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Nintendo reveals UK dates for Wii Speak, Animal Crossing

8 October 2008 |Wii Speak, Animal Crossing: Let's Go to the City to be available as a bundle and separately from December 5.

FIFA 09 scores number one in UK chart

8 October 2008 |First week sales of EA Sports' football game outstrip last year's version by 37.5 percent; The Force Unleashed falls to number two after two weeks.

AU Shippin’ Out October 7-10: Dark Sector

7 October 2008 |Eight months after its initial banning the edited version of Digital Extreme's action-adventure title finally makes it down under.

Guitar Hero: World Tour DE dropping Oct. 26 for $240

7 October 2008 |RedOctane.com says "deluxe" edition of rhythm game a pretty penny on PS3, 360; PS2 and Wii DE $220; but what does an extra $50 buy?

Proto Man leads Mega Man 9 DLC

7 October 2008 |First round of downloadable content for Capcom's 8-bit revival includes Endless Attack mode, Blue Bomber's forerunner; WiiWare today, PSN/360 this week.

Shippin’ Out October 5-10: Fracture, NBA

7 October 2008 |LucasArts launches new terraforming property, while EA, Take-Two, and Sony start the shot clock on their annual basketball sims.

Tomb Raider unearths exclusive XBL DLC

7 October 2008 |Eidos' Underworld will see Lara Croft exploring six hours' worth of additional content on Microsoft's platform beginning this holiday season.

SOE: All future MMOGs console-bound

7 October 2008 |President of Sony's online arm affirms that company is done with PC-exclusivity, hints at new EverQuest.

Video Q&A: Fallout 3’s endgame

4 October 2008 |Bethesda Softworks' Pete Hines discusses the final stages of brining the long-awaited post-apocalyptic RPG to the PC, PS3, and 360.

Microsoft illuminates new XBL Marketplace

4 October 2008 |Accessibility will be primary focus of online storefront for 360's Avatar-based dashboard update, due late this fall.

TGS 2008: Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World Screens

8 October 2008 |Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World (Wii)Includes giant turtles.

Game Scoop! Podcast, TGS 2008 #1

8 October 2008 |Let's get panda.

TGS 2008: We Ski World: Ski and Snowboard Off-Screen Video

8 October 2008 |We Ski World: Ski and Snowboard (Wii)Now with more snowboarding.

TGS 2008: We Ski and Snowboard Screens

8 October 2008 |We Ski World: Ski and Snowboard (Wii)Images from the slopes.

TGS 2008: We Ski and Snowboard

8 October 2008 |We Ski World: Ski and Snowboard (Wii)This sequel is ready to shred on the balance board.

Call of Duty: World at War: Treyarch Gets it Right

8 October 2008 |Call of Duty: World at War (X360)Reversing the lows of COD3 with a stellar new entry.

Aussie Showdown: Rock Band Versus Guitar Hero World Tour

8 October 2008 |Which game should you pick up?

Hardcore Gamers “Insatiable?”

8 October 2008 |There's just no pleasing us, Reggie complains.

MotionPlus Too Expensive to Include with Wii

8 October 2008 |But Nintendo was aware of the technology while developing its current console.

DSi Games on Lockdown

7 October 2008 |Titles made specifically for the new portable won't be region-free.

Sony Responds to Nintendo’s DSi

8 October 2008 | <!--Begin feature--><!-- for syndication --> Nintendo can say as much as they want that their goal with the DSi was never to deliberately make it a more direct competitor with Sony's PSP (or Apple's iPhone), but ...

New Scene It? Game Releases October 28

8 October 2008 | <!--Begin feature--><!-- for syndication --> Scene It? Box Office Smash will be released on October 28, according to a post the Gamerscore Blog. As with the previous Scene It? game, it will be priced at $59.99 ...

Silicon Knights ‘Temporarily’ Lays Off 26 Employees

8 October 2008 | <!--Begin feature--><!-- for syndication --> Silicon Knights has confirmed with Kotaku that they laid off 26 employees yesterday, following the completion and release of Too Human. The confirmation came after an ...

