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May 2009 Archive

May 31, 2009
1. Ten years of EverQuest
May 30, 2009
1. Crackdown As You've Never Seen It Before
May 29, 2009
1. Making MMOs Massive
2. Kojima under "pressure" to make MGS
3. Kojima Productions teases "Next" game
4. Number 5 appears on Kojima teaser site
5. Zune video content for Euro Xbox Live
6. Blur and Tony Hawk heading to E3
7. Splash Damage FPS to show at E3
8. Partial Beatles: RB tracklist for E3
9. New Zune announcement coming at E3?
10. MGS4 coming to 360, claims Twitterer
11. Realtime Worlds hints at APB for E3
12. No Beyond Good and Evil 2 at E3
13. Telltale has new episodic series for E3
14. Dead Rising 2 won't make E3
15. Square Enix scales down E3 attendance
16. Colin McRae DiRT 2
17. F1 2009
18. Relic doing Warhammer 40,000 ARPG
19. BioShock 2 Multiplayer
20. Ed blog: BioShock 2 MP three-way!
21. Phil Harrison no longer president of Atari
22. Trauma Team unveiled for Wii
23. Champions Online 360 this year - Atari
24. SOE pulls plug on The Matrix Online
25. Fight Night Round 4 Confirmed at 60FPS
26. Red Dead Redemption
27. Burnout Paradise's Big Surf Island dated
28. Space Harrier now on Virtual Console
29. Mass Effect flies high in Japanese chart
30. PSN update: Monster Hunter and more
31. Splash Damage's new game is Brink
32. New PAL Releases Roundup - 29/05/09
33. Rock Band to get Iron Maiden pack
34. Dead Space Extraction gets release date
35. SEGA announces new Sonic racer
36. New Sony phone works with PS3, PlayTV
37. Warner plans multi-genre LOTR franchise
38. 4mm Games unveils Def Jam Rapstar
39. Sims 3 pirated more than 180,000 times
40. Xbox 360 has sold over 30 million
41. Bethesda and Splash Damage working together
42. Bethesda parent trademarks Brink
May 28, 2009
1. 360 gets Sky TV's Sky Player in UK
2. Sky High
3. Virtua Tennis 2009
4. Live Section 8 interview
5. Sony launches European PS blog
6. Firefly unveils Stronghold Kingdoms
7. Live Section 8 interview today
8. Killing Floor
9. Bionic Commando: Bling Wars
10. 38 Studios acquires Big Huge Games
11. Xbox 360 vs PS3 Face-Off: Round 19
12. New Killzone 2 patch to arrive today
13. BioShock to get novelisation
14. Ubi announces Shaun White sequel
15. Guillemot: set-top boxes to drive gaming
16. New Wolfenstein title gets release date
17. Army of Two: The 40th Day unveiled
18. Army of Two: The 40th Day
19. Red Dawn writer signs up for Homefront
May 27, 2009
1. Free Realms
2. New Lips game out this autumn
3. High Voltage unveils The Grinder for Wii
4. Jumpgate Evolution gets delayed
5. Number of Free Realms players hits 2m
6. EA makes BattleForge free-to-play
7. LucasArts confirms new Battlefront game
8. Battlefront coming to DS and PSP?
9. PS Home downloaded 6.5m times
10. THQ unveils Kaos Studios' Homefront
11. New Pirates of the Caribbean game coming
12. 1 vs. 100
13. UT3 Black free on Steam this weekend
14. Next LOTRO update coming in June
15. Big Boss appears on Kojima's teaser site
16. All Take-Two games to have DLC, multi
17. Activision confirms Guitar Hero 5 date
18. Itagaki: "Too early" to discuss new game
19. Sony confirms inFamous PS3 bundle
20. Mafia II and Red Dead both delayed
21. BioShock 2 gets "tentative" date
