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Kirby returns to Wii VC

6 January 2009 |SNES platformer Dream Land 3 arrives on Virtual Console alongside WiiWare Sandy Beach; Interpol tails XBLA.

Xbox 360 sales top 8 million in Europe

6 January 2009 |Publisher touts console's "biggest sales period ever" for EMEA region during holiday 2008, doubling up on last year's performance.

2K knocks $10 off Civ, NBA, NHL, BioShock

6 January 2009 |Take-Two label issues limited-time online coupon for Sid Meier titles, sports games, and PS3 edition of Award-winning undersea adventure.

Halo 3 tops XBL activity in 2008

6 January 2009 |Microsoft dubs Bungie's sci-fi FPS as most-played online Xbox 360 game; Castle Crashers crowned Arcade champ.

Rock Band inducts Roy Orbison

6 January 2009 |Vintage rocker gets six-song downloadable track pack featuring "Oh, Pretty Woman," "You Got It."

Report: ‘Sweeping’ Sony restructuring due post-CES

6 January 2009 |London's Times reports that the PlayStation-maker will unveil "sacred cow-slaying" changes after this week's Las Vegas electronics convention.

Mistwalker cancels Cry On

6 January 2009 |Final Fantasy creator's studio and AQ Interactive pull plug on Xbox 360-exclusive action RPG due to economic viability, market conditions.

ESRB: Guitar Hero: Modern Hits rocking DS

31 December 2008 |Ratings board listing pegs platform for already trademarked title of new installment in Activision's money-minting franchise.

Report: PS3 manufacturing costs drop 35 percent

31 December 2008 |Each $399 80GB console now only costs $449 to make, reports iSuppli; Sony could break even on production after next hardware revision.

Star Wars Battlefront III surfaces

31 December 2008 |Former Free Radical designer posts, pulls renders from long-rumored third installment in LucasArts' series.

Xbox 360 Sales Withstand Woeful Economy

7 January 2009 |Millions and millions sold…

Guitar Hero Track Pack to Celebrate Australia Day

7 January 2009 |Guitar Hero World Tour (PS3)Silverchair, Wolfmother and The Vines.

Reloaded LAN Party Coming Up in Adelaide

6 January 2009 |Find out the details on this huge event.

Silent Hill: The Escape Screens

6 January 2009 |Silent Hill: The Escape (iPhone)Konami's creepfest crawls on to the iPhone.

Payback iPhone Screens

6 January 2009 |Payback (iPhone)GTA for the iPhone?

Brain Challenge Screens

6 January 2009 |Brain Challenge (PSP)Abuse your noodle.

Amateur Surgeon iPhone Review

6 January 2009 |Amateur Surgeon (iPhone)Doctor, can't you see I'm burning, burning?

Kirby’s Dream Land 3 Review

6 January 2009 |Kirby's Dream Land 3 [Virtual Console] (Wii)The last first-party release for the SNES returns, with a second chance to find an audience.

Killzone 2 Videos

6 January 2009 |Killzone 2 (PS3)Blow up some Helghast and crack some cranium.

Theresia Review

6 January 2009 |Theresia (DS)Graphic adventuring that will have you on pins and needles.

Baiyon and Dylan Cuthbert of Q-games Share Behind-the-scenes Look at PixelJunk Eden

7 January 2009 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> PixelJunk Eden stood out among the games of 2008 for its beguiling combination of artistic endeavor and ...

Gaijinworks To Announce Possible New Title In ‘A Month Or Two’

7 January 2009 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> Working Designs is long gone, but their legacy of bringing Japanese classics over to America remains ...

GameStop Offers Female-Focused Magazines with Fitness Games

6 January 2009 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> Are you one of the nearly 700,000 people who bought a copy of Wii Fit in November? Or perhaps you're ...

Microsoft Suing To Recover Merchandise From Woolsworth

6 January 2009 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> Former UK retail giant Woolsworth is on its way out of its business, but it still has a whole lots of ...

Massive Layoffs Imminent at Microsoft? 

6 January 2009 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> It looks like Sony isn't the only corporation with a videogaming division that's being hit hard by the ...

Xbox 360 Achieves Record Christmas Sales in Europe

6 January 2009 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> "2008 saw us grow faster than any of our competitors and we over-achieved in sales during the crucial ...

South Korean Teen Sets Fire to Warehouse after Poor Game Performance

6 January 2009 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> Gamers People do crazy things. Take for example a handful of recent happenings, including one person's ...

