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July 2009 Archive

July 31, 2009
1. "No reboot" to The Agency as staff leave
2. Capcom's Miles Edgeworth here in Feb
3. Bethesda dates WET for September
4. Dragonica
5. GH5 supports Xbox Live Avatars
6. Ashes Cricket 2009
7. Squenix starts new mystery countdown
8. Wolfenstein multiplayer modes detailed
9. PS3 now 70 per cent cheaper to make
10. Tony Hawk: Ride roster revealed
11. Resident Evil 4: Mobile Edition
12. Demigod finally gets a PC demo
13. Japan chart: DQIX swoops past 3m sales
14. Warhammer Online coming to Mac
15. Capcom profits up despite low BC sales
16. Bushnell making online RTS/FPS hybrid
17. Activision likely to lose Brutal Legend case
18. Turtles in Time remake price dropped
19. L4D2 racism accusation "insanity"
20. DSi gets new Facebook application
21. 343: There is no Gearbox Halo project
22. Capcom delays Dark Void until 2010
23. Desmond sees "action" in Assassin's 2
24. Rygar: The Battle of Argus
July 30, 2009
1. Halo Wars leaderboards wiped
2. LEGO MMO will break generational divide
3. Activision completes GH5 track list
4. Namco picks Easy Piano for November
5. Bookworm Adventures 2
6. MS offering US Summer of Arcade rebate
7. Blitz "convinced" the future is 3DTV
8. Nintendo profits drop by 60 per cent
9. PS2 outselling PS3 and PSP
10. EA signs Emelianenko for MMA game
11. Yakuza 3 won't go west, says SEGA
12. Gears 2: Dark Corners double XP week
13. SEGA VP: Repairing Sonic will take time
14. R-Type Tactics sequel announced
15. Zeno Clash SDK released
16. inFamous movie on the way
17. F.E.A.R. 2 story DLC next month
18. Home gets new MotorStorm functionality
19. Head starts for Champions pre-orders
20. Fat Princess on PSN today, but no Trine
21. Ashes Cricket demo now on Xbox Live
22. Activision unveils flashy DJ Hero pack
23. Beneath A Steel Sky - Remastered
July 29, 2009
1. Revolution launches iPhone/pocket studio
2. Scribblenauts
3. Batman: Arkham Asylum
4. 360 Twitter/Facebook "before Xmas"
