row 2
    9. Saints Row 2
    10. Saints Row 2 - Multiplayer
    11. True space exploration coming to EVE
    12. Teenage Mutant Turtles game unveiled
    13. UK charts: Wii Fit still on top
    14. No Fable II for PC, says Lionhead
    15. New DSiWare games revealed for Japan
    16. iPhone dominates IGF Mobile field
    17. Three new levels planned for The Maw
    18. Games for Windows boss gets the boot
    19. MotorStorm patch coming soon
    20. Big Bang Mini
    1. Midway doing more Mortal Kombat
    2. FFCC: Echoes of Time for March in US
    3. Wiseman wants to film Gears trilogy
    4. Ghostbusters: The Video Game
    5. RACE Pro drops back a week
    6. Full GH: Metallica track-list revealed
    7. THQ doing more de Blob for Wii
    8. Savage Moon
    9. Mythic hints at WAR's Orc Choppa
    10. Open beta test begins for Plain Sight
    11. EA "evaluating" Sims 3 release date
    12. Microsoft closes Flight Sim studio
    13. PS3 Fallout 3 post-campaign play unlikely
    14. Games outselling DVD and Blu-ray
    15. No Elites for Halo 3: ODST
    16. Super Meat Boy on the way for WiiWare
    17. Braid dev currently toying with RPG
    18. Guitar Hero outsells Rock Band 2-to-1
    19. Grand Theft Auto IV PC patched again
    20. Biology Battle
    1. Download Sex 'n' Drugs soundtrack
    1. 3,000 DOWII beta keys all gone!
