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January 2010 Archive

Jan. 30, 2010
1. Iwata unimpressed by iPad, 3D gaming
2. Chime
3. PS3: Hacked
4. The State of Split-Screen Gaming
5. Pirates of the Burning Sea
6. Assassin's Creed II: Battle of Forli
7. Endless Ocean 2: Adventures of the Deep
8. Red Dead Redemption
9. MAG
10. New PAL Releases Roundup - 29/01/10
11. MotoGP 09/10
12. Tech Analysis: Apple iPad
Jan. 29, 2010
1. Dead to Rights: Retribution dated
2. Nintendo DSi LL
3. DS Roundup
4. Japanese DS Roundup
5. New Mistwalker game coming to Wii
6. EA Sports has "nothing at all" for 3DTVs
7. LOTRO starts Vol. III with next update
8. PlatinumGames reveals Vanquish
9. Star Trek Online update plans outlined
10. Codemasters "terminates" Hei$t
11. 530 Eco Shooter on WiiWare today
12. Mega Man DS compilation unveiled
13. New Borderlands DLC unveiled
14. CD Projekt suspends FPS They
15. EA unveils FIFA Online
16. GTAIV Episodes coming to PC and PS3
17. Xbox 360 sales down 13% year-on-year
Jan. 28, 2010
1. Ray Muzyka: BioWare's Illusive Man
2. God of War III gets US release date
3. Champions Online to get expansion
4. BFBC2 MP demo next week on PS3
5. Metro 2033 arriving in March
6. Uncharted 2 demo on PS3 Store today
7. Paradox reveals Sword of the Stars II
8. No dedicated servers for BioShock 2
9. GOG signs Activision catalogue
10. BF: Bad Company 2 demo on Live
11. Face-Off: Assassin's Creed II
12. FFXIII will get DLC, says Kitase
13. Darksiders 360 patch analysed
14. Dragon Age DLC back up "very soon"
15. Euro Bayonetta install patch now live
16. Flight Control to be remade for iPad
17. Live BioWare interview today!
18. Harmonix is working on Green Day: RB
19. Resort, Fit Plus, NSMB sell 10m each
20. Cities XL shuts down MMO component
21. Red 5 confirms lay-offs
Jan. 27, 2010
1. Apple unveils the iPad
2. Ubisoft defends risky PC DRM plan
3. Arcanum : Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
4. Arcanum preview and screenshots
5. Arcanum : Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
6. Arcanum website launches
7. Arcanum - do not inhale
8. ACII DLC out tomorrow on Live
9. Dante's Dark Forest DLC for 360 too
10. Ubisoft details Assassin's Creed II DLC
11. Lionhead veterans form iPhone dev
12. Irrational reveals cut BioShock ideas
13. Videogames make you clever - US Navy
14. Tech Interview: PlayStation 3D
15. Next Blue Toad episode will be free
16. Geohot releases "hack" for PS3
17. Marvelous executives to take pay cuts
18. MMO studio Red 5 hit by layoffs?
19. PS3 Bayonetta gets HDD install option
20. Fable III to go on show next month
21. SSFIV Collector's Edition unveiled
22. Buy Psychonauts for a quid on Steam
23. Harmonix not making Green Day: RB
24. EA's 2010 FIFA World Cup in April
25. Red Steel 2 dated for Europe
Jan. 26, 2010
1. EA's Moore excited by new iTablet
2. Supreme Commander 2 here in March
3. EA's 2010 FIFA World Cup confirmed
4. PC Assassin's II gets European date
5. Mortal Online
6. PlatinumGames reveal this week
7. Darwinia+ on XBLA in February
8. 2K "scaling back" BioShock 2 DRM
9. Xbox Live indie games earn six figures
10. Remake of Mortal Kombat film coming?
11. Monster Hunter MMO for 360 in Japan
12. Gears characters playable in Lost Planet 2
13. Lost Planet 2, SSFIV get release dates
14. FFXIII Collector's box detailed
