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February 2008 Archive

Feb. 29, 2008
1. Weekly PAL Releases Roundup
2. SouthPeak unveils anime hackandslash
3. Teenage girl sues industry giants over topless photos
4. Video Games Live at GC 2008
5. SEGA Superstars Tennis a week early
6. Wii FreeLoader emerges
7. Eidos reveals Battlestations: Pacific
8. MGS4 European date same as US
9. MGS not being ported to PS2 after all
10. Beautiful Katamari
11. Super Turrican and Psychosis on VC
12. CliffyB likes PC gaming again
13. SCi to cut jobs, cans 14 projects
14. Gears 2 actor teases details
15. MGS4's US June release confirmed
16. Lost: The Video Game
Feb. 28, 2008
1. Titan Quest developer closes doors
2. MGS ported to PS2 for Collection
3. No Doubt songs added to GH3
4. No word on Gladius 2, despite rumour
5. PS3 Gran Turismo bundle coming
6. Disney reveals Ultimate Band
7. Disgaea 3 for US, likely for Europe
8. Design a Bionic Commando level
9. No Resident Evil Zero Wii for Europe
10. PSN Roundup: Sky Diving and Dark Mist
11. No BioShock without Rockstar - Levine
12. SingStore to get meaty update
13. Sony coy on Home game integration
14. It could cost a billion to take on WOW
15. Spying on MMOs "unconstitutional"
16. Killzone 2 E3 2005 trailer "not false"
17. Lost Odyssey to become a series?
18. Wii outselling PS3 4-to-1 in Japan
19. No voice or text chat in Mario Kart Wii
Feb. 27, 2008
1. Goodbye Sims Online, hello EA-Land
2. Dead Space PC also on Halloween
3. More characters for console SFIV
4. PSP Go!Messenger on Friday
5. Deadliest Catch heading to consoles
6. Over 90 servers for Frontlines launch
7. European Mass Effect PC date "soon"
8. Rocketmen: Axis of Evil in March
9. Resident Evil Zero for Wii
10. Halo 3 Legendary Map Pack
11. Wii Fit price for Europe
12. Samurai Warriors 2 expansion for Live
13. Haze coming out this May
14. Blacksite PS3 slips a week
15. Turning Point date narrowed down
16. "No plans" for MGS4 PS3 bundle here
17. US Metal Gear Solid 4 date and MGO beta
18. PEGI better than BBFC - Microsoft man
19. US DualShock 3 dated and priced
20. Epic wants Gears of War feedback
21. Harvey Birdman: Attorney At Law
Feb. 26, 2008
1. Valve "looking at" TV shows, film and music for Steam
2. Weekly Demo Roundup
3. Guild Wars series tops 5 million sales
4. Hothead's Ron Gilbert
5. Gas Powered Games targets casual
6. Wii to get new Pay and Play service
7. Live Arcade Awards reveals winners
8. XNA trials deadline extended
9. Resistance 2 is Sony's answer to Gears 2
10. Puzzle Quest sequel details
11. Rein laughs off CliffyB PC comments
12. Epic Games' Mark Rein
13. Retail PC gaming in "dire straits" - Koster
14. Bungie hopes to knock COD4 off top spot
15. Wii gets firmware update
16. Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Conspiracy
17. Dead Space out on Halloween
18. Overlord stampedes onto PS3
19. New Pokemon Ranch details emerge
20. Pre-order Lost Odyssey and get MS Points
21. Nintendo stamps on SSBB date talk
22. One Life Left on Eurogamer tonight!
23. UK Charts: FIFA Street 3 misses top 10
24. Sony opens up PS3 advertising
Feb. 25, 2008
1. LittleBigPlanet: Sony's "biggest" 08 game
2. MS rubbishes GoldenEye XBLA talk
3. SEGA bringing PS3-exclusive to the West
4. Houser helped inspire new EA structure
5. MotorStorm 2 steering for Christmas
6. Take Two willing to negotiate with EA
7. PlayStation 3 DLC Roundup
8. Wii takes centre stage at Oscars
9. US intelligence to spy on virtual worlds
10. Triggerheart Exelica this week on XBLA
11. Phil Harrison leaves Sony
12. Microsoft announces Halo 3 tournament