A Guide to Guitar Hero World Tour Pricing

8 October 2008 | <!--Begin feature--><!-- for syndication --> Guitar Hero World Tour is set to hit retail shelves later this month, but perhaps you're still a little unclear on just how many different variations will be offered, ...

Free Game: Meat Boy

7 October 2008 | <!--Begin feature--><!-- for syndication --> The guys who made independent favorite Gish and the previously featured atmospheric freebie Aether are at it again. This time they've crafted a game that's a little ...

McFarlane Toys Releasing Slash Guitar Hero Action Figure in February

7 October 2008 | <!--Begin feature--><!-- for syndication --> Continuing their line of Guitar Hero action figures, which are set to be released this November, McFarlane Toys will be releasing another next February, this time ...

John Davison Talks Nintendo With 1UP FM

7 October 2008 | <!--Begin feature--><!-- for syndication --> Does the recent spate of Nintendo news have you confused and aroused? WhatTheyPlay's John Davison joins us to go over the announcements and delve into his "nextWii by ...

NBA 2K9 Soundtrack Revealed

7 October 2008 | <!--Begin feature--><!-- for syndication --> 2K Sports has announced the soundtrack for NBA 2K9 which includes an original recording by The Cool Kids. The track "2k Pennies" is featured in NBA Blacktop ...

Ex-EA CEO Larry Probst Becomes U.S. Olympic Committee Chairman

7 October 2008 | <!--Begin feature--><!-- for syndication --> First, Johnson & Johnson, then Electronic Arts, now the United States Olympic Committee -- such is the career of Larry Probst.The Associated Press is reporting that ...

Quantum of Solace Demo Now Available From FileFront

7 October 2008 | <!--Begin feature--><!-- for syndication --> I know not everyone will agree with me, but the newest Bond films have completely reinvigorated my interest in the film franchise. Hopefully the team at Treyarch ...

Two Worlds Contributes to 220% Sales Increase at SouthPeak

8 October 2008 |It was a good year for SouthPeak, in large part thanks to Two Worlds. The publisher generated revenues of $40.2 million and is looking to double its releases in 2009.

Molyneux: PC Game Market in ‘Tatters’

8 October 2008 |It's a hard reality for many to face, but even a developer of many classic PC games perceives the misfortunes harrying the PC gaming market.

Silicon Knights ‘Temporarily’ Lays Off 26

7 October 2008 |Citing "attrition" after the shipment of their long-in-development Too Human, Silicon Knights said it had to cut 26 employees, but the company hopes to rehire them for future projects.

Silicon Knights ‘Temporarily’ Lays Off 26

7 October 2008 |Citing "attrition" after the shipment of their long-in-development Too Human, Silicon Knights said it had to cut 26 employees, but the company hopes to rehire them for future projects.

Xbox 360 Gains Exclusive Tomb Raider: Underworld Downloadable Chapters

7 October 2008 |If you own an Xbox 360 and you're a fan of Lara Croft, Eidos has good news for you. The upcoming Tomb Raider: Underworld will be extended with two new chapters exclusively on the 360.

EA’s Dead Space Gets Skywalker Sound Treatment with Score by Jason Graves

7 October 2008 |Award-winning composer Jason Graves has scored and conducted the music for the upcoming sci-fi title Dead Space. The soundtrack was recorded at Skywalker Sound.

D3Publisher Will Eat Lead

4 October 2008 |Paying tribute to gaming gone past, Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard will have a variety of enemies with a parody-laden story.

Codemasters Takes ‘RF Online’ Offline

4 October 2008 |The license will be expiring soon and Codemasters will be shutting down all of its servers in early November.

Molyneux: PC Game Market in ‘Tatters’

4 October 2008 |It's a hard reality for many to face, but even a developer of many classic PC games perceives the misfortunes harrying the PC gaming market.

