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January 2004 Archive

Jan. 30, 2004
1. Eidos unveil CM5 developer
2. $99 Xbox this autumn?
3. Midnight Nowhere
4. Monster Hunter announcement soon
5. Megaman takes up RPG mission
6. Battle Network 4 this autumn
7. What's New?
8. Dancing Stage Xbox bundle revealed
9. EA bags Catwoman
10. True Crime PC confirmed
11. Killer 7 no longer Cube exclusive
12. Afterburner burns out
13. Crystal Xbox for Euro launch anniversary?
14. Painkiller demo soon
15. DRIV3R short film premieres
16. Square Enix talks Vana'Diel changes
Jan. 29, 2004
1. EA refines Q1 line-up
2. Sonic Team developing PS2 Astro Boy
3. Cube MTX Mototrax canned
4. Kevin Bachus talks Phantom
5. Desert Rats vs. Afrika Korps demo
6. Akella resurrects Sabotain
7. FFX-2 International is last FFX title
8. MS launches ?10k Xbox challenge
9. Sega knows Jack
10. Vietcong: Fist Alpha
Jan. 28, 2004
1. Urban Freestyle Soccer
2. EA commits to PSP, delivers predictions for price point and launch
3. Mafia boss squeals
4. Electronic Arts reports record Q3
5. AM2 says maybe to OutRun2 Xbox
6. DRIV3R delayed until June
7. The Sims 2 and Pacific Assault delayed
8. Xbox holds second place in Europe
9. Raven Shield patched
10. Play Peter Molyneux and friends on Xbox Live
11. Virtua Fighter 5 in development
12. AM2 boss backs Vice City
Jan. 27, 2004
1. An American McGee in Hollywood
2. TOCA backs Race Driver again
3. Budget-priced HSFII April-bound
4. UK Charts: Need For Speed top again
5. Halo sales top four million
6. Vice City lawsuit switches courts
7. Fire stops cheating online
8. World of WarCraft sign-ups tomorrow
9. Sammy aims for global domination
10. SNK plans Xbox titles
11. Bandai gets ready to .hack Europe
Jan. 26, 2004
1. Sony to launch PSX update
2. Third-person for third Thief
3. SOE to revamp Galaxies Jedi system
4. Free maps for AOM Titans
5. Reader Reviews
6. Europe gets Namco drumming title
7. Kevin Bachus joins Infinium Labs
8. H&D2 patched to 1.04
Jan. 23, 2004
1. EyeToy and Digimask bring heads together
2. Italian court rules mod chips legal
3. MGS: Twin Snakes due in March
4. The Sims' Bustin Out
5. Xbox installed base hits 13.7m
6. ELSPA brings piracy issue to Government
7. What's New?
8. Ready at Dawn ready to say hello
9. Gray Matter still pulsing
10. Boll options Hunter, Fear Effect
11. The Hobbit
Jan. 22, 2004
1. XIM signs Malice and Powerdrome
2. Empire signs Space Invaders tribute
3. IronStorm PS2 renamed
4. Far Cry demo
5. Coders aim to bring Linux to the GameCube
6. Bombastic
Jan. 21, 2004
1. UK Charts: Need For Speed No.1 again
2. Call of Duty patch imminent
3. UT2004 incompatible with UT2003
4. FFX-2 sales top 3m worldwide
5. Prince of Persia demo
6. EA signs TimeSplitters 3
Jan. 20, 2004
1. Eidos warns of shortfall
2. Cube closes on 3m units in Europe
3. FBI carries out raids in search for Half-Life 2 hackers
4. CM03/04 patched
5. Ubisoft floats Silent Hunter III
6. Sonic Heroes
Jan. 19, 2004
1. Blizzard co-founder resigns
2. EA to publish Burnout 3
3. Secret Downloads Part 3
4. BattleBorne unveils mystery project
5. The Getaway 2
6. Ubisoft snaps up GBA Dark Alliance
7. New Mortal Kombat and R: Racing?
8. Atari closes Legend
9. WRC 4 in development
10. Reader Reviews
Jan. 16, 2004
1. Konami brings Winning Eleven 7 to China
2. Raiders of the lost Cores
3. What's New?
4. Marvel forms new games group
5. Game Stars Live plans tournament
6. Vacancy for zombie cameraman
7. Resi Outbreak seeks US beta testers
8. Vivendi not publishing Syberia II
9. MGS Twin Snakes bundle and trailer
10. 'Music' maestro forms new company
11. DRIV3R film trailer released
12. Atari sells www.games.com
13. Hidden & Dangerous 2 patched