May 26, 2009
1. FUEL
2. Second GTAIV episode named, detailed
3. Conduit dev doing Gladiator game
4. Wii lacks fighters, reckons Toribash dev
5. Editor's blog: EG scoring policy
6. Flip's Twisted World unveiled for Wii
7. Call of Duty 4 has 13m players on Live
8. Warhammer Online: The Land of the Dead
9. Yakuza 3
10. Subs pricing revealed for Cities XL
11. Epic expects photo-realism in a decade
12. Heavy Rain delayed until 2010?
13. The Grudge game for Wii this Halloween
14. Where the Wild Things Are game coming
15. Warner: Watchmen Ep 2 is coming to PC
16. Next PixelJunk named Shooter
17. Modern Warfare 2 trailer and shots
18. ME2 characters and new details revealed
19. Metroid Prime trilogy coming to Wii
20. XBLA Wednesday: W&G, Yosumin, Boggle
21. Original Resident Evil coming to PSN
22. Resi 5 nearing 5m sales, DMC5 denied
23. New battleground in next WOW patch
24. Final Fantasy XIII "coming 2010"
25. Bit. Trip Beat
May 25, 2009
1. Sacred 2
2. Wolverine Demo Analysis: Unreal Engine Returns
3. Bizarre Creations' Gareth Wilson
May 24, 2009
1. The Shareware Age
May 23, 2009
1. inFamous: How High Can You Try?
2. The Agency
3. Portable Positioning
May 22, 2009
1. Quantic's David Cage talks Fahrenheit
2. Editor's blog: another bank holiday?
3. New PAL Releases Roundup - 22/05/09
4. Monster Hunter PSP demo next week
5. Editor's blog: Digital Foundry channel
6. inFamous Demo: Electrifying
7. FUEL release date slips by a week
8. Overlord: Dark Legend
9. No Watchmen Episode 2 for PC
10. PSN update: demos, DLC, more demos
11. Nintendo always working on new hardware
12. Heavy Rain
13. Queen gets golden Wii from THQ
14. Wii reclaims Japanese sales throne
15. Miyamoto "is not God", says Iwata
May 21, 2009
1. Prototype
2. Heather Mills nearly in Bionic Commando
3. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 demo up
4. Final Fantasy XIII: How Will It Work on 360?
5. CrimeCraft MMO dated, enters beta
6. Punch-Out!!
7. Sony to offer digital PSP game rentals?
8. Live Championship Manager interview today!
9. LBP to get new web-based portal
10. Braid now available for Mac
11. Play Team Fortress 2 for free
12. New Lord of the Rings game on the way
13. Terminator: Salvation recalled in US
14. Demigod
May 20, 2009
1. Atlus bringing Demon's Souls to US
2. New Saints Row 2 DLC pack this month
3. Ubisoft and Pelé making Wii footy game
4. Sony unveils more Killzone 2 DLC
5. inFamous
6. Sega Announces New 'High End' Arcade Hardware
7. Aliens vs. Predator for early 2010
8. Tony Hawk: Ride is 360 exclusive in UK
9. Tony Hawk: Ride is not 360 exclusive
10. Call of Duty 4 Engine Analysis
11. Tomb Raider Underworld: Frame Rate Analysis
12. Riddick: Dark Athena Demo Analysis
13. Video Analysis: GTA IV
14. Red Faction Demo Analysis
15. Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Analysis
16. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
17. Final Fantasy comes to 360
18. Final Fantasy XIII
19. Secret of Monkey Island for Xbox 360?
20. Sony confirms R&C content for LBP
21. Analysis: BioShock PS3 1.10 Released
22. Bungie Responds to Halo 3 NXE HDD Load Time Lag
23. Grail Quest: Crysis/Max Settings/1080p60
24. Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2: PS3 Gets Visual Boost Over 360