    2. High Street Blues
    1. Halo Wars demo details
    2. New MGO Bomb mission next week
    3. F.E.A.R. 2 demo heads PS Store refresh
    4. New Café area coming to Home
    5. Section 8
    6. Skate 2 review
    7. Neopets Puzzle Adventure
    8. Eidos closes Manchester studio
    9. Skate 2 unlock option on PSN and Live
    10. Double trouble for Virtual Console
    11. Japanese charts: PS3 closing in on Wii
    12. The Secret World seeing "big changes"
    13. New Meteos DLC lands on Xbox Live
    14. New PAL Releases Roundup - 23/01/09
    15. Dawn of Heroes coming to DS this year
    16. Reeves: Job cuts unlikely to affect games
    1. Ubisoft expects new consoles by 2012
    2. I Am Alive delayed for "more work"
    3. New Spore game coming to Wii
    4. Tomb Raider: Underworld DLC dated
    5. Riddick: Dark Athena will be 20 hours long
    6. Age of Conan still in development for 360
    7. Live Age of Conan interview
    8. Battlefield Heroes beta re-opens
    9. EVE player runs off with ISK 80 billion
    10. Live Age of Conan interview today
    11. Noby Noby Boy to get February release
    12. Mario & Sonic Olympics 2 on the way
    13. World in Conflict expansion for PC in March
    14. Crystal Defenders for Wii/XBLA/PSN
    15. Sony and MS are both right, says analyst
    16. WOW patch beset with problems
    17. Puzzle Quest: Galactrix heading to PSN
    18. PSP action replays at Arsenal FC in 2010
    19. EA: RA3 looks and plays better on PS3
    20. Countdown clock appears on FFXIII site
    21. Rock Band
    1. Sony confirms UK date for Killzone 2
    2. Capcom signs Football Superstars dev
    3. US sales figures for LBP and more revealed
    4. Red Alert 3 coming to PS3 this March
    5. Gears of War 2 update goes Live
    6. Win cash prizes playing virtual tennis
    7. WAR factions balanced, says Mythic
    8. MMO devs warned to accept gold trading
    9. I Am Alive due by end of March - Ubisoft
    10. Wii Play tops 2008 multiformat US chart
    11. Sony is "out of touch", says Microsoft
    12. Major free updates coming for Vanguard
    13. Kojima picks 15 films that inspired MGS
    14. New Gears 2 Achievements revealed
    15. Death Knight restrictions lifted in WOW
    16. Riccitiello wants quality as well as profit
    17. America's Army 3 due out this year
    18. PS3 gets photo app with 2.6 firmware
    19. Wii GameCube converts not full price
    20. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II
    1. Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
    2. Dawn of War II DLC in "first few weeks"
    3. Gridrunner+++ shapes up for April
    4. Wii Mario Power Tennis dated
    5. Guilt propels Wii Fit to the top of UK chart
    6. Midway cements Wheelman delay
    7. Hirai: We're the "official" industry leader
    8. Coming Attractions: Shooters & Racing
    9. EA Sports to learn from World of Goo
    10. Flower
    11. Killzone 2 PS3 bundle confirmed for UK
    12. Wedgwood: Metacritic strain "ridiculous"
    13. No change to Dawn of War II Euro date
    14. Midway birthing five for iPhone
    15. EA job cuts rumoured at Mythic
    16. Puzzle Quest Galactrix Flash demo
    17. Rolando
    18. Rolando price cut to GBP 3.49
    19. Football Manager Live
    1. Sony plants Euro Flower date
    2. 2D Boy's Ron Carmel and Kyle Gabler
    3. EVE Online to drop "classic" graphics
    4. Mythic hints at WAR Dwarf Slayer
    5. Burnout Paradise Ultimate Box dated
    6. Harmonix "would love" to do Amplitude 2
    7. Resi 5 demo coming to PS3 next month
    8. Valve to convert pirates into payers
    9. Japanese FFXIII demo gets release date
    10. Resi 5 demo coming to Live this month
    11. Eidos unveils new Mini Ninjas game
    12. No 'PlayStation' phone for Sony Ericsson
    13. Phantasy Star Portable gets new DLC
    14. F.E.A.R. 2 demo coming this week
    15. Nirvana bassist impressed by Rock Band
    16. SOE MMOs now on Steam for cheap
    17. COD's zombie Nazis unlocked for consoles
    18. Weapon of Choice
    1. Virtual Console Roundup
    1. Uphill Struggle
    2. Overlord II
    1. Special YouTube launches for Wii, PS3
    2. Treyarch explains PC patch process
    3. LBP the creative star of 2008 - Molyneux
    4. Guild Wars plans the year ahead
    5. Nintendo still king of the castle in Japan
    6. Three more line-up for WiiWare
    7. Garriott "would continue" Tabula Rasa
    8. SEGA dates House of the Dead: Overkill
    9. Killzone 2 demo due day before launch
    10. EA signs Wheel of Time games
    11. Leaked Battlefront III footage emerges
    12. The Godfather II
    13. Darkfall release pushed back
    14. Nintendo breaks US sales records
    15. No FFXIII in US/Europe until 2010
    16. Xbox 360 beating PS3 by 8m, says MS
    17. US PS3 sales up 40 per cent year-on-year
    18. Nintendo tops US game charts for 2008
    19. Xbox 360 outsells PS3 by 2 to 1 in US
    20. Lord of the Rings: Conquest
    1. Coming Attractions: Fighting & Strategy
    2. Mirror's Edge
    3. Editor's blog: EG records 100% growth
    4. New PAL Releases Roundup - 16/01/09
    5. Still no SSFII Turbo HD Remix for PSN
    6. BBFC clears MadWorld for sale in UK
    7. Over 8m Wiis sold in Europe last year
    8. Coming Attractions: MMOs & RPGs
    9. Cartoon Network MMO launches
    10. Namco Bandai doing .hack for PSP
    11. Japanese PS3 Store gets Dress
    12. Sony explains 17 million figure for PSN
    13. Zork to return as browser MMO
    14. Watchmen: The End is Nigh
    15. BlowOut to get re-release on Xbox Live
    16. Valve patches Left 4 Dead PC
    17. Kojima working on several new games
    18. Astro Tripper
    1. GAME unveils online rental service
    2. First Singularity details materialise
    3. 2K boss hits out at "crappy" Wii titles
    4. Guitar Hero: Metallica confirmed for May
    5. Nintendo not frightened of global slump
    6. Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 for March
