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January 2008 Archive

Jan. 31, 2008
1. More PSone games on PSN
2. Black Lion reveals Shadow Harvest
3. PaRappa dev's Wii game unveiled
4. Sony confirms flOw for PSP
5. Deep Silver picks up S.T.A.L.K.E.R. prequel
6. Wii's Mii Contest Channel updated
7. Coming Attractions: Strategy and Simulation
8. DMC4 ten quid cheaper on Xbox 360
9. New PAL Releases Roundup up to 1st Feb
10. Warhawk: Operation Omega Dawn
11. We'll make Turning Point better - Spark
12. NFL Tour
13. June SSB date "a mistake", says Nintendo
14. Sony chops PS3 sales targets
15. Poker Smash next on XBLA
16. No Halo Wars for PC, says Microsoft
17. Cube pad drove us to Wii - Miyamoto
18. Sony outlines Home changes
19. EA unveils brand new boxing game
20. Game Announcements - 24th to 30th Jan
Jan. 30, 2008
1. Smash Bros. Brawl spoilers emerge
2. Tecmo unveils Fatal Frame on Wii
3. New Just Cause 2 details emerge
4. Street Fighter IV specials uncovered
5. Beautiful Katamari demo rolls onto Live
6. Saw game will be here next year
7. SAW game in works
8. Europe to get free Patapon demo
9. Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
10. Valve unveils SteamWorks kit
11. GRAW 2 Co-op Collection now on Live
12. Off-Road Velociraptor Safari released
13. New PSP update introduces Skype
14. Sony smacks Patapon with Euro date
15. Resi creator starts work on new project
16. We're not rowing with Microsoft, says EB
17. Xbox 360 sales don't worry SouthPeak
18. SouthPeak unveils XBLA racer
Jan. 29, 2008
1. Woolworths abandons HD-DVD
2. Release Date Roundup - 23rd to 29th Jan
3. Nintendo dismisses Mario Kart rumours
4. No More Heroes
5. GT5 Prologue in April
6. EA and Marvel scrap development deal
7. Codies Online reveals space MMOG
8. Rock Star Games
9. Sony sued over Buzz! trademark
10. Koei to bring Persona 3 to Europe
11. Demo Roundup - 22nd to 28th Jan
12. No 120GB PS3 for UK, says Sony
13. Dark Messiah 360 slips a week
14. Compensation offered for Hot Coffee
15. Turok patch to remove team kill bonus
16. New Guitar Hero trademark pops up
17. 3DMark creators set up new studio
18. Civilization Wii on indefinite hold
19. Prog-rock DLC for Rock Band
20. DS bubble may have burst - Matsuura
21. Retro Namco collections for Wii, DS
22. Paradise for EA in UK charts
Jan. 28, 2008
1. Rez HD and Chessmaster on Weds
2. Xbox 360 attach rate is a record, says MS
3. Kingdom Under Fire gets MMO sequel
4. Ex-Naughty Dogs doing WiiWare game
5. PSN Roundup
6. ATEI 2008 Show Report
7. Smash Bros. to have VC demos
8. Author "regrets" Mass Effect nudity accusations
9. FlatOut: Head On gets release date
10. MS has been talking to Blu-ray all along
11. Sony shrinks Blu-ray laser
12. PS3 is out of the woods, says Stringer
13. Daily Mail concerned about Wiis in P.E.
14. Best-selling game of 2007 revealed
15. New CTF map for Team Fortress 2
16. WarCraft III: Reign Of Chaos
17. Tron
Jan. 27, 2008
1. GamesIndustry.biz Editorial - A Question of Size
Jan. 26, 2008
1. Eurogamer Readers' Top 50 Games of 2007
2. Arkadian Warriors
Jan. 25, 2008
1. Premium Downloads - 18th to 25th Jan
2. Game plots are too weak to be films
3. Rockstar questions High Court ruling
4. Okami Wii in summer - source
5. Lost Odyssey date set in stone
6. Fox snaps back at Electronic Arts
7. GBA tops one million in UK
8. Spinning Bird Kururin!
9. E-Reader plays its hand
10. Nintendo back on top of Japan sales
11. GBA SP and Player won't tilt
12. Classic NES range for Europe
