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October 2008 Archive

Oct. 31, 2008
1. EA dismisses Spielberg game rumours
2. GameCity sets zombie gathering record
3. Tomb Raider: Underworld PC demo up
4. DSi to reach Europe by next autumn
5. Special edition Burnout Paradise coming
6. Combat Arms beta goes live
7. EA forum mods to ban users from games
8. PS3 sales reach new low in Japan
9. Monster Hunter 3
10. WAR tops 800,000 active users mark
11. LOTR: Conquest out early next year
12. Free LittleBigPlanet DLC next week
13. Release of Chocobo's Dungeon delayed
14. Capcom warns of MotoGP PC problem
15. Riccitiello: "There will be a Mercenaries 3"
16. Halloween special on Virtual Console
17. EndWar and Mirror's Edge on PSN
18. Legendary
Oct. 30, 2008
1. Jaffe tells Nottingham to "f*** off"
2. Guitar Hero World Tour finally dated
3. One Life Left live from GameCity!
4. Shops "defrauding the industry" - Braben
5. Lich King midnight launch details
6. Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon
7. Resistance 2 gets solid UK date
8. Disaster: Day of Crisis
9. US to get Saints Row 2 PC in 2009
10. Sony still "investigating" LBP issues
11. New PAL Releases Roundup
12. Atari to publish Ghostbusters game?
13. New Riddick game coming next spring
14. US to get 60GB Xbox 360 hard drive
15. Microsoft reveals XNA compo winners
16. MS will block NXE preview blaggers
17. Tracks for SingStar Vol. 3 revealed
18. Mirror's Edge demo today on PSN
19. Beatles songs licensed to Rock Band?
20. Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades track list
21. Xbox 360 Roundup
Oct. 29, 2008
1. SingStar ABBA gets date, song list
2. New Elder Scrolls "potentially" for 2010
3. SEGA to publish The Conduit on Wii
4. Mother 3
5. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
6. EA announces Rock Band 2 Euro plans
7. New details on Star Trek Online combat
8. PS3 outsells Xbox 360 in Q2 worldwide
9. Banjo Nuts & Bolts demo on Xbox Live
10. Blueside unveils new DS ARPG
11. PS2 to become open platform in Europe
12. Aion nears open beta in Korea
13. Rome free for Steamy Empire pre-orders
14. Guitar Hero drum issues "isolated"
15. Call of Duty: WAW PC beta begins
16. PSP gets new Media Manager
Oct. 28, 2008
1. LittleBigPlanet servers switched off
2. Search for COG tags at EG Expo
3. WOW subs hit 11 million mark
4. Rock Band 2 "this side of Christmas"
5. GHWT Raconteurs and Hendrix DLC
6. Bejeweled Twist released
7. Eurogamer Expo tickets sold out!
8. Avalanche prepares to lay off 77 staff
9. Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard
10. Tomb Raider: Underworld demo online
11. THQ sues Activision over BAJA box art
12. Guitar Hero: Metallica confirmed
13. No MotionPlus support for Wii Music
14. UK charts: Fable 2 straight in at No. 1
15. New look for Wii iPlayer
16. Evolution pledges MotorStorm 2 DLC
Oct. 27, 2008
1. TV quiz show game for XBLA this week
2. LittleBigPlanet servers switched on
3. GTI Club+ dated
4. Lips
5. Media Molecule "at work on a sequel"
6. Eurogamer Expo
7. LittleBigPlanet: Taming the Burger Monster
8. Spider-Man: Web of Shadows
9. Burn Zombie Burn for PSN in 2009
10. Multiwinia multiplayer demo available
11. GTR Evolution demo up for grabs
12. Miyamoto: Guitar Hero a "cover band"