5. In-game addiction therapy for WOW
6. Spector making "Epic Mickey" for Wii
7. Live Arkham Asylum interview
8. Marvel vs. Capcom 2
9. Overlord II DLC on Xbox 360 today
10. SEGA wants iPhone game ideas
11. Red and blue PS3 controllers on the way
12. Jackson's Halo project "on hold" - MS
13. Final Fantasy XIV showing at gamescom
14. Twilight MMO in development
15. THQ: Natal to launch late next year
16. No "major changes" for Splinter Cell
17. No mandatory install for Uncharted 2
18. Forza 3 out in Europe before US
19. Fat Princess to cost 12 quid
20. Sony Europe quiet on Euro PSN cards
21. DF blog: New Xbox 360 dash full details
22. Pitchford "terrified" to launch Borderlands
23. The Conduit: A true technical leap for Wii?
24. Zombies & Me
July 28, 2009
1. Gearbox clams on Halo 4 chatter
2. Borderlands
3. ShopTo: MW2 price sets "worrying trend"
4. IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey
5. Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 co-op detailed
6. Tech Comparison: Bionic Commando
7. Standard Def: The Forgotten Generation
8. Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 for October
9. EA sets up 99c iPhone game developer
10. Frontier's David Braben
11. WipEout HD: Fury
12. THQ wins WWE suit against Jakks
13. DJ Jazzy Jeff to star in DJ Hero
14. Forza Motorsport 3 dated for US
15. Top Cow announces The Darkness 2
16. E3: WipEout HD gets Fury expansion
17. WipEout, Killzone packs top PSN bill
18. Depeche Mode sneak into L4D2
19. Xbox Live Birds of Prey demo tomorrow
20. Resident Evil 4 iPhone out now
21. Ubisoft has PC anti-piracy plan
22. Fat Princess arrives this week
23. Ubi: Games delayed to ensure quality
24. Silicon Knights quiet on Siren name
July 27, 2009
1. Castle Crashers coming to PS3
2. Activision "will not kill Brutal Legend"
3. Xbox 360 Indie Games pricing change "came out of nowhere"
4. Gears of War 2: Road to Ruin
5. Splinter Cell, Red Steel, Ghost Recon slip
6. Indie Games Arcade for EG Expo 09
7. Kojima and Konami friends at gamescom
8. Force Unleashed to get new DLC level
9. Microsoft changes Indie Games pricing
10. IL-2 Sturmovik handheld details emerge
11. Wii Sports Resort is top of the pops
12. Ghostbusters for 360 gets release date
13. Virtual Console Roundup
14. PSN Star Trek: D-A-C "this summer"
15. Jackson's Halo project officially dead
16. Monkey Island WiiWare gets US date
17. Halo Waypoint to "aggregate everything"
18. EA says sorry over booth babes compo
19. L4D2 boycotter "invented" Spitter
20. Name of Silicon Knights game leaked
21. Houser says GTA film unlikely
22. Two more Dead Space games coming
23. Section 8
July 24, 2009
1. Halo 3: ODST
2. No Halo: Reach reveal this year
3. New Bungie IP deal "close"
4. BioWare explains Mass Effect save usage
5. Plants vs. Zombies heading to XBLA
6. Katamari Forever demo out in Japan
7. Batman bonus for GAME pre-orders
8. Kaz Hirai to keynote Tokyo Game Show
9. Home is beta until it hits "final quality"
10. WiiWare Roundup
11. Sony's Peter Edward
12. No Unreal Tournament "for several years"
13. 2K pres: fewer triple-A games this year
14. Universal songs to appear in SingStore
15. Takeuchi doesn't expect to do Resi 6
16. 11.2 million Xbox 360s shipped in FY09
17. Left 4 Dead 2's Swamp Fever detailed
18. Battlefield 1943 sells over 600,000
19. Monkey Island now available for iPhone
July 23, 2009
1. New Halo destination planned for Live
2. Benchmark Resi 5 on your PC now
3. DiRT 2 to feature X Games stages
4. Band Hero coming to DS too
5. SAW director doing Castlevania film
6. Disney doing Alice in Wonderland games
7. EndWar sequel in development, says Ubi