EA Launching Madden NFL 09 Pink to Fight Breast Cancer

3 October 2008 |Want to help a good cause? Are you looking to buy the latest Madden game? Be sure to pick up the special "Pink" version. Proceeds will go to Deanna Favre's HOPE Foundation.

In-Depth: Far Cry 2’s LeBel On Designing Compelling Multiplayer

8 October 2008 |Much of the attention placed on Ubisoft Montreal's upcoming Far Cry 2 has revolved around the game's open-ended single-player campaign, including its dynamic narrative system, but it's also shipping with an ambitious multiplayer ...

Educational Feature: Paper Prototyping

8 October 2008 |To make casual games for the iPhone, students at the Entertainment Technology Center at Carnegie Mellon University used paper prototypes in their pre-development planning. Paper prototyping can be an extremely efficient and ...

Carbine Appoints Fallout Producer As MMO Design Director

8 October 2008 |Developer Carbine Studios, an NCSoft North America division, promoted former Fallout series producer and designer Tim Cain to the position of design director for an unannounced MMO. Cain has worked with Carbine since its inception ...

Immediate Music Launches New Libraries For Game Companies

8 October 2008 |Immediate Music, a music supplier for feature film trailers, announced the launch of two new music libraries, Immediate Music Premium and Immediate Music Library, which will be available to the video game and advertising ...

Genius, 7, QD3 Team Up For DJ Rhythm Title Scratch

8 October 2008 |7 Studios is working with musician and producer Quincy "QD3" Jones III to develop a hip hop video game called Scratch: The Ultimate DJ, which incorporates a "turntable controller." Scratch is set in "distinctive urban environments" ...

NeuroSky, Square Enix To Unveil Brainwave-Controlled Game

8 October 2008 |Wearable bio-sensors manufacturer NeuroSky intends to exhibit a brainwave-controlled video game, which was co-developed with Square Enix (Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest), on October 8 - 9 at the upcoming Tokyo Game Show. The technical ...

Grasshopper Licenses Unreal Engine 3 For EA Horror Title

8 October 2008 |No More Heroes-developer Grasshopper Manufacture licensed Epic Games' Unreal Engine 3 for an upcoming action-horror game to be published by Electronic Arts for PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii. The as-yet unrevealed game is ...

Parappa’s Matsuura: Games Don’t Need To Emphasize War, Negativity

8 October 2008 |Talking as part of an in-depth new Gamasutra opinion piece, Parappa The Rapper co-creator Masaya Matsuura has suggested that, if the game biz continues to focus on games that "employ physical attacks" and war-like scenarios, then ...

Two Worlds Helps Drive SouthPeak’s Record $40.2 Million Year

8 October 2008 |Virginia-based publisher SouthPeak Interactive reported a 220 percent revenue increase to $40.2 million for its fiscal year ending June 30, 2008 -- compared to $12.5 million in the previous year. SouthPeak credits its record ...

Opinion: Grand Pianola Game Music

8 October 2008 |[In this op-ed, game designer and researcher Douglas Wilson offers a different way to think about the relationship between music, games, and meaning.] The best music game of all time is neither a rhythm game nor a synesthetic ...

News: 7 Studios teams with Numark, Quincy Jones for Scratch game

8 October 2008 |New music game backed by DJ manufacturer and US hiphop producer

News: Pachter “absolutely convinced” Wii HD is on the way

8 October 2008 |Nintendo needs to convince partners Wii is more than just a toy for parents, says analyst

News: NCsoft vet joins True Games as head of technology

8 October 2008 |Peter Jarvis takes CTO position at online, free-to-play publisher

News: SouthPeak revenues up 220%

8 October 2008 |Company sees revenues climb to $40.2 million from $12.5 million

News: Riot Games details first MMO

8 October 2008 |PVP-centric title, League of Legends, will invite players to beta in 2009

News: Jack Sorensen quits THQ

8 October 2008 |Worldwide studios boss steps down, publisher promotes three product development execs in management shake-up