13. Puzzle Quest sequel in 2008
14. MS pops HD-DVD in the bin
15. Indy Jones game "in production"
Feb. 24, 2008
1. EA offers USD 2 billion for Take Two
2. David Jaffe pulls out of keynote
3. Virtual Console Roundup
4. Blu-ray: No Hollow Victory
Feb. 22, 2008
1. Weekly PAL Releases Roundup
2. Cliffy B talks up Gears of War 2 story
3. Bungie shows new Halo 3 map
4. Home is "best-looking multiplayer world"
5. No More Heroes pushed back a bit
6. "New" EA is about quality, not quantity
7. Portal song heading to Rock Band
8. The MMO industry is sick - Cryptic
9. America's Army dev making Saw game
10. Wii to pass 360 by June in the USA
11. Harrison frustrated with Sony Japan
12. GDC: Microsoft Keynote LiveText
13. Left 4 Dead not for PS3
14. Jones shows off APB features
15. Eurogamer TV: Exclusive Lost vids
16. Unreal Engine demos not from Gears 2
17. Unreal powering next-gen social network
18. 360 has sold 18m worldwide - Schappert
19. GDC: Microsoft's John Schappert
20. Boom Blox to feature head tracking
21. Lego man reveals more of new MMO
Feb. 21, 2008
1. Kurzweil "looking forward to Spore"
2. Aliens FPS due out this year
3. Bionic Commando Rearmed in May
4. Bionic Commando for PSN, XBLA
5. "No plans" for Smash Bros. on DS
6. Eve Online could last 50 years
7. 2K dates its Civilization Revolution
8. New WipEout PSP pack on PC Store
9. Gears of War 2 is official
10. Red Rings claim display 360 at GDC
11. Casual market to eclipse hardcore
12. New Mario Kart Wii information
13. Age of Conan 360 a year behind
14. Blue Mars revealed at GDC
15. Wii Fit also here in April
16. Frontier unveils LostWinds for WiiWare
17. PC Gaming Alliance to save world
18. NaturalMotion explains GTA boozing
19. Levine admits faults with BioShock story
20. Earn Fable 2 money in XBLA games
21. Ninja Gaiden 2 worldwide in June
22. 1 billion 360 Achievements unlocked
23. XNA games to be posted on Live
24. Hentai titles will come to the West
25. Sid Meier doesn't play strategy games
26. Bionic Commando PS3 has Achievements
27. XNA game demos on Live
28. Molyneux would prefer to have HDD
29. Penny Arcade Adventures this summer
30. GDC: Too Human
31. GDC: Street Fighter IV
32. The Darkness dev reworking EA franchise
33. LEGO Indiana Jones not four-player
34. Warhammer Online still on course
35. Disney reveals quad bike-racer Pure
36. C64 Channel coming to Virtual Console
37. Portal wins GDC Game of the Year
38. Micro-transactions "betray" players
39. Quake Live beta sign-ups open
Feb. 20, 2008
1. GDC: Fable 2
2. Gizmondo relaunch slips to late 2008
3. THQ elaborates on Red Faction: Guerrilla
4. Square Enix dates Odin Sphere
5. WiiWare US-bound in May
6. GDC: echochrome
7. Universe at War 360 slips a little
8. MS offering XNA to students for free
9. Mario Kart Wii dated for Europe
10. Wii Fit date announcement today
11. Ninja Theory working on "new concept"
12. Sony US responds to HD-DVD demise
13. Metal Gear Online
Feb. 19, 2008
1. NCsoft quells Tabula Rasa speculation
2. Audiosurf
3. Two more PixelJunk games for PSN
4. Race Driver: GRID this summer
5. Professor Layton and the Curious Village
6. IGA to handle Quake Live ads
7. UK Charts: Mario & Sonic back in gold
8. The Witcher to be re-released
9. Lost Planet PS3 demo this week - Capcom
10. History of MotorStorm
11. Toshiba officially scraps HD-DVD
12. Magic: The Gathering eyes Live Arcade
13. N+ for Live Arcade tomorrow
14. The Great Digital Gold-Rush
Feb. 18, 2008
1. LEGO Indy Jones has four-player co-op
2. Microsoft job ad spins "new Live" rumour
3. Ninja Gaiden DS demo at GDC
4. Sign up for The Sims Carnival
5. FIFA Street