8. GTAIV double-episode disc to cost ?34.99
9. New GTAIV DLC gets release date
10. One million LBP levels now uploaded
11. Need for Speed Nitro here in November
12. Pachter: Activision MW2 price "is a test"
13. Madballs in Babo: Invasion
14. Borderlands release date locked down
15. New Halo anime films on the way
July 22, 2009
1. Konami holding iPhone game sale
2. Jumpgate beta signs 250,000 people
3. Epic's Mark Rein
4. Allods Online
5. Nintendo turns shops into WSR islands
6. Killing Floor to get extra content soon
7. Fallen Earth to drop in September
8. GH5 tracks, game details emerge
9. Jam Sessions 2 coming this autumn
10. 2DBoy's Gabler clarifies next project
11. South Park XBLA game details revealed
12. Fallout 3: Mothership Zeta dated, priced
13. Mothership Zeta weapons, perk details
14. Sam Raimi to direct WOW film
15. id releases more details on Rage
16. Microsoft dates XBL dashboard update
17. The Saboteur gets December release date
18. 'Splosion Man
July 21, 2009
1. Runes of Magic suspends users for exploit
2. Real-time HD video encoding on PS3?
3. Serious Sam HD may make PS3
4. Serious Sam 3 drops cartoon look
5. SEGA unveils Monkey Ball: Step & Roll
6. Digital Foundry: iPhone vs. Developers
7. More Beatles: Rock Band tracks revealed
8. Microsoft patents drop-in split-screen
9. Bleszinski on Dark Corners SP and Natal
10. Is DirectX throttling Xbox 360 performance?
11. Publishers schtum on UK price increase
12. Ghostbusters budget was $15m - $20m
13. BF1943 weapons for Bad Company 2
14. Darksiders
15. Splosion Man on XBLA tomorrow
16. Where the Wild Things Are game coming
17. 2DBoy's next game is WiiWare title
18. Rabbids hopping onto DS this autumn
19. Sign up to test XBL autumn dash update
20. Gamers should fund development - Valve
21. Moon
July 20, 2009
1. More COD:WAW maps in August
2. FFIV soundtrack remixed, free
3. UK charts: Harry Potter and the No. 1 Hit
4. PS3 Shin Megami Tensei outed?
5. Alien Breed Evolution
6. WipEout HD Fury here on Thursday
7. Wii Sports Resort
8. Wii Sports Resort vs. Wii MotionPlus
9. Heroes of Telara
10. Spyborgs given September date
11. KZ2 Napalm & Cordite this Thursday
12. Ubi to launch new games on Facebook
13. New CSI game coming to PC and consoles
14. Levine's new game "more ambitious"
15. Gears 2 All Fronts accidentally released
16. Valkyria Chronicles sequel is on PSP
17. Games can be good for you, say scientists
18. First details on Braid dev's new game
19. Make, sell Rock Band songs on 360
20. Modern Warfare 2 costs GBP 55
21. Bayonetta delayed until next year
July 18, 2009
1. The Free Trade
July 17, 2009
1. PSPgo barriers off-putting for indies
2. PAX 10 indie winners picked
3. AssCreed PSP will unlock PS3 content
4. Codies announces Ashes release date
5. HandCircus' Simon Oliver
6. MGS: Peace Walker is "MGS5-class game"
7. Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising dated
8. Editor's blog: Darkfall aftermath
9. Darkfall Online
10. Darkfall Online
11. Saints Row PSP coming in March 2010
12. Mod War 2 Prestige Edition costs 120 quid
13. New Guitar Hero 5 drum kit revealed
14. XBL autumn dash preview next week
15. Scribblenauts UK release date
16. Where's Waldo? game on the way
17. First pay-to-play game appears on PSN
18. QuakeCon to broadcast tournaments live
19. 17m Live users have downloaded content
20. Number of Home users hits 7 million
21. 374k US Wii MotionPlus sales in June
22. PS Eye has facial recognition capability
July 16, 2009
1. Marvel vs. Capcom 2 PSN dated
2. Resident Evil 5 PC date
3. Jones: APB "has to ship on a DVD"
4. SEGA teases unannounced game
5. Colin McRae: DiRT 2 dated