15. Mass Effect 2
Jan. 25, 2010
1. Funcom teases Secret World location
2. Get Games expands range with sale offers
3. Music genre isn't dead, says Harmonix
4. Interplay claims 2012 beta for Project V13
5. PomPom Games' Michael Michael
6. Final Fantasy I & II for iPhone
7. Mass Effect 2 DLC is out now and free
8. UK charts: Just Dance staying alive
9. Uncharted 2 skins DLC confirmed
10. Marvelous sells stake in Rising Star
11. Pick up Company of Heroes for ?2.49
12. Valve reveals L4D2 Versus changes
13. Broken Sword for iPhone released
14. SEGA signs new deal with Alton Towers
15. Iain Duncan Smith has a go at games
16. Aion plastic surgery, gender change soon
Jan. 23, 2010
1. Points Mean Prizes
2. PlayStation 3D
Jan. 22, 2010
1. PlayStation 3 tops 3 million UK sales
2. Splinter Cell Conviction coming in April
3. Batman not so popular in Japan charts
4. Samurai Showdown Sen here in spring
5. Uncharted 2 getting new skins in Japan
6. Bungie: "Halo: Reach for us is not Halo 4"
7. MAG
8. PSN update has new special offers
9. New Borderlands DLC ups level limit
10. Cowboy duels on WiiWare today
11. Save your Scorn
12. New games based on BBC shows coming
13. New PAL Releases Roundup
14. Tiger Woods 11/Online this summer
15. Tricell CEO playable in Resi 5 Gold
16. European Heavy Rain demo dated
17. BioShock 2 PC DRM explained
18. Tony Hawk working with Ride dev again
19. Big LA Noire reveal coming next month
20. Rockstar denies San Diego accusations
21. Xbox Indie Games Roundup
Jan. 21, 2010
1. Wii Punch-Out! for first-half of 2009
2. Hardcore will "pay attention" to Wii soon
3. MGS Peace Walker has base building
4. Ubisoft reveals Racket Sports Party
5. Yakuza 3 gets March date for Europe
6. Green Man targets digital game-trading
7. Exploiting Rock Band Network "isn't easy"
8. Patchwork Heroes revealed for PSP
9. Tournament players give verdict on MAG
10. White Knight Chronicles
11. More Mass Effect games after third one
12. Eurogamer beats IGN at MAG event
13. Persona 3 Portable dated for US
14. Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
15. Be Origami Killer in Heavy Rain DLC
16. Fat Princess patched with new map today
17. "No more" Burnout Paradise DLC
18. Crysis 2 set in New York City
19. Halo 3 Mythic 2 Map Pack released
20. VVVVVV
Jan. 20, 2010
1. Napoleon: TW confirms campaign MP
2. God of War will continue after III
3. Bethesda mentions WOW-like MMO
4. Front Mission Evolved for spring
5. MS never meant XBL Points to "mislead"
6. Forza dev investigating Natal
7. Microsoft man has dig at GT5 delay
8. Microsoft's Phil Spencer
9. EA Sports Active eyes Natal, PS3 wand?
10. Love
11. Return to Ostagar delayed again
12. Non-profit XBLA game Chime dated
13. Irrational revealing new game this year
14. Section 8 gets map pack DLC
15. 2K confirms BioShock 2 DLC plans
16. Wii Play is USA's best ever seller
17. Warcraft movie still at script stage
18. BioWare outlines Mass Effect 2 DLC plans
19. PS3 motion controller delayed till autumn
20. Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgment
21. Skate now available as Game on Demand
22. Crackdown 2 demo is a definite
23. Pre-order BioShock 2 PC, get original free
24. Microsoft clarifies Mod War 2 DLC deal
25. Peter Jackson enjoying Mod War 2
26. Spider-Man games "suck", says Acti boss
Jan. 19, 2010
1. SEGA reveals UK AVP retailer deals