14. I-Ninja
Jan. 15, 2004
1. Warner Bros launches new games division
2. World Rally Championship 3
3. Headsets of Norrath
4. Take-Two gives us the spooks
5. Play Onimusha 3 with a katana
6. EA to publish Anno 1503 expansion
7. PS2 hits 70 million shipment milestone
8. Joint Operations delayed
9. Thief III officially named?
10. Tecmo unveils DOA Ultimate
11. Maximo Vs. Army of Zin
Jan. 14, 2004
1. Namco's Extreme Force cancelled
2. Armed & Downloadable
3. Crimson Sea switches to PS2
4. UK Hardware: Console market plateaus in 2003
5. Call of Duty expansion due this year?
6. Ed Fries leaves Microsoft
7. Master Creating dumps publisher
8. NES games set for GBA launch?
9. More mystery product clues from Iwata
10. Gaming addiction on the rise in South Korea
11. Valve finds Steam host
12. Miami Vice announced
13. Fable and Sudeki slip to Summer 04
14. Conan demo released
15. Metroid: Zero Mission movies
Jan. 13, 2004
1. Davilex unveils Knight Rider 2
2. Star Wars Battlefront
3. VU Games reshuffle and 2004 line-up
4. Year of the Monkey Ball?
5. Ubisoft acquires Tiwak
6. CDV unveils 2004 line-up
7. UK Charts: Need For Speed fends off GTA
Jan. 12, 2004
1. Silent Hill 4: The Room
2. MS wants 1m Live subs by June
3. Wrestle girls with Rumble Rose
4. Sims to bust out on N-Gage
5. Shining Force nearing completion
6. Flight Sim enquiry raises terror alert
7. In Memoriam
Jan. 9, 2004
1. Take-Two registers several GTA trademarks
2. Naughty Dog working on Jak III?
3. What's New?
4. New Nintendo machine still a mystery
5. Gran Turismo 4 slips again
6. Second Sonic DX demo
7. Meier joins Computer Hall of Fame
8. MS to publish Tecmo's two towers
9. Oxygen plans budget golf sim
10. Halo 2 could slip
11. The Phantom unveiled
Jan. 8, 2004
1. Ubisoft to publish Project Zero 2
2. Half-Life 2 SDK due soon
3. PS2 rolls out in China at last
4. New Tales RPG in production
5. World of WarCraft leak explained
6. BBC plans FightBox game
7. PlayOnline tops 500,000 users
8. MS pushes Media Center through Xbox
Jan. 7, 2004
1. Sonic Advance 2 review
2. Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow
3. EA's Q1 plans revealed
4. BloodRayne 2 trailer released
5. Record high for UK games sales
6. Phantom ready at last?
7. Wild Metal joins Rockstar Classics
8. Id Software promotes veterans
9. Rockstar launches MP2 mod contest
10. Capcom talks Steel Battalion packaging
11. Links 2004 gets premium update
12. Grand Theft Auto: Double Pack
Jan. 6, 2004
1. UK Hardware: Christmas console sales drop
2. UK Charts: Need For Speed hangs on at the top
3. Pandora Tomorrow gets adaptive AI
4. DreamCatcher on Painkiller leak
5. Rainbow Six III coming to PS2
6. Porn links in Rainbow Six III
7. Xbox Music Mixer
Jan. 5, 2004
1. UK Charts: Need For Speed goes top
2. Sega Europe confirms Q1 dates
3. UK Charts: Rising Sun holds on for Xmas No.1
4. Play the Killer 7 mini-game
5. Capcom unveils Mega Man Mania
6. Konami announces Shaman King titles
7. WarCraft III tops 1m sales in Europe
8. GTA: Sin City pops up on Amazon
9. Zelda bonus disk free with game purchase
10. Tiscali launches low-price MMORPG
11. Secret Weapons Over Normandy
Jan. 2, 2004
1. Virtua Tennis (N-Gage)
2. What's New?
3. Haitians seek to ban Vice City outright
4. Ubi to publish Shadowbane
5. Music Mixer gets premium karaoke update
6. SOE announces new EverQuest expansion
7. Activision confirms its Shrek 2 plans
8. RSA to produce DRIV3R film short
9. X2 nearing launch
10. BattleBorne announcement this month
11. Turbine clarifies D&D Online comment
12. Armed & Dangerous demo
13. Mythic sues Microsoft over Mythica
14. Atari unveils Peter Pan GBA title
15. Read how Dredd vs. Death was made
16. Duke Nukem Forever a year away