6. THQ announces Frontlines
7. Frontlines: Fuel of War
8. Frontlines: Fuel of War
9. Frontlines set for January 08, Saints Row 2 confirmed
10. Frontlines 360 demo in Dec
11. EGTV: Exclusive Frontlines vid
12. Frontlines to support 50 players
13. Frontlines: Fuel of War
14. Win a R6 Vegas-themed action day
15. Warhawk enters PlayStation Home
16. Audiosurf demo available
17. FIFA Street 3
18. Episode Two's Hunter goes plush
19. Fallout 3 versions to launch together
20. Writers Guild rewards Dead Head Fred
21. Fallout 3
22. Nintendo offers Wii safety tips
23. MS unveils Paramount download deal
24. Photo frames hack game accounts
25. Evolution wants MotorStorm to dominate
26. Okami Wii 16:9/480p support confirmed
27. Halifax blocks WOW subscriptions
28. Toshiba denies HD-DVD cancellation
29. Clarification: YouTube a part of Spore
30. Professor Kageyama's Maths Training
Feb. 15, 2008
1. The PC Brigade
2. Weekly Premium Content Roundup
3. GDC 2008 just days away
4. Euro Smash Bros. contests a possibility
5. Overlord 360/PC DLC out today
6. The Sims 3 to be revealed soon
7. Aerosmith gets own Guitar Hero game
8. US Lost Planet PS3 demo back up
9. Fallout 3 world smaller than Oblivion's
10. Banjo 3 boasts "unique" multiplayer
11. WOW gets eSports tournament
12. Far Cry movie trailer now showing
13. PS3 outselling Xbox 360 in the US
14. Music downloads should work in games
15. Fighting and role-playing on VC
16. This week's new game announcements
17. BioWare doing more KOTOR
18. EA rubbishes 'new KOTOR' reports
19. Microsoft brings GDC to Xbox Live
20. New Virtua Fighter instalment coming
21. 8 million PSN downloads in January
22. Wii remains top-selling console in Japan
Feb. 14, 2008
1. World in Conflict on consoles in autumn
2. Peter Crouch Achievement in FIFA Street
3. Everyday Shooter, GH3 tracks on PSN
4. Weekly PAL Releases Roundup
5. NCsoft preparing Aion for 2008
6. Aion - Tower of Eternity
7. FM 2008 gets January transfer data
8. GRID designed to break America
9. GT5 will connect global community
10. SEGA dates House of Dead, Bass Fishing
11. SEGA Superstars Tennis gets date
12. Race Driver: GRID
13. Track Mania heading to DS
14. PS3 with Uncharted/Gaiden for GBP 300
15. Dawn of the Dead Rising spat intensifies
16. Scott Miller Duke Forever audio released
17. Condemned 2: Bloodshot
18. Smash Bros. conquers Japan chart again
19. Perry "stunned" by Marvel Universe cancellation
20. 360 failure rate put at 16 per cent
21. Patapon demo today in Europe/US
22. Turning Point slips to March
23. Epic focusing on console titles
24. New PC Team Fortress 2 map today
25. Cryptic announces new superhero MMO
26. Nintendo trio roll out for GDC
27. EA wants USD 6 billion revenue by 2011
Feb. 13, 2008
1. Jack Keane washing up in March
2. Silicon Knights gets grant for thriller
3. Sly Raccoon
4. Three Strikes And You're Out
5. Dark Messiah of Might and Magic: Elements
6. Atari financials leak 2008/2009 line up
7. None more Black, says Criterion
8. "Europe is the priority for Spore"
9. PlayStation 3 sells one million in UK
10. R* denies GTA multiplayer exclusivity
11. Xbox Live Arcade Roundup
12. No multiplayer for Just Cause 2
13. Wii to get Nerf gun peripheral
14. Square Enix launches new lawsuit
15. Matsuura wants custom Rock Band tracks
16. Spore
17. GTA online multiplayer exclusive to 360?
18. C&C Red Alert 3 in the works
19. The Tao of Beat-'em-ups
20. The Tao of Beat-'em-ups
21. Best Buy to push Blu-ray
22. EA extends NFL deal to 2013
Feb. 12, 2008
1. Sam & Max 203: Night of the Raving Dead
2. Lost Odyssey
3. "More churches" in Resistance 2!