A Vampyre Story Review

6 January 2009 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> Man, it's really hard to make a good adventure game. It's so hard to make one, in fact, that even veterans ...

X-Men Origins: Wolverine First-Look Preview

6 January 2009 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> <!-- start .call_out box --> <link ...

Street Fighter 4 Exclusive Console Character Videos

6 January 2009 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> <embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="500" height="319" ...

EVE Online Achieves New Concurrent User Record

6 January 2009 |Iceland-based CCP has seen its virtual universe reach a new concurrent users milestone. Over 45,000 players were online at the same time.

Molyneux Anticipates ‘Price Pressure’ for Games

6 January 2009 |Among other things, the Fable II lead designer wonders if new titles should release at Christmas and whether 2009 will have any good games at all.

Kojima: ‘2009 Will be a Year of Change’

6 January 2009 |While Metal Gear Solid 4 was no doubt a success, Kojima isn't resting on his laurels and he wants Kojima Productions to compete on a broad scale.

Halo 3 is Xbox Live’s Most Played in 2008

6 January 2009 |Master Chief reigned supreme last year, topping Gears 2 and others as the most played on Xbox Live. Also, Castle Crashers was revealed to be the best selling XBLA title of 2008.

MLB 09 The Show On Deck for Spring

24 December 2008 |Just a couple months until pitchers and catchers report to Spring Training, and shortly thereafter Sony will release the next edition of its MLB baseball franchise.

Rock Band Getting Roy Orbison Tracks

24 December 2008 |Here's hoping the songs from the early rock legend include Only the Lonely, Pretty Woman, and You Got It.

Online Gaming Study Challenges Gaming Gender Stereotypes

24 December 2008 |While the methods of this study are questionable, one thing is certain: MMORPGs are no longer overwhelming populated by men.

World of Warcraft Exceeds 11.5 Million Subscribers

24 December 2008 |The world's largest subscription based MMO just keeps on getting bigger. The Wrath of the Lich King has also sold over 4 million copies in its first month.

Crackdown 2 Discussions Ongoing Between Realtime Worlds and Microsoft

23 December 2008 |Realtime head Colin MacDonald gets a bit prickly at the thought of a Dundee startup getting to work on the sequel to the IP they created.

Take-Two Spent Over $11 Million Fending Off EA

23 December 2008 |Avoiding a takeover by Electronic Arts was more costly for Take-Two than you might have thought.

Release This: Moon, Elebits 2 Headline New Year’s Release Lineup

6 January 2009 |Gamasutra's regular round-up of worldwide video game releases, "Release This!", takes a look at every game title we know to be shipping to stores this week, in an exclusively compiled list. The following list covers all of the game ...

EVE Online Reports 45,186 Concurrent Users

6 January 2009 |CCP's EVE Online has reached a milestone, reporting a record peak of 45,186 concurrent users on its single-shard server. "It is truly a testament to our loyal fans that 5 years into EVE's existence we are still breaking records and ...

Xbox 360 Reaches 8 Million In Europe

6 January 2009 |Microsoft says that Xbox 360's 2008 Christmas sales doubled in Europe over the same period in 2007, marking the console's most successful season yet in the region. According to the company, this brings Xbox 360's userbase to eight ...

Best of FingerGaming: From Crayon Physics Deluxe to Edge

6 January 2009 |[Every week, Gamasutra sums up sister iPhone site FingerGaming's top news and reviews for Apple's nascent -- and increasingly exciting -- portable games platform, as written by editor Matt Burris and guest editor Danny Cowan.] This ...

PopCap’s Kapalka On Why Hexes Are ‘Repellent’ To Casual Gamers

6 January 2009 |As part of a larger interview with Gamasutra on Bejeweled Twist, PopCap's co-founder chief creative officer Jason Kapalka talks about how games with hexagonal grids, such as Microsoft's Hexic, can drive casual gamers away -- and ...

Used Game Prices See 23.7 Percent Drop In 2008

6 January 2009 |Resale prices for pre-owned video games were down by 23.7 percent in 2008 compared to the previous year, likely due to current economic conditions and disappointing sales numbers for the general retail industry. Pricing data site ...

Treasure’s Maegawa: Microsoft Asked For Radiant Silvergun On XBLA

6 January 2009 |Talking to Gamasutra as part of an in-depth new interview, Treasure CEO Masato Maegawa has revealed that Microsoft asked it to remake classic shoot'em-up Radiant Silvergun for XBLA -- though Treasure hasn't yet decided whether to ...