News: ngmoco funds GDC iPhone competition

8 October 2008 |The iPhone games developer adds $10,000 to the prize, brining it up to $30,000

News: Grasshopper Manufacture licenses Unreal Engine 3

8 October 2008 |Epic's game engine to be used in multi-platform action horror title by Resident Evil creator

News: Silicon Knights “temporarily” lays-off 26 staff

8 October 2008 |Staff cuts come as part of "attrition" after shipping Too Human

News: Sony questions whether DSi can expand Nintendo’s user base

8 October 2008 |Marketing boss John Koller suggests DS system is only targeting children

Report: Sega Working Closely with ESRB on MadWorld Content

8 October 2008 |Sega, publisher of the upcoming MadWorld, is working closely with the ESRB on the bloody game's content, according to a report on MTV Multiplayer.Sega's goal, of course, is to avoid a sales-killing Adults Only rating. It's ...

Crispy Gamer Roasts GP Over Thompson Coverage

8 October 2008 |Over at Crispy Gamer, game scribe Kyle Orland pokes fun at the whole Jack Thompson is a media creation bit, with GamePolitics coming in for some extra attention:A group of prominent game journalists is gathering together to fight ...

E For All = E For Just a Few?

8 October 2008 |Big Download reports that last week's E For All Expo in Los Angeles was not well attended:The second annual E For All Expo is over and the self-proclaimed "North America's premier video game ...

Henry Jenkins Reacts to Game Media’s Reaction to Piracy Comments

8 October 2008 |Highly-respected M.I.T. prof Henry Jenkins recently gave an interview on digital piracy to a Filipino newspaper. The story received wide coverage in the Western gaming press after GP picked it ...

Cartoonists Bring Cheer to Soldier Wounded While Gaming

8 October 2008 |Occasionally here at GamePolitics we pay honor to the sacrifices made by gamers serving in the military.Along that line, we note an unusual human interest story posted on The Mad Blog, which is penned by Mad magazine cartoonist Tom ...

British Game Devs Want Govt. Backing, Point to Ontario

8 October 2008 |The head of Tiga, the trade association for game developers in the U.K., has renewed calls for government support.As reported by Edge Online, CEO Richard Wilson paid notice the current world economic crisis, but ...

New Book Digs Into the Past - and Future - of Sex in Video Games

7 October 2008 |While video games generally catch more heat for violence than sex, there have been a fair number of lust-fueled controversies in game land. Now, Playboy tech writer Damon Brown documents them in his new book, Porn & Pong: How ...

Online Game Inspired by Immigrant’s Death in Federal Custody

7 October 2008 |GamePolitics readers may recall ICED!, an immigration-themed game released earlier this year by human rights organization Breakthrough. ICED! generated a good bit of controversy, including attacks by the Minutemen anti-immigration ...

Anticlimax: Manhunt 2 Released in U.K.

7 October 2008 |It was the gaming world's cause celebre of 2007.Manhunt 2 was reviled by anti-violence activists, banned by the U.K.'s content rating organization, and criticized in Parliament and at No. 10 Downing Street.After a protracted ...

Countdown to Jack Thompson’s Disbarment with Firefox Add-on

7 October 2008 |Say, just how long is it until Jack Thompson's court-ordered disbarment becomes effective?Wonder no more.Longtime GamePolitics reader E. Zachary Knight (who is so dedicated that he volunteers for double duty as our ...

Molyneux all but confirms Fable 2 DLC

8 October 2008 |Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, RPGs OK, so notorious over-promiser Peter Molyneux did stop short of guaranteeing that the soon-to-be-released Fable 2 would actually receive downloadable content. But he did tell VideoGamer.com ...

Joystiq hands-on: Mirror’s Edge time trial mode

8 October 2008 |Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Action When EA asked if we'd like to check out the time trial mode of its upcoming first-person action game / parkour simulator, Mirror's Edge, we jumped at the chance to ...