13. Siouxsie headlines Rock Band update
14. NXE preview slots all snapped up
15. Hellgate: London to close in February
16. Burnout Paradise to keep expanding
17. Problems with Guitar Hero drums?
18. Lionhead prioritising Fable II Abbot bug
19. GTA IV PS3 patched with Trophies
20. Guitar Hero World Tour
Oct. 26, 2008
1. London Calling
Oct. 25, 2008
1. Peggle Nights
Oct. 24, 2008
1. Qur'an references force worldwide LittleBigPlanet recall
2. EA unveils Army of Two film
3. Woman "kills" virtual husband
4. Combat Arms beta keys available now
5. Conan PVP consequences "very soon"
6. Funcom's Craig Morrison
7. Microsoft's John Schappert
8. Trio of contenders for WiiWare today
9. Invaluable career advice at EG Expo
10. E for All consumer show scrapped
11. Ubisoft delays Anno and secret game
12. Muramasa: The Demon Blade
13. The Old Republic is gunning for WOW
14. Logitech unveils ridiculous GHWT guitar
15. GOG.com opens to the public
16. Ask Eurogamer panel at EG Expo
17. EA hints at Dead Space 2 and others
18. 2.2 million 360s sold in last quarter
19. POP Classic and Novastrike on PSN
20. First Guitar Hero World Tour songs Live
21. Valkyria Chronicles
Oct. 23, 2008
1. Lost in Blue, Castlevania miss 2008
2. LBP 1.01 patch doesn't update song
3. LBP 1.02 patch sorts out dodgy song
4. Sony dodges PS Home explanations
5. Mercenaries 2 gets PS3 Trophies
6. Star Wars: The Old Republic
7. George Lucas has never played WOW
8. Star Wars Galaxies support to continue
9. Street Fighter IV in homes this winter
10. New PAL Releases Roundup
11. Pic Pic
12. Third-party Wii guitars causing injuries
13. Dutch court convicts teens of virtual theft
14. Presidents of the USA songs for RB
15. American McGee plans kart racing MMO
16. LittleBigPlanet
17. Penny Arcade Episode Two next week
18. Pirates of the Burning Sea expanding
19. WAR doubles XP for open-world warfare
20. 3DR "bewildered" by Max Payne film
21. David Hasselhoff is in PAIN
22. Surprise Lich King event begins in WOW
23. Trade-only E3 2009 confirmed for June
24. Microsoft dates other party games
25. Lips date, price, tracks revealed
26. WiiWare and Virtual Console Roundup
Oct. 22, 2008
1. Tomb Raider: Underworld
2. WipEout HD
3. Lips pre-orders get eight free songs
4. Smedley posts open letter
5. Star Wars Galaxies to get vehicle combat
6. Play Galaxies or get a refund
7. Third expansion for Galaxies
8. Kenta Cho shmup free on iTunes
9. New PSP firmware fixes download bug
10. Help save videogames from extinction
11. FIFA 10v10 vs. PES Legends
12. Fifteenth EverQuest expansion is live
13. Portal: Still Alive
14. "No plans" to fix PSP-3000 scan lines
15. Midnight Club joins Social Club
16. Free Rock Band 2 songs listed
17. Call of Duty 5 PC beta details
18. Country in Rock Band "sooner or later"
19. Sony was right to recall LBP - Harrison
20. Penny Arcade PSN release this week
21. Console Star Wars MMO "under consideration", says EA exec
Oct. 21, 2008
1. LucasArts unveils Star Wars MMO
2. Far Cry 2 tournament at EG Expo!
3. EndWar PSP/DS dated for Europe
4. Tomb Raider: Underworld
5. SSFII Turbo HD Remix "very soon"
6. MS: Primetime will miss NXE launch
7. Far Cry 2
8. Mythic "flattered" by WOW's PVP changes
9. "Quite normal" to sing the Qur'an - artist
10. Legendary 360 for late October