6. Tales of Vesperia: PS3/360 demo showdown
7. Treasure World
8. More Hanabi imports for Virtual Console
9. Tour de France 2009 game on XBLA
10. Write dialogue for Guybrush or Sam
11. Resident Evil 4 iPhone confirmed for West
12. Tony Hawk board is "not finished"
13. Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
14. League of Legends to be free to play
15. Fight Night 4 Home space launching today
16. Red Faction: Guerrilla gets PC date
17. Gates: Natal "a little over a year away"
18. Red Faction: Guerrilla - Demons of the Badlands
July 15, 2009
1. Flower dev doing third game for Sony
2. Bookworm Adventures 2! This month!
3. Repeat Home users total 25 - 30 per cent of PSN account holders
4. Beatles: Rock Band wows Abbey Road
5. Transformers DLC coming this summer
6. 1 vs. 100
7. King of Fighters XII still for August
8. FFCC: My Life as a Darklord dated
9. MW2 Prestige Edition costs USD 149
10. Tony Hawk: Ride sequel likely
11. FIFA 10
12. FIFA 10 set-piece editor unveiled
13. Battlefield Heroes hits 1m registrations
14. PES 2010: Pro Evolution Soccer
15. Professor Layton sequel Euro date
16. Dave Jones' Develop keynote
17. Blitz dates stereoscopic Kung-Fu game
18. Moore hits back at UFC copycat calls
19. EA: FIFA 10 Wii will work online
20. Sony confirms PSP app store plan
21. Guitar Hero 5 controller updated
22. Duke Nukem Begins developer revealed
23. C&C4 requires constant internet
24. Midway confirms Newcastle studio closure
25. MS trails announcement at Comic-Con
26. FIFA 10 given release date
27. No DLC for Gran Turismo PSP
28. 360 owners unlock fourth BF1943 map
29. Wolfenstein delayed slightly
July 14, 2009
1. Rolando 2
2. Assassin's Creed: Evolution of an engine
3. More Halo Wars DLC this month
4. MS: XBLC games "poised to break out"
5. Alien Breed is trilogy, out October
6. Updated! Crysis 1080p60 Grail Quest
7. Perry: Target Asia, make games simpler
8. id won't create new IP for Bethesda
9. Eidos files Kane & Lynch 2 trademark
10. No More Heroes series finished with Wii
11. Green Lantern game in 2011?
12. Mario & Sonic winter sequel dated
13. MW2 comes with night-vision goggles
14. XBLA Madballs game arriving tomorrow
15. Editor's blog: Develop Conference
16. MS Spotify competitor could hit 360
17. Fallout 3 DLC pushed to September
18. Feder: No multiformat GTA next year
19. BioWare's Dr Greg Zeschuk
20. BioShock 2 delayed
21. UFC is "at war" with Electronic Arts
22. Relentless reveals non-Buzz! venture
July 13, 2009
1. Heavy Rain confirmed for 2010 release
2. Mirror's Edge DLC is free on PS3
3. Myst spreads to PSN this week
4. Age of Conan
5. Konami reveals "terrifying" Wii game
6. WET
7. UK charts: Tiger roars to the top
8. Killzone 2 Napalm & Cordite pack soon
9. Saviour Machine
10. Undead Knights not here till next year
11. Tuesday updates planned for Quake Live
12. New Left 4 Dead 2 campaign at Comic-Con
13. First footage of slimline PS3 appears?
14. Michael Jackson game still in the works
15. 29 years of BF1943 gameplay on Weds
16. PC COD:WAW patch includes maps
17. Monkey Island SE heading to iPhone?
18. New Tomb Raider another reboot?
July 12, 2009
1. Outpost Kaloki X
2. Bejeweled 2
3. Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow
4. Battalion Wars
5. Halo 2 Multiplayer
6. Star Wars: Republic Commando Review
July 10, 2009
1. Age of Conan giveaway download
2. Loads of Germans sign pro-games petition
3. WiiWare/DSiWare/VC offers five
4. Fils-Aime talks up Wii Vitality Sensor
5. Battlefield 1943
6. Sidhe dates Shatter for PSN
7. New PAL Releases Roundup - 10/07/09
8. Battlefield 1943 heads PSN update
9. 1000 free copies of Age of Conan!
