News for January 30th 2011

1. ‘MLB 11: The Show’ To Include One-Button Mode For Disabled Gamers » MTV Multiplayer
2. Battlestar Galactica Online beta date MMO News – Page 1 | Eurogamer.net
3. BBC Sport – F1 – Michael Schumacher hit by illness in Mercedes simulator
4. Entropia Universe – Planet Calypso Sold for $6 Million USD – MMORPG.com
5. EVE Online | EVE Insider | Dev Blog
6. Facebook Credits Compulsory From July | Edge Magazine
7. Gamasutra – News – User-Created Portal 2 Content Will Be Playable On All Platforms
8. Gamigo buys Black Prophecy, buys into Reakktor Media | Massively
9. Lens of Truth » Blog Archive » Coming Soon, Save Your PS3 Games In Thin Air : Just telling the truth
10. Love Creator Announces Price Drop | Edge Magazine
11. MS: Kinect sets astonishing sales record Xbox 360 News – Page 1 | Eurogamer.net
12. Paypal accounts for World of Warcraft gold sellers now on notice | Joystiq
13. PlayStation Suite brings ‘PlayStation content’ to Android, including early PSone titles | Joystiq
14. PSP successor is official, codenamed ‘NGP’ (Next Generation Portable) | Joystiq
15. Sony’s restraining order against Geohot granted | Joystiq
16. The Hazards of Console Gaming… « The Ancient Gaming Noob

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News for 24th January 2011

1. Activision to PS3 Black Ops Player: Shutting Down PSN Servers an Option | GamePolitics
2. Bizarre Creations Gets Closure Recommendation From Activision » MTV Multiplayer
3. DC Universe Online breaks SOE records | Games Industry | MCV
4. Everything you need to know about Champions F2P | Massively
5. GAME: Trade-in drives 60% of new game sales | Games Industry | MCV
6. Gamers’ Voice To Challenge Black Ops Bugs | Rock, Paper, Shotgun
7. Hide your PS3 trail with Wipe History v2
8. Mass Effect 2 on EU PS Store for £48 PlayStation 2 News – Page 1 | Eurogamer.net
9. Neowin.net – Microsoft to officially support homebrew developments on Windows Phone 7
10. Ninety-Nine Nights Online Announced | Edge Magazine
11. Portal 2 on PS3 features cross-platform chat, multiplayer and a free Steam copy | Joystiq
12. PS3 hackers make Modern Warfare 2 ‘unplayable,’ Infinity Ward cannot patch a fix | Joystiq
13. SOE working on DC Universe Online chat problems
14. The First Image From PlanetSide Next | Rock, Paper, Shotgun
15. Thompson trades game-hating for God News – Page 1 | Eurogamer.net
16. Twitter / John Smedley: People are asking what the …
17. UK devs made 42% of Kinect games sold News – Page 1 | Eurogamer.net
18. UK top 10 video games chart, week ending 15 January 2011 | Technology | guardian.co.uk
19. UK top 10 video games chart, week ending 22 January 2011 | Technology | guardian.co.uk