GoodEvilPlanet: The best and worst levels we’ve seen so far

8 October 2008 |Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3 ... and by worst we mean "with as little taste as humanly possible" -- but first the best LittleBigPlanet level. A PSN user named Upsilandre, whose brain is at least thrice the size of ours, has ...

Sega working with ESRB on MadWorld rating

8 October 2008 |Filed under: Culture, Nintendo Wii, Action In an interesting gesture of cooperation, it appears that Sega is working with the ESRB to make sure that MadWorld releases with an "M" rating in the US. MTV Multiplayer reports that the ...

We love the Ex Box Boys new Braid tune

8 October 2008 |Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Puzzle Yeah, we've heard all the jokes. "Braidstiq," you say with that little sneer, belittling us for our blind devotion to all things with even a remote relation to Jonathan Blow's exquisite ...

For the Horde! BlizzCon ‘08 schedule and map

8 October 2008 |Filed under: Culture Unlike the feigned excitement for the similarly sized E for All, we know there are some rabid Taurens, Gnomes, and future Death Knights, ready to descend on BlizzCon at the Anaheim Convention Center this ...

THQ worldwide studio exec leaves, job split into three roles

8 October 2008 |Filed under: Business THQ's "internal problems" popped up again as Exec. VP of Worldwide Studios Jack Sorensen has quit the company. Sorensen's role will now be played by three different executives promoted from within the company. ...

Joystiq hands-on: The finished Gears of War 2 campaign mode

8 October 2008 |Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Actionclick to enlarge With just one month to go before Gears of War 2 deploys on 360, we were recently challenged to play "as far as we could get" into the now-finished game's campaign mode by ...

Readers pick best webcomic: A Trick of Retrospective

8 October 2008 |Filed under: Culture, Online, Polls For quite a while, it was a virtual tie between it and xkcd's Flash Games, but in the end Penny Arcade's homage to Mega Man 9 A Trick of Retrospective took top honors in this week's webcomic ...

Massively week in Review

8 October 2008 |Filed under: Culture, Features, PC, MMO Joystiq's sister site Massively.com has all the news you'll need about MMOs. Here's the best, brightest, and most interesting stuff from the last week, all in one convenient place for your ...

EA’s Grasshopper Manufacture Game Is Totally Using UE3

8 October 2008 |So what games currently in development aren't using UE3? I'm having problems naming them. The recently announced EA/Grasshopper Manufacture multi-platform horror game, which is being produced by Shinji Mikami and directed by ...

Three Dragon Ball Z: Origins Trailers

8 October 2008 |<embed src="http://blip.tv/play/gb1B0dMHjflk" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480" height="390" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed> We got not one, not two, but ...

LittleBigPlanet Can Do Your Math Homework

8 October 2008 |Ever since the beta for Littlebigplanet hit, we've seen numerous level designs, some good, some not so good. From classic Mario remakes to re-imagining of the humongous spectacles found in Shadow of the Colossus. Heck, even Tristan ...

Second Expansion Pack Coming To Metal Gear Online

8 October 2008 |Konami has announced a second expansion pack for Metal Gear Online. The pack, titled MEME Expansion, provides new content in the form of maps characters, skills, tournament lobby, and more. While no official release date or price ...

Boingz: The Game Where You Play As A Condom

8 October 2008 |Condoms. Seriously, that's what the Boingz look like: jelly-filled condoms.

The Conduit - Still Going Strong

8 October 2008 |Last time we checked in with High Voltage at PAX, they had only just gotten their hands on Wii MotionPlus. So I wasn't too surprised to see that there really wasn't much being done with it at the Nintendo Media Summit - but my ...

A ‘Left 4 Dead’ LEGO Zombie Apocalypse In Pictures

8 October 2008 |If you happened to miss this weekend's Brickcon 2008 in Seattle, as we unfortunately did, you missed the appearance of the "Zombie Apocafest" project. It was one part Left 4 Dead, one part The Big Lebowski and two parts LEGO. It ...

