Skip to main content

January 2009 Archive

Jan. 31, 2009
1. WOW: other hero classes were considered
2. Blaming the Crunch
3. iPhone Roundup
Jan. 30, 2009
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
Jan. 29, 2009
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
Jan. 28, 2009
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
Jan. 27, 2009
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
Jan. 26, 2009
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
Jan. 25, 2009
1. Download Sex 'n' Drugs soundtrack
Jan. 24, 2009
1. 3,000 DOWII beta keys all gone!
2. High Street Blues
Jan. 23, 2009
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
Jan. 22, 2009
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
Jan. 21, 2009
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
Jan. 20, 2009
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
Jan. 19, 2009
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
Jan. 18, 2009
1. Virtual Console Roundup
Jan. 17, 2009
1. Uphill Struggle
2. Overlord II
Jan. 16, 2009
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
Jan. 15, 2009
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
Jan. 14, 2009
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
Jan. 13, 2009
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
Jan. 12, 2009
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
Jan. 9, 2009
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
Jan. 8, 2009
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
Jan. 7, 2009
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. S?ldner-X: Himmelsstürmer
Jan. 6, 2009
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
Jan. 5, 2009
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
Jan. 1, 2009
1. F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
2. Dynasty Warriors Strikeforce