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April 2009 Archive

April 30, 2009
1. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
2. Wolverine, Killzone head PSN update
3. David Reeves: In his own words
4. Nintendo unveils Wii video service
5. Try out Left 4 Dead for free tomorrow
6. New Fable II DLC gets date and price
7. City of Heroes Issue 15 announced
8. Family Trainer to go Extreme this autumn
9. EA reveals brand new Tiger Woods modes
10. EA Sports' Peter Moore
11. Namco Bandai unveils new cooking game
12. Moore: EA is under-performing on Wii
13. Moore defends Tyson Fight Night cover
14. Moore: PES is in FIFA's "rear view mirror"
15. First online FPS released for iPhone
16. PS3 to dominate in 3-5 years, says Reeves
17. Call of Juarez prequel dated for July
18. SEGA unveils Wacky World of Sports
19. Katamari Forever for Europe and US
20. Games industry salaries on the up - report
21. Peggle to make iPhone debut in May
22. Killzone 2 hits one million PSN players
23. Red Steel 2 to arrive this autumn
24. Shaun White to return, first sold 3m
25. Splinter Cell Conviction before Christmas
April 29, 2009
1. E3 not scared of swine flu, says ESA
2. Financial dispute puts Witcher on hold
3. PixelJunk 1-4, Monsters PSP unveiled
4. PixelJunk 1-4
5. inFamous
6. MAG
7. PS3 will beat 360 by summer - Reeves
8. Tecmo hires veterans for DS RPG
9. David Reeves retires from Sony
10. Ultima's Stygian Abyss expansion dated
11. GC: Sony has no plans to cut PS3 price - Reeves
12. E3: No more 60GB PS3 for US from July, says Reeves
13. Christmas 07 not critical - Reeves
14. Introversion: "2008 was disastrous year"
15. New PSP will be called PSP Go! - sources
16. Star Ocean 4 gets firm Euro date
17. Witcher for consoles cancelled?
18. Jamaican bobsleighers to star in Wii title
19. Konami departure "surprised" Fallujah dev
20. ArmA II to launch over here in June
21. EA Sports Active
22. Banjo-Tooie
23. Team17 confirms Worms for iPhone
24. BioWare making Mass Effect for iPhone
25. Namco Bandai to publish Magna Carta 2
26. Dead Rising 2
27. Capcom: Two new games at E3
28. Editor's blog: Captivate 09 Roundup
29. Games Workshop's got "forgotten IP"
30. Street Fighter IV PC using GfW Live
31. BioWare rethinks policy on homosexuality
32. Soulcalibur and Tekken heading to PSP
33. Gears 2 cheaters' Gamerscores wiped
April 28, 2009
1. Captivate: Keiji Inafune and David Reeves speeches
2. Sony plans major Monster Hunter push
3. Lost Planet 2
4. Downloadable Lost Planet 2 demo at E3
5. E3 booth babes to return this year
6. Dead Rising 2 does have multiplayer
7. Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles
8. Resident Evil Wiimake out this June
9. Capcom unveils PSP-exclusive fighter
10. New Ace Attorney and MotoGP
11. Brain Training coming to PC in May
12. No homosexuality in Star Wars - BioWare
13. Noby Noby Boy's Keita Takahashi
14. Takahashi: Noby Noby iPhone is "bait"
15. Toribash nearly finished for WiiWare
16. Free Realms launches today on PC
17. Bionic Commando demo due tomorrow
18. SEGA, Capcom join NVIDIA PhysX cause
19. Will Wright to help Mr. T fight Nazis
20. UFC 2009 Undisputed
21. ESA rubbishes game addiction study
22. New Burnout Paradise DLC priced
23. Miyamoto slips down TIME list
24. Wearable Achievements for Avatars?
25. InFamous gets UK release date
26. 1 vs. 100 free to Xbox Live Gold subs
27. KOEI bringing Nippon Ichi games to UK
28. Marvel vs. Capcom 2 returns, PSN demo
29. Noby Noby Boy adds farts, multiplayer
30. Dante's Inferno
April 27, 2009
1. inFamous to include Uncharted beta key
2. Uncharted 2 has multiplayer, co-op
3. Max Payne titles become Xbox Originals
4. UK charts: Wii Fit on top yet again
5. WET
6. Rogue Warrior
7. Slither director rages at Microsoft
