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May 01, 2008
GTAIV breaks UK retail records
Atari agrees to Infogrames buyout
Analyst: Nintendo to conquer Europe
Activision CEO: Economy pressuring console price drop
Q&A;: Exploring NASA's MMOG space
EA-Land closing in August
Tecmo Bowl kicking off on DS
Haney joins Tiger's PGA Tour 09
Take-Two shares wobbly post-GTAIV launch
Take-Two suggests PS3 GTAIV fix
Q&A;: Dissecting Dark Sector
Sony reports 238K PS3 install base down under
Aussie game charts: April 21-27
May 02, 2008
Q&A;: Blind Guardian on music in games
Activision/Vivendi leave ESA, skip E3
Report: Sony profits will be up, game-unit losses down
NCsoft, Foundation 9 bypass E3 '08
Guitar Hero III finds Muse DLC next week
Rock Band jams 3M bundles, 10M downloads
We Ski gets gold
May 04, 2008
AU Shippin' Out May 5-9: Wii Fit
May 05, 2008
Rock Band DLC boxed for PS2, Wii
Prototype pushed to 2009
SpongeBob gets Drawn to Life
Bourne demoed for Xbox 360, PS3
Midway beats sales projection, still loses money
Shippin' Out May 5-9: Boom Blox
Take-Two sues Chicago Transit Authority
May 06, 2008
Killzone 2 delayed, PSP touted at EU PlayStation Day
Secret Agent Clank gets license to sell June 17
Infogrames adds new CFO
GTAIV breaks more UK records
Ubisoft lands Protothea on WiiWare
THQ feeling punchy for 2009
THQ plots Master Mind
$35 million full-year loss for THQ
EA Sports flies Freestyle
Aussie game charts: April 28-May 4
May 07, 2008
GTAIV shatters records with $500M in week-one sales
Id faces fourth Doom
Tyson, Ali weigh in for Fight Night Round 4
NA tunes into Nintendo Channel
Rockstar patches PS3 GTAIV
EA reiterates, details E3 appearance
Hirai confident of eventual PS3 victory
May 08, 2008
Pandemic initiates LOTR: Conquest
Study: Fewer minors buying M-rated games
US congress introduces new game-restriction bill
THQ suits up Marvel Super Hero Squad
Sierra exhumes new Mummy game
Activision annual sales near $3 billion
Microsoft: Xbox 360 captures 60 percent of GTAIV sales
COD5 invading 'new theater,' next 007 COD4-powered
Guitar Hero "leaping forward" in Q4, On Tour DS bundle confirmed
Tony Hawk reboots on DS in '08, consoles likely in '09
May 09, 2008
Codemasters snags F1 licence
Verbinski BioShocks Hollywood
Burnout Paradise crashing PCs
Gran Turismo takes 50 millionth sales lap
MLB Power Pros 2008 on deck
Spot On: Putting the "super" in superhero games
Q&A;: Breaking down the Chains of Olympus
May 12, 2008
AU Shippin' Out May 12-16: SingStar Summer Party
Rare: Banjo not a racing game
EA secures $1 billion loan commitment
EA Skate-ing onto DS, Wii Balance Board
WiiWare live in North America
Shippin' Out May 12-16: WiiWare, Chronicles of Narnia
Pitfall returns on Wii
Blizzard balloons BlizzCon 08
May 13, 2008
GTAIV speeds past 1 million in UK
Viva Pinata getting smashed in Paradise
Rare wheels out Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts
Funcom: Everything going 'according to plan'
Too Human co-opting August
Penny Arcade pushed over Precipice
Fable 2 unfolding this holiday
Metal Gear Solid 4 golden
Viva Pinata DS hung for holidays
Report: Dell phasing out XPS gaming systems
Analysts expect April sales surge
EA reports loss, record full-year revenues
Zoids Assault Xbox 360 on Aug. 26
Super Smash Bros. Brawl dated down under
May 14, 2008
Q&A;: Media Molecule devs talk LittleBigPlanet
Sony revenues hit $78.5 billion
Sega Sammy posts half-billion-dollar loss
MySims given keys to Kingdom
Video Q&A;: Dyack talks Too Human
Video Q&A;: Kim measures up Microsoft Games
MS: 360 first to reach 10 million in US
WOW-less Q1 pulls Vivendi Games down 24 percent
Second WOW expansion 'scheduled' for '08
Lost Planet: Colonies goes gold
Q&A;: Sony Australia boss Michael Ephraim on PlayStation 3
May 15, 2008
Q&A;: Stargate Worlds MMORPG team
Nintendo loses controller case
MMOGs make profits for NCsoft
Dyack: I'm not stepping down
Sega, PlatinumGames sign four-game deal