25. Welcome to Digital Foundry
26. ME2 will "really beat up the hero"
27. Dragonica closed beta opens to all
28. WipEout HD's 1080p Sleight of Hand
29. Demigod sales about to hit 100,000
30. Vorderman to star in new DS title
31. DJ Hero turntable detaches for lefties
32. Project Trico video leaked
33. UFC 2009: Undisputed
34. Spielberg: consoles will go, VR will return
35. Next Tomb Raider film to star new Lara
36. ACE Team unveils Zeno Clash 2
37. Bionic Commando
May 19, 2009
1. Damnation
2. Blur
3. Halo Wars gets Strategic Options
4. Legendary Pictures making videogames
5. Bethesda doing more Fallout 3 DLC
6. Suda 51 collaborating with Square Enix
7. Virtua Tennis Wii date is still June
8. Assassin's Creed 2 team is 450-strong
9. Tatsunoko vs. Capcom heading West
10. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. free on GameTap
11. Square Enix unveils Dragon Quest Wars
12. More details on monster Conan patch
13. echochrome gets PS Eye support
14. Darksiders: Wrath of War
15. Wii Sports Resort has table tennis, golf
16. ArmA II to arrive one week early
17. 3D Realms is still operational
18. Badminton and block-matching for XBLA
19. Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood
May 18, 2009
1. Boom Blox: Bash Party
2. Street Fighter II HD Turbo: Nerfed, Upscaled or Bugged?
3. MLB: The Show 09 - True 1080p60 on PS3
4. Fallout 3: 360 Patch Shines... Literally
5. Rock Band PSP dated, songs listed
6. Tony Hawk: Ride platforms confirmed
7. J Allard invents new "magic wand"
8. UK charts: Wii Fit still perched on top
9. DJ Shadow: DJ Hero will "raise eyebrows"
10. Sales of MGS reach 4.75 million
11. Bethesda making mature Wii games
12. Dynasty Warriors 6 Empires dated
13. Punch-Out!! has Title Defence mode
14. Age of Conan turns corner, says Funcom
15. Over a million sign up for Free Realms
16. Champions Online release delayed
17. New maps for Quake Live every week
18. Tecmo: Ninja Gaiden will return
19. Arkane puts The Crossing on hold
20. First block of BlizzCon tickets sells out
21. 3D Realms founder denies Take-Two claim
22. Radio 1 plans Big Gaming Weekend
May 17, 2009
1. Order of War
2. The Sims 3
May 16, 2009
1. Mobile Revolution
May 15, 2009
1. First details of Guitar Hero 5 emerge
2. Tony Hawk bigs up his new peripheral
3. Red Faction: Guerrilla MP demo dated
4. Trash Panic out later this month
5. Champions Online
6. Wolfenstein 3D for XBLA
7. NPD reactions: Sony focuses on future
8. Another Code R: A Journey into Lost Memories
9. MX vs. ATV returns in the autumn
10. SEGA/tri-Ace RPG here next spring
11. More maps and heads for F.E.A.R. 2
12. Get Fists of Plastic for free via US PSN
13. New PAL Releases Roundup - 15/05/09
14. Activision doing Hong Kong action game
15. Double XP weekend in Gears of War 2
16. Spielberg: Games and films will converge
17. Lair developer Factor 5 closes down
18. Take-Two sues over Duke Nukem fiasco
19. Tony Hawk gets skateboard peripheral
20. Rockstar Twitter: GTAIV DLC news "soon"
21. April NPD: PS2 outsells PS3 as DS wins
22. Overlord's Dean Scott
May 14, 2009
1. Free MMO Warrior Epic dated
2. Cards, balls, jewels in PSN refresher
3. Rockstar quiet on GTAIV DLC rumour
4. Over-Achievers
5. New Harry Potter game before film
6. PSN Bionic Commando going cheap
7. Bohemia slams OpFlash 2 marketing
8. Sony Corp. makes billion-dollar loss
9. Indiana Jones Staff of Kings game dated
10. Prisoners using PS3s to commit crimes
11. MS quiet on Fable II DLC implications
12. Dragonica
13. Trine
14. Might & Magic puzzle RPG for DS
15. Evolution repaints whole of MotorStorm 2
16. Survey suggests LOTRO for 360
17. Euro Home "is behind other regions"
May 13, 2009
1. Nintendo loves "insatiable" hardcore
2. GameArts remaking Lunar for PSP
3. Monster Hunter Tri for August in Japan
4. Next Blizzard MMO is new IP
5. jubeat
6. Finish inFamous completely in 25 hours
7. A Song of Ice and Fire game revealed
8. Rock Revolution
9. TF2 Sniper update due in "days"
10. Fable II: See the Future
11. Red Dead Redemption is "unpleasant"
12. Xbox 360 to get motion-sensing camera