Gamasutra’s Holiday News: What You Missed

6 January 2009 |Gamasutra continued updating over the holidays, following breaking news and providing in-depth articles for those game professionals still working during that time. So, here's the full list of news and interviews run over the two ...

Gamasutra’s Holiday Originals: What You Missed

6 January 2009 |Were you out of town for the holiday? Never fear, because Gamasutra is rounding up all the feature-length articles the site posted over the Xmas break, from Yuji Naka and Popcap interviews through Ratchet & Clank postmortems and ...

Analyst: Big Media Buyouts Of Game Publishers? Not So Fast

6 January 2009 |The recession has brought with it plenty of increased buyout buzz, as weakened larger game companies seek smaller studios at low prices to help bolster their strategy. For example, at 2007's end, Atari, EA, A2M and Codemasters were ...

News: “Very strong interest” in Free Radical Design sale

7 January 2009 |Administrator considers whole or part sale for Haze studio as January deadline looms

News: PS3 sales up 130 per cent during Xmas

7 January 2009 |Sony happy with "solid holiday season"

News: Xbox Live hits 1.5 million concurrent users

7 January 2009 |Recent sales success and launch of NXE sees online use hit new milestone

News: FIFA 09 tops UK chart

7 January 2009 |Sales fall almost unanimously across the board in the first week following Christmas

News: Reeves: Profit is number one priority in 2009

7 January 2009 |Sony Euro exec wants to alleviate financial pressure and move PlayStation business forward in the coming year

News: EVE hits new concurrent users record

7 January 2009 |Serverside improvements and fan loyalty championed as MMO sees over 45,000 log in simultaneously

News: 360 hardware sales top 28 million

7 January 2009 |Microsoft reveals console performance to date, as sales of Xbox Live content jump 84 per cent

News: Games music is an underexploited asset - Streamline

7 January 2009 |Publishers failing to monetise back catalogues, argues audio specialist

News: Microsoft boasts of best ever Xbox Christmas sales

6 January 2009 |Eight million units sold by end of 2008, as Xmas sales almost double 2007

News: Game Connection America discount offer draws to a close

6 January 2009 |Reduced price on all tickets to be withdrawn on January 9, for the event set to take place at GDC in San Francisco

FCC Commish Who Blamed WoW for College Dropouts Resigns

7 January 2009 |Last month GamePolitics broke the news that FCC commissioner Deborah Taylor Tate blamed World of Warcraft as a leading cause of college dropouts: You might find it alarming that one of the top reasons for college ...

Does Wii Fit Really Work? Researchers Aim to Find Out

7 January 2009 |Will Nintendo's best-selling Wii Fit really help you get into shape?What They Play reports that Scott Owens, a researcher at the University of Mississippi wants to find out. Owens equipped eight families with Wii Fit last autumn. ...

Publisher Wants Politicians to Practice with Computer Game

7 January 2009 |Before taking office on January 20th, Barack Obama might want to spend some time playing Democracy 2.At least, that's the view of Cliff Harris of UK publisher Positech Games. Harris has offered a free copy of his firm's  ...

Soccer Game Has 90% Piracy Rate But Will Not Add DRM

7 January 2009 |Although PC soccer management sim Championship Manager is experiencing a 90% piracy rate, its publisher is not planning to add DRM to the mix.Roy Meredith of Beautiful Game Studios told CVG:[The 90% piracy figure is] not just ...

Peter Moore Gets Feisty With Eurogamer

6 January 2009 |In the tight-lipped, image-massaged corporate world in which game company execs exist, it's refreshing to find someone who isn't afraid to speak his mind - even if he is calling out the gaming press in the process.Thus, we ...

“Sacred Cow Slayings” Rumored at Sony… Is PlayStation In Jeopardy?

6 January 2009 |UK newspaper The Times reports today that radical corporate upheaval is coming to Sony.Long-overdue cost-cutting moves will, according to company sources, result in "sacred cow-slaying measures" that will "will ...

Author Salman Rushdie Gamed While Dodging Decade-long Fatwa

6 January 2009 |There's no word on what he played, but Sir Salman Rushdie told UK newspaper The Times that he indulged in some computer games while dodging a fatwa issued by Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini from 1988 until 1998.Khomeini lodged the ...

How Grand Theft Auto Will Deal with the Recession (Humor)

5 January 2009 |Columnist Joe Blundo has a bit of fun with Grand Theft Auto (and other targets) in a recession - themed piece for today's Columbus Dispatch.As per Blundo, in order to deal with recessionary pressures, GTA will be re-invented as ...

