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February 2009 Archive

Feb. 28, 2009
1. Creative Downturn
Feb. 27, 2009
1. Nintendo announces Excitebots for Wii
2. Two new WiiWare titles released
3. Demigod
4. WAR patch 1.2 goes live next week
5. Free Realms enters beta testing
6. Champions Online due "spring" not "June"
7. Tiger, Tennis to use Wii MotionPlus
8. Guinness lists top 50 games of all time
9. Rock Band 2 dated for PS and Wii
10. Sales of R4 DS cart outlawed in Japan
11. Taito releases new iPhone titles
Feb. 26, 2009
1. Live Dante's Inferno interview
2. Live Dante's Inferno interview today
3. First Lips song pack is Coldplay
4. MS secures Universal catalogue for 360
5. Puzzle Quest Galactrix
6. Ninja Blade to be released in April
7. Pro Evolution Soccer 2009
8. Family Ski and Snowboard
9. Nintendo unveils new Wii controller
10. Battlefield 1943
11. LOTR: Conquest gets heroes, maps
12. Darkfall sees troubled, delayed launch
13. Stormrise
14. Last Remnant PC demo now available
15. SEGA to publish Planet 51 game
16. Braid arriving on Steam next month
Feb. 25, 2009
1. Midnight Club DLC out in March
2. Square Enix games headed for Steam
3. FFXIII still on track for 2009 release
4. Atari distributing Dead to Rights in the UK
5. Men of War
6. Lost Planet 2 to have four-player co-op
7. Carmack considers developing for Wii
8. Warhawk area for Home this week
9. Flood of info as WOW patch 3.1 hits test
10. Capcom dates Flock! for PC, PSN, XBLA
11. Number of PSN users hits 20 million
12. SEGA bringing Virtual On to XBLA
13. 50 Cent to make Saints Row movie
Feb. 24, 2009
1. PSP to get new Rock Band title
2. New Assassin's Creed on the way for PSP
3. LittleBigPlanet coming to PSP
4. Skin doctors discover 'PlayStationitis'
5. Tomb Raider Underworld: Beneath the Ashes
6. Ready 2 Rumble Wii gets release date
7. Remedy leaks Alan Wake teasers
8. Cryostasis
9. Exit 2 coming to XBLA tomorrow
10. WOW guild leader wins an Oscar
11. Tech firm sues Sony and Nintendo
12. 56 per cent of Live users have Gold
13. Resi 6 will reboot series, says Takeuchi
14. UK charts: Wii Fit in No. 1 again shocker
15. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Feb. 23, 2009
1. Sony infects the web with Killzone 2
2. Age of Conan subs fall below 100,000
3. Atari dates Riddick: Dark Athena
4. Sony shutting down PSP's Go!Messenger
5. Capcom reveals Lost Planet 2
6. Chapter Command Wargear giveaway
7. SFIV breaks 2 million sales
8. Prototype
9. Monsters vs Aliens demo on Live
10. GTA DLC "exceeds all mainstream media"
11. Rolando price cut, more levels soon
12. Less combat in The Pitt than Anchorage
13. LittleBigPlanet cleans up at AIAS awards
14. Play as Doppelganger in Tomb Raider DLC
15. Tomb Raider: Underworld - Episodes
16. First DSi designs revealed
17. Braid price cut to 800 Microsoft Points
18. Quake Live beta opens tomorrow
19. Roper warns against writing off WAR
20. Leisure Suit Larry to return this spring
21. More than 21 million PS3s now sold
22. Cuboid
Feb. 21, 2009
1. Ultima Online
Feb. 20, 2009
1. Death Tank's Ezra Dreisbach
2. Last Remnant dated for PC
3. Empire: Total War demo on Steam
4. New PAL Releases Roundup - 20/02/09
5. Disney doing Spectrobes for Wii
6. Cryostasis, MOW, NecroVision delayed
7. GAME doing half-price DSi deal
8. Halo Wars
9. Rockstar de-censors Euro GTAIV
10. Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice
11. DSiWare to get Katamari, Mr Driller
12. NASA MMO developers announced
13. Codemasters plans DiRT 2 for September
14. Aion to get western release this autumn
15. MadWorld given solid release date
16. Jumpgate Evolution gets June date
17. Wolf of the Battlefield leads VC update
18. Valve making Team Fortress 2 comic itself
19. FUEL
20. MS responds to XBL account expiries
21. Riccitiello - recession is "a blessing"
22. Tomb Raider episode out next week
23. Rolando sequel en route
24. Four downloadable PSP games on PSN
25. Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising
26. SingStar wireless mics next month
27. Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising
28. EA to publish Alice follow-up
29. Alice
30. Rockstar quiet on GTA IV censorship
31. Battle Fantasia
32. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II
33. 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand
Feb. 19, 2009
1. LEGO Universe headed to consoles?
2. Nintendo DSi dated for Europe
3. Skate 2 gets Fantasy Plaza park
4. Age of Conan adds four dungeons
5. Try iPhone Katamari, Puzzle Quest free
6. Darkfall date and pricing firmed up
7. Grab Rare's Ghoulies from XBLA
8. Metal Gear SCENE expansion for March
9. MotorStorm 2 gets weighty patch
10. MS quiet on red Xbox 360 rumours
11. SFIV could get Dee Jay, T-Hawk
12. Yakuza 3 demo on Japanese PSN
13. The Killzone 2 tourbus is coming
14. Ubisoft to help publish Wheelman
15. Unreal Tournament 3: Titan Pack
16. Epic dates UT3 expansion for PS3, PC
Feb. 18, 2009
1. 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand
2. WOW's "truly epic" Ulduar raid previewed
3. Epic hands out prizes for best UT3 mods
4. MS investigating XBL account blunder
5. Ten Level Test: EverQuest II vs Vanguard
6. Nintendo takes credit for industry growth
7. DSi to launch in the US this April
8. Dead Space Extraction revealed for Wii
9. Champions Online to launch in June
10. White Knight Chronicles
11. Noby Noby Boy to get DLC soon
12. SSFII Turbo HD Remix for PS3 on Thurs
13. Noby Noby Boy's Keita Takahashi
14. FFCC: Echoes of Time dated for Europe
15. Inafune discusses Dead Rising 2
16. Smash Bros. boss working on new game
17. Guild Wars 2 never had a release date
18. Sin City game may never come out
19. TF2 Scout revamp next week
20. LEGO Universe won't be out this year
21. Braid coming to PC next month
22. New dev working on Halo Wars DLC
23. Deadly Creatures
Feb. 17, 2009
1. BlizzCon 2009 confirmed for August
2. Mass Effect joins Classic range in March
3. Japan's best-selling games of '08 revealed
4. Valkyrie Profile DS dated for April
5. Noby Noby Boy UK pricing
6. Researchers study EQ2 server logs
7. Namco doing yet more Naruto for PS2
8. Rare staff facing possible lay-offs
9. Mystery P.I. Portrait of a Thief / Amazing Adventures: The Lost Tomb
10. GTAIV DLC features male nudity
11. Dawn of War II goodies all week
12. Xbox avatars get GTA IV clothing
13. Death Tank remake on Live tomorrow
14. Grabbed by the Ghoulies comes to XBL
15. EA to produce branded sports equipment
16. Burnout Legendary Cars on Thursday
17. Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box
Feb. 16, 2009
1. Rise of the Argonauts
2. Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned review
3. iPhone Puzzle Quest fixed, expanding
4. Fable II to get downloadable content
5. Fable II Knothole Island date clarified
6. Lionhead confirms Fable II DLC delay
7. Fable II DLC coming next week
8. Fable II Post-Mortem
9. Fable II: Knothole Island
10. Rockstar: GTA DLC amounts to full game
11. Live Fallout 3 interview
12. Fallout 3 Operation: Anchorage
13. Fallout 3 Operation: Anchorage
14. Fallout 3 DLC exclusive to 360/PC
15. Fallout 3 DLC to be several hours long
16. Fallout 3 DLC dated, detailed
17. Bethesda details first Fallout 3 DLC
18. First Fallout 3 DLC dated
19. Next batch of Fallout 3 DLC delayed
20. More details on Fallout's The Pitt
21. MGS4 joins the PS3 Platinum range
22. Exclusive 360 GTA IV episodes
23. Take-Two refuses to clarify USD 50 million GTA IV deal
24. R* denies GTA IV content claim
25. GTA IV 360 episodes in "fall"
26. GTA IV DLC in 2008 and 2009?
27. Sony dismisses exclusive GTA 360 content
28. What we know about GTA IV DLC
29. GTA IV DLC for Xbox 360 delayed
30. GTA IV DLC on track for November
31. GTA IV DLC confirmed for autumn
32. "I don't know" when GTA IV DLC will be released, says Xbox Live boss
33. GTA IV DLC may not be out this year