13. Turn your GBA into a TV
14. GTA coming to GBA before year end
15. Wario Ware sequel wins Arts prize
16. Boy 'killed by Game Boy'
17. The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap review
18. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past review
19. Game Boy Micro
20. Make Halo video, win month in LA
21. Super Street Fighter II on PAL VC
22. High Court blocks Manhunt 2 from sale
23. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. sequel set for Steam
24. Microsoft Games makes more money
25. Be a Guitar Hero record breaker
26. The Club gets firm date
Jan. 24, 2008
1. PixelJunk Monsters on PSN today
2. Juice team making two new games
3. Vice City Stories Walkthrough: Part 2
4. Valve readies unlockable TF2 weapons
5. New PAL Releases - 19th to 25th Jan
6. Battlefield: Bad Company pushed back?
7. No Mercenaries 2 for a few months
8. Grand Theft Auto IV dated
9. Coming Attractions: RPGs
10. Donkey Kong: Jet Race
11. Fresh GTA IV details
12. Gizmondo is coming back - it's official
13. Iwata: We "do not want online games"
14. UK tabloid attacks Nintendo over epilepsy
15. Nintendo pledges long-term Cube support
16. Nintendo doesn't much care for bees
17. Nintendo gets cross with US pirates
18. Minter and Lionhead's Unity cancelled
19. Blizzard cans Cube Ghost
20. Zelda Cube kept out of shops
21. Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes
22. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
23. Resident Evil 4
24. Super Smash Bros. delayed
25. Final Fantasy XIII demo this year
26. Nintendo profits double, Wii sales hit 20m
27. New Turning Point demo on Live
28. Prince of Persia to return
29. Haze delayed again
30. EA responds to Fox News nonsense
31. Devil May Cry 4
Jan. 23, 2008
1. Game Announcements - 17th to 23rd Jan
2. Silent Hill Origins heads to PS2
3. Rez HD "maybe next week", says Q
4. I Know It's Over
5. Lineage expansion to hit shops in Feb
6. Euro PSP Skype still on track
7. Portal and BioShock top GDC award list
8. Gizmondo to make a comeback?
9. Wii soars past 5 million in Japan
10. DMC4 demo a bit late on Euro PSN
11. Presidential Paintball stirs controversy
12. EVE heads to Steam
13. Vote for your Top 5 of 2007
14. WOW subscriptions top 10 million
15. Gizmondo man released from jail
16. Devil May Cry 4 demos this week
17. Wii blamed for causing injuries
18. Lost
Jan. 22, 2008
1. Molyneux shoots mouth off
2. Release Date Roundup - 15th to 22nd Jan
3. Oasis tracks released for Rock Band
4. Crashday
5. Alone in the Dark
6. Atari dishing out NEVES in Europe
7. Eden wants more Alone in the Dark
8. The Bluffer's Guide to Xbox Cult Classics
9. The Bluffer's Guide To Xbox Cult Classics
10. The Bluffer's Guide To GameCube Cult Classics
11. The Bluffer's Guide to Hentai Games
12. The Bluffer's Guide To PS2 Cult Classics
13. Ratchet & Clank: SM coming in March
14. Vote in the Xbox Live Arcade Awards
15. Xmas PS3 sales top 1.2m in Europe
16. White PS3 coming to America
17. Draglade coming to DS in March
18. Mario & Sonic comes from behind
19. 59m online gamers in China by 2008
20. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
21. Demo Roundup - 14th to 21st Jan
Jan. 21, 2008
1. Free Exit DS demo now available
2. Games are "Satan's sudoku", claims Times
3. Street Fighter IV playable in Feb
4. Telegraph rekindles Bully controversy
5. Grasshopper's Suda 51
6. N+ coming to XBLA soon
7. New Battlefield turns to casual masses
8. Romero and Wilson spat gets dirty
9. PSN Roundup