Report: Beyond Good & Evil 2 on the way
Konami grows full-year finances
Konami staging Rock Revolution this fall
Guitar Hero 4 instruments, song creation detailed
DDR taps out 10 years, three new games
NPD: US April game revs spike on GTAIV
Konami confirms Castlevania DS
Aussies to get Warhammer Online server
Q&A;: Warhammer Online dev on Aussie servers
Aussie game charts: May 5-May 11
May 16, 2008
Aussie emulation mash-up: May 12-16
Shuhei Yoshida new PlayStation studio president
GTAIV album announced
Georgia law aims to lure game makers
Sony lays out '08, early '09 lineup
Metallic rose added to DS rainbow
NHL 2K9 covered by Columbus star
Analyst: PS3, 360 due for price cuts
$599 MGS4 HLE bundle online-exclusive
LucasArts exits ESA
Mass Effect PC golden
Family Game Night at EA's house
May 19, 2008
AU Shippin' Out May 19-29: Haze
Report: Japanese arcades in slump
EA extends Take-Two offer again
Age of Conan fans plunder Collector's Edition
Texas gov keynoting E3 '08
AMD sets new game PC specifications
Confusion, shortages hobble US Wii Fit kickoff
Q&A;: Sega brass talk Platinum deal
Shippin' Out May 19-23: Wii Fit, Age of Conan, Haze
Nintendo announces WiiWare Australian launch
Q&A;: Nnooo talks Pop
May 20, 2008
Euro WiiWare launches
Greenpeace finds hazardous chemicals in consoles
Square Enix considering mergers, acquisitions
Nintendo challenging price-fixing fine
Konami N-Gage-ing Metal Gear Solid
Epic acquires Chair
Capcom posts rising sales, profits
May 21, 2008
Three new DS colours, Cooking Guide for Europe
BBFC: Online game ratings inevitable
Report: Microsoft scaling down 360 sales in India
Cars drive onto Rock Band
Warriors Orochi sells 1.5M, getting encore
Dragon Quest trilogy descends on DS
Infinite Undiscovery found Sept. 2
Judge: Thompson violated Florida Bar rules
PSP goes blue for Madden
Moving E3 cost ESA $5 million
May 22, 2008
Video Q&A;: Itagaki talks Ninja Gaiden II
Guitar Hero World Tour singing, drumming, strumming
EA CEO buys $1M of EA stock as exec exits
GameStop's Q1 again bests records
Ubisoft reports $1.5B in earnings, reveals 3 mystery games
Bethesda suffers Splash Damage
BioShock surfaces on PS3
Report: Microsoft to remove duds from Live Arcade
Tinker Bell, PictoImage doodle onto DS
May 23, 2008
Aussie emulation mash-up: May 19-23
UK Shippin' Out May 23: Rock Band
Capcom pondering new film projects
Atari turning to online, social games
Report: Brash cofounder checks out
Nintendo skipping GC '08
RBI Baseball swings for Xbox 360 fences
uPlay video portal drops pre-Ubidays hints
id bids ESA adieu
Resident Evil 5 due by March
Retail Radar: Guitar Hero World Tour for $189?
Square Enix limps through fiscal '07
May 25, 2008
AU Shippin' Out May 19-23: Luxor: Pharaoh's Challenge
May 27, 2008
Q&A;: Troy Bayliss on SBK-08
Age of Conan slays 400,000
Sega extends Unreal deal
Shippin' Out May 26-30: Console Quake Wars, PC Mass Effect
Bionic Commando Rearmed pushed back
Afrika teaser launches in Japan
Street Fighter IV heads home
May 28, 2008
Wii Fit slips from UK Top 40
Report: 37 percent of Brits play games
Bottoms up for Rayman Raving Rabbids
Ubisoft tips hand at Ubidays 2008
BioShock zaps PS3 in October
Beyond Good & Evil returns
Ubisoft details Shaun White Snowboarding
Activision heads to Baja 1000
May 29, 2008
Aussie game charts: May 19-25
Saints Row 2 delayed
Kojima: Metal Gear Solid 'will always be around'
EA erecting SimCity Creator on Wii, DS
Namco Bandai resurrecting Splatterhouse
Tecmo Bowl kicking off on Wii
Study: Europe second-largest gaming market
Sid Meier grabs a Guinness
Red Ant distributing Capcom games in AU, NZ
New DS colours and Pokemon adventures coming to Australia
May 30, 2008
Aussie emulation mash-up: May 26-30
Nintendo Channelling Europe
Hirai: Exclusives hard to find
Fracture cracking in October
Report: Valve billows Steam Cloud
Clone Wars reproducing on Wii, DS
Pachter: Xbox Live getting Netflix'd