4. Spore release date announced
5. Weekly Release Date Roundup
6. Street Fighter IV playable at GDC
7. NovaLogic doing new Delta Force game?
8. Gran Turismo 5 Prologue in late March
9. SouthPeak reveals Roogoo
10. Mass Effect confirmed for PC
11. Factor 5 surprised by Lair reception
12. Race Driver: GRID squashed onto DS
13. Halo, Battlefield vets form Tyrant Studios
14. Commanders: Attack of Genos tomorrow
15. Princess Bride game coming to PC
16. First UK top spot for Devil May Cry
17. Peter Moore joins "blogosphere"
18. Marvel Universe MMO canned
19. Another Bethesda Portal map
20. Independent Games Festival Roundup
21. Audiosurf on Steam this week
22. Everyday Shooter dated, priced
23. Army of Two
Feb. 11, 2008
1. Xbox Originals
2. Weekly Demos Roundup
3. Jumpgate: Evolution this year
4. Rental service picks Blu-ray as winner
5. Cult Classics: PlayStation 2
6. Gears getting GM is "normal" - Rein
7. Amplitude
8. Tekken film signs Luke Goss from Bros.
9. New PSP demos on US Store
10. Frontlines multiplayer demo on Live
11. Eurogamer appoints MMO editor
12. Okami Wii finished, March "possible"
13. Sid Meier's Pirates!
14. Ninja Gaiden
15. Black
16. Fresh footage of GTA IV
17. Discs of Tron on XBLA this week
18. Online modes vital for Peggle XBLA
19. MS confirms Gears manager appointment
20. Monster Hunter PSP gets install option
21. Wii and DS on top in Europe
22. "We at EA blew it," says Riccitiello
23. EA says sorry and refunds Australians
24. Virtual Console Roundup
25. Valve's Doug Lombardi
26. Levine says devs must amaze people
27. The Club PC demo
28. PGR4 downloads this week
29. US Lost Planet PS3 demo pulled
30. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games
Feb. 10, 2008
1. Flashing the Cash
Feb. 8, 2008
1. Weekly Premium Content Roundup
2. Lords of Thunder for Virtual Console
3. World of Warcraft gets Miniatures Game
4. Games arouse and desensitise you
5. Back in Black
6. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2
7. Dead Space
8. Multiwinia being readied for summer
9. GTA creator shares old pictures
10. Codies looks for taxi driver progeny
11. WipEout Pulse content every week
12. flOw PSP gets a US date
13. Eidos unveils Dr. Knizia's Brainbenders
14. MGS man claims he was misquoted
15. New Tony Hawk, Guitar Hero, COD
16. Nintendo hasn't won yet, says Microsoft
17. Opoona given US date
18. Steam has over 15 million accounts
19. COD4 is AIAS Game of the Year
20. Rainbow Six ditches Vegas
Feb. 7, 2008
1. PSN: Sky Diving PS3, WipEout PSP tracks
2. Weekly Game Announcement Roundup
3. Weekly PAL Releases Roundup
4. Advance Wars: Dark Conflict
5. Illust Logic DS + Colorful Logic
6. RealPlay Roundup
7. Riff: Everyday Shooter
8. Bizarre says The Club is misunderstood
9. Buzz!: The Schools Quiz
10. Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror
11. WipEout Pulse
12. Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness
13. Hardware Test: PSP Slim & Lite
14. Geometry Wars: Galaxies
15. Peggle to offer charms on DS
16. World of Goo
17. Crayon Physics Deluxe
18. Universe at War: Earth Assault
19. No More Heroes
20. NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams
21. Wii Chess
22. PixelJunk Monsters
23. Unreal Tournament III
24. Omega Five
25. Xbox Live DLC Roundup
26. THQ explains Band Mashups Wii game
27. Rez HD
28. Medal of Honor: Heroes 2
29. Dead Space has Gravity Gun
30. Art of Fighting Anthology
31. SEGA to teach English of the Dead
32. Burnout DLC will work like Crackdown
