Thursday, May 15, 2008
Today's Top Stories
Dyack: I'm not stepping down
The Silicon Knights president has said that news on the Internet that he was thinking of quitting his role came as a "surprise."FULL STORY
Posted May 15, 2008 3:48 pm GMT
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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 2:39 pm GMT
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Nintendo loses controller case
Judgment reached in Anascape trial finds the Mario Factory did infringe on a patents, $21 million fine levied.FULL STORY
Posted May 15, 2008 11:40 am GMT
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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 15, 2008 1:08 am GMT
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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 11:33 pm GMT
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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 15, 2008 12:15 am GMT
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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 titles this summer.FULL STORY
Posted May 15, 2008 9:39 am GMT
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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 1:47 pm GMT
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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 15, 2008 12:45 am GMT
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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 15, 2008 2:22 am GMT
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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 5:21 pm GMT
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Video Q&A: Kim measures up Microsoft Games
Xbox 360 maker's senior vice president of publishing house talks to GameSpot about how the console's exclusive offerings stack up against the competition.FULL STORY
Posted May 14, 2008 10:49 pm GMT
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MySims given keys to Kingdom
EA confirms new installment in life-management game for Nintendo's DS and Wii this fall.FULL STORY
Posted May 14, 2008 7:56 pm GMT
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Video Q&A: Dyack talks Too Human
GameSpot speaks with Silicon Knights' president at Microsoft's Spring Showcase about his long-awaited Norse-mythology action RPG finally getting a release date.FULL STORY
Posted May 14, 2008 9:29 pm GMT
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Metal Gear Solid 4 golden
Konami announces completion of "conclusion to the Metal Gear Saga" at press conference, unveils world tour, collaboration with iPod, Ubisoft, and more; new trailer inside.FULL STORY
Posted May 13, 2008 6:45 pm GMT
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Q&A: Media Molecule devs talk LittleBigPlanet
We corner three members of the Media Molecule team and pick their brains on user content, the changing nature of game development, and everything LittleBigPlanet.FULL STORY
Posted May 14, 2008 8:29 am GMT
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EA reports loss, record full-year revenues
Company reports 27 million-selling titles in past year, lays claim to top publisher title in Europe, North America.FULL STORY
Posted May 13, 2008 10:18 pm GMT
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Too Human co-opting August
Silicon Knights' long-awaited 360 epic role-playing game will finally arrive August 19 in North America and August 29 in Europe; new online co-op mode revealed.FULL STORY
Posted May 13, 2008 5:19 pm GMT
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Zoids Assault Xbox 360 on Aug. 26
Atlus landing long-running mech-combat toy franchise on North American shores later this year.FULL STORY
Posted May 14, 2008 12:32 am GMT
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GTAIV gains Guinness Records approbation
$310 million, 3.6 million unit launch of Take-Two and Rockstar's open-world crime game gains official recognition as fastest-selling entertainment property.FULL STORY
Posted May 13, 2008 8:32 pm GMT
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More Top Stories
Sega, PlatinumGames sign four-game deal
May 15, 2008 4:01 pm GMT
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Q&A: Sony Australia boss Michael Ephraim on PlayStation 3
May 15, 2008 5:27 am GMT
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Super Smash Bros. Brawl dated down under
May 14, 2008 5:51 am GMT
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Analysts expect April sales surge
May 13, 2008 8:41 pm GMT
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Report: Dell phasing out XPS gaming systems
May 13, 2008 7:37 pm GMT
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Viva Pinata DS hung for holidays
May 13, 2008 7:13 pm GMT
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Fable 2 unfolding this holiday
May 13, 2008 6:06 pm GMT
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Penny Arcade pushed over Precipice
May 13, 2008 6:01 pm GMT
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Funcom: Everything going 'according to plan'
May 13, 2008 4:25 pm GMT
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Rare wheels out Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts
May 13, 2008 4:00 pm GMT
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