8. Dante's Inferno
9. The Art of Dante's Inferno
10. Zeno Clash getting demo, DLC, SDK
11. MS to refund Braid discount victims
12. Fallout 3 add-ons bundled for retail
13. Mad Dog McCree looking likely for Wii
14. Virtual On for XBLA priced, dated
15. Konami drops controversial Iraq game
16. Assassin's Creed out now for iPhone
17. BlizzCon 08 beta keys being accepted
18. New PAL Releases Roundup - 24/04/09
19. King says no to Sonic name change
20. Another Code R, Walk With Me dated
21. Universal puts BioShock movie on hold
22. Atlus website may have spread virus
23. Guild Wars sells six million copies
24. Stalin vs. Martians out on Wednesday
25. Ubi trademarks Driver: The Recruit
26. Champions Online dated for PC
27. Free Live Gold membership this weekend
28. Don King Boxing
April 26, 2009
1. MMOs' wild frontier
April 24, 2009
1. The Lord of the Rings Online
2. Red Faction Guerrilla arriving a week early
3. The Saboteur
4. Dead Space: Extraction
5. PSN update: bundles of DLC on offer
6. Saints Row 2: Ultor Exposed
7. FUEL
8. Joker exclusive to Arkham Asylum PS3
9. Star Trek: D-A-C coming next month
10. PopCap releases Peggle add-on for WOW
11. Capcom seeks European SFIV champion
12. Microsoft games profits up by 16 per cent
April 23, 2009
1. The Lord of the Rings Online
2. More details of MotionPlus in EA Tennis
3. User-content should be rewarded - McGee
4. Recruit WAR players, get free stuff
5. Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume
6. Eurogamer readers spank Valve at L4D
7. FFXIII retail-version changes detailed
8. Battlestations Pacific demo dated
9. Final Fantasy sales hit 85 million
10. NCsoft MMOs now available via Steam
11. MGS Touch updated and finished
12. MySims Agents coming to Wii and DS
13. Star Wars Clone Wars for 360, PS3?
14. EA Sports releases new online figures
April 22, 2009
1. Zeno Clash
2. Lode Runner arriving on XBLA tomorrow
3. Dragon Age boss leaves for Disney
4. Atari fixes RACE Pro bugs
5. Little King's Story
6. HAWX European Assault DLC tomorrow
7. Lifetime UK console sales revealed
8. Disgaea DS
9. Dante's Inferno confirmed for PSP
10. Tales of Symphonia on Wii this autumn
11. Will Wright still working on Spore
12. PSP piracy levels are "sickening" - Sony
13. Zeno Clash
14. Sony prices Killzone 2 DLC
15. Konami bringing karaoke to Wii, PS3, 360
16. Sony reveals Trash Panic for PSN
17. DSiWare Roundup
April 21, 2009
1. EA games to bundle Wii MotionPlus
2. Stephen Fry voicing LBP on PSP
3. Halo Wars add-on in "coming weeks"
4. Brütal Legend out in October
5. Warner confirms LEGO Rock Band
6. Fallout 3: Broken Steel
7. Fallout 3: Broken Steel dated for May
8. Deep Silver reveals DJ Star
9. WAR Beyond the Sands event begins
10. New 360 GOTY bundle iffy for Europe
11. Apple "so far ahead" with digital platform
12. Nebulus remake available for iPhone
13. Activision ordered to return Scratch DJ
14. New Monster Hunter demo due in June
15. 3m US gamers are addicted, says study
16. Sony reveals Go!View retail deals
17. New Left 4 Dead DLC released today
18. PSP firmware update out today
19. WSC Real 09: World Snooker Championship
April 20, 2009
1. BioShock 2
2. BioShock 2: the cutting room floor
3. Fallout: New Vegas unveiled
4. WiiWare threshold is misinterpreted - dev
5. The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena
6. UK charts: Wii Fit's 12th top spot
7. NWN2 add-on coming next week
8. Minon: Everyday Hero
9. Bethesda files Fallout TV/film trademarks
10. COH dev "astounded" by user content
11. Guitar Hero: Van Halen looking likely
12. Still Life 2 demo available
13. L.A. Noire developer now hiring
14. Phantom console was "ahead of its time"
15. Hatton to star in new Fight Night demo