13. Weapon of Choice developer's new game
14. Critter Crunch puzzler heading to PSN
15. Crash Bandicoot's Dad sets up new studio
16. New Kojima Productions game teased
17. FFXIII Japanese voices unlikely for 360
18. Modern Warfare 2 blown wide open
May 12, 2009
1. Battlestations: Pacific
2. City of Heroes getting second expansion
3. Avary doing Silent Hill 2 film?
4. White DualShock 3 unlikely for UK
5. PC fans forcing DRM into extinction
6. Superstars V8 coming in June
7. Pokémon Platinum
8. Prince of Persia film footage released
9. Get early access to Fight Night 4 demo
10. Pearl Jam Live: Rock Band in 2010
11. One in five Japanese people own a DS
12. More SEGA classics coming to XBLA
13. Peggle, Resi and CM2009 on App Store
14. Thief 4 fans to be "happily impressed"
15. Champ Man for iPhone "shortly"
16. Far Cry 2 patch tackles save corruption
17. XBLA: Star Trek and Texas Cheat 'Em
18. Red Steel 2 will only work with WMP
19. Bruckheimer game studio staffing up
May 11, 2009
1. Spore Galactic Adventures
2. Star Wars: The Clone Wars detailed
3. Eidos Montreal confirms Thief 4
4. Paramount revs Wheelman film engine
5. EA dev outs Dead Space 2
6. City of Heroes: Mission Architect
7. Konami doing Contra game for WiiWare
8. R.U.S.E.
9. UK charts: Wii Fit on top yet again
10. Eidos expects Batman to score in the 90s
11. The Conduit
12. Dragon Age: Origins
13. The Rock to play Fenix in Gears film?
14. UO: Stygian Abyss beta sign-ups begin
15. Get a free house in PlayStation Home
16. Codies unveils Ashes Cricket 2009
17. Playboy-themed MMO due this summer
18. Resi is Capcom's most successful IP
19. New 50 Cent game ten times less popular
20. PSN to be on other hardware platforms
21. F1 2010 will be "best F1 game ever"
22. Codemasters snags Formula 1 licence
23. Codemasters' F1 game not out till 2010
24. Wii Sports sells 45 million copies
May 10, 2009
1. Lode Runner
May 8, 2009
1. Shake, Rattle, Roll
2. Charlie Brooker's Gameswipe confirmed
3. BioShock 2 multiplayer unveiled
4. Sakura Wars for PS2/Wii this autumn
5. Velvet Assassin
6. NIS reveals Last Rebellion for PS3
7. World's Best DJ gets own Wii game
8. Huxley beta registration open
9. Disgaea 2 enhanced for PSP this year
10. New PAL Releases Roundup - 08/05/09
11. THQ reveals Marvel Super Squad
12. Activision: GH a multi-billion dollar series
13. Second Life claims the most spare time
14. Rainbow Islands heads Nintendo updates
15. Champions Online to have item sales?
16. Guitar Hero to become reality TV show?
17. Broken Steel PC and 360 fixed
18. Public StarCraft II beta this "summer"
19. Fallout 3: Broken Steel DLC PC problems
20. Switcheroo frustrates Ghostbusters dev
21. Fifth Yakuza game in development
22. Bizarre's new racer Blur sighted
23. Mattrick buys old company for Microsoft
24. Zoo picks up Empire publishing rights
May 7, 2009
1. Red Faction: Guerrilla
2. Fight Night Round 4
3. Sony reveals next week's SingStore songs
4. Duke Nukem Forever
5. Split/Second
6. LACC hopes swine flu will be over by E3
7. Operation Flashpoint marches to autumn
8. Fallout 3: Broken Steel
9. Pathé films for Xbox Live Marketplace
10. DJ Hero, Band Hero, GH5 for autumn
11. Arkanoid XBLA wants extra money
12. Jumpgate Evolution
13. New Gears 2 DLC expands campaign
14. Europe and US help Nintendo profits soar
15. Garriott says he was forced out by NCsoft
16. 3D Realms shuts down
17. SEGA's Virtua Tennis 2009 slips to June
18. More planes for HAWX today
19. Brütal Legend
20. Mythos fans "don't have to worry now"
21. THQ makes USD 430 million loss
22. Disney's G-Force to use off-axis 3D
23. Eurogamer Expo 2009!
24. StarCraft II beta registration open
25. Obscure: The Aftermath coming to PSP
26. Hidden option in Bionic Commando demo
May 6, 2009
1. EVE surpasses 300,000 subscribers
2. Atari to publish Ghostbusters on Xbox 360
3. CD Projekt confirms console Witcher halt
4. Trion's Heroes of Telara MMO at E3
5. Schafer: Demoing games is like stand-up
6. Execs wanted "country music" Brütal Legend
7. Dragonica closed beta next week
8. Mm: no more free woolly Sackboys
9. All new Overlord games due on same day
