Friday, May 16, 2008
Today's Top Stories
NPD: US game revs spike on GTAIV
Rockstar's latest sells 2.85M, pushing total industry growth in April to 47 percent.FULL STORY
Posted May 15, 2008 4:40 pm PT
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Shuhei Yoshida new PlayStation studio president
Senior vice president assumes the vacancy left at worldwide studios after Phil Harrison's departure.FULL STORY
Posted May 16, 2008 2:32 am PT
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Konami staging Rock Revolution this fall
Japanese publisher taking on Rock Band, Guitar Hero with "most realistic" instruments for PS3 and Xbox 360, air guitar/drumming for Wii, vocals, and "stylus gestures" for DS.FULL STORY
Posted May 15, 2008 12:10 pm PT
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GTAIV album announced
DJ Green Lantern to release 16-track compilation of tunes from and inspired by the game, coming May 20.FULL STORY
Posted May 16, 2008 4:18 am PT
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Konami confirms Castlevania DS
Following last month's ESRB rating, publisher drops details on Order of Ecclesia, slated for Nintendo's platform this fall.FULL STORY
Posted May 15, 2008 5:03 pm PT
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Guitar Hero 4 instruments, song creation detailed
Latest Game Informer spills beans on cymbal-enabled drum kit, character and guitar creation, song-creation toolset, and music sharing.FULL STORY
Posted May 15, 2008 1:26 pm PT
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DDR taps out 10 years, three new games
Konami ushering in franchise's decade of dancing this fall with DDRX on PS2, DDR Universe 3 on Xbox 360, and DDR Hottest Party 2 on Wii.FULL STORY
Posted May 15, 2008 3:50 pm PT
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PS3 plugs into YouTube
[UPDATE] Newest feature for Sony's console allows for in-game video recording for direct upload to Google's popular video-sharing site.FULL STORY
Posted May 15, 2008 1:27 pm PT
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Second WOW expansion 'scheduled' for '08
Blizzard parent Vivendi is planning to ship Wrath of the Lich King in "second half" of the current year; Blizzard revs near $100 million per month.FULL STORY
Posted May 14, 2008 5:08 pm PT
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Konami grows full-year finances
Metal Gear Solid 4 publisher sees 6 percent revenue growth to $2.8 billion on strong games business; profits jump 13 percent to $175 million.FULL STORY
Posted May 15, 2008 11:39 am PT
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Dyack: I'm not stepping down
The Silicon Knights president claims Internet reports of his imminent departure have been greatly exaggerated.FULL STORY
Posted May 15, 2008 7:48 am PT
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MS: 360 first to reach 10 million in US
Microsoft stats dump touts worldwide figures of 19 million systems sold, 12 million Xbox Live members.FULL STORY
Posted May 14, 2008 3:33 pm PT
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Nintendo loses controller case
Anascape trial jury finds Mario Factory infringed on patents, levies $21 million fine.FULL STORY
Posted May 15, 2008 3:40 am PT
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WOW-less Q1 pulls Vivendi Games down 24 percent
Lack of expansion to Blizzard's omnipresent MMORPG causes games division revenues to drop to €221 million ($342 million); overall Vivendi revenues up 5.2 percent.FULL STORY
Posted May 14, 2008 4:15 pm PT
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MMOGs make profits for NCsoft
The Korean developer posts $7.7 million profit for first quarter, credits Lineage and Guild Wars for 16 percent year-on-year rise.FULL STORY
Posted May 15, 2008 6:39 am PT
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Sony revenues hit $78.5 billion
Games division losses down by nearly $1 billion over the last financial year; PlayStation 3 and the new slim PlayStation Portable see spike in sales.FULL STORY
Posted May 14, 2008 5:47 am PT
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Stubbs runs Xbox Originals Gauntlet
Wideload Games' brain-eating zombie lurches onto Microsoft's online platform alongside Midway's Seven Sorrows hack-and-slash dungeon crawler on May 19.FULL STORY
Posted May 14, 2008 4:45 pm PT
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Q&A: Stargate Worlds MMORPG team
Members of the team working on the upcoming online version of Stargate talk to GameSpot about when the game will be coming, what their favourite features are so far, and reveal that they will be announcing more games this summer.FULL STORY
Posted May 15, 2008 1:39 am PT
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Lost Planet: Colonies goes gold
Capcom finishes development on budget-priced redux of Akrid-hunting sci-fi shooter for Xbox 360, PC.FULL STORY
Posted May 14, 2008 6:22 pm PT
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Sega Sammy posts half-billion-dollar loss
Tokyo-based publisher suffers major setbacks on decline of its once-popular pachinko business; game sales up overseas, but down in Japan.FULL STORY
Posted May 14, 2008 9:21 am PT
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Wii Fit tells 10-year-old she's fat
May 16, 2008 9:39 am PT
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Aussie Emulation mash-up May 12-16
May 16, 2008 12:54 am PT
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Aussie game charts: May 5-May 11
May 15, 2008 9:43 pm PT
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Q&A: Warhammer Online dev on Aussie servers
May 15, 2008 5:13 pm PT
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Aussies to get Warhammer Online server
May 15, 2008 5:13 pm PT
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Report: Beyond Good & Evil 2 on the way
May 15, 2008 9:14 am PT
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LGF 2008 confirmed
May 15, 2008 9:04 am PT
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Sega, PlatinumGames sign four-game deal
May 15, 2008 8:01 am PT
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Q&A: Sony Australia boss Michael Ephraim on PlayStation 3
May 14, 2008 9:27 pm PT
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Video Q&A: Kim measures up Microsoft Games
May 14, 2008 2:49 pm PT
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Video Q&A: Dyack talks Too Human
May 14, 2008 1:29 pm PT
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MySims given keys to Kingdom
May 14, 2008 11:56 am PT
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