16. Nintendo defends GTA DS sales
17. More Burnout Paradise DLC this month
18. Moore: Sony/MS to look beyond motion
19. Hindu society asks Sony to withdraw game
20. E74 is not "RROD replacement" - MS
21. DS version of Defcon on the way
22. Killzone 2 patch on Wednesday
April 19, 2009
1. Mafia II
April 17, 2009
1. New Play Control! Pikmin 2
2. Sacred 2 for PS3 and 360 in June
3. Sims 3 to feature movie maker
4. Pirate Bay founders sent to jail
5. Star Trek movie stuff in PS Home today
6. PS3 breaks 3 million mark in Japan
7. Blast Works: Build, Trade, Destroy
8. UFC Undisputed demo next week
9. New Borderlands art style shown
10. SingStar update delayed till next week
11. The Conduit dated for Europe
12. EA Sports to continue with Madden name
13. OutRun headlines Euro PSN update
14. New PAL Releases Roundup - 17/04/09
15. More SOCOM Fireteam for PSP
16. Platform holders discuss March sales
17. Mixed Messages on Euro DSi Shop
18. Square Enix unveils WWII PC wargame
19. SFIV Championship mode next week
20. Alex Kidd and Secret Command on VC
21. Valve details L4D Survival Pack
22. Resi 5 tops US software charts for March
23. Wii winning hardware sales war in US
24. Assassin's Creed 2 for "holiday 2009"
25. Phantasy Star Portable
April 16, 2009
1. Beatles: Rock Band to cost GBP 179
2. Sci-fi action-RPG Mars unveiled
3. Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising
4. Sony promises "best year ever" for PSP
5. Buzz! Brain of the UK
6. Cities XL opens beta registration
7. "No plans" for Bionic Commando PS3 demo
8. PSN game Trine releasing in June
9. Ninety-Nine Nights 2 in Japan this year
10. Nintendo: "no plans" to retrofit MotionPlus
11. Rare confirms Banjo-Tooie XBLA price
12. Sony, Nintendo "freaking out" over iPhone
13. Atari defends Riddick PC DRM
14. The Conduit slips to summer
15. Bethesda may sue over Fallout MMO
16. Duke Nukem Forever hits a milestone
17. God of War games to get Blu-ray release?
18. Batman: Arkham Asylum
19. Kojima: "Definitely pressure" for MGS5
20. OutRun Online Arcade
21. Virtua Tennis 2009
22. GameStop primed for big Nintendo game
23. SingStar gets voice control, Trophies
April 15, 2009
1. DOWII single-player demo out now
2. Bionic Commando 360 demo soon
3. Rare dates Banjo-Tooie for XBLA
4. Sony unveils Buzz! World Championships
5. Lemonade Tycoon free for iPhone
6. Games dominate iPhone, iPod Touch
7. Lineage II expands this month
8. FFXIII given official winter 2009 date
9. Military History Commander: Europe at War
10. Saints Row 2 DLC delayed a week
11. Sony trademarks Starhawk name
12. Europe may not see Fallujah game
13. Saints Row getting three DLC packs
14. Saints Row 2: Ultor Exposed
15. Colossus scripter promises grown-up film
16. We're fixing Halo Wars, says Robot
17. Codemasters dates Damnation
18. WiiWare sales threshold is "speculation"
19. Price for Killzone 2 DLC still TBC
20. Microsoft working on Halo Encyclopedia
21. Konami/marines making Iraq War game
22. Braid PC includes level editor
23. New Thief game on the way?
24. 360 warranty extended for E74 errors
25. MS attach rate isn't all that, says Sony
26. Bayonetta to get global autumn release
April 14, 2009
1. Fils-Aime promises "much better" E3
2. Sony patents PSP-controlled toy car
3. The Grudge creator developing Wii game
4. Microsoft bringing Halo to mobiles?
5. WOW: Secrets of Ulduar tomorrow
6. Guitar Hero: Metallica
7. PixelJunk Eden Encore due this week
8. Wii MotionPlus and Sports Resort dated
9. Fat Princess
10. Miami Crisis on the way for DS
11. Konami reveals Driift for WiiWare
12. Wii sales "unhealthy" in Japan - Iwata
13. Future WiiWare Games: Top Ten
14. Bomberman 2
15. Red Faction demo available now
16. Halo 3 Mythic Map Pack
17. UK charts: Wii Fit on top for 11th week
