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August 2009 Archive

Aug. 31, 2009
1. More details on EVE FPS Dust 514
Aug. 30, 2009
1. Jagex reveals first MechScape details
2. Jagex: 105 million played RuneScape
3. Jagex on RuneScape, MechScape and FunOrb
4. Star Trek Online
Aug. 29, 2009
1. System Failure: Why PS3 and 360 drop dead for the same reasons
Aug. 28, 2009
1. Scribblenauts UK date changed
2. Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising
3. Mr Driller revamp shakes WiiWare
4. Wii-exclusive Harvest Moon dated
5. Heavy Rain
6. EA: We'll see Xbox 560 before 720
7. DJ Hero
8. DiRT 2 demo: PS3/Xbox 360 performance showdown
9. Amazon lists then yanks 250GB Xbox 360
10. MS clamping down on early ODST sales
11. Madden NFL 10
12. New Monster 4x4 game coming to Wii
13. Fight Night Round 4 demo on Xbox Live
14. F.E.A.R. 2: Reborn demo released
15. Special edition Gears 2, Fable II coming
16. Aion open beta and early access dated
17. Tim Curry to star in Dragon Age: Origins
18. Harmonix outlines RB Network process
19. "Okamiden" in next week's Famitsu
20. DOWII adds free DLC Last Stand
21. Watchmen: The End is Nigh Part 2
Aug. 27, 2009
1. Cage defends Madison striptease scene
2. StarCraft II
3. MS: Elite pricing unrelated to PS3 Slim
4. PSN update: Smash Cars, Battle Tanks
5. 2K bringing two indie games to XBLA
6. Ghostbusters PS3 patch doesn't deliver 720p
7. Star Wars: The Old Republic
8. Uncharted 2 "impossible" on Xbox 360
9. Turbine sues Atari over D&D Online
10. Xbox 360 Elite price cut to ?199
11. Peggle Nights expansion coming to XBLA
12. "Big plans" for Brink 2 and 3
13. Champions lifetime subs sell out
14. BioWare fixing Pinnacle Station bug
15. Killzone 2 throne room for Home
16. Command & Conquer 4 gets new subtitle
17. Greenberg: Xbox 360 is reliable now
18. New Ratchet & Clank gets US release date
19. The King of Fighters XII
Aug. 26, 2009
1. Section 8 delayed by a week in UK
2. PSP: Make way for the Minis
3. Napoleon: Total War
4. UK PS3 Slim will not sell early
5. Mafia II
6. Nintendo patents US football peripheral
7. IW confirms dual-wield for MW2
8. Chinatown Wars PSP dated
9. XBLA champ Castle Crashers expands
10. Sins of a Solar Empire expands next year
11. XBL gets Burnout Revenge, NFS ProStreet
12. Professor Layton 4 has bonus RPG inside
13. Lumines coming to iPhone
14. No More Heroes 2 due out in January
15. WET demo on Xbox Live
16. 3.0 is PS3's last major 2009 update
17. Red Faction multiplayer DLC this month
18. Final Fantasy XIII
Aug. 25, 2009
1. Wii Sports Resort sells 1m in Europe
2. Law blooper lets kids buy adult games
3. Mass Effect DLC goes Live
4. Resi Darkside Chronicles dated
5. Sony's Shuhei Yoshida
6. Pyro denies reports of new Commandos
7. Defense Grid given XBLA date
8. Ubisoft cagey about BG&E2 status
9. Droplitz for PC now super-cheap
10. 2K's Axel and Pixel revealed
11. AVP to impact Colonial Marines timing
12. FF Versus XIII dev time will be shorter
13. SmackDown 2010 gets US release date
14. Stardock's Impulse adds social network