How Grand Theft Auto Will Deal with the Recession (Humor)

5 January 2009 |Columnist Joe Blundo has a bit of fun with Grand Theft Auto (and other targets) in a recession - themed piece for today's Columbus Dispatch.As per Blundo, in order to deal with recessionary pressures, GTA will be re-invented as ...

Jack Thompson Takes His Case to U.S. Supreme Court

5 January 2009 |Jack Thompson is hoping that the United States Supreme Court will consider his appeal of the Florida Supreme Court ruling that disbarred him for life.In mid-December the anti-game attorney requested from the U.S. Superme Court an ...

WET resurfaces, new screens dried off

7 January 2009 |Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Action Sometimes news comes from where you least expect it. Case in point: middleware firm Illuminate Labs. The lighting tech company recently toweled off new screens for ...

Explore the wonderful world of old game patents

7 January 2009 |Filed under: Retro Technologizer has put together a really beautiful gallery of old electronic gaming patents, the oldest example of which you can see just above. You won't want to miss the early designs of R.O.B., wireless Atari ...

Skate 2 demo coming Thursday

6 January 2009 |Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Sports We tend to think of demos as free gifts from the gaming overlords, which would make the Skate 2 demo coming on Thursday to Xbox Live a gift within a gift, like a Hickory ...

GameStop suspending Xbox trade-ins starting Feb. 9

6 January 2009 |Filed under: Microsoft Xbox, Business GameStop will no longer accept trade-ins on original Xbox games, systems, or accessories beginning Febuary 9, 2009. Although GameStop corporate wouldn't verify this information during its ...

Best of the Rest: Justin’s Picks of 2008

6 January 2009 |Filed under: Nintendo DS, PC, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, Meta (about Joystiq) Spider-Man: Web of Shadows (X360) "Wait, did he just start his list with Spider-Man: Web of Shadows?" Yes, ...

Rumor: No Lego Harry Potter in ‘09

6 January 2009 |Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, Adventure A Eurogamer source claims that Traveller's Tales isn't making a Lego Harry Potter game this year. This follows rumors that a brickitized Potter title was ...

The best thing you’ll see today: Metal Gear voice cast improv

6 January 2009 |Filed under: Culture, Sony PlayStation 3 A mere five days into the new year and our sanity is being brought into question. Is this video after the break really what it seems to be? The principal voice cast of Metal Gear Solid 4 ...

SCEA: Killzone 2 demo exclusive to GameStop, on PSN after release

6 January 2009 |Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, First Person Shooters Last week, GameStop revealed that gamers who pre-ordered Killzone 2 would get "exclusive" access to the game's demo. We contacted SCEA to see just how exclusive that deal is, ...

Amazon nukes Fallout 3 bundle prices today

6 January 2009 |Filed under: PC, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360 Today's Amazon "deal of the day" bombs the prices on several limited edition Fallout 3 bundles. For starters, the Fallout 3 "Collector's Edition" for the Xbox 360 has its ...

Rumor: 360 a footnote in Microsoft’s CES keynote

6 January 2009 |Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, CES It's sounding like the only "megatons" at Microsoft's CES 2009 keynote will be the volume of hors d'oeuvres served beforehand. According to TechCruch, the company will focus primarily on Windows ...

Two Guys Go From Racing Games To Racing Real Cars

7 January 2009 |Last year, Sony and Nissan teamed up to hold a Gran Turismo competition. GT racers would compete for a spot on a real race team. The winners are in, so let's go meet 'em. <!-- Gawker Tags/Categories: gran turismo, gt, news, ...

Japan Getting Star Ocean 4, Resident Evil 5 Xbox 360 Bundles

7 January 2009 |Microsoft today announced two new Xbox 360 bundles for Japan: Star Ocean 4 and Resident Evil 5. <!-- Gawker Tags/Categories: japan, microsoft, news, only in japan, original, resident evil 5, star ocean 4 -->

Limited ‘Dragon’ PlayStation 3 Console Is For Japanese Eyes Only

7 January 2009 |Yes. It's another fancy PlayStation 3 for the Japanese market. Not content with lording it over us with their white and silver consoles, Japan will now also be getting this dragon-emblazoned Yakuza machine. <!-- Gawker ...

Here Are 15 Famitsu.com Stories That Shook Japan In 2008

7 January 2009 |While print mag Famitsu ran the ten biggest stories of 2008 according to it's readers, Japanese website Famitsu.com has listed its most accessed stories from 2008 according to page views. <!-- Gawker Tags/Categories: japan, ...