    7. Left 4 Dead live interview
    8. Nintendo mum on Euro DSi date
    9. Halo gun sneaks into Fable II
    10. Price cut for FIFA 09 Live Seasons
    11. Lloyd-Webber karaoke games planned
    12. MS sorry for leaked Midnight Club DLC
    13. Cryostasis, NecroVisioN, MoW dated
    14. Mad Catz claims big demand for FightStick
    15. Mad Catz talks up SF IV peripherals
    16. Castle Crashers King Pack out today
    17. Ubisoft doing Call of Juarez prequel
    1. Eurogamer meets Holly Valance
    2. Rock Revolution moshes to March
    3. Star Ocean: Second Evolution dated
    4. Coming Attractions: Sports & Music
    5. Free Springsteen songs for GHWT
    6. Coming Attractions: Indie & Esoterica
    7. Eternal Sonata PS3 gets firm date
    8. DC Universe will swap classes for stances
    9. WOW sex changes available in Europe
    10. Live to get next big overhaul at Xmas
    11. Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg
    12. Free prizes for MGO newcomers
    13. Left 4 Dead patch coming later this week
    14. Wii is most popular console in the UK
    15. Avalanche unveils unsigned AionGuard
    16. "Political platform puzzler" for XBLA
    17. The Maw coming to XBLA next week
    18. Baldwin discusses Galaga addiction shame
    19. Mirror's Edge
    20. Editor's blog: Editorial vs. Advertising
    1. Air Traffic Chaos
    2. UK charts: FIFA 09 still top of the table
    3. Konami doing Wii balance board game
    4. Euro SOCOM Confrontation date still MIA
    5. Euro Resistance PSP date unconfirmed
    6. 101-in-1 Explosive Megamix
    7. Nintendo patents in-game hint system
    8. Spellborn's 09 update plans revealed
    9. Braid dev wanted theme to be free
    10. SOE reckons PS3 will be half its business
    11. FIFA 09 was best-selling game of 2008
    12. Xbox Live Friends limit to be increased
    13. Neversoft finished with Tony Hawk's
    14. More than half of Conan servers closing
    15. Criterion shows other Legendary Cars
    16. Holly Valance stars in Red Alert 3: Uprising
    17. GTA: Chinatown Wars gets 18 rating
    18. Phantasy Star Zero out in winter 2009
    19. Lara Croft to get makeover for next game
    20. Fable II gets bug-fixing patch
    1. Eurogamers vs. Valve Left 4 Dead happening TONIGHT!
    2. EVE Online: Battle Reports
    3. The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena
    4. Home downloaded by 3.4 million
    5. Next EVE expansion titled Apocrypha
    6. Sony admits Home reveal was too early
    7. Tomb Raider: Underworld sales hit 1.5m
    8. Donkey Kong 3 and Enduro Racer on VC
    9. UNO coming to more consoles
    10. LittleBigPlanet has sold 1.3m units
    11. EA Sports zone coming to Home
    12. EndWar gets downloadable content pack
    13. iPhone Roundup
    1. Dawn of War II MP beta this month
    2. City of Heroes converted to Mac
    3. Killzone 2 out on 27th Feb - retailers
    4. Runes of Magic leaves beta in March
    5. Sony US slags off rival consoles
    6. LOTR Conquest demo heads PSN update
    7. Godfather II date nailed down
    8. Halo Wars demo arriving in four weeks
    9. Red Alert 3 PC expandalone in March
    10. New 50 Cent game gets release date
    11. More on Red Alert 3 expansion in 09
    12. Bethesda to raise Fallout level cap to 30
    13. Independent Games Festival finalists
    14. Game-creating game announced for 360
    15. Atari reveals Ghostbusters release date
    16. Spore to get first expansion this spring
    17. No Rock Band 3 this year
    18. Home to get Red Bull zone this week
    19. European date set for Disgaea 3
    20. Gears 2 Flashback Pack on sale for all
    21. Super Stardust Portable
    1. Skate 2 demo on Xbox Live tomorrow
    2. Killzone 2
    3. EA announces Football Academy for DS
    4. Left 4 Dead 360 update beats cheaters
    5. Softmax doing Magna Carta 2 for 360
    6. Jade Raymond not doing I Am Alive
    7. Ryzom reintroduces subscriptions
    8. UK videogame sales reach all time high
    9. Tetris helps reduce post-traumatic stress
    10. EA bringing Hasbro games to XBLA
    11. Fable II wins animal rights award
    12. Midway back from brink of bankruptcy
    13. Söldner-X: Himmelsstürmer
    1. PS3 price will drop soon, predicts MS
    2. Beta registration opens for Earthrise
    3. Crayon Physics Deluxe
    4. Gears 2 to be updated this month
    5. AC/DC Live: Rock Band
    6. Pre-release Euro Killzone 2 demo likely
    7. Turbine looks to micro-transactions
    8. Crash Commando and Soldner for PSN
    9. PS3 sales up 130 per cent during Xmas
    10. Sony bigwigs bigup PS3 for 2009
    11. Xbox 360 sales hit 28 million worldwide
    12. Twenty years of the Mega Drive
    13. Oxygen sells off London studio
    14. Radiant Silvergun XBLA port unlikely
    15. EVE breaks concurrent user record
    16. Way of the Samurai 3 coming to 360
    17. FIFA 09 is first UK No.1 of 2009
    18. Interpol coming to XBLA this week
    19. Call of Duty finishes 2008 on top
    20. Art Style WiiWare Roundup
    1. NCsoft hit with patent lawsuit
    2. Microsoft: 360 has hit 8 million in EMEA
    3. Burning Sea swashbuckling updated
    4. Capcom reveals more release dates
    5. Red 5 MMO is evolving, time-based
    6. Castle Crashers tops XBLA chart for '08
    7. No LEGO Potter in '09, says source
    8. Editor's blog: Top 50 Post-Mortem
    9. Sony "helped design" 360 processor
    10. Meteos Wars
    11. Bigwigs make predictions for 2009
    12. Third Guitar Hero DS game sighted
    13. PS2 was most-played console of 2008
    14. Left 4 Dead DLC announcement soon
    15. FIFA tops UK Charts at Christmas
    16. Mistwalker cans next Xbox 360 RPG
    17. Beta opens for Shin Megami Tensei MMO
    18. Crayon Physics Deluxe out on Weds
    19. Wii to get new TV channel
    20. Street Fighter IV
    1. F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
    2. Dynasty Warriors Strikeforce