15. Spanish director in BioShock talks
16. Wii Sports Resort sells a million in Japan
17. Hirai: Judge PS3 after five years
18. FIFA 10 demo dated, detailed
19. PSN down for maintenance tonight
Aug. 24, 2009
1. Blizzard in Diablo III console talks
2. Eurogamer gamescom Awards
3. World of Warcraft: Cataclysm
4. EA calls German ratings "censorship"
5. UK charts: Wii Sports Resort on top
6. Mass Effect 2 tech upgrades impress
7. Japan charts: Dragon Quest IX rules roost
8. Mass Effect 2 on PC/360 simultaneously
9. Special events planned for WAR birthday
10. New Mass Effect DLC detailed
11. Modern Warfare Wii co-op detailed
12. GT5 has 1000 vehicles, out in Q4 2009
13. Def Jam scouts watch Rapstar game
14. GH5 DLC won't work in GH World Tour
15. Get Batman: Arkham Asylum PC free
16. Fable II dog saved due to hate mail
17. Bonsai Barber
Aug. 23, 2009
1. WOW to support cross-server dungeons
2. Planescape Torment
Aug. 22, 2009
1. End of the Land Grab
2. Cloud play and more for Battle.net
3. StarCraft II to allow paid-for mods
Aug. 21, 2009
1. Every old WOW zone to be revamped
2. PS3 Slim with retailers next week
3. BlizzCon 2009 conference
4. WOW Cataclysm expansion unveiled
5. Blizzard shows Diablo III's Monk
6. PS3 Store refresher has demos
7. Battlefield 1943 delayed on PC
8. New Mass Effect Achievements appear
9. Final Fantasy XIV
10. Konami's Hideo Kojima
11. Kojima admits MGS confuses him too
12. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
13. Fallout, Kingpin, Sacrifice on Steam
14. New Western FFXIII demo TBC
15. FFXIV looks likely for Xbox 360
16. Harmonix considering Natal for RB3
17. RUSE PC beta "later this year"
18. GT5 damage model lacks impact
19. Wolfenstein
20. Assassin's Creed II
Aug. 20, 2009
1. Sony's Andrew House
2. FFXIII out simultaneously on PS3/360
3. Beatles: RB song pricing revealed
4. Public MW2 beta may still happen - IW
5. GTI Club zips onto Wii
6. Ubisoft praises "exceptional" PS3 price
7. Sony "confident" of high PSPgo price
8. PS Home game-launching this autumn
9. No DS peripheral for LEGO Rock Band
10. David Cage rants about quick-time events
11. Guild Wars 2
12. ModNation Racers
Aug. 19, 2009
1. Alpha Protocol
2. Konami confirms PES UK dates
3. Maijin: The Fallen Realm announced
4. Clash of the Titans game announced
5. JoWooD delays new Gothic game
6. Play DiRT 2 tomorrow on PSN/XBL
7. ModNation Racers beta will be substantial
8. Zeno Clash retail box bundles DLC
9. First FFXIV gameplay footage shown
10. Split/Second
11. No multiplayer in LittleBigPlanet PSP
12. Naughty Dog keen to bring Jak back
13. Gradual XMB changes "right way to go"
14. Dark Void gets January date
15. AVP Alien campaign, multi detailed
16. Cage talks Trophies in Heavy Rain
17. PS3 Slim loses Linux, gains HDTV linkage
18. Fable III
19. Fable II to get episodic release on Live
20. F1 2009 bundles free Wii wheel
21. Microsoft gamescom conference
22. Molyneux unveils Fable III for 2010
23. No backwards compatibility for PS3 Slim
24. Forza Motorsport 3
25. New Total War for February 2010
26. 250GB PS3 Slim on the way?