2. Project Zero 4 translated to English
3. UK Metroid Trilogy not discontinued
4. Sony shows off 3D LittleBigPlanet
5. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
6. MAG tournament invites going out
7. Nintendo reveals Q1 2010 line-up
8. Pokémon HeartGold/SoulSilver dated
9. Rock Band Network beta begins today
10. Kotick could have bought Blizzard for $7m
11. ESPN could come to Xbox 360, says report
12. Just Dance
Jan. 18, 2010
1. Venezuelan pres. calls games "poison"
2. UK charts: Just Dance defeats MW2
3. Quantum Theory here in late March
4. Vancouver 2010
5. Hellgate to return to West in 2011
6. Activision sticking with DJ Hero series
7. Nolan North hints at Uncharted 3
8. Age of Booty sequel spied on horizon
9. EA exec responds to Lasky slagging
10. Newspaper stands by new DS report
11. BlazBlue releasing on PSP in March
12. Mark Cerny joins AIAS Hall of Fame
13. Last Rebellion gets release date
14. Chinatown Wars now on sale in App Store
15. Gabe Newell wins GDC Pioneer Award
16. Developers announce Haiti relief plans
17. PS3 3.15 firmware now mandatory
18. Mass Effect 2 DLC details this week
19. Resonance of Fate
Jan. 16, 2010
1. The Anti-Aliasing Effect
2. Making it Special
Jan. 15, 2010
1. Phoenix Wright heads WiiWare update
2. Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days
3. Coming Attractions: Action-Adventure & Platformers
4. Activision confirms new DJ Hero game
5. Coming Attractions: Strategy, Simulation & Sports
6. Napoleon: Total War
7. DICE explains BFBC2 server policy
8. Wii and DS thrash competition in US
9. Batman: AA to get GOTY treatment
10. SEGA's All-Star Racing in February
11. Picross 3D dated for March
12. SEGA dates Napoleon: Total War
13. New PAL Releases Roundup
14. WGA announces game writing nominees
15. EA is doing it all wrong, says former exec
16. US games market down 8 per cent in 09
17. Modern Warfare 2 tops US chart for 2009
18. Ubisoft: BG&E2 is still in development
19. Dark Void was delayed to avoid ODST
20. Lasky: EA is in the wrong business
21. No ETA on Return to Ostagar launch
Jan. 14, 2010
1. Yamauchi: GT5 not using all PS3's power
2. Ubisoft sorting Live by the Creed prizes
3. Sony refreshes the PlayStation Store
4. Fils-Aime: Wii not going anywhere soon
5. Levine talks scrapped Irrational game
6. Splinter Cell delayed for "polish"
7. 3D Dot Game Heroes dated for Europe
8. Street Fighter wins worst film 2009 award
9. Half-Minute Hero for Europe in February
10. Valve wants you to make TF2 items
11. Warner Bros. signs Sesame Street deal
12. New Driver and Rabbids games on the way
13. Modern Warfare 2 makes a billion dollars
14. Western FFXIII "finally completed"
15. Ubi to "refocus" on 360 and PS3 this year
16. I Am Alive, Conviction, R.U.S.E delayed
17. Return to Ostagar released then pulled
18. Nintendo dates European DSi XL
19. Starship Patrol
Jan. 13, 2010
1. Coming Attractions: MMOs & RPGs
2. MS launches game-maker Kodu on PC
3. Only bad Wii games sell badly - Bloober
4. Modern Warfare 2 wins 2009 in UK
5. Coming Attractions: Fighting, Puzzle & Arcade
6. Wii's Metroid M arriving this year
7. MAG clips onto solid UK date
8. MS announces new Lips game
9. Loads of content cut from FFXIII - report
10. Next DS won't have motion sensor after all
11. Euro Star Trek Online open beta begins