11. Cheaper tech is Miyamoto's mission
12. HMV trade-in scheme starts Friday
13. Call of Duty: World at War
14. Call of Duty: World at War
15. E3 coming back big in 2009
16. MotoGP 08 confirmed for Friday
17. UK chart: PES dispenses with FIFA
Oct. 20, 2008
1. Midnight Club: Los Angeles
2. Rein outs "major expansion" for UT3
3. LBP out in UK on 5th November
4. Molyneux wants core/casual convergence
5. Get on the Football Superstars beta
6. Football Superstars
7. Combat Arms beta codes on Friday!
8. Fable II online co-op for launch
9. More Mega Man 9 DLC this week
10. Fable II
11. Warhammer Online class cut for good
12. Scene It? Box Office Smash demo up
13. Sacred 2 slips to 2009 on console
14. LittleBigPlanet developer "shellshocked"
15. New LittleBigPlanet release date
16. Critics trash Max Payne film
17. Nintendo rounds up slebs for TV adverts
18. Vader/Yoda DLC for Soulcalibur IV
19. BioShock Challenge Rooms dated
20. 48-hour publication time for XNA games
21. Age of Conan's combat being reworked
22. New Oasis album for Guitar Hero
23. Nirvana DLC for Rock Band this week
24. Greenberg: Xbox 360 will win Christmas
Oct. 19, 2008
1. MotorStorm: Pacific Rift
2. LittleBigPlanet level compo winner!
3. Hated and Broken
Oct. 18, 2008
1. Blizzard in for "lengthy battle" - Mythic
Oct. 17, 2008
1. LittleBigPlanet delayed in Europe
2. Gears 2 and Banjo at Eurogamer Expo!
3. New PAL Releases Roundup
4. Major WAR update in December
5. More licensed teams in PES data update
6. Two new WAR classes this winter
7. Portal: Still Alive
8. MotorStorm: Pacific Rift dated
9. CCP safe from Iceland's financial crisis
10. Resistance 2 beta begins in US
11. Phantasy Star Portable coming to Europe
12. Golden Axe: Beast Rider
13. Next Blizzard MMO won't be WOW 2
14. Ellie and Eurogamer win at GMAs
15. Harvest Moon DS gets release date
16. MotorStorm and BIA demos on PSN
17. Force Unleashed tops NPD chart
18. Mayhem in Monsterland on Wii VC
19. Portal XBLA coming next week
20. Xbox 360 beating PS3 in the US
21. Suda 51
Oct. 16, 2008
1. Eurogamer Espa?a launches
2. Schappert would love to see MGS4 on 360
3. THQ submits 50 Cent to BBFC
4. Diablo III
5. WAR players returning to WOW
6. Very first BioShock 2 trailer shown
7. Rare working on Killer Instinct 3?
8. King of Fighters Collection unveiled
9. Dissidia: FF coming to PSP Store too
10. New swordfighting on way for Pirates
11. Portal: Still Alive Achievements outed
12. NYPD condemns Saints Row 2
13. EA "will kill a game a year", says bossman
14. BioShock PS3 to get post-launch patch
15. GTA: San Andreas to be Xbox Original
16. Get Left 4 Dead early on Steam
17. Next EVE expansion is Quantum Rise
18. BioShock
Oct. 15, 2008
1. WOW patch live, servers back up
2. Boris Johnson changes mind about games
3. EA to take over Trafalgar Square again
4. Riccitiello: "I personally don't like DRM"
5. EndWar demo on Xbox Live
6. Atari picking up rights to Ghostbusters?
7. Tomb Raider Underworld
8. Pro Evolution Soccer 2009
9. Sony's Shuhei Yoshida
10. Steve Jobs takes a jab at Blu-ray
11. Super Happy Fun Time
12. Vote Obama ads appear in EA games
13. World of Goo Steam release delayed
14. Mirror's Edge to be first part of trilogy
15. WOW to add 1m more subs - analyst
16. POP animator talks Assassin's Creed 2
17. First Wii Music tracks revealed