10. Hellgate Stonehenge content live today
11. Age of Conan pushed back to May
12. Counter-Strike, EverQuest banned
13. PAL Turok PSN demo on 7th Feb
14. European hits World of Warcraft gold limit
15. Turok demo on US PSN
16. Free copy of Undertow for everyone
17. Pirates of the Burning Sea
Jan. 20, 2008
1. Democracy 2
Jan. 19, 2008
1. Sims was "The Toilet Game"
2. Virtual Console Roundup
Jan. 18, 2008
1. Thompson accuses British newspapers of fabricating Buzz quotes
2. Premium Downloads - 11th to 18th Jan
3. Ghost Squad
4. SEGA Superstars Tennis
5. Burnout cover is a coincidence
6. Rock Band DLC a big success
7. Video Games Live to open GC 2008
8. No 1080i in Uncharted PAL after all
9. Multiplay unveils i33 tournament
10. Advance Wars: Dark Conflict
11. Fresh Highlander details pop up
12. Kingdom Under Fire demo on Live
13. America's Army gamer a "true hero"
14. DS and Wii outstrip US competition
15. New Leisure Suit Larry disrobed
16. BioShock receives 12 AIAS nominations
17. SCi management team quits
18. PAL PlayStation Stores updated
19. 1080 Snowboarding on PAL VC
Jan. 17, 2008
1. FIFA Street 3 demo on Live/PSN
2. UbiDays to return in late May
3. Sony promises SingStore improvements
4. Game Announcements - Xmas to 17th Jan
5. Take-Two pre-emptively gags Thompson
6. Lawyer in Xbox Live case speaks out
7. Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates dated
8. New PAL Releases - 12th to 18th Jan
9. The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay
10. A History of Abuse
11. Moore touts new Japanese strategy
12. Xbox Live passes a million users
13. Xbox sales triple after UK price cut
14. Molyneux apologises for Fable missing bits
15. Gates confirms Live spectator modes
16. Record-breaking 1.5m Halo 2 pre-orders
17. B.C. development suspended
18. Halo 2 passes original with 6.4m sales
19. MS to replace 14.1m Xbox power cables
20. Xbox back in the red
21. PES to make Wii debut in March
22. May for Alone in the Dark
23. Coming Attractions: Shooters
24. Coming Attractions: Action Adventure
25. Coming Attractions: Action Adventure
26. Coming Attractions: Sports
27. Savage 2 released online
28. PAL Echochrome in Q2
29. DMC4 demo date rumblings
30. PixelJunk Monsters for Jan in Europe
31. Xbox man on making better demos
32. Rock Band to get Oasis content?
33. Nintendo of America spits out dates
34. Dragon Ball finally goes PS3, 360
35. GamersGate distributing THQ stuff online
Jan. 16, 2008
1. Dead Space for PC, sequels possible
2. Virtua Fighter 360 gets patch
3. Free demo of new Ace Attorney game
4. Majesco unveils games for 2008
5. Crisis Core FFVII gets Euro date
6. Performance drugs for pro gamers
7. Stranglehold TV advert banned
8. BioShock team recruiting for PS3
9. New Pokémon coming to DS
10. Rez HD
11. Macs to get Spore, Call of Duty 4
12. Wii Worms drops DLC, online battles
13. Create Ninja Gaiden 2 Achievements
14. More Resistance 2 details emerge
15. Gag order prevents MS talking Live
16. FIFA 08 wins High Street Christmas
17. PS3 Lost Planet gets exclusive character
18. Exciting mini-game from Double Fine
19. Release Date Roundup - Xmas to 15th Jan
20. Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure
21. WGA announces game writing noms
22. Gamecock announces EIEIO '08
23. Microsoft to present GDC keynote
Jan. 15, 2008
1. Chaos Theory
2. Trauma Center: New Blood
3. Sam & Max: Moai Better Blues
4. Factor 5 doing a new Wii game
5. THQ destroys more humans
6. THQ buys Rise of Nations outfit