10. It's COD: Modern Warfare 2 after all
11. Download The Elder Scrolls II for free
12. MechWarrior 4 to be released free "soon"
13. Halo Wars balancing patch soon
14. First tracks for Guitar Hero 5 revealed
15. Lucas "involved" in Star Wars MMO
16. XBLA Summer of Arcade games get dates
17. Arkane contributing to BioShock 2
18. The Conduit
July 9, 2009
1. Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes
2. EA confirms C&C4 only for PC
3. EA takes FIFA Manager 10 online
4. Team17 unveils Alien Breed Evolution
5. UFC quitters will be punished
6. FUEL demo today on PC, PS3, 360
7. Remedy focusing on Alan Wake 360
8. DRM removed, UGC in Witcher patch
9. Jackson death won't affect Beatles RB
10. Watchmen Part 2 out this month
11. DDO Unlimited gets US launch date
12. New MechWarrior game announced
13. 360 Kingdom Under Fire II not an MMO
14. Battlefield 1943 having difficulties
15. Funcom's Craig Morrison
16. EA announces Command & Conquer 4
17. PES 2010 Wii detailed, out in autumn
18. Tales of Monkey Island demo out now
19. Third Mortal Kombat film on the way
20. Singularity delayed until 2010
July 8, 2009
1. AOC reactivation drive begins
2. Jagex gives Jon Hare top job
3. Dead to Rights bounds to 2010
4. WOW-themed Peggle released
5. Blood Bowl dated for UK/US
6. Stringer: Kotick "makes a lot of noise"
7. Kodu Game Lab
8. BioWare: Mythic will help Star Wars MMO
9. Free Fight Night summer content
10. Google announces operating system
11. Valve attempting L4D1/L4D2 cross-play
12. XNA: The Power and the Potential
13. Dragon Age: Origins
14. MechWarrior ready for a comeback?
15. Chinese WOW has been offline for a month
16. More SimAnimals games for Wii and DS
17. Wii autopilot feature for DS too?
18. Wii Sports 2 was Japan's June best-seller
19. Eidos name to live on through developers
20. Three Halo 3: ODST maps revealed
21. LBP recall was "double-edged sword"
22. Zenimax raised $105 million to buy id
23. UMD games may be cheaper than digital
24. Age of Conan expansion reveal soon
25. PS3 price fixation "short-term thinking"
26. Guitar Hero: Greatest Hits
July 7, 2009
1. Demon's Souls UK release uncertain
2. Bionic Commando PC gets release date
3. Two Worlds II not a rehashed expansion
4. Aion: The Tower of Eternity
5. Tech Comparison: Street Fighter IV PC
6. Penn & Teller do games this week
7. XBLA blaster Ion Assault unveiled
8. Rumour: PSP2 Features Quad Core Graphics Chip
9. Wii Sports Resort island is a character
10. DiRT 2 PC delayed for DirectX 11
11. Electroplankton to get DSiWare release
12. Used sales double Dead Space userbase
13. Pre-order L4D2, get early demo
14. Duke Nukem 3D heading to App Store
15. Monkey Island remake next week
July 6, 2009
1. Battlefield Heroes
2. Nintendo games dominating in 2009
3. Summer game droughts to end at last?
4. BioWare "interested" in modern setting
5. 1 vs. 100 to launch in the UK this Friday
6. Anno 1404
7. UK charts: Fight Night still undefeated
8. Games are good for kids, says Big Bird
9. Monster Hunter to get weekly DLC
10. Gearbox can't promise Borderlands demo
11. LucasArts announcement later today
12. Fourth Resident Evil film confirmed?
13. COJ dev still working on Dead Island
14. Universal to make Asteroids film
15. Call of Juarez DLC on the way
16. Ubisoft to publish Heroes Over Europe
17. iPhone Roundup
July 5, 2009
1. Left 4 Dead 2
July 4, 2009
1. Depth Charges
July 3, 2009
1. Personality Crisis
2. Hanabi festival stuffs Wii/DSiWare/VC
3. Two Worlds sequel this winter
4. Trine
5. Frozenbyte: Trine project "a big mess"
6. L4D2 pre-orders twice that of original
7. Fez due on XBLA in "early 2010"
8. Guilty Gear 2: Overture dated for Europe
9. Left 4 Dead 2
10. Activision: DJ Hero is "tremendous value"
11. New PAL Releases Roundup - 03/07/09
12. Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2: PS3 Upgrades Keep on Coming
13. Infinite Space heads west next spring
14. 2K Steam bundle a heap of cheap
15. Fallout 3 half-price on Steam!
16. Capcom unveils new Devil Kings game
17. Sony: PSPgo always part of the plan
18. Numblast, Punisher, topatoi on PSN
19. Champions Online to support Twitter
20. Bleszinski explains "bald space marines"
21. Resident Evil Archives
July 2, 2009
1. PS3 Media Player Blitzes Blu-ray Specs
2. Live Brutal Legend interview
3. Battlefield 1943 out next week
4. Sony polling for PlayStation Home ideas
5. Metanet finally shows Robotology
6. Namco Bandai unveils God Eater on PSP
7. Student demos clever head-tracking
8. Fitness Hero, Workout Hero trademarked
9. SEGA pours more Bleach onto DS
10. Katamari Forever
11. Battlestations: Pacific gets July extras
12. 505 adapting Grease for Wii, DS
13. China's "gold farming ban" misinterpreted
14. Capcom ready to reveal new Onimusha?
15. Hryb downplays Silverlight Live ad splurge
16. THQ not keen to renew WWE vows
17. Blizzard trademarks Cataclysm
18. Double XP weekend for Gears of War 2
19. Live Brutal Legend Q&A today!
20. Tekken 6
July 1, 2009
1. New Final Fantasy DS game revealed
2. Livingstone sees "no room for mediocrity"
3. Damnation team sent packing
4. Build for hardcore first, says Blizzard
5. Blizzard's Rob Pardo
6. Michael Jackson outfits for BF Heroes
7. Band of Bugs gets Avatar support
8. Vandal Hearts for PSN/XBLA this winter
9. City of Heroes Issue 15 released
10. Warrior Epic
11. Red Faction Interview Transcript: Updated!
12. StarCraft II fans politely demand LAN play
13. ZX Spectrum vs BBC Micro: the TV drama
14. Activision prices DJ Hero at GBP 108
15. Uncharted 2 will get another MP demo
16. Last.fm free to Xbox Live Gold users
17. Spellborn MMO to go free-to-play
18. SEGA "blown away" by Natal, PS3 wand
19. Time Gentlemen, Please!
20. Game-creator Kodu launches on Live
21. Doom Resurrection: Video and Impressions on new iPhone Showcase
22. PS3 Slim contracts signed - report
23. The Pirate Bay bought, going straight
24. The Red Faction Tech Interview: Part Two