Silent Hill: Homecoming Unbanned In Australia?

7 January 2009 |Fallout 3 got banned, then unbanned. F.E.A.R. 2 got banned, then unbanned. And now it appears Silent Hill: Homecoming just got unbanned, having been banned back in September.

Erotic Game Makers In Female Manga Form

7 January 2009 |Manga with saucy female content is nothing new at all. Ditto for erotic games. But a manga about female erotic game makers making shojo erotic games? <!-- Gawker Tags/Categories: maximum risky, culture, erotic games, japan, ...

Oz Rock Guitar Hero Pack For Australia Day

7 January 2009 |Excellent news for Guitar Hero: World Tour-owning fans of Aussie RAWK! Activision has revealed a three-song DLC pack featuring Silverchair, Wolfmother and The Vines (most definitely not pictured above) will be hitting the console ...

Congratulations To Our Blogging Brothers

7 January 2009 |Some good news for the wider Kotaku family with our sister sites blogging brothers Gizmodo and Defamer snagging nominations for the 2008 Weblog Awards. Yay them!

Hey, Tribes 2 Is Back!

7 January 2009 |Turn those frowns upside down, Tribes 2 fans. While the game may be officially six feet under, a group of dedicated fans have brought Tribes 2 back to life, online multiplayer and all. <!-- Gawker Tags/Categories: tribes, ...

Salman Rushdie Killed Time With Computer Games

7 January 2009 |After novelist Sir Salman Rushdie published The Satanic Verses, many deemed the book blasphemous. The Ayatollah of Iran issued a decade long fatwa, calling for Rushdie's death. How did he spend that time? <!-- Gawker ...

Reeves: Sony “On Target” to Make Profit

7 January 2009 |<!--paging_filter-->David Reeves believes that Sony is “on target” with its plan to turn a profit from the firm’s hardware and software businesses.Reeves, president of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, ...

Microsoft Points to Blog Contesting Job Threat Rumors

7 January 2009 |<!--paging_filter-->Though Microsoft told Edge earlier today that it “does not comment on rumour or speculation” in regards to recent claims that the global enterprise may be shedding its staff, the company did ...

Japanese Sales Tumbled in 2008

7 January 2009 |<!--paging_filter-->Japan’s game retail industry felt a sharp decline in sales throughout 2008, according to data published by Enterbrain. While the year ended with the inevitable holiday retail boost, overall the ...

What Can Ads Teach Developers‭?

7 January 2009 |<!--paging_filter-->  Is it false advertising when commercials strongly imply that a game is more narratively or emotionally engaging than it actually is‭? read more

FIFA Reclaims UK Top Spot Amid Sales Plunge

7 January 2009 |<!--paging_filter-->FIFA 09’s retail wrangle with Activision’s World At War continues apace as the EA football sim reclaims the UK’s all-format chart. On Christmas week FIFA ended World At War’s ...

MS: 360 Life-to-Date Sales Hit 28m

6 January 2009 |Microsoft proclaimed Monday evening that Xbox 360 has sold 28 million units worldwide through 2008 since its launch in November 2005. Microsoft director of product management for Xbox 360 and Xbox Live Aaron Greenberg told Edge in ...

Microsoft Tight-Lipped on Layoff Rumors

6 January 2009 |Microsoft will cut loose as many as 15K employees from its global workforce on January 15, according to unconfirmed reports that permeated the Web over the holiday break. Bloggers at Fudzilla said in late December that mass layoffs ...

360 Sells 8m in Europe

6 January 2009 |Microsoft's European gaming arm announced on Monday that Xbox 360 has sold 8 million consoles to date in EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) territories, citing sales estimates based on GfK-ChartTrack. A statement from the firm ...

Analyst: Wii to Pass PS2 Two-Year Sales

6 January 2009 |U.S. life-to-date sales of the Nintendo Wii surpassed the initial two-year sales of Sony's mega-successful PS2, Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter projected on Monday ahead of December sales data from NPD ...

Report: Major Sony Restructuring Brewing

6 January 2009 |Following Sony's December announcement that it will cut 16,000 permanent and temporary staff, a new report says the CEO of the Japanese-based PlayStation house will make even wider-reaching changes to the company to avoid ...

Top 5: Moments of 2008

7 January 2009 |Wow. Hasn't 2008 flown by? It only seems like yesterday that we were tearing up tarmac in Burnout Paradise, settling into an hour long cut-scene in Metal Gear Solid 4 and putting our fists through walls over Geometry Wars: Retro ...