18. WOW's Echoes of Doom patch out today
19. Konami "looking into" MGS4 for Xbox 360
20. Molyneux's next game to show at GDC?
21. Direct PSP Store launches worldwide
Oct. 14, 2008
1. Free N+ level pack tomorrow
2. SouthPeak gobbles up Gamecock
3. Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures
4. GameStation offers gold Gears 2 gun
5. White Knight Chronicles
6. Resident Evil 5 playable at EG Expo
7. Halo MMO would be "challenging" - Bungie
8. Console MMOs not a race, says Morhaime
9. WOW still aiming for annual expansions
10. Marvel vs. Capcom 2 for XBLA/PSN?
11. Euro Dead Space DLC next week
12. KORG DS-10 Synthesiser
13. Saints Row 2 back to full price at Tesco
14. Capcom bins Talisman adaptation
15. MS launches 360 storage upgrade site
16. MotorStorm 2 demo on Thursday
17. New Silent Hill pushed back to February
18. WOW to introduce PVP levelling?
19. Secret of Mana for US Virtual Console
20. TrackMania DS gets release date
21. LEGO Batman held off by FIFA
22. HMV to open new gaming centres
23. Champions Online beta sign-up open
24. Call of Duty PC beta still coming
25. PS3 2.50 firmware adds Flash 9 support
26. Spore turns Creepy & Cute next month
27. Next PS3, PSP firmware updates detailed
Oct. 13, 2008
1. Paid character customisation for WOW
2. Call of Duty 5 beta keys all gone!
3. Hell's Highway demo on Xbox Live
4. LittleBigPlanet PS3 bundle gets date
5. Sony nullifies leaked Q4 schedule
6. Richard Garriott fired into space
7. Turbine opens new West Coast studio
8. Activision doing Secret Service game
9. Dead Space
10. StarCraft II split into a trilogy
11. StarCraft II unveiled
12. Nothing will change - Blizzard
13. Blizzard to do podcasts
14. StarCraft Online on the way?
15. Lich King and StarCraft II playable in June
16. StarCraft II is Blizzard's "best work ever"
17. No in-game ads for StarCraft II
18. Zerg revealed in StarCraft II
19. StarCraft II
20. Blizzard WWI tickets on sale Thursday
21. Blizzard's Samwise Didier
22. The best MMO April Fools
23. BlizzCon 2008 announced
24. How StarCraft beat Chess
25. Blizzard Worldwide Invitational
26. Fallout man asks Blizzard for forgiveness
27. Blizzard's Mike Morhaime
28. Blizzard's Perfect Storm
29. BlizzCon tickets on sale in August
30. BlizzCon 2008 to be televised in the US
31. Blizzard to start "gamerscore" system
32. BlizzCon ticket demand griefs site
33. BlizzCon 2008 tickets all gone
34. BlizzCon panels announced
35. Blizzard: WOW success is "exhausting"
36. MS sues DHL after train breaks 360s
37. Irem remaking Spelunker for PS3
38. Euro MK vs. DC special edition detailed
39. THQ picks up 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand
40. Prince of Persia remake coming to PSN
41. SF IV anime film to tie in with launch
42. Motley Crue album for Rock Band
43. WipEout HD freezing bug patched
44. NXE will allow for remote downloads
Oct. 12, 2008
1. Big in Japan
Oct. 11, 2008
1. The DS' Great Adventure
Oct. 10, 2008
1. Diablo III Wizard shown at BlizzCon
2. LittleBigPlanet review on Sunday
3. Jackal Hunt goes live
4. WAR claims 750,000 people
5. Just Cause 2 slips to 2009
6. AITD gets name change on PS3
7. Alone in the Dark: Inferno
8. Microsoft's Greenberg lays into Blu-ray
9. WAR Sports
10. Fracture
11. Gran Turismo PSP is coming, says Sony