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News for 9th January 2011

1. ‘DC Universe Online’ PS3 Requires 16GB, Takes 1.5 Hours To Install » MTV Multiplayer
2. [Statement] Hacker Attack – Forum
3. 4.7 million copies of WoW: Cataclysm sold in one month – Neoseeker News Article
4. Arx Fatalis 1.21 patch, source code released – Neoseeker News Article
5. Black Ops, Madden lead NPD’s top 2010 physical game sales | Joystiq
6. Champions Online Free-To-Playness Dated | Rock, Paper, Shotgun
7. Harmonix ditches Wii RBN support for RB3 Wii News – Page 1 | Eurogamer.net
8. Minecraft builds over 1 million sales MMO News – Page 1 | Eurogamer.net
9. MS: Windows Phone 7 is our handheld Mobile News – Page 1 | Eurogamer.net
10. News: Sony ‘looking into’ Trophies jailbreak threat – ComputerAndVideoGames.com
11. Runes of Magic addresses account hacks | Massively
12. Silver 360 controller dated, priced Xbox 360 News – Page 1 | Eurogamer.net
13. Sony hints at EverQuest 3 on PS3 MMO News – Page 1 | Eurogamer.net
14. Sony Hits Snag in PS3 Hacker Court Case | GamePolitics
15. Sony puts odd spin on December sales PlayStation 3 News – Page 1 | Eurogamer.net
16. The Escapist : News : Doodle Jump Dev Admits Trademark Claim “Overreached”
17. The Escapist : News : Wii Fit Tells Woman She Has Parkinson’s Disease
18. The UK’s top selling games of 2010 | Technology | guardian.co.uk
19. Twisted Pixel CEO: We won’t pursue legal action over Capcom’s MaXplosion | Joystiq
20. UK top 10 video games chart, week ending 8 January 2011 | Technology | guardian.co.uk
21. Xbox’s David Dennis on December NPDs, ‘best month ever for Xbox 360 hardware sales’ | Joystiq

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News for 9th January 2011

1. ‘Angry Birds Knock On Wood’ Board Game Incoming – Game Rant
2. Digital Foundry vs. HDMI video – Page 1 | DigitalFoundry | Eurogamer.net
3. Doctors Confused By Nintendo’s Strong 3DS Warnings | GamePolitics
4. Gamasutra – News – Sony: 60M Accounts For PlayStation Network
5. Microsoft sells 8 million Kinects Xbox 360 News – Page 1 | Eurogamer.net
6. Morrowind 2011 mod pack pulled after modders raise concerns | Joystiq
7. News: Nintendo 3DS battery life clocks in at between 3 and 8 hours – ComputerAndVideoGames.com
8. PlayStation 3 hack – how it happened and what it means | Technology | guardian.co.uk
9. The Escapist : News : New and Improved APB Entering Beta Next Month
10. Tomb Raider Trilogy is PS3 exclusive PlayStation 3 News – Page 1 | Eurogamer.net
11. Turbine: LotRO revenue tripled since going F2P | Massively
12. Ultima IV released as freeware – Neoseeker News Article
13. World of Tanks hits 74,536 peak concurrent users on one server | Massively

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News for 5th December 2010

1. ‘DC Universe Online’ Beta Access Coming for PlayStation Plus Members – Game Rant
2. ‘Final Fantasy 14′ Team Restructured, PS3 Port Delayed Indefinitely – Game Rant
3. ‘Forza Motorsport 4′ Trailer Makes Surprise Appearance at VGAs – Game Rant
4. 2010 Spike Video Game Awards Winners List – Game Rant
5. Amazon buying second-hand games News – Page 1 | Eurogamer.net
6. Codemasters files suit over Jumpgate Evolution delays | Massively
7. EA abandoning offline game development | Massively
8. EVE Online | EVE Insider
9. EVE Online | EVE Insider | Dev Blog
10. EVE Online | EVE Insider | Patchnotes
11. Games Beat Books 2:1 On Kindle’s Sales Chart
12. Kinect bundles outsell Move bundles 5-1 Xbox 360 News – Page 1 | Eurogamer.net
13. Mass Effect 2 lands on PS3 Jan. 18 in US, Jan. 21 in Europe | Joystiq
14. Mass Effect 3 officially revealed (no, seriously this time) | Joystiq
15. News: Dara O’Briain proves he is pretty much a hero – ComputerAndVideoGames.com
16. News: Play Gran Turismo 5 on PC – via new B-spec mode – ComputerAndVideoGames.com
17. November NPD: Best month ever for retail, Xbox | Joystiq
18. OnLive releases iPad app, reveals subscription-based movie streaming coming in 2011 | Joystiq
19. PlayStation News: PS Home turns 2, has 17 million users – ComputerAndVideoGames.com
20. SOE’s The Agency delayed until late 2011 | Massively
21. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Unveiled, Dated For 2011
22. The Escapist : News : EA: Old Republic Doesn’t Need a Million Subscribers
23. The Escapist : News : Sony Online Strongly “Hints” Planetside Sequel Coming This Spring