18. PSN OutRun is exclusive to Europe
19. TV's Judge Mathis making new shooter
20. Bungie shows off new Halo 3 map
21. Latest Halo 3 Mythic map unveiled
22. Halo 3 Mythic Map Pack out on 9th April
23. Halo 3 ODST to come with all DLC maps
24. Left 4 Dead Survival Pack dated
25. Activision leaves PC Gaming Alliance
26. Hollenshead: Doom 4 "not a sequel"
27. JoWooD resurrecting Painkiller series
28. Final Fantasy VII now on Japanese PSN
29. Konami announces PSN/XBLA duo
30. First DLC for Killzone 2 announced
31. Capcom: RE5 Versus isn't just a key
32. Borderlands visuals won't be cel-shaded
33. Good Friday WiiWare roundup
34. Assassin's Creed 2 detailed
35. Rag Doll and Flock headline PSN update
36. PixelJunk Eden Encore out next month
April 13, 2009
1. Retro Game Challenge
April 12, 2009
1. Virtual Console Roundup
April 11, 2009
1. War Games
April 10, 2009
1. Upcoming DSiWare/WiiWare titles listed
2. Warrior Epic & League of Legends
3. Dementium: The Ward
April 9, 2009
1. Gold Trading Exposed: The Developers
2. Editor's blog: Easter content update
3. Dragon Age toolset testers wanted
4. Gold sellers steal accounts - Blizzard
5. Ubisoft scraps UbiDays 2009 event
6. Valkyria Chronicles DLC next Thursday
7. Home gets Godfather space, user t-shirts
8. Resident Evil 5: Versus
9. Update: DSi sells 600k over weekend
10. April LBP goodies revealed, dated
11. Star Ocean dev unveils PS3/360 RPG
12. Nintendo to "re-energise" Japan - Iwata
13. City of Heroes mission editor released
14. Silent Scope for iPhone announced
15. Sony closing ThreeSpeech this month
16. Will Wright leaves EA
17. Nintendo dates Wii Sports Resort
April 8, 2009
1. Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor
2. "Lights are still on" for Stargate Worlds
3. Drakensang: The Dark Eye
4. PS3 Tales of Vesperia adds content
5. Activision sets firm Prototype date
6. Nintendo doing Wii video-on-demand
7. Boom Blox: Bash Party
8. DDO level cap raised, features added
9. Crytek trademarks thee titles
10. Rock Band Unplugged dated, detailed
11. Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust
12. Konami promises big with PES 2010
13. WWE Legends of WrestleMania
14. Dungeon Keeper-style PSP game dated
15. Drakensang: The Dark Eye
16. Travian
17. PETA holds seal-clubbing protest in WOW
18. Ferrari Challenge DLC in May
19. WipEout HD patch at 5pm today
20. SEGA considers Virtual On 360 sticks
21. Konami's Fallujah game under fire
22. Shadow of the Colossus movie in works
23. Moore: No cricket game to announce
24. The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai
April 7, 2009
1. The Secret World
2. DSi sells nearly 100,000 in two days
3. SEGA up for MadWorld series if you are
4. Dragon Age DLC could go for two years
5. Nearly 100,000 SingStar videos uploaded
6. SWTOR classes are faction-specific
7. British Army using videogames to recruit
8. World first complete city capture in WAR
9. Flock!
10. DSi-enhanced Cooking Coach in June
11. Watch us play through Red Faction demo
12. The Godfather II
13. WOW Equipment Manager delayed
14. Konami confirms new Silent Hill game
15. FFXIII battle system revealed
16. Worms for Euro PSN this Easter
17. Most popular US iPhone games named
18. Nintendo not worried by PS3's Japan surge
19. Schafer: Fans worry too much about sales
20. Assassin's Creed 2 reveal this month
April 6, 2009
1. PS3 outsells Wii during March in Japan
2. Bubble Bobble, Rainbow Islands WiiWare
3. Resi 5 Versus mode out tomorrow
4. Second batch of Fable II DLC revealed
5. New date for Don King Boxing Wii
6. EA mute on LEGO Rock Band
7. The Path
8. GH: Greatest Hits renamed Smash Hits?
9. The Secret World teased with ARG?
10. Wii Fit reclaims UK chart top spot