12. Predict the future in new MMO
13. MS tramples external Blu-ray drive talk
14. MMOs "need to be on consoles" - Turbine
15. Diablo III playable at BlizzCon
16. LOTRO to get social network site this year
17. New PAL Releases Roundup
18. Sakura for console Street Fighter IV
19. Extra PSP echochrome levels on PSN
20. Bowling and Potpourrii for WiiWare
21. Sony explains Linger in Shadows
22. GHWT launch DLC exclusives clarified
23. Halo 3 Recon
24. GHWT launch DLC exclusive to X360
25. LBP beta levels will survive - Evans
26. Fable 2 co-op at launch - Lionhead
27. "Maddie" still appearing in Halo 3 Recon
28. "No plans" to delist crap XBLA games
29. No More Heroes 2 to get two versions
Oct. 9, 2008
1. Games added to US cut-price 360 bundles
2. Future SCEI PSP games downloadable
3. LittleBigPlanet level compo voting!
4. Valkyria demo heads bumper PSN update
5. Resistance 2/PSP to work in harmony
6. Microsoft TGS Keynote
7. Microsoft TGS Keynote Roundup
8. LocoRoco 2
9. LOTRO: Mines of Moria dated
10. New PSP Monster Hunter for Europe
11. Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3
12. EA cements Red Alert 3 dates
13. Sony denies stealthy TGS conference
14. Sony's first day TGS trailer roundup
15. No More Heroes sequel unveiled
16. ChampMan had "no vision, no direction"
17. PSP direct Store access next week
18. Microsoft announces Halo 3 Recon
19. Online co-op for White Knight Story
20. Sony to offer premium PS3 themes
21. New Xbox Experience dated
22. Ninety-Nine Nights 2 heading to 360
23. Tekken 6 announced for Xbox 360
24. Star Ocean 360 gets US/Japanese date
25. Shall we scrub LBP beta levels, asks Sony
26. X360 getting external Blu-ray - report
Oct. 8, 2008
1. Rock Band 2
2. Microsoft TGS keynote tonight!
3. SSFII Turbo HD Remix changes listed
4. Fire Emblem DS here in December
5. Sierra closing 21 game servers
6. Alone in the Dark
7. Alone in the Dark
8. Alone in the Dark Video Roundup
9. Alone in the Dark
10. Alone in the Dark
11. DSi/Wii Points non-transferable?
12. Tecmo shows new PS3 shooter
13. No Deluxe GHWT bundles for Europe
14. Offspring and others for Rock Band
15. Riot unveils Warcraft-inspired RTS
16. Family Ski gets snowboard sequel
17. EndWar VIP demo delayed again
18. EA doing Mirror's Edge music album
19. Healey wants LBP to work with PlayTV
20. Devs nervous about casual - Bleszinski
Oct. 7, 2008
1. Rap heavyweights back scratching game
2. Mirror's Edge
3. Dofus reaches 10 million players
4. EVE Online: Trade & Industry
5. XBLA vs. PSN vs. WiiWare/Virtual Console
6. Wii Speak Channel gets date
7. Thousands of COD X360 keys soon
8. Afro Samurai for PS3 and 360 next year
9. Listen to the latest One Life Left
10. LittleBigPlanet boss "annoyed" by controls
11. Turn Rock Band 2 chars into figurines
12. Silicon Knights cuts 26 jobs temporarily
13. MLB Stickball for XBLA tomorrow
14. Molyneux asks critics to do him a favour
15. FIFA 09 scores chart top spot
16. Suda 51's horror game using Unreal
17. Xbox is "unqualified success" - Ballmer
18. Europe gets Xbox 360 price cut
19. Football Manager MMO out this year
20. Tom Clancy's EndWar
Oct. 6, 2008
1. Exclusive Tomb Raider episodes for 360
2. Nintendo DSi software region-locked
3. Fils-Aime: Wii Music is difficult actually
4. Need for Speed Undercover