Meet the New Lara Croft - Photo Gallery!

7 January 2009 |Meet Alison Carroll, the new Tomb Raider Lara Croft. For the new Tomb Raider game, Carroll will be the face of Croft, joining the long list of ladies who have held the title, such as Karima Adebibe, Lucy Clarkson, Jill de Jong, ...

Kotaku’s 2008 Games of the Year Awards

7 January 2009 |This year we decided to try something different with our Game of the Year awards: The GOTYS. We came up with categories that exemplify the areas of gaming that we think should be highlighted. Instead of awards meant to serve as a ...

Download Dozens of Commercial PC Games Free

7 January 2009 |Where do computer games go when they die? Nowhere, if you know where to look.

Wii Sports Became #1 Selling Game of All Time! Surpasses SMB

7 January 2009 |Wii Sports has now passed sales of Super Mario Bros. (NES), making it the top selling console game of all time!

20 Most Anticipated Video Games of 2009

6 January 2009 |You're probably playing catch up with all the great games that came out the last few months, but you better hurry up. There's a lot more coming in 2009. You can expect everything from sequels to game series reboots to brand new ...

9 comic book characters to watch in 2009

6 January 2009 |The new year is wide open with comics firing on all cylinders — from the upper echelons of superhero comics to the vibrant field of modern comics.

Airport Vending Machines Selling DS Systems and Games

6 January 2009 |Best Buy vending machine let's you buy a DS system and a couple of games before takeoff.

Mirrors Edge Themed Photoshoot

6 January 2009 |It all started when I was driving home from work and listening to the following MP3 remix of “Still Alive”, the theme song for Mirrors Edge. I thought, wouldn’t it be cool to dress or cosplay Jannica as Faith...

Replica: Only person who can beat you is.. you

5 January 2009 |Ever tried playing yourself in a flash game? Well this is what this game is all about. It's an addictive game that makes you plan your movements in advanced to stay alive!

Lenovo to Bring Wii-Inspired Input to PCs

7 January 2009 |PCWorld reports on an upcoming Lenovo PC that includes a remote control with functionality similar to that of the Wii Remote. It will control games using the same motion-based method, and Lenovo appears to be coming out with sports ...

Setting a Learning Curve In MMOs

7 January 2009 |Ten Ton Hammer has an article looking at the learning curves of modern MMOs. Many of the more popular games, such as World of Warcraft, go to great lengths to make learning the game easy for new players. Others, such as EVE Online, ...

PS2 the Most Played Console In 2008

6 January 2009 |An anonymous reader writes "In terms of console usage, the aging PS2 still leads the competition, according to data from US research firm Nielsen. Data the company compiled between January and October 2008 shows that the PS2 ...

Why Game Developers Should Support OS X and Linux

6 January 2009 |kevind23 writes "Although Mac OS X and Linux have a small (but growing) market share, Jeff from Wolfire Games argues that supporting non-Windows platforms can lead to a huge increase in game sales. Using their popular game Lugaru ...

Apple IIe Emulator Released For the Wii

4 January 2009 |fortapocalypse writes "Yohanes Nugroho just released WiiApple, an Apple IIe Emulator for Wii. While the sound doesn't work, some games are playable (he shows a screenshot of Epyx Winter Games as well the execution of a program he ...

“Necessary Complexity” in Online Games

4 January 2009 |Massively is running a story about Google's short-lived virtual environment, Lively. The article examines why Lively shut down so quickly, and how its simplicity and its attempts at user-friendliness did more harm than good. ...

“Necessary Complexity” in Online Games

4 January 2009 |Massively is running a story about Google's short-lived virtual environment, Lively. The article examines why Lively shut down so quickly, and how its simplicity and its attempts at user-friendliness did more harm than good. ...

Pushing Linux Adoption Through Gaming

3 January 2009 |An article on CNet questions the viability of using games as part of a strategy to increase Linux adoption. It points out a blog post by Andrew Min which suggests: "... Linux companies also need to start paying attention to the ...

How Sony’s Development of the Cell Processor Benefited Microsoft

2 January 2009 |The Wall Street Journal is running an article about a recently released book entitled "The Race for a New Game Machine" which details Sony's development of the Cell processor, written by two of the engineers who worked on it. They ...

CCP Considering Mobile Apps for EVE Online

2 January 2009 |Massively reports on statements from EVE Online developer CCP Games indicating that they'll be working with MIT students to see if they can create mobile applications that will interact with EVE. They specifically mention things ...