11. SingStar: Past, Present and Future
12. SingStar Extras to offer new game modes
13. Ostrich hammer for Red Faction
14. TV man on Stargate MMO: "It's a shame"
15. Crysis Wars free trial starts Thursday
16. Sony PSP man slags off Nintendo DSi
17. Blizzard has rights to Redneck Rampage
18. July MotionPlus date is "speculation"
19. New Wii Rabbids title drops mini-games
20. Crystal Defenders for Wii this month
21. Over 2.5 billion Achievements unlocked
22. Madden NFL 10 due out in August
23. Yu Suzuki retires from SEGA R&D
24. Lips mics support GH: Metallica, RB2
25. Curve announces Explodemon! for PSN
26. The Maw dev's exploding platformer
April 5, 2009
1. Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts - LOG's Lost Challenges
2. Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts
3. Nuts & Bolts DLC coming in April
April 3, 2009
1. LEGO Universe
2. BG&E2 inspired by September 11
3. Japanese charts: PS3 on top
4. BG&E2 to be "more immersive, complex"
5. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games
6. Konami's SAW to rival Silent Hill
7. Street Fighter tops PSone chart on PSN
8. Jumpgate Evolution will run on anything
9. The Sniper next for TF2 makeover
10. Ghostbusters not coming to PSP - Atari
11. MW2 to be best-selling game of all time
12. Masthead working on Interplay's MMO
13. Steve Wiebe to play Donkey Kong at E3
14. PlayTV update adds SD upscaler
15. BioShock 2 loses subtitle again
16. Faulty The Pitt file replaced on XBL
17. PQ Galactrix dated for Xbox Live
18. Majora's Mask added to VC today
19. Five games for Euro DSiWare launch
20. Game On! coming to London in June
21. Wanted: Weapons of Fate
April 2, 2009
1. The Lionhead King
2. Riddick team working on Bourne game
3. Eidos reveals PSP Tomb Raider bundle
4. Ubisoft doing Meatballs film tie-in
5. Sony launches LBP on YouTube
6. Zeno Clash dev done being ambitious
7. Elven Legacy due out next week
8. Saboteur reappears with new website
9. Lionhead's Peter Molyneux
10. Peter Molyneux LiveText
11. GDC: More from Molyneux
12. Next Molyneux game a "scientific achievement"
13. Age of Conan free trial keys giveaway!
14. WOW "guild director" job ad appears
15. Rag Doll Kung-Fu: Fists of Plastic
16. Galaga coming to iPhone "any day now"
17. All Oblivion DLC now half-price
18. Darksiders, Saints Row, Guerrilla sequels
19. Tales series heads to Wii, PS3, PSP
20. New PAL Releases Roundup - 03/04/09
21. Conan's Second Coming
22. SEGA developing Puyo Puyo 7
23. Blizzard releases iPhone authenticator
24. Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures
25. Original Silent Hill heading to Wii
26. LBP players create 725,000 levels
27. DSi-enhanced games to work on DS
28. PS3 firmware 2.7 released
29. DSi pre-orders double at GAME
30. Jak & Daxter heading to PS2, PSP
31. FIFA Ultimate Team is broken, say players
32. iPhone Word Games Roundup
April 1, 2009
1. Premium DLC shortcuts for Godfather II
2. Champions borrows WAR's public quests
3. Football Manager Live adds monthly subs
4. Nintendo lists early DSi Shop line-up
5. Grinding WOW gold earns GBP 1 an hour
6. Gold Trading Exposed: The Players
7. EverQuest II update revamps world
8. God of War III
9. Ghostbusters, Bond coming to iPhone
10. JAW drops Project V details
11. Dragon Age has no co-op, multiplayer
12. Racing games cause most aggression
13. Don King Boxing for Wii delayed
14. Multiplayer not ruled out for Mass Effect 2
15. COD pack downloaded 1 million times
16. MCLA South Central cars sold separately?
17. EA allows SecuROM de-authorisation
18. Red Faction: Guerrilla gets Euro date
19. The Pitt broken again on Xbox Live
20. Competitors fib about Nintendo - Fils-Aime
21. Grand Slam Tennis & Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10