5. Calamitous Rock Band 2 bug found
6. Killzone 2 and Left 4 Dead at EG Expo
7. PSP-3000
8. Star Ocean PSP gets release date
9. Sony explains Sackboy toy shortages
10. Mega Man 9 DLC this week
11. Brothers in Arms: Double Time
12. Final Fantasy XI available digitally
13. Stargate Worlds closed beta next week
14. PS3 Eternal Sonata for February
15. MS shows redesigned XBL Games Store
16. Download Full Spectrum Warrior for free
17. Will Wright backing McCain for presidency
18. Try Crysis Wars for free next weekend
19. Eidos confirms Deus Ex 3 is prequel
20. All future Sony MMOs console-bound
21. Manhunt 2 finally gets release date
22. Quantum of Solace demo for Coke-heads
23. Skate 2
Oct. 5, 2008
1. Knowingly Undersold
Oct. 3, 2008
1. Valkyria Chronicles
2. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
3. Play Football Superstars, win cash
4. LittleBigPlanet boss reveals PSP vision
5. First-person LittleBigPlanet mooted
6. Viva Pi?ata 2 demo on Live
7. PSP is Japan's best-seller of 2008
8. D3Publisher unveils Eat Lead
9. XBLA: Age of Booty and War World
10. Nintendo reveals Wii Speak Channel
11. New PAL Releases Roundup
12. Penny Arcade Episode 2 to be cheaper
13. Nintendo doing more Mario & Luigi for DS
14. Wii Fit date, bikes in Mario Kart
15. WiiWare Roundup
16. Bomberman Blast arrives on WiiWare
17. FIFA 09
18. Crafting overhaul coming to Conan
19. SEGA shows two new Wii games
20. Three new cars for GT5 Prologue
21. Wii's Cube remakes coming to Europe
22. Devs go bonkers for DSi storage
23. Fire Emblem DS announced for US
24. Brain Training heading up DSiWare
25. Codemasters to close RF Online
26. Earthworm Jim on Virtual Console
Oct. 2, 2008
1. EndWar VIP demo pushed back a week
2. Nintendo unveils brand new DS
3. BioShock, PES demos head PSN update
4. Puzzle Quest plus expansion for PS3
5. PC demo for PES 09 available
6. Rear exotic animals in My Farm for DS
7. Valkyria Chronicles date pushed forward
8. Fable 2 Collector's Edition shrinks
9. First WAR city siege takes place
10. Punch Out, Samurai Warriors coming to Wii
11. Nintendo's Wii showreel deciphered
12. WOW raids nerfed for Lich King
13. Second MGO expansion for TGS next week
14. New DS will only have one touch screen
15. DSi to launch in Europe next spring
16. Pure PC demo now available to download
17. Microsoft hires ex-Kojima, Bungie staff
18. WiiWare and Virtual Console Roundup
19. New DS to hit Japan on November 1st
20. Nintendo reveals Wii storage solution
21. PS3 sales better than expected, says Sony
Oct. 1, 2008
1. Midnight Club: Los Angeles
2. Blizzard awarded USD 6m in damages
3. New Final Fantasy game for Wii and DS
4. Bomberman finally coming to PSN
5. Family Trainer
6. Alan Wake
7. Alan Wake
8. Alan Wake to resurface this week
9. Two SingStar Queen packs tomorrow
10. Nintendo to reveal Wii HD tomorrow?
11. Jaffe "happy" with Ratner directing GoW
12. EA throws Tiberium in the bin
13. AC/DC live collection for Rock Band
14. Otherland
15. Cyberpunk MMO Otherland revealed
16. Free Mercs 2 downloadable this month
17. Valve talks Left 4 Dead demo plans
18. Pirates of the Burning Sea: free trials
19. Star Wars: Force Unleashed to get DLC
20. Sony to show 11 new PS3 games at TGS
21. Katamari creator's new game set for TGS
22. Lock's Quest