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News for 5th December 2010

1. GameSetWatch – Way Cute Batman Remake Released
2. Kinect Sees 2.5 Million Sales In 25 Days
3. News: BBC Panorama reporter: Don’t judge games addiction show too early – ComputerAndVideoGames.com
4. News: Ghostbusters 360 patch out a year too late – ComputerAndVideoGames.com
5. News: Sony: Kinect is ‘mostly technical problems’ – ComputerAndVideoGames.com
6. News: The Old Republic out April 2011 at the earliest – ComputerAndVideoGames.com
7. News: UK games tax relief ‘off the table for four years’ – ComputerAndVideoGames.com
8. NFS Shift 2: We won’t add 1000 irrelevant cars Interview – Page 1 | Eurogamer.net
9. OnLive prices flat-rate ‘PlayPack’ plan at $10 per month, begins MicroConsole shipments | Joystiq
10. Pirates of the Burning Sea now sailing the free-to-play seas | Massively
11. Reminder: Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 DLC to be taken down this month
12. Sony Bravia TV Has Built-In PS2 | Edge Magazine
13. Sony: PlayStation Move reaches 4.1 million in worldwide sales [update] | Joystiq
14. The Escapist : News : No More Movie Games for EA
15. The Escapist : News : Uncharted Director Changing Drake’s Back Story

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News for 28th November 2010

1. ‘Call of Duty’ Subscriptions Are Still On The Way, According To Analyst Pachter – Game Rant
2. Activision will ‘never’ charge for Call of Duty multiplayer, Hirshberg says | Joystiq
3. Brotherhood makes a killing in Europe | Games Industry | MCV
4. Can A Video Game Make You Into An Elite Race Driver?
5. CCP releases EVE Online Incursion patch notes | Massively
6. Double Fine On Not Producing PC Games | Rock, Paper, Shotgun
7. EA Says GT5 Is “Sterile”; Codemasters Says It’s “Boring”
8. EVE Online | EVE Insider | Dev Blog
9. EVE Online | EVE Insider | Dev Blog
10. Gamasutra – News – Actor Billy Bob Thornton Blames Video Games For Dearth Of Quality In Hollywood
11. Judge Bars ‘Fair Use’ Defense in Xbox Modding Trial
12. Kinect “can’t do a good lightsaber game” News – Page 1 | Eurogamer.net
13. Kinect support coming to XNA ‘in the future’ | Joystiq
14. Microsoft Willing to Self-Finance ‘Halo’ Movie or TV Show If Need Be – Game Rant
15. Minecraft dev explains sales transparency PC News – Page 1 | Eurogamer.net
16. News: Mass Effect 2 PS3: New details emerge as BioWare says it ‘could be better than Xbox version’ – ComputerAndVideoGames.com
17. News: PC ‘a generation ahead’ of PS3 and 360, but being held back – Crytek – ComputerAndVideoGames.com
18. News: Video: Kinect player doesn’t move, comes 3rd – ComputerAndVideoGames.com
19. PC Gamer Minecraft diary. Rules: You die, you delete the world. : The Word of Notch
20. Stargate Resistance servers to shut down Jan. 15, game no longer for sale | Joystiq
21. Uncharted movie to star Mark Wahlberg | Joystiq
22. World shattering complete; U.S. servers back up