10. Overlord: Dark Legend, Overlord: Minions
11. Eminem to release iPhone game soon
12. Sony bringing music telly to PS3, PSP
13. FFXIII to hit Europe in under a year
14. Sony grabs Ghostbusters from Atari
15. Free MGO content in May for all players
16. Gears film "looking incredibly good"
17. Empire Interactive officially goes bust
18. Sales of COD map pack hit 2 million
19. Devs' blog: Our shiny new platform
20. Richard Garriott suing NCsoft for fraud
21. Rock Band is most successful EA franchise
22. SFIV gets pricey wardrobe overhaul
23. Electronic Arts makes billion-dollar loss
24. Console cycle will last a long time - EA boss
25. Marvel vs. Capcom 2 gets June date
26. BlizzCon tickets on sale next week
27. Tales of Vesperia
May 5, 2009
1. Dragon Age Pen & Paper RPG unveiled
2. EA making ninja adventure for DS
3. Rockstar toying with karma for GTA?
4. Last Beatles: RB instruments revealed
5. Mass Effect iPhone is a side-story
6. Scribblenauts penned for autumn release
7. Dragon Age won't use SecuROM DRM
8. The9 preparing Chinese WOW knock-off?
9. DK: Jungle Beat Wiimake in June
10. Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce
11. New PAL Releases Roundup - 01/05/09
12. UK charts: Wii Fit shakes off Wolverine
13. Demigod "turning point" this week
14. Final Fantasy creator hints at new game
15. Pure PS3 to get Trophies tomorrow
16. Enrolment for Section 8 beta now open
17. New Red Orchestra game confirmed
18. Infinity Ward doing Call of Duty 6
19. Turtles in Time coming to 360 and Wii
20. MGS Touch demo on App Store
21. Houser brothers on TIME 100 list
22. PS3 to get new music visualiser
23. Xbox 360 full-body sensor for E3?
24. Space Invaders plus two for XBLA
25. Batman: Arkham Asylum delayed
26. EA Redwood Shores gets new name
27. Thief 4 reveal likely next Monday
28. Plants vs. Zombies demo released
29. SFIV PC dated, Resident Evil 5 to follow
May 4, 2009
1. MS changes gamerscore limit to 1750
2. Plants vs. Zombies
3. Rhythm Paradise
4. Virtual On: Oratorio Tangram
May 2, 2009
1. The End of Publishing
May 1, 2009
1. The Sims 3 to get new online options
2. Next Fallout 3 DLC called Point Look?
3. Editor's blog: Yes, we're on Twitter
4. Left 4 Dead nearly half-price this weekend
5. Sucker Punch dates inFamous demo
6. Live The Sims 3 interview
7. Japan charts: Monster Hunter 2 riding high
8. Xbox 360 vs. PS3 Face-Off: Round 18
9. Face-Off: The Chronicles of Riddick
10. Overlord II given June date
11. Not Sony's David Reeves
12. Warrior Epic goes into closed beta
13. Edinburgh Zoo renames wolverine in honour of Wolverine
14. Xbox 360 vs. PS3: Multiformat Face-off
15. X360 v PS3 Multiformat Face-Off, Round Two
16. X360 v PS3 Multiformat Face-Off, Round Three
17. Xbox 360 vs. PS3 Face-Off: Round Four
18. Xbox 360 vs. PS3 Face-Off: Round Five
19. X360 vs. PS3 Face-Off: Round Six
20. X360 vs. PS3 Face-Off: Round Seven
21. Xbox 360 vs. PS3 Face-Off: Round Eight
22. Xbox 360 vs. PS3 Face-Off: Round Nine
23. X360 vs. PS3 Face-Off: Round 10
24. Xbox 360 vs. PS3 Face-Off: Round Eleven
25. Prince turned down Guitar Hero deal
26. X360 vs. PS3 Face-Off: Round 12
27. Xbox 360 vs. PS3 Face-Off: Round 13
28. Xbox 360 vs PS3 Face-Off: Round 14
29. Xbox 360 vs. PS3 Face-Off: Round 15
30. Fallout 3: Triple Format Face-Off
31. Call of Duty: World at War Triple-Format Face-Off
32. Xbox 360 vs. PS3 Face-Off: Round 16
33. Far Cry 2 Triple-Format Face-Off
34. Xbox 360 vs. PS3 Face-Off: Round 17
35. F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin Triple-Format Face-Off
36. Face-Off: Street Fighter IV
37. Face-Off: Resident Evil 5
38. GSC confirms S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Prypiat
39. Create new level 50 in Age of Conan
40. Battlestations: Pacific demo on Live today
41. New COD: World at War maps in June
42. Microsoft quiet on Forza 3 rumours
43. Square Enix site teases E3 reveal
44. Free Sackboy toy for everyone in the UK
45. New consoles "in the next few years" - Ubi
46. Boom Blox: Bash Party dated
47. Retro-themed DSi/WiiWare/VC update
48. Introversion is on the up, says Delay