7. Porn stars talk videogames
8. Single format "impossible" - Squenix boss
9. UK Charts: COD stocks depleted
10. Demo Roundup - Christmas to 14th Jan
Jan. 14, 2008
1. Boogie Bunnies on XBLA on Weds
2. PM worried about videogames
3. Geometry Wars: Galaxies
4. Thompson criticises Buzz! for schools
5. Nintendo cagey on Apollo Justice date
6. BioWare spills first Sonic RPG details
7. Commodore 64 Classics
8. Tom becomes Eurogamer editor
9. Codemasters to unveil new MMO
10. Alone in the Dark delay a "rumour"
11. Football Manager Handheld 2008
12. Sony unveils new PS3 bundle
13. YouTube-like game service launches
14. Sam & Max head to Wii
15. MS flattered by GoldenEye rumours
16. Left 4 Dead now due in late summer
17. New maps for TF2 within two months
18. PC to PS3/Linux game streaming launches
19. Resistance sequel a sure thing
20. NCsoft no longer funding Spacetime
21. Dynasty Warriors 6
Jan. 13, 2008
1. Boulder Dash: Rocks!
Jan. 12, 2008
1. Virtual Console Roundup
Jan. 11, 2008
1. Assassin's Creed DS details
2. PAL Releases Roundup - 5th to 11th Jan
3. Premium Downloads - 5th to 11th Jan
4. Jade Raymond hints at Assassin's Creed on portables
5. X360 Football Manager 2008 dated
6. TN Games shows force feedback suit
7. StarTropics and Alien Storm on VC
8. Sony plans tiny games for PSP Store
9. PSone duo on PS3/PSP Stores
10. Dr. Phil tackles Xbox Live racism
11. Konami committed to MGS4 Q2 target
12. Nintendo, Sony sued for copying
13. Lara Underworld pushed back to Q4
Jan. 10, 2008
1. Contra 4
2. Ubisoft to distribute Soul Caliburs
3. Xbox 360 set-top box won't record TV
4. Valve gobbles up Turtle Rock Studios
5. Gates praises Xbox 360 reliability
6. Rare ignores GoldenEye XBLA rumblings
7. PAIN
8. SEGA doing official Olympics game
9. PC gaming "should be like Punk Rock"
10. TGS 2008 moves to October
11. More Cake Mania baked for DS, Wii
12. Dragon Quest Monsters Joker dated
13. February for Beautiful Katamari
14. Gilbert finally gets DeathSpank publisher
15. March launch for Wii Software service?
16. That may be it for 360 BC updates
17. Portal: First Slice for NVIDIA users
18. Xbox Originals Burnout 3 on Monday
19. Sony Japan scrapping 20GB and 60GB PS3
Jan. 9, 2008
1. Wii Fit sells 1 million in Japan
2. McDonald's links games to obesity
3. Wii Chess details and screenshots
4. Patapon
5. Peggle confirmed for Xbox Live Arcade
6. Alone in the Dark
7. Sony confirms LittleBigPlanet for Sept
8. Captain Olimar joins Smash Bros. roster
9. EA aware of ProStreet PS3 glitches
10. Sony US hints at in-game XMB in 2008
11. Mint Green PSP for Japan
12. Nintendo wins technology Emmy
13. Dark Messiah for Xbox 360 dated
14. Lifetime Achievement Award for Meier
15. MS would consider 360 Blu-ray add-on
Jan. 8, 2008
1. Yggdra Union
2. Lode Runner for XBLA in the works
3. Euro Bomberman Land date iffy
4. Codemasters fan event in March
5. Guitar Hero II solus for Xbox 360
6. Take-Two acquires Illusion Softworks
7. Battalion Wars 2
8. Coming Attractions: Racing
9. Halo 2 Single Player Review
10. The 12 Games of Xbox
11. The History of Metroid
12. The History of Zelda - Part 1
13. The History of Zelda - Part 2
14. Final Fantasy VI Advance
15. The History of Mario
16. Faces of Fear
17. Future Perfect
18. Sensible World of Spin-Offs
19. The 12 Days of Last Christmas
20. The Eurogamer Xmas game!
21. Win a UT3 PC case and Sound Blaster!
22. Buzz! The Hollywood Quiz
23. The Sims 2 Castaway
24. PS2 Party Game Roundup
25. Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror
26. Eurogamer gets a facelift
27. Rez HD in "a few weeks"
28. Sonic Rivals 2
29. Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem
30. SOCOM: US Navy SEALs Tactical Strike
31. Mario Party DS
32. Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings
33. Front Mission
34. Virtual Console Roundup
35. Gran Turismo 5 Prologue
36. PSP GPS gets US date
37. Warhammer 40,000: Squad Command
38. Huge Memory Stick for PSP
39. Lara and friends on GfW label
40. Rez HD vibration support
41. FIFA 08 tops UK Charts
42. Tron also on XBLA tomorrow
43. Hirai hopes for PS3 profit soon
44. Squenix eyes western expansion
Jan. 7, 2008
1. Ubisoft sides with amBX
2. Pair of Yakuza 3 demos up
3. CES 2008: Bill Gates keynote
4. Majesco unveils Our House
5. More Yu-Gi-Oh! from Konami
6. MS ducks Next Xbox queries
7. Live Club demo tomorrow
8. Rare's next XBLA game mooted
9. MS sued over Live problems
10. Yet more MotorStorm tracks
11. Maths Training DS details
12. Give Kane & Lynch a try
13. Lost Videogame details
14. LittleBigPlanet in September
15. Silly Forza 2 machine spotted
16. No full DS downloads on Wii
17. Skype for PSP Slim this month
18. 1.2m US PS3s sold over Xmas
19. BT Vision through Xbox 360
20. Stranglehold maps on Live
21. Team Bondi not just on PS3
Jan. 6, 2008
1. Rockstar's games on Steam
2. Bully Wii/360 details
3. Watch Gates CES keynote online
4. Verbinski to keynote DICE event
5. X360 not getting built-in HD-DVD
6. Warner Bros. sides with Blu-ray
7. Metal Slug 3
Jan. 5, 2008
1. Escape From Paradise City
Jan. 4, 2008
1. Rayman Raving Rabbids 2
2. Pokémon Battle Revolution
3. Tomb Raider: Anniversary
4. Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles
5. Soldier of Fortune: Payback
6. The Orange Box
7. Halo 3: Music to Watch Armageddon By
8. Mass Effect
9. GripShift
10. Eurogamer's Top 50 Games of 2007: 10-1
11. SEGA dates Condemned, Viking
12. Real Madrid game planned
13. New Burnout demo upgraded
14. Sam & Max: Ice Station Santa
15. Konami targets terror
16. US OXM gets Rock Band tracks
17. Quiet week for PSN updates
18. Codemasters talks Sensible Soccer XBLA
19. Kojima wants realistic violence
20. Harvest Moon on UK VC
21. UT3 PC-to-PS3 mod patch soon
22. SupCom dev unveils Demigod
23. Hudson Wii sports game
24. What's New? (4th Jan, 2008)
25. Far Cry 2 for PS3, Xbox 360
26. Worldwide 360 sales hit 17.7m
27. Free XBLA game for everyone
Jan. 3, 2008
1. Omega Five next Wednesday
2. Monthly subs for PS Store?
3. Gears book gets name
4. THQ doing WALL?E game
5. Battlestations sequel named?
6. Kidman telling brain porkies
7. Jade Empire 2 makes noises
8. Dragon's Lair flies to PSP
9. PSP Skype unveiling at CES
10. MS cagey over Live downtime
11. Tomb Raider dev likes PSN
12. Free TF2 weekend for Germans
13. Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles
Jan. 2, 2008
1. Aquaria
2. SimCity DS 2 revealed
3. Questioning Conan
4. Full DS download titles for Wii
5. Ubisoft delays key titles
6. Merry Christmas from Eurogamer!
7. Xmas VC treat from Ninty
8. DS Roundup
9. Anti-drink drive ads for Live
10. Assassin's Creed finishes on top
11. Criterion defends Burnout demo
12. Del Toro excited about Halo
13. Lana Lang in Street Fighter film?
14. The Club demo on PSN
15. Console Accessories Roundup
16. KUF: Circle of Doom demo
17. What's New? (21st Dec, 2007)
18. Metal Slug 3 on XBLA
19. SWOS for XBLA fixed
20. Boardgames and game history
Jan. 1, 2008
1. New Year's Resolutions, 2008