27. PS3 Slim in Europe on 1st September
Aug. 18, 2009
1. Tech Analysis: Alan Wake trailer
2. SingStar and Audi action for PS Home
3. PSP getting sub-100MB games in Oct
4. PS3 Slim in September, price cut now
5. New PS3 firmware spruces up PSN
6. Sony gamescom conference
7. Sony announces digital reader for PSP
8. Get GT PSP free with PGPgo in October
9. PS3 video on demand in November
10. SCEE PS3 sales more than 10 million
11. Lionhead reveal teased for gamescom
12. PSN down during Sony conference
13. Wolfenstein MP team axed on release day
14. LittleBigPlanet to add water support
15. Ubisoft doing dance game for Wii
16. SWTOR is "biggest MMO project ever"
17. Dante's Inferno coming in February
18. Brutal Legend demo in September
19. Battlefield BC2 gets release date
20. Age of Conan: Rise of the Godslayer
21. Zeno Clash spreads to shops in Q4
22. Stunning CryEngine 3 tools revealed at GDC Europe
23. OutRun free with FM2010 on Steam
24. EVE-maker reveals console MMO/FPS
25. PopCap reveals Zuma's Revenge
26. FIFA 10
27. FIFA set-piece creator will work online
28. ASDA drops 80GB PS3 price to ?250
29. Buy ChampMan 2010 for only ?2.51
30. Ubisoft announces Silent Hunter 5
31. Remedy: Alan Wake is finally "done"
32. Fable II GOTY edition in September
33. Earthworm Jim reappears this year
34. Bethesda: Elder Scrolls "will continue"
35. LBP GOTY edition for September
Aug. 17, 2009
1. Germany is not Europe's top market
2. Lips sequel pout in October
3. Mini Ninjas demos this week
4. EA dates Spore Wii, DS
5. 1 vs 100 has 200,000 players a day
6. PES 2010: Pro Evolution Soccer
7. New Pokemon coming in spring
8. The Making of World of Warcraft
9. MS increases Arcade 360 price in UK
10. UK chart: Ashes bats away competition
11. Tech Comparison: Resident Evil 5 PC
12. SEGA closing Chromehounds servers
13. Sony patents laughter detector
14. MMA signs Randy Couture
15. APB beta registration opens
16. MAG to unload in January
17. We Sing to support four mics at once
18. Starcraft II LAN petition gets 100,000 sigs
19. WOW expansion to revamp old world?
20. Report: PSP apps for €5 and under
21. BlazBlue coming to Europe next year
22. Red Alert 3 sub-game for PSN/XBLA
23. Rocksteady not doing Hitman 5 after all
24. More than 9m Xbox 360s in Europe
Aug. 16, 2009
1. Shadow Complex
2. Fallout 3 time-lapse video special
3. Media Manipulation: the "Bullshot" phenomenon
Aug. 15, 2009
1. Pricing On Demand
Aug. 14, 2009
1. PAL PSN adds Marvel vs. Capcom 2
2. Argos claims 60GB 360 discontinued
3. Japan chart: Monster Hunter Tri displaced
4. The Beatles: Rock Band
5. Microsoft treats heading to EG Expo
6. Onia returns for WOW's 5th birthday
7. Resident Evil 5
8. Bizarre: Blur is about "s*** blowing up"
9. Brutal Legend multiplayer has RTS twist
10. APB requires no monthly subscription
11. Jambo! Safari
12. L4D2 Fairgrounds campaign revealed
13. Lost Planet 2 co-op demo next week
14. ArmA II expands with Arrowhead
15. Blood Bowl gets UK release date
16. Nintendo wins otherwise-slow July NPDs
17. Army of Two 2 gets release date
18. Beatles: Rock Band tracklist revealed
19. 2K bringing Borderlands to EG Expo
20. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction
21. More on Doom 4 at QuakeCon 2010
22. id iPhone game every other month
23. Q3A and Doom II XBLA at QuakeCon
24. Editor's blog: Woman of Conviction
Aug. 13, 2009
1. NinjaBee cloning Cloning Clyde
2. IO's Mini Ninjas arrives September
