News Archive: Games
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30th June, 2008
MGS4 tops European charts
Konami's espionage game takes the number one spot in both the German and Spanish charts
28th June, 2008
Blizzard announces Diablo III
New sequel unveiled at Worldwide Invitational with CG video and gameplay demo
27th June, 2008
EA details dedicated Wii sports brand
Five new games will be relesed under the All-Play label and designed for "players of all skill levels"
26th June, 2008
Habbo surpasses 100m avatars
Milestone sees creator of 100 millionth avatar awarded with in-game and real-world prizes
25th June, 2008
One million Spore creatures created in first week
Spore Creature Creator lets fans create lifeforms in advance of the full game's September retail release
Square Enix to release PSOne games through PSN
Six classic PlayStation games are now available to download in Japan with another six on the way
Blizzard to unveil new title at Worldwide Invitational?
Rumours suggest Diablo 3 is on its way, but Rob Pardo refuses to be drawn
20th June, 2008
Forbes: Europe is least mature videogame market
Europe is the biggest potential market for the videogames industry, but also the least mature
Atari refuses to be drawn on ratings row
The publisher is content to let the game "speak for itself"
19th June, 2008
Godfather author's estate sues over videogame revenue
The estate of Mario Puzo, author of The Godfather, has sued Paramount for $1 million in revenues from the videogames
18th June, 2008
PS3 trophies slated for 2.40 firmware
Sony's take on achievements set to go live in the next update, although no date is confirmed
12th June, 2008
Limbo of the Lost axed over plagiarism row
Publisher Tri Synergy said it was "shocked" by recent screen shot comparisons and would cease distributing the title
11th June, 2008
Saint's Row 2 trailer is "pompous", says analyst
Janco Partners' Mike Hickey questions the game's "attacks" on hugely successful GTA IV
10th June, 2008
Microsoft pins Japan hopes on new RPGs
Tales of Vesperia, Star Ocean 4 and Infinite Undiscovery top the list
6th June, 2008
Voting open for Zeebys' "People's choice" awards
Gamezebo and the Casual Games Association have opened public voting for the second annual Zeebys Award Show
Age of Conan reaches 1m milestone
A million units of the title have been shipped making it the largest MMO since World of Warcraft, according to Funcom
5th June, 2008
EA halts work on PS3 version of Red Alert 3
Latest Command and Conquer title will still appear on Xbox 360 and PC
New titles shake-up Japanese chart
Seven new entries in the top ten, lead by Konami's latest baseball game
4th June, 2008
Sony stops work on Eight Days and The Getaway
London Studio halts production of the titles following budget review
Resident Evil 5 not redesigned after racism claim
Complaints over racist imagery did not provoke any design changes, according to the game's producer Jun Takeuchi
2nd June, 2008
New Gears of War SKU for US
Two disc version due out this month, featuring new maps and achievements
Wii Fit shortage is a "missed opportunity" warns IDC analyst
Plus Wedbush Morgan estimates just 500k titles sold in the US, compared with 2 million in Europe
Age of Conan surges up European charts
Funcom's MMO takes the top spot in Germany and breaks into Spain
