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March 2009 Archive

March 31, 2009
1. PS2 life cycle is at an end, says Microsoft
2. Xbox 360 sells 1 million in Japan
3. JoWooD bringing yoga title to Wii
4. ShopTo: Nintendo will meet DSi demand
5. Games turn children's fingers wonky
6. Care in the Community
7. BSG composer hints at new videogame
8. Nintendo not doing DSi launch event
9. Blizzard reveals "brand new" fifth project
10. No PlayStation 2 price cut for the UK
11. Gardening Mama flowering in May
12. Dead Rising 2 may not have multiplayer
13. FIFA 09: Ultimate Team
14. FIFA 09 Ultimate Team, Football Academy
15. FIFA 09 gets new online mode
16. Takahashi not involved in PS3 Katamari
17. DSi Shop stock to expand weekly
18. Sony trademarks PS Cloud name
19. Diablo III shows new user interface
20. Max Payne 1 and 2 for Xbox Originals?
21. Wii games must sell 1m to make a profit
22. The Dishwasher on XBLA this Weds
23. XNAC dev depressed by size of MS' cut
24. Bionic Commando
March 30, 2009
1. Wolfenstein
2. 16m WOW quests completed every day
3. Disney doing G-Force movie tie-in
4. Katamari was comment on consumerism
5. DICE "feels good" under Riccitiello's EA
6. Battlefield: Bad Company 2
7. Rising Star dates Valhalla Knights 2
8. Beta registration open for Dragonica
9. Good Old Games
10. CryEngine 3 Technical Breakdown
11. UK charts: Resi 5 survives at top
12. Huxley 360 on hold pending PC sales
13. Marvel Universe won't arrive until 2012
14. FFXI mini-expansion arriving on Sunday
15. Battleforge
16. BioWare shows Mass Effect 2
17. Rolston details Big Huge Games RPG
18. EVE Online Fanfest dates revealed
19. Square Enix buys out Eidos
20. Midnight Club expansion on Xbox Live
21. More Metal Gear Solid for iPhone?
22. Alien Hominid HD now half-price
23. Dead Rising 2 features multiplayer
24. Killzone 2 patch arriving this week
25. PC version of Braid gets delayed
26. Stormrise
March 27, 2009
1. Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time
2. Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars - Director's Cut
3. Battlefield 1943
4. GDC: Experimental games shown, playable
5. GDC: Aion: The Tower of Eternity
6. ODST really does mark end of Bungie Halo
7. DS scarer Dementium here in April
8. GDC: Blueberry Garden wins indie awards
9. The Sims 3 will not use DRM
10. Modern Warfare 2 ditches COD name
11. GDC: New Fable II DLC within weeks
12. Burn Zombie Burn launches on PSN
13. Call of Duty 1 heading to PSN/XBLA
14. GDC: Wii MotionPlus still set for spring
15. GDC: Noby Noby Boy coming to iPhone
16. GDC: Sony offers to match development budgets with guaranteed royalties
March 26, 2009
1. Wheelman
2. Wheelman
3. GDC: Kojima confirms "the next MGS"
4. GDC: Hideo Kojima Keynote
5. Ratchet & Clank return on PS3 this year