34. GTA IV DLC to be released in February
35. Coming Attractions: Action & Adventure
36. DS Rhapsody remake for March
37. GTA IV episode has new MP modes
38. GTA IV DLC to be available in shops?
39. GTA IV DLC to premiere at VGAs
40. R* reveals GTA IV DLC Achievements
41. GTAIV DLC soundtrack details
42. Rockstar prices GTAIV: Lost and Damned
43. Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned review
44. GTAIV: The Lost and Damned
45. Shellshock 2: Blood Trails
46. Syphon Filter PS3 on the way?
47. Dementium dev kills off Dracula game
48. Guild Wars 2 suffers huge delay
49. Activision frisky about Brutal Legend?
50. No Captain Kirk in Star Trek Online
51. Rygar revamped for Wii in June
52. New Virtua Tennis coming to Wii too
53. Takahashi unsure why he made Noby
54. Harmonix sues over Rock Revolution
55. Street Fighter IV
Feb. 14, 2009
1. Punched Out?
Feb. 13, 2009
1. Resi 5 producer hints at Wii Resi
2. "No changes" made after Resi race row
3. DOWII beta prompts "major" patch
4. Pure dev teases new racing game
5. Demon's Souls boosts Japan PS3 sales
6. Persona 4 dated for early March
7. DQIX issue may delay FFXIII launch
8. Destroy All Humans! Path of the Furon
9. New FPS arrives on WiiWare
10. WOW's dual talent specs explained
11. Namco Bandai moves to buy D3
12. Xbox Live set new record in January
13. New Codename Panzers demo released
14. Console sales down 76 per cent in US
15. PSP sales hit the 50 million mark
16. Demigod multiplayer beta next week
17. Empire to publish Mensa games
18. SEGA teases Project RINGO
19. Jeff Kaplan leaves WOW for next MMO
Feb. 12, 2009
1. Free Realms to launch in early April
2. PSN update: Flower tops the bill
3. Mario & Sonic Winter Games revealed
4. Priston Tale 2 beta opens on Saturday
5. Destroy All Humans: Big Willy Unleashed
6. "Critical bug" delays Dragon Quest IX
7. Pokémon Platinum dated for May
8. Gundam Musou 2
9. Square Enix offers to buy Eidos
10. Eurogamer meets Sonic's Dad
11. Lumines PS3 treated to Classic skins
12. Play Tomb Raider: Legend for free
13. Sony details spring PSN plans
14. Free Your Avatar feature coming to Live
15. New PAL Releases Roundup - 13/02/09
16. StarCraft II beta to start in "months"
17. New Wolfenstein coming this summer
18. Modern Warfare 2 definitely out this year
19. Blu-ray film/game hybrid in 09 - report
20. Left 4 Dead DLC will be free
21. Godfather II given solid April date
22. 100 Classic Book Collection
Feb. 11, 2009
1. Disgaea DS gets European release date
2. SEGA reveals Aliens vs. Predator game
3. First God of War III details emerge
4. Tabula Rasa adds mechs for final fortnight
5. Top 10 LittleBigPlanet Levels
6. Dante's Inferno similar to God of War
7. Epic has no 10-year Gears plan - Rein
8. Matrix Online loses key (only) designer
9. Prey coming to iPhone
10. PlayStation Home gets Ninja costumes
11. Battlefield Heroes beta restarts today
12. Nintendo to build new R&D centre
13. World at War map pack detailed
14. WOW's 2009 Arena tournament confirmed
Feb. 10, 2009
1. Kojima giving GDC keynote speech
2. Live GTA IV play free to Silver members
3. Ubisoft confirms HAWX demo dates
4. Killzone 2 servers are not live - Sony
5. Lumines Supernova
6. BAFTA game nominations revealed
7. Epic reveals 10-year plan for Gears
8. iPhone Roundup
9. Sins of a Solar Empire add-on dated
10. New NHL game on XBLA tomorrow
11. More Nazi zombies for World at War
12. Confirmed: Namco ditches BottleRocket
13. Just Cause 2 coming in Q3 2009
14. Activision doing new range of Wii games
Feb. 9, 2009
1. Puzzle Quest: Galactrix gets release date
2. Capcom confirms Dead Rising 2
3. UK charts: Wii Fit at No. 1 once again
4. RuneScape
5. N+ leaps onto DS and PSP this April
6. Flower
7. SOCOM Confrontation gets Euro date
8. Unbound Saga announced for PSP
9. Tomb Raider: Underworld DLC delayed
10. Sony boasts of big support for Home
11. WAR's patch 1.2 previewed