Silicon Knights Lays of 25 to 30

8 October 2008 |Silicon Knights laid off 25 to 30 employees today.

New Star Ocean: First Departure PSP Screens

8 October 2008 |Well, Japan has had this one for almost a year now and it's finally North America's turn to get their hands on it. Star Ocean: First Departure, which is a remake of the first Star Ocean game, will be hitting the states on October ...

New Prince of Persia Developer Diary

8 October 2008 |<embed src="http://blip.tv/play/gb1B0c8bjflk" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="510" height="419" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed> A while back we posted the ...

Review: Crysis Warhead

8 October 2008 |Whenever a natural environment achieves equilibrium, chances are there’ll be thunder and lightning to mark the event. As if to prove that the same is true of the virtual world, Crysis Warhead is a studiously rebalanced show ...

Sales Leap for Two Worlds Publisher

8 October 2008 |SouthPeak Interactive reported record sales of $40.2 million for its fiscal year 2008, an increase of 220 percent year-on-year, the company said Tuesday. The firm attributed the sharp rise in sales to the increased number of ...

Fallout Vet Heads Studio

8 October 2008 |NCsoft has promoted Tim Cain to design director at Carbine Studios, the publisher announced Tuesday. Cain was the producedr and designer for the revered RPG Fallout, and aided with the initial design for Fallout 2. At NCsoft-owned ...

Grasshopper Licenses Unreal Engine 3

8 October 2008 |No More Heroes house Grasshopper Manufacture is the latest dev to announce the licensing of Epic Games' Unreal Engine 3. The unannounced survival horror game, published by Electronic Arts, is under direction Goichi Suda, also known ...

Senior Changes at THQ Studios

8 October 2008 |THQ has created three new senior product development positions to fill the role of Jack Sorensen, head of the company’s studio system for the past seven years. Roy Tessler has been promoted to senior vice president of ...

Echochrome’s Haunting Beauty

8 October 2008 |<!--paging_filter-->There is something haunting about the posable wooden human figures designed for artists. The head a smooth blank mask; expressionless and sexless, the human body reduced to its geometric essence. ...

Sony: DSi is a Kids Product

8 October 2008 |Sony says that DS is still a product for kids, and DSi won't expand the product's demographic reach. In an interview with Gizmodo, John Koller, Sony director of hardware marketing, said, "Will DSi do well with [the DS's] ...

FIFA 09 Breaks Sales Records

8 October 2008 |FIFA 09 had its biggest ever launch in the UK last week, with sales up 37.5% over last year. FIFA has knocked Star Wars: The Force Unleashed off the British top-spot. According to Chart-Track, it's the third fastest selling game on ...

Playing Hero, DC Style

7 October 2008 |SOE Austin might just have all its bases covered. After all, the chances are that you either like Superman, or you wouldn’t mind hitting him over the head with a bus. So long as you’re content not to actually be the Man ...

Review: Pure

7 October 2008 |If imitation is truly the sincerest form of flattery, by rights there should be a considerable number of employees at EA Canada blushing with modesty. Pure is hugely derivative of seminal trick snowboarding game SSX and its ...

Big Names in Gaming Industry Donate to Presidential Campaign

8 October 2008 |Game developers are just like every other business when it comes to donating money to candidates who share their philosophy or whom they think will benefit them in the long run, and this year the presidential race is no exception.

New Gears of War 2 Screenshots

8 October 2008 |These latest images show heroes Dom and Marcus taking on a flying Reaver during a diversionary turret-based section of the game...

Then and Now: How Your Favorite Classics Evolved

8 October 2008 |

Stan Bush Wants “The Touch” In Guitar Hero, Rock Band

8 October 2008 |Originally appearing on the soundtrack to the Transformers animated movie in the 80's, the song made countless little boys believe that they could do absolutely anything, no matter how many Decepticons got in their way.