6. GOG enlists Sands of Time, BG&E
7. New PAL Releases Roundup - 27/03/09
8. PAL Dissidia: Final Fantasy this autumn
9. Guitar Hero World Tour for PC/Mac
10. Fallout 3: The Pitt
11. GDC: Red Alert, SSX target iPhone
12. GDC: New Resistance 2 DLC unveiled
13. Star Trek XBLA/PSN game detailed
14. PS Home gets Guitar Hero Backstage
15. GDC: Next Layton in Europe within months
16. GDC: Bungie far from done with Halo 3
17. GTA DS meetings held in pub - Hall
18. GDC: US DSiWare launch line-up
19. GDC: New Kojima game at E3, not GDC
20. The Pitt returns to Xbox Live
21. GDC: DSi-specific game cards in dev
22. GDC: More details on Ubi's RTS R.U.S.E.
23. Wheelman
24. GDC: Mm is "halfway through" LBP
March 25, 2009
1. GDC: Blizzard in talks with Microsoft about developing the next Xbox
2. GDC: Braid cost 200k to make, says Blow
3. GDC: Moving Memo, WarioWare for DSi
4. GDC: Iwata unveils new DS Zelda
5. GDC: Wii now runs things stored on SD
6. GDC: WiiWare climbing game shown off
7. GDC: Two Final Fantasy WiiWare games
8. GDC: 1000 DSi Points with DSi console
9. GDC: Three spaces a month for Home
10. Gold Trading Exposed: The Sellers
11. GDC: Satoru Iwata Keynote
12. GDC: Punch-Out!! has multiplayer
13. GDC: Punch-Out!!
14. GDC: Wii shipments hit 50 million
15. GDC: MS touts third XNA competition
16. Bionic Commando dated for Europe
17. A million gold farmers in China
18. Disney doing Toy Story for Wii
19. Tales of Vesperia hits Europe in June
20. MMOs keep PC as top gaming platform
21. Suikoden Tierkreis
22. PS3 firmware 2.7 "in April" - dev sources
23. GDC: Ubisoft unveils Eugen's RTS R.U.S.E.
24. GDC: Tim Schafer's free browser game
25. GDC: Mattes reflects on Elika mechanic
26. Bethesda hopeful of The Pitt fix today
27. Katamari Damacy heading to PS3
28. GDC: inFamous
29. GDC: Team Ninja doesn't need Itagaki
30. GDC: Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 goes on show
March 24, 2009
1. GDC: Agency and DCUO next year
2. GDC: Steamworks update obsoletes DRM
3. Bethesda fixing The Pitt for Xbox 360
4. GDC: Games for Windows attacks piracy
5. GDC: Split/Second
6. Resi 5 Versus mode delayed
7. GBA games downloadable for DSi?
8. Runes of Magic
9. US charts: Wii Fit blocks SFIV attack
10. Sony opens PS3 Alternate Reality Game
11. Id releases open source Wolf 3D iPhone
12. GDC: New console for emerging markets
13. GDC: DRM a "waste of time" - 2D Boy
14. UNO Rush out on XBLA this week
15. Castle Crashers is XBLA game of the year
16. DJ Hero site lists platforms, developer
17. Activision man confirms DJ Hero
18. FreeStyleGames working on DJ Hero?
19. Activision coy on DJ Hero
20. Activision's Kotick confirms DJ Hero
21. Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures: Fright of the Bumblebees