12. The House of the Dead: Overkill
13. Bethesda working on iPhone game
14. BottleRocket bust as Namco pulls project?
15. Far Cry 2 to get new Hardcore mode
16. Epic adding XP/levels to Gears 2
17. New DLC announced for Burnout Paradise
18. Dead to Rights to return this year
19. New Warriors game coming to XBLA
20. Dragon Age: Origins
Feb. 7, 2009
1. The Smart Move
Feb. 6, 2009
1. Mad Catz' FightStick Tournament
2. Major EVE alliance disbanded by defector
3. Arcade Classics
4. ZX Spectrum Classics
5. PES 2009 to get transfer update
6. Big class changes in next WOW patch
7. New PSP games top Japanese charts
8. Activision doing more Transformers
9. Mythic details WAR's Land of the Dead
10. Clay Fighter heads Virtual Console update
11. Coronation Street game coming to DS
12. Infinity Ward talks Modern Warfare 2
13. SEGA doing Winter Olympics games
14. New Play Control! Pikmin
15. Konami picks up rights to Saw game
16. Left 4 Dead DLC confirmed for spring
17. Bionic Commando coming in May
18. Scribblenauts
Feb. 5, 2009
1. Live Warhammer Online interview
2. Mythic "super proud" of WAR subs
3. EVE Online box copy perks confirmed
4. SEGA announces Virtua Tennis 2009
5. No Bungie DLC for Halo 3: ODST
6. Battlefield 1943, Bad Company 2 unveiled
7. Sony unveils three new colours for PSP
8. EA adjusts BattleForge date
9. Hudson unveils first-ever WiiWare FPS
10. Killzone 2 demo due at 5pm today
11. THQ embarks on digital distribution
12. New PAL Releases Roundup - 06/02/09
13. R-Type Dimensions
14. Uncharted sequel to cost USD 20 million
15. Live Warhammer Online Q&A today
16. Warner acquires Snowblind Studios
17. THQ doing fewer "core" games
18. More job losses at Mythic Entertainment
19. Netflix pulls in 1 million Live users
20. Costume DLC for SFIV at launch
21. Namco doing downloadable kung fu game
22. Wallace & Gromit heading to XBLA
23. PS3 to get amBX technology
24. More Rolando activity in 2009
25. Independent Games Festival Finalists Roundup
Feb. 4, 2009
1. Grin turning Wanted film into game
2. Warner bringing LEGO Battles to DS
3. ATEI 2009 Show Report
4. Amazon vouchers for LOTRO recruitment
5. Lumines Supernova on PSN tomorrow
6. Rockstar unveils Red Dead Redemption
7. Koch pushes Sacred 2 console back
8. Deadline confirms Faith and a .45 halt
9. Combat Arms
10. Let's Tap
11. Warhammer Online has 300k subscribers
12. Prototype shapes up for June launch
13. Amazon launches digi distribution service
14. SEGA working on Iron Man 2 game
15. Godfather 2, Sims 3, Dragon Age delayed
16. Ubisoft buys Action Pants studio
17. Electronic Arts to shut down 12 offices
Feb. 3, 2009
1. Let's Tap out in Europe this summer
2. LucasArts details new Indy game
3. Fallout 3
4. Koch fits WWII strategy on PSP, DS
5. iPhone driving mobile gaming boom
6. Midnight Club: LA offering serious prizes
7. Street Fighter and Resi 5 are Home-bound
8. Mario Kart Wii tops global charts for 2008
9. MadWorld dated for the US
10. PS3 Resident Evil 5 demo available now
11. Ludlum CEO hearts John Riccitiello
12. R-Type Dimensions on XBLA this week
13. Microsoft patching HDMI audio issue
14. OutRun Online Arcade
Feb. 2, 2009
1. Combat Arms
2. UK charts: Wii Fit still at No. 1
3. Judge rules WOW bot violates copyright
4. Seed unveils PS3-exclusive RTS
5. Flower to cost just over six quid in Europe
6. RACE Pro
7. EA and Starbreeze doing Bourne game
8. Books About Videogames
9. Euro Killzone 2 demo on Thursday
10. EVE tournament upset by assassination
11. Shellshock sequel due next Friday
12. Ensemble bids fans a fond farewell
13. More Buzz! for Sony consoles this March
14. Deus Ex 3 to get BioShock atmosphere
15. GHWT standalone drum kits coming
16. New Tron game on the way, says Variety
17. Wizard's Tower top-selling Oblivion DLC
18. DS sales will top 150 million, says Iwata
19. New Indiana Jones game confirmed
Feb. 1, 2009
1. Dreamcast Cult Classics
2. The Dreamcast Dozen