33. Nitrobike
34. Virtua Fighter: now with pirates
35. Duke Forever this year and on consoles?
36. Twisted Metal heading to PS3?
37. Duke Nukem 3D confirmed for XBLA
38. Put your Miis in Mario Kart Wii
39. Pirates director wants creative madness
40. Assassin's Creed PC gets new content
41. Football Manager Live
Feb. 6, 2008
1. Japanese Mario Kart in April after all?
2. More Mass Effect content in March
3. MS chops US HD-DVD drive price
4. Fresh cars for Test Drive Unlimited
5. Coming Attractions: Shooters Pt.2
6. Drawn to Life sentenced to Wii
7. Spielberg Wii game coming in May
8. Capcom quiet on Lost Planet Colonies
9. Guitar Hero IV this year
10. Mario Kart Wii date just a rumour
11. Three more Xbox Originals coming
12. David Jaffe to deliver GDC keynote
13. Bungie makes first noises about new game
14. Coming Attractions: The Lost Levels
15. MGS collection unconfirmed for Europe
16. PES 2008 Wii date, control details
17. Major announcement for C&C3 "soon"
18. Monster Madness PS3 gets title
19. Capcom confirms original cast for SFIV
20. Nintendo not interested in MMO yet
21. THQ confirms Red Faction III
22. Age of Conan uncensored in UK, US
23. Rockstar dismisses GTA movie rumours
24. Poker Smash
Feb. 5, 2008
1. Release Date Roundup - 29th Jan to 5th Feb
2. FlatOut PSP demo this month
3. Join the Women's Murder Club
4. TF2 Goldrush map this month
5. Beautiful Katamari gets official date
6. Rainbow Six Vegas 2 dated
7. Gearbox discusses new project
8. GameTap cans Myst Online
9. Civilization Wii was too much effort
10. The Club
11. Criterion talks Burnout HDD issue
12. New title from Total Overdose dev
13. UK Charts: No burnout for Burnout
14. Brain Training racist against Northerners
15. Crystal Quest XBLA update tomorrow
16. American McGee reveals new project
17. NVIDIA acquires AGEIA
18. Conflict: Denied Ops
19. Can't wait for Lost Odyssey?
20. Rein rubbishes Gears of War 2 reports
21. Fresh COD4 maps, "gameplay variety"
22. Twisted Metal: Head-On: Extra Twisted Edition
Feb. 4, 2008
1. FlatOut Ultimate Carnage PC date
2. Deep Silver reveals X3: Terran Conflict
3. Buying MMO gold is like funding prostitution
4. US police refuse to investigate MMO theft
5. Born Free: the History of the Openworld Game
6. Sid Meier to create an MMO?
7. PS3 to outsell 360 this year, says EA
8. Demo Roundup - 28th Jan to 4th Feb
9. Turok demo now on Xbox Live
10. Coming Attractions: Strategy and Simulation
11. PS3 Platinum range "likely" for Europe
12. THQ bins games, series, studio
13. THQ quiet on Frontlines PS3
14. Nintendo blames SSBB problems on dirt
15. Secret NiGHTS content hidden on disc
16. Gears of War 2 on magazine cover
17. EA "not satisfied" with 2007 performance
18. Burnout demo online bits live on
19. Midway concretes UT3 PS3 date
20. ELSPA denies DS piracy quote
21. PSN Roundup
Feb. 1, 2008
1. Tomb Raider: Underworld
2. EA to split Orange Box components
3. Premium Downloads - 26th Jan to 1st Feb
4. PSP and DS nearly tied in Japan
5. No Euro 2008 for Wii or DS
6. Buzz! for PS3 and PSP this spring
7. Space Siege coming to consoles?
8. EA unveils Euro 2008 game
9. Nintendo's mysterious new patent
10. Spore out in time for "holidays"
11. Conflict demo on US PSN, XBL
12. Rock Band confirmed for Wii
13. Mercenaries 2 officially delayed
14. Adventures of Lolo 2 on PAL VC
15. Saw lot doing Space Chimps game
16. New Conflict: DO demo available for PC
17. Sudoku heading to Xbox Live Arcade
18. "More Portal for sure" - Valve