March 23, 2009
1. GDC: iPhone graphics eclipsing DS and PSP
2. GDC: Rolando 2 and 3 confirmed
3. Deep Silver unveils Whispered World
4. Boom Blox Bash Party
5. EA pinpoints Fight Night Round 4 demo
6. Levine's next treads unfamiliar ground
7. Resident Evil 5 still top in UK charts
8. Resi 5 outsells UK top ten combined
9. Volition "ruining other games for people"
10. Need for Speed: SHIFT on September grid
11. Editor's blog: Eurogamer at GDC
12. Lars Ulrich can't play GH Metallica
13. Max Payne 3 out this winter
14. Kodu developer thinks we're all geniuses
15. Metal Gear Solid Touch
16. Last Remnant activation hiccup fixed
17. Wii Play exceeds 10 million US sales
18. UT mod Killing Floor becomes game
19. BioShock 2 doesn't drop subtitle
20. LBP has nearly 2m online users
21. Pro Evolution Soccer 2009
March 21, 2009
1. The Forbidden Kingdom
March 20, 2009
1. Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising
2. Global crisis plays to PS3 strengths - Sony
3. Last Remnant PC activation issues
4. Red Faction: Guerrilla
5. Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4
6. Guitar Hero: Metallica demo on Live
7. Ready 2 Rumble Revolution
8. Steam adds Far Cry 2 DLC
9. TF2 now uses multicore power
10. Rockstar fixing Midnight Club DLC
11. Nintendo has "major" DSi app strategy
12. Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack 1
13. BioShock 2 drops subtitle
14. Champions recruits beta testers from COH
15. PAIN Smack Pack to hit soon
16. Nintendo hardware rampant in US
17. Blizzard launches new Battle.net
18. Sony platforms dominate Japan chart
19. Nolan Bushnell rubbishes online gaming
20. Zeno Clash 50 per cent cheaper today
21. GTA DLC "would have outsold Killzone"
22. SOCOM, PowerUp, Silent Hill on PSN
March 19, 2009
1. Battlestations: Pacific
2. New PAL Releases Roundup - 20/03/09
3. Gold Trading Exposed: Introduction
4. Halo Wars sells over 1 million copies
5. Free MMO Runes of Magic launches
6. Call of Duty: World at War DLC live
7. 30 per cent of MMO players buy gold
8. Indie horror The Path launches
9. ASA dismisses Govt. ad complaints
10. New York opens videogaming museum
11. XomB does zombies in feudal Asia
12. Weather affects gameplay in Uncharted 2
13. Punch-Out!! Euro date confirmed
14. Diesel "begged" for Riddick multiplayer
15. Fallout creator leaves MMO for inXile
16. UT3 Titan Pack for PS3 today
17. Enchanted Folk and the School of Wizardry
March 18, 2009
1. OutRun Online Arcade gets XBLA date
2. Pangya: Fantasy Golf coming to PSP
3. PC, PS2 not getting NHL 10?
4. Cities XL
5. Don Control multiplayer for Godfather II
6. Namco completes purchase of D3
7. New FPS will also be film, comic
8. Codename Panzers: Cold War
9. WOW dual spec requirements relaxed
10. Behemoth's next game due in 2010
11. Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3
12. World of Goo
13. Guitar Hero: On Tour Decades
14. F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
15. Noby Noby Boy
16. Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride
17. DMC series has shipped 10 million
18. Namco releases Facebook arcade games
19. iPhone to support paid DLC
20. Capcom's PSN PSone games head west
21. Sony 2009 line-up is "relentless, AAA"
22. Mass Effect 2 officially announced
23. Mass Effect 2 teased in trailer
24. Mass Effect to get arena DLC next
25. Dead Space heading to Wii this year
26. Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero?