15 Coolest Games of Fall 2008 [Slide Show]

8 October 2008 |You want the scoop on this autumn's best gaming experiences, and we have it. Check out PC World's list of 15 don't-miss games and the reasons why our experts picked them.

Nintendo’s 5 Biggest Surprises Throughout History

8 October 2008 |Nintendo has always been one to surprise us. They've made good moves and bad, interesting decisions coupled with utterly clueless assumptions, and made us wonder what the hell they were thinking while amazing us with what they're ...

U.K. Launches First Official National Videogame Archive

7 October 2008 |Consoles, cartridges, and a host of game-related media will be preserved for future generations.

Sega Returning to the Market with Vision PMP for 2009

7 October 2008 |Sony's PSP is currently getting its butt handed to it by the Nintendo DS, but don't tell that to Sega. With its upcoming Sega Vision PMP

The History of the Sega Dreamcast

6 October 2008 |This is the sad story of the Sega Dreamcast. See what made this console a wonderful breakthrough and a disappointing failure at the same time. The fact that I have to submit this under 'Industry News' because there's no Sega ...

Kid rages in the middle of a WoW match

6 October 2008 |Swarm of Team SK Gaming US shows some emotions in a match at Intel Extreme Masters Los Angeles.

Lord British To Conduct Experiments On ISS

8 October 2008 |CR0WTR0B0T writes "Richard Garriott, AKA Lord British, will be part of three experiments on the International Space Station. 'Garriott has a ticket to the space station because he is an orbital spaceflight client of Space ...

Using Money As Incentive For Competition On Consoles?

8 October 2008 |MTV's Multiplayer blog reports on a company about to start offering a service that will allow players to compete in matches and tournaments over their PS2, PS3, or Xbox 360 with real money as a prize. Doing so will, of course, ...

A Look At the Warhammer Community

7 October 2008 |Gamasutra is running a story examining the development of the Warhammer Online community since its recent launch. The author explains how the gameplay and rules tend to affect social interaction. GamerDNA has a related piece ...

Hands-On With the PSP-3000

7 October 2008 |Eurogamer got a chance to take a look at Sony's latest hardware revision for the PSP. Their overall impression of the new model is positive, finding that a redesigned screen offers noticeably better graphics and higher brightness ...

Ask Blizzard Employees About Things That Matter

7 October 2008 |In just a few days a few of us will be making the trek to this year's Blizzcon event in Anaheim, CA. In addition to the interesting announcements, sneak peeks, and other distractions, we will be sitting down with several Blizzard ...

First Deus Ex 3 Details Emerge

7 October 2008 |Ostracus writes "Deus Ex 3, the third entry in the influential FPS/RPG series, was confirmed to be in development by Eidos Montreal nearly a year ago — and now the first solid details on the game have finally emerged. UK ...

NASA Holding Space Vs. Earth Chess Game

6 October 2008 |A few days ago, NASA and the US Chess Federation teamed up to host a space vs. Earth chess game. Astronaut Greg Chamitoff is playing one side, while the other side's moves will be determined by a public vote. Four potential moves ...

Matt Hazard Returns

5 October 2008 |D3Publisher has announced Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard, bringing everyone's favorite gun-toting superstar back to the forefront of gaming culture. Or at least, that's what they tell us. Nobody's actually ever seen or played ...

Game Devs Using One-Time Bonuses to Fight Used Game Sales

5 October 2008 |ShackNews reports on an emerging trend which sees game publishers offer one-time bonus codes to unlock extra content for certain titles. Rock Band 2, for example, comes with a code which will allow free 20-song download, but is ...

Stargate Worlds Beta Begins Oct. 15th

5 October 2008 |Kotaku reports that the closed beta for Stargate Worlds, an MMO based on the popular Stargate television shows, will begin on October 15th. Registration is open at the game's website. Gamespy has some new screenshots available, and ...