3. Gollum and Gimli will voice Risen
4. Resonance of Fate
5. Rockstar's Beaterator for October
6. Wii topping UK hardware chart for '09
7. More albums announced for Beatles: RB
8. Flipnote leads Friday update charge
9. Nintendo giving NES Metroid away
10. Championship Manager 2010
11. PSPgo: New firmware, new connections
12. Fallen Earth open beta next week
13. Ultima Online to expand in September
14. TF2 introduces King of the Hill
15. DJ Hero features Scratch Perverts, Yoda
16. FNR4 to get Klitschkos next month
17. Ex-Free Radical boss sets up new studio
18. Batman PS3 unlocks Batcave in Home
19. Your money back if Wolf bests Madden
20. Bionic Commando dev shuts down
21. Host a Section 8 server for PC/360
22. TrackMania heading to Wii
23. New Trophy features for PlayStation.com
24. Play Assassin's Creed 2 at the EG Expo
Aug. 12, 2009
1. Command & Conquer 4
2. Mobigame may keep EDGE name
3. SEGA announces Football Manager 2010
4. Warner delays Aragorn's Quest
5. Wheelspin
6. Microsoft answers Live Tenure queries
7. Kotick vs. Riccitiello: who's the richest?
8. More Capcom Classics coming to PSN
9. Scared 2 expansion named, detailed
10. Guild Wars creator leaves NCsoft West
11. Rocksteady working on new Hitman?
12. Buy GH5 and get Van Halen free
13. EA trademarks nineties classics
14. Wii GH5 to stream from large SD cards
15. COD: WAW for PC now half-price
16. Flipnote Studio coming to UK this week
17. Live C&C4 interview today!
Aug. 11, 2009
1. Deep Silver adopts Prison Break game
2. Natural Born Killer
3. EA studio boss keen on Bullfrog remakes
4. WOW was almost "a much darker game"
5. Rage and Brink head QuakeCon 2009
6. THQ parades UFC licence round ring
7. Duke 3D, CivRev on iPhone now
8. Capcom's 360 triple-pack is US-only
9. Bethesda to publish Wheelspin
10. New races rumoured for WOW expansion
11. Xbox Live dashboard updating now
12. BioShock man working on new shooter
13. 360 GOD pricing varies by territory
14. Capcom reveals X360 triple bundle
15. Nintendo patents inflatable accessory
Aug. 10, 2009
1. Wild West PSN/XBLA shooter revealed
2. Carmack talks next gen consoles... and beyond
3. Red Faction Guerrilla: Demons of the Badlands
4. UK chart: Ashes leaves others for dust
5. Command & Conquer 4
6. Resort, Fit Plus, NSMB will sell 10m each
7. Colin McRae: DiRT 2
8. Wii Vitality Sensor to launch in 2010
9. Brutal Legend soundtrack leaked
10. 50 Cent does voiceover for COD: MW2
11. Dragon Age: Origins delayed till Nov
12. Nintendo's E3 conference could have been better, says Satoru Iwata
13. The Edge of Reason?
14. Spielberg to produce Halo movie?
15. Trials HD
Aug. 9, 2009
1. E3: FIFA 10
2. Batman: Arkham Asylum - PS3/Xbox 360 Demo Showdown
Aug. 8, 2009
1. A Tale of Two Publishers
Aug. 7, 2009
1. I Am Alive due out in 2011?
2. Euro Wii Sports Resort sales hit 600k
3. Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning
4. Konami confirms PS2 re-issues
5. Super Stardust HD
6. SEGA teases new RPG
7. Inside PopCap Games
8. Win a go on Natal at gamescom
9. Monster Hunter Tri tops Japanese chart
10. Bethesda confirms EG Expo list
11. VC gets Revenge of Shinobi
12. Wii to get Starbreeze's Enclave
13. Scratch DJ enlists new developer
14. Colin McRae: DiRT 2 for DS detailed
15. BlizzCon 2009 sold out in eight minutes
16. Brutal Legend release to go ahead in Oct
17. TV Show King released in PSN update
18. Red Faction patched, double-XP event
19. US Xbox Live gets PayPal support
20. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Aug. 6, 2009
1. Shatter
2. R.U.S.E.
3. Editor's blog: R.U.S.E. interview
4. Batman: Arkham Asylum slips on PC
5. Through the 3D stereoscopic looking glass
6. Wii Sports Resort sells half a million
7. Bizarre's Blur purrs on November grid
8. New Games for Windows Live released
9. More detail on jobs, questing in FFXIV
10. GH: Van Halen due before Xmas in US
11. No Euro Van Halen this year
12. Space Invaders: Infinity Gene
13. Big fat ArmAII patch released
14. Wife made Legends director like Halo
15. New Battle.net "similar to Xbox Live"
16. New Bond, Hawk, Spidey games coming
17. Crytek protests against new German law
18. StarCraft II delayed into 2010
19. Crash Course L4D2 support uncertain
20. Xbox Live GOD prices revealed
21. EA splashes nine games over the Expo
22. Machinarium
Aug. 5, 2009
1. Dave Perry talks canned game Plague
2. Frame Rate Analysis 101: New tools, more data
3. Xbox Live GOD line-up revealed
4. Eidos dates Championship Manager 2010
5. Activision confirms COD4:MW for Wii
6. Xbox 360 summer dashboard update
7. Alpha Protocol
8. EA to support Natal/PS3 wand next year
9. FIFA 10 cover features Lampard, Walcott
10. AVP due to arrive in February 2010
11. Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days dated
12. CCP files "Dust 514" trademark
13. Apple working on new gaming platform?
14. Gladiator WiiWare game for autumn
15. Make Something Unreal winners revealed
16. Lamborghini to appear in Gran Turismo
17. Grand Slam PS3/360 delayed indefinitely
18. WOW: Call of the Crusade patch today
19. EA plans Madden Arcade title
20. Tekken 6 coming to Eurogamer Expo
Aug. 4, 2009
1. Sacred 2: The 1080p/Tech Interview
2. Free COD:WAW iPhone app launches
3. Left 4 Dead 1 getting new campaign
4. Super Monkey Ball: Step and Roll
5. VidZone songs streamed 100m times
6. SEGA reveals playable EG Expo games
7. SouthPeak confirms Section 8 date
8. Bookworm iPhone cheap until tomorrow
9. Fallout 3: Mothership Zeta
10. Sony removes naughty WipEout advert
11. Champions offers $200 lifetime subs
12. PS3 WipEout HD ads causing problems?
13. GH5 is "a massive leap" for Wii games
14. WB: This is Vegas not cancelled
15. No experience, levelling in FFXIV
16. DLC coming for COJ: Bound in Blood
17. Hothead confirms Braid for PS3
18. J Blow teases new game, The Witness
19. Lack of "big titles" to blame for decline in Wii sales, says Iwata
20. COD: World at War maps this week
21. Batman: Arkham Asylum demo coming
22. Rocket Riot
23. DJ Hero: DJ AM, Z-Trip, Shadow vids
Aug. 3, 2009
1. Monster Hunter Tri gets Euro release
2. UK chart: Wii Sports Resort holds lead
3. Modern Warfare DS sequel announced
4. Titan busy fixing Fat Princess
5. EA unveils first Sims 3 expansion
6. Miis will work in Guitar Hero 5
7. PSP LBP getting premium level DLC?
8. Fat Princess
9. Dushku: games now "almost acceptable"
10. Crimson Skies to make a comeback?
11. Four Nintendo million-sellers in FYQ3
12. Wii prison game Discipline detailed
13. Launching motion controllers will be "big challenge" for rivals, says Miyamoto
14. German ratings board lists Braid PS3
15. COD Classic for PSN/XBLA "eventually"
16. SEGA posts hefty financial loss
17. Carmack: PS3 Rage will run at 60fps
18. DDO Unlimited launch delayed
19. More than 23 million PS3s now sold
Aug. 2, 2009
1. PSN Roundup: PC Engine Special
Aug. 1, 2009
1. Tech Interview: WipEout HD/Fury
2. Flash in the pan