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News for 21st November 2010

1. Activision Responds To Abysmal ‘Tony Hawk: Shred’ Sales » MTV Multiplayer
2. Friday with Means – November 12th, 2010 – Changes large and small – Anarchy Online Bulletin Board
3. Gamasutra – News – Microsoft: Kinect Has Sold Over 1M, Set To Beat Targets For Year
4. Kinect doubles UK Xbox sales Xbox 360 News – Page 1 | Eurogamer.net
5. Move sales pegged at 400k in US | Games Industry | MCV
6. News: GameStop profits are 50% pre-owned – ComputerAndVideoGames.com
7. News: MS slams Black Ops Nazi symbol adopters – ComputerAndVideoGames.com
8. News: Xbox and PlayStation could join forces – ex-Sony boss – ComputerAndVideoGames.com
9. PlayStation Network Scheduled Maintenance – PlayStation.Blog.Europe
10. PlayTV Live Chat Upgrade costs six quid PlayStation 3 News – Page 1 | Eurogamer.net
11. Portal 2 delayed until April 20, 2011 [update] | Joystiq
12. Sony claims October software victory | Games Industry | MCV
13. The Escapist : News : Lord of the Rings Online Teases Isengard Expansion for 2011
14. The Escapist : News : OnLive’s MicroConsole Aims to Make Console Gaming Easier
15. UK PS3 sales unaffected by Xbox surge DS News – Page 1 | Eurogamer.net
16. World of Tanks reaches half million active players – Massively

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News for 14th November 2010

1. ‘Valve monopoly is killing PC market’ | Games Industry | MCV
2. All 1,031 of Gran Turismo 5′s cars catalogued | Joystiq
3. Angry Birds Planning Xbox Live, Wii Releases
4. Call of Duty: Black Ops shatters UK day-one sales record | Joystiq
5. IndieGames.com – The Weblog – The XBLIG Indie Games Winter Uprising
6. K2 Networks buys APB MMO News – Page 1 | Eurogamer.net
7. LoveFilm launches on PS3 | Games Industry | MCV
8. Neowin.net – Microsoft shifted money making Windows appear more profitable
9. News: Stargate Worlds ‘effectively dead’ – ComputerAndVideoGames.com
10. Open source Kinect camera driver released | Joystiq
11. Pachter cools premium COD claims | Games Industry | MCV
12. Report: Subscription Gaming on the Decline | GamePolitics
13. Two Worlds 2 publisher’s CEO mad at Sony about European PS3 delay | Joystiq
14. Xbox 360 iPlayer back on? | Games Industry | MCV

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News for 7th November 2010

1. ‘Mass Effect 2′ On PS3 Will Have Free Content; Interactive Comic – Game Rant
2. Battlefield Play4Free engages hostiles in Spring 2011 | Joystiq
3. DICE: Medal of Honor Taliban controversy affected reviews | Joystiq
4. DirecTV drops G4, says it’s ‘among the lowest rated networks’ | Joystiq
5. iPhone Gears of War possible “in 2 years” iPhone News – Page 1 | Eurogamer.net
6. Jack Emmert: Star Trek Online may go F2P yet — if you play Champions, that is – Massively
7. Microsoft Claims Exclusives Caused Xbox Live Price Increase – Game Rant
8. MUBI Comes To PS3 This Week | Edge Magazine
9. Mythic Entertainment | Warhammer Herald
10. News: Gran Turismo 5: PS3 ‘not enough’ to handle Yamauchi’s vision – ComputerAndVideoGames.com
11. News: Kinect selling out at major US retailers – ComputerAndVideoGames.com
12. News: Michael Jackson game gets… a glove – ComputerAndVideoGames.com
13. News: PS3 Dragon Age Ultimate Edition broken – ComputerAndVideoGames.com
14. News: Sony takes not-so-subtle swipe at Kinect – ComputerAndVideoGames.com
15. Personality or progression: WAR’s 1.4.0 patch offers a choice – Massively
16. PlayStation Home Updates Core Client to Version 1.4 – PlayStation Blog
17. Sony reports 16 million users for PlayStation Home
18. Square Enix profits down, but not out as familiar franchises keep sales alive | Joystiq
19. The Escapist : News : Hack Kinect, Win Money
20. The Escapist : News : Microsoft Tries to Lure THQ Back to Games for Windows Live
21. UK dev workforce falls 9% | Games Industry | MCV
22. Undead Labs: Current MMOs are “barely even games” – Massively
23. What’s your Origin? | City of Heroes
24. Yes, you can beat Fallout: New Vegas without killing anyone | Joystiq

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