12. Bach: 70-80% of pubs doing Natal games
13. Gran Turismo 5 delayed again
14. Sony Europe comments on GT5 delay
15. Nintendo trademarks Wii Relax in US
16. Tekken 6 patch adds campaign co-op
17. EA polling about Woods "controversy"
18. Capcom making "gamer's game" for Natal
19. BioWare confirms SWTOR for spring 2011
20. 3D Dot Game Heroes
21. iPhone Roundup
Jan. 12, 2010
1. GOD: Dead Rising this month
2. MS dates, prices Vandal Hearts XBLA
3. UFC 2010 Undisputed dated for May
4. DOWII expansion Chaos Rising dated
5. Phoenix Wright on WiiWare this week
6. Forza 3 AutoWeek DLC released
7. Coming Attractions: Shooters & Racing
8. GT5 demo downloaded a million times
9. Army of Two: The 40th Day
10. Rebellion to close Derby studio
11. PSP's Ace Combat Joint Assault dated
12. THQ announces UFC 2010 Undisputed
13. GAME's GOWIII bundle costs ?110
14. Red Ring of Death foils thief
15. Broken Sword for iPhone next month
16. BioShock 2
17. Halo: Reach "better across the board"
18. IK+
19. Heroes Of Might & Magic IV
20. No Metal Gear Solid movie after all?
21. EA to release "major MMO" in spring 2011
22. James Cameron: Avatar didn't rip off Halo
23. New version of RISK coming to XBLA
24. Dead Space 2 and Crysis 2 by March 2011
25. Puzzle Chronicles to arrive next month
26. Euro ModNation Racers beta dated
27. Super Stardust 3D: 720p120 confirmed
28. Taylor: RTS innovators going backwards
29. Supreme Commander 2
Jan. 11, 2010
1. Serious Sam HD on XBLA this week
2. Game Room decorations are unlockable
3. Nintendo DSi
4. EA confirms Wii NBA Jam revival
5. Metroid Prime: Trilogy discontinued in UK
6. Nintendo responds to Greenpeace report
7. Lionhead showing Fable III next month
8. Digital Foundry vs. 3D Gaming
9. UK charts: MW2 beats Bayonetta
10. Criterion rubbishes NFS leaks
11. Mad Catz paid not to make Guitar Hero
12. Blomkamp torn about District 9 game
13. Ninety-Nine Nights 2 to arrive this spring
14. PC Bad Company 2 beta dated
15. 2K Boston becomes Irrational Games
16. Aliens vs. Predator will be demoed
17. "Rockstar Spouse" attacks dev conditions
18. Ron Jeremy takes a pop at videogames
19. Mass Effect 2 has "intense" DLC schedule
20. Halo 3 beats COD on Live in 2009
21. Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond
Jan. 9, 2010
1. Recession or Transition?
Jan. 8, 2010
1. Star Trek Online
2. Sony dates Heavy Rain for Europe
3. MAG
4. New games on WiiWare, DSiWare and VC
5. Greenpeace: Nintendo most eco-unfriendly
6. New Super Mario Bros. on top in Japan
7. New PAL Releases Roundup
8. Endless Ocean 2 dated for Europe
9. L4D2 free for XBL Silvers next week
10. Sledgehammer's first game is "unique"
11. Crackdown 2 twice as tall as predecessor
12. Halo: Reach to be 2010's biggest seller?
13. EA officially hires NBA Jam creator
14. Nier due out in spring in the US
15. Infinity Ward not doing Mod War 3?
16. Darksiders 360 tearing patch "really soon"
17. PAL PlayStation Store refreshed
18. Charge That Windmill
Jan. 7, 2010
1. Microsoft reveals Game Room pricing
2. God of War III dated for Japan
3. HMV: Heavy Rain date is unconfirmed
4. Why Natal cost-cutting makes sense
5. Final Fantasy XIII
6. Super Stardust HD revitalised by 3D
7. Capcom backtracks on Wii negativity
8. Microsoft drops internal Natal chip
9. Sony declines to confirm Heavy Rain date
10. Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes
11. Mad Catz reveals crazy new PC mouse
12. PomPom's PSP Mini this month
13. BioWare details Awakening char transition
14. Games are "filled with hope", says LaBoeuf
15. Alan Wake getting DLC episodes
16. Duke Nukem actor hints at future for DNF
17. PS3 sales up 76 per cent over Christmas
18. Sony to expand PSN to other products
19. Microsoft reveals Game Room for Live
20. Sony to increase Blu-ray capacity
21. Project Natal dated for "holiday 2010"
22. Modern Warfare 2 DLC still on 360 first
23. MS: Xbox 360 has sold 39m units
Jan. 6, 2010
1. Games BAFTAs to be broadcast live
2. RB2 to support wireless SingStar mics
3. Supreme Commander 2
4. Brits spent ?3bn on videogames in 2009
5. Sonic All-Stars Racing supports Miis
6. Mommy's Best Games' Nathan Fouts
7. Darksiders' Joe Madureira
8. Trials HD BIG Pack
9. Region-free Metal Slug XX dated on PSP
10. Capcom France: gamers have deserted Wii
11. Heavy Rain gets 15 certificate from BBFC
12. Majesco reveals 3D shooter for Wii
13. Michael Jackson PS3 bundle on the way
14. USK mentions Blur multiplayer demo
15. Iwata: "Wii has recovered from slowdown"
16. Iwata talks about post-DS handheld
17. Aion glitch gives players trillions of gold
18. Unofficial 8-bit Left 4 Dead available
19. Banjo-Kazooie now available for download
20. App Store passes 3 billion downloads
21. App Store downloads hit 1 billion
Jan. 5, 2010
1. Mighty MAG tournament detailed
2. Spec Ops: The Line
3. Dark Void demo due later this week
4. Vigil not doing DLC for Darksiders
5. DS is Europe's best-selling console
6. EA details Dragon Age expansion
7. PlatinumGames teases new game
8. Phase two of FIFA 10 World Cup begins
9. David Guetta leaks DJ Hero 2
10. Game prices will fall, predicts EA
11. SBK X
12. Fictional Seinfeld Frogger score beaten
13. EA spreading NBA Jam onto Wii
14. DAO Return to Ostagar delayed
15. Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time
16. PixelJunk Shooter
17. God of War Collection
18. Sony tackling MAG beta troubles
19. Protoss mini-campaign in SCII: Wings
20. MOH has multiple playable characters
21. EA's Xbox Live rebate deal extended
22. WOW nearly out of woods in China
23. Live Darksiders interview at 3pm!
24. Matt Hazard PSN/XBLA out this week
25. Efron's 360 addiction shame revealed
26. EA Sports sticking with Tiger Woods
27. Metaplace's Raph Koster
Jan. 4, 2010
1. Indie MMO Love heads into beta
2. Dragon Age Ostagar DLC tomorrow
3. Fugitive tracked down through WOW
4. MS demos muscle-controlled games
5. IGF reveals 2010 indie finalists
6. Borderlands: Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot
7. Broadmoor patients get given Wiis
8. UK charts: MW2 celebrates 8 weeks on top
9. Queen's New Year list honours Brit devs
10. L4D2 toolset released on PC
11. Capcom done with Western devs
12. Capcom delays LP2, SSFIV, MH3
13. EA to shut down a load of old servers
14. People Can Fly trademarks Bulletstorm
15. LEGO Indy 2 demo on PS3 and 360
16. Gears of War now available on Xbox Live
17. Two new titles from Mistwalker in 2010
18. Mass Effect 2 does have New Game+
19. Plants vs. Zombies for iPhone this month
20. THQ signs new eight-year WWE deal
21. Dragon Age expansion for March?
Jan. 3, 2010
1. Industry highs and lows of 2009
Jan. 2, 2010
1. That Was The News: Part 2
Jan. 1, 2010
1. That Was The News: Part 1