March 17, 2009
1. LOTRO: Moria updated to Book 7
2. BioShock 2 details confirmed
3. Introducing the MMO Ten Level Test!
4. Sway 1.1 adds new levels, characters
5. Sonic and the Black Knight
6. Secret Agent Clank coming to PS2
7. Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 confirmed
8. World in Conflict: Complete Edition
9. EverQuest celebrates tenth anniversary
10. GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra
11. Stargate Worlds dev sued for unpaid bills
12. BottleRocket: Namco was "inept"
13. Marvel Universe to return in new deal
14. iGoogle gaming gadgets showing at GDC
15. Capcom rejects Versus mode complaints
16. Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures
17. Wallace & Gromit date and demo
18. Steam now supports premium DLC
19. EA and Hasbro reveal G.I. Joe game
March 16, 2009
1. Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
2. Alpha Protocol out in October
3. Three Valkyria DLC packs this spring
4. Dead Rising 2, Lost Planet 2 "next year"
5. UK chart: Empire topples Killzone 2
6. Metal Gear Solid Touch this week
7. Namco explains BottleRocket ousting
8. First FFXI mini-expansion dated
9. BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger
10. Bounty Hunter class playable in SWTOR
11. Project: Aftermath
12. Wii, DS get new self-improvement titles
13. EVE Online: the new player experience
14. Halo 3, Mass Effect, PGR4 now 20 quid
15. Rolando update adds five new levels
16. Solid Snake actor sets up own studio
17. Microsoft settles in Halo lawsuit
18. Championship Manager 2009 delayed
19. Punch-Out!! and new Pokémon get dates
20. Assassin's Creed heading to iPhone
21. Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure
22. SOCOM: Confrontation
March 14, 2009
1. The Big, Fat Question
March 13, 2009
1. Multiplayer confirmed for Noby Noby Boy
2. Win a spot in a world record attempt!
3. Huge Gears 2 patch, map pack soon
4. TT doing LEGO Potter, Crystal Skull games
5. MotionPlus impact "spectacular" - Moore
6. Vin Diesel producing Hannibal MMO
7. SimBin announces PC-only Race On
8. The Sims 3
9. Jungle Speed, Table Tennis on WiiWare
10. Free Realms membership detailed
11. Beatles game to have unreleased tracks
12. Real-money trading for Vanguard
13. New PAL Releases Roundup - 13/03/2009
14. Topple 2 launches in App Store
15. EA loses Lord of the Rings licence
16. COD5 demo on Live, DLC dated
17. Virtual On hitting XLBA this spring
18. More Fable II DLC in development
19. Wheelman demo, lots of DLC for PSN
20. Three brand new demos on Xbox Live
21. Resistance: Retribution
March 12, 2009
1. Resi 5 'Versus' modes announced
2. New Resi coming to Wii this winter
3. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 unveiled
4. COD4 has 11m Live, 4m PSN players
5. Battlestations: Pacific gets release date
6. Championship Manager 2009
7. Ghostbusters: The Videogame
8. Wii version of Pikmin 2 dated
9. Eurogamer meets Ray Parker Jr.
10. Blizzard targeted in MMO patent dispute
11. Tecmo to unveil game at GDC
12. GameCube made Miyamoto "very sad"
13. How to blag a Wii the Hasselhoff way
14. Activision registers Sing Hero
15. UK Wii market price may have to go up
16. Midnight Club DLC delayed a week
March 11, 2009
1. Puzzlegeddon
2. Peggle
3. Champions Online's Bill Roper
4. SEGA announces Vancouver 2010
5. Warhammer Online closing 63 servers
6. LittleBigPlanet boss hails BAFTA win
7. Nintendo Wii price to rise for UK trade
8. Nintendo DS ships 100 million units
9. Champions Online "coming out first on PC"
10. Second Resi on-rails shooter for Wii
11. Ross accidentally announces Fable III
12. MadWorld release upsets moralists
13. Chinese govt. rejects WOW: Lich King?
14. Battleforge open beta begins
15. Insomniac hints at new PS3 exclusive
16. Activision taking Wii seriously in 2009
17. Grand Theft Auto IV ships 13 million units
18. Resi 5 to get new multiplayer modes?
19. BioShock 2 Big Sister confirmed
20. Free F.E.A.R. 2 content in April
21. Call of Duty 4 takes three BAFTAs
22. Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard
March 10, 2009
1. Wii to get Vertigo next month
2. The Secret World to be revealed at GDC
3. Offline multi for Noby Noby Boy?
4. Spore Hero has full creature editor
5. Red Alert 3 demo coming to PSN
6. Microsoft explains Watchmen file-size
7. Rage won't be coming out in 2009
8. Stranglehold coming to the big screen
9. Crystal Defenders on XBLA this week
10. Burn Zombie Burn! gets release date
11. Tomb Raider: Underworld - Lara's Shadow
12. UK chart: Killzone 2 beats Halo Wars
13. MadWorld
March 9, 2009
1. MadWorld
2. MadWorld
3. Peggle comes to XBLA this week
4. Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising
5. EVE: sovereignty next on the agenda
6. EVE Online's Noah Ward
7. Red Alert hasn't "run its course" - EA
8. Split/Second is reality TV racer
9. Watchmen: The End Is Nigh
10. Dante: from text to TV
11. iPhone Metal Gear Solid due this month
12. More than 6000 iPhone games now out
13. XBLA to get Hasbro Family Game Night
14. Games cause "early death" says Govt. ad
15. Mad Max game "a couple of years" off
16. More Dead Space: Extraction details
17. Pac-Man to return for 30th anniversary
18. Resi 5 Mercs gets online co-op
19. InFamous due to arrive in June
20. Capcom to make Wii Resi fans "happy"
21. Resident Evil 5
March 7, 2009
1. TV Game Show
2. Easy Golf: Course Architect
March 6, 2009
1. Van Halen, GH5, Band Hero for 2009
2. Microsoft undecided on Netflix-style service for Europe
3. Ten Level Test: Final Fantasy XI vs Lineage II
4. COD5 XP boost, UT3 Black free weekend
5. Nintendo DSi
6. Codename Panzers MP demo available
7. Washington State honours Penny Arcade
8. Klonoa Wii remake confirmed for Europe
9. Dead Space, Mirror's will be "successful"
10. Ubi pulls I Am Alive from Darkworks
11. Xbox Live Community Games Roundup
12. PS3 tops hardware chart in Japan
13. Black Rock's new game is Split Second
14. MGO SCENE expansion dated, priced
15. Wonder Boy III now on Virtual Console
16. BioShock 2 set seven years later?
17. Days of Arcade promo kicks off on XBLA
18. Resident Evil 5 has Mercenaries
19. Prince of Persia: Epilogue
20. Ubisoft plans "significant" POP DLC
21. Prince of Persia DLC dated, detailed
22. Ubisoft delays Prince of Persia DLC
23. Loads of PS3 DLC and two demos
24. New Play Control! Mario Power Tennis
March 5, 2009
1. Tom Clancy's HAWX
2. Beatles game gets date and price
3. Bethesda dates Fallout 3: The Pitt
4. Fallout 3: The Pitt
5. Home gets Resident Evil 5 space
6. Tom Clancy's HAWX
7. EGTV: Street Fighter IV Expert Guides
8. Star Ocean coming to 360 in June
9. Save a fiver on Xbox Live Gold subs
10. New PAL Releases Roundup - 06/03/09
11. Hawx for PC delayed by one week
12. BlazBlue heading to PS3 and 360
13. PS3 sales reach 2 million in the UK
14. A Boy and his Blob returns to Wii
15. Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad
16. EA Montreal game reveal next Thurs
17. UT3 Titan Pack delayed a fortnight
18. Fallout 3 patch boosts 360 graphics
19. Guitar Hero: Greatest Hits unveiled
20. Guitar Hero: Modern Hits DS confirmed
March 4, 2009
1. Guitar Hero Greatest Hits on the way
2. Need for Speed: Shift
3. Nintendo Power hints at June MotionPlus
4. Metal Slug 7
5. Riddick demo on Xbox Live now
6. Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop
7. Win prizes for playing PES 2009
8. New PopCap Arcade coming to XBLA
9. Ubi: no Soviet Assault on consoles
10. Sony looking at PSP retro options
11. New King of Fighters coming in July
12. Midnight Club DLC detailed, priced
13. Empire: Total War
14. Empire multiplayer campaign details
March 3, 2009
1. Burnout Paradise Toy Pack on Thursday
2. Mirror's Edge Pure Time Trial Pack
3. Mirror's Edge DLC dated
4. Mirror's Edge DLC adds Time Trial maps
5. Mirror's Edge time trial DLC delayed
6. Mirror's Edge Time Trial maps out today
7. Ninja Gaiden 2 Mission Pack going cheap
8. Konami unveils new PSP game bundles
9. Relentless working on non-Buzz game
10. UMD is definitely dying, says David Perry
11. Afro Samurai
12. 4pm: Creative Assembly live interview
13. GSC releases 2004 build of STALKER
14. Empire: Total War
15. MS man explains why it's hard to police homophobia on Live
16. Watchmen MMO coming to iPhone
17. View Trophies on PlayStation.com
18. PSP "resurgence" in 2009/2010 - Koller
19. One billion Halo 3 matches now played
20. Watchmen coming to XBLA tomorrow
21. UK charts: Street Fighter IV victorious
March 2, 2009
1. Red Resi 360 pad available separately
2. Developer backs up PSP-4000 chatter
3. World of Warcraft: Dragons Raid Guide
4. Marvelous considers going hardcore
5. God of War III
6. Sam & Max heading to XBLA
7. Microsoft no longer repairing Xbox 1
8. Stop relying on sequels - Yasuhiro Wada
9. Resi 5 Xbox 360 Elite is Jasper
10. Red Xbox 360 officially unveiled
11. New prices are for old Rock Band kit
12. Microsoft re-examining policy on sexual orientation in gamertags
13. SFIV PC could be here this summer
14. Midway hawking Mortal Kombat rights
15. City of Heroes Issue 14 this month
16. Child's Play
17. Resi Evil 5 isn't racist, says BBFC
18. LOTRO introducing Lothlorien soon
19. Sony in talks to bring more GTA to PSP
20. Sony details Home update plans
21. Lost and Damned breaks Live records
22. Dissidia: Final Fantasy
March 1, 2009
1. SEGA Mega Drive Ultimate Collection