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Oct 01, 2009
Link and Mario star in Nintendo's Q4 EU lineup
PSP Go launch adds 100+ games to PSN
APB beta begins next week - Report
Hilary Duff, David Bowie jamming in Band Hero
Japanese game sales slide 10.5% during March-Sept.
Wii 4.2 update bricking some systems
Splinter Cell: Conviction locks up CE - Retail Radar
Gamer aggression grows against strangers - Study
Aussie game charts: September 21-27
Aussie dev Transmission Games lays off staff
Oct 02, 2009
Fox culturing Spore movie
Big in Japan: Halo 3: ODST cracks top 10, PS3 wins Sept.
Shippin' Out Oct. 4-10: Wii Fit Plus, Spore Hero, NBA
Oct 05, 2009
Little Big Planet hits PSP Nov. 17
Epic Mickey Wii-bound in fall 2010
'Call of Duty' trademarked for films
Ubisoft garages TrackMania dev
EyePets kenneled 'til 2010 in US
AU Shippin' Out September 6-9: Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2
Oct 06, 2009
iPhone Beneath a Steel Sky falls Oct 9
Sony London reveals new IP; Getaway 3, Eight Days 'not abandoned'
Nintendo named 'World's Best Company' by BusinessWeek
Dead Space dev gutting Jack the Ripper game?
Wii price cut gets 'strong' response - Fils-Aime
Nintendo tops Game Developer's top 20 publishers
Alpha Protocol officially delayed to 'Spring 2010'
DJ Hero's full 93-mix setlist revealed
Guitar Hero: Van Halen runnin' with the mailman
GameSpot Mobile, iPhone channels now live
Valve to resubmit two versions of L4D 2 to Aussie censors
Oct 07, 2009
FIFA 10 Europe's fastest selling sports game ever
U2 reconsidering Rock Band project
DSi sells 2.2 million in US, no more Wii price cuts in '09
'Activision did not want Modern Warfare' - Infinity Ward
Dragon Age getting DLC expansion on day one
Halo devs lift off with Moonshot Games
Left 4 Dead 2 classified down under
Forza 3 fueled with free day-one DLC
Aussie game charts: September 28-October 4
Oct 08, 2009
Halo 3: ODST drops 2.5 million, Halo: Reach confirmed as prequel
Software sales rebound in September, PS3 may top hardware - Analysts
Beatles: Rock Band outsold Guitar Hero 5 - Analysts
Rock Band hits iPhone, iPod Touch this month
TimeSplitters dev crafting original IP
Sega of America gets new COO
Halo series to continue through 2015
Project Runway taking off on Wii
Valve's domination of digital distribution dangerous - Gearbox CEO
Activision trims 7 Studios, closes Shaba
Stupid Fun Club developing three 'play industry' projects - Wright
Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time enters golden hour
WOW receives belated Aussie rating
Oct 09, 2009
Unreal the 'unofficial engine' of Natal - Rein
Big in Japan Sept. 28-Oct.4: Wii Fit Plus, Gran Turismo PSP win
Borderlands golden
Clash of the Titans descending next spring
Tekken 6 strikes gold
Scribblenauts dev sights up XBLA
Shippin' Out Oct. 11-17: Uncharted 2, Brutal Legend
Jak and Daxter reuniting Nov. 3
Oct 11, 2009
AU Shippin' Out October 12-16: Uncharted 2
Oct 12, 2009
Fils-Amie opens fire on the competition
Lego Rock Band setlist revealed
SOE president talks PlanetSide Next
Oct 13, 2009
Splatterhouse opens in Q3 2010
Dragon Age character creator now live
Warcraft movie gets Saving Private Ryan scribe
September sales spike could be short-lived - Analyst
World of Warcraft requiring Battle.net registration Nov. 11
MS Flight Sim vets establish Cascade Game Foundry
Oct 14, 2009
Madden NFL Arcade kicks off in December
Fist of the North Star punching PS3, 360
Wii Play, Guitar Hero III top games of 2000s...so far
XBLA gets Sam & Max and Axel & Pixel
Black Wii Remote, Nunchuk hit US Nov. 16
Fewer consumers to gift games this year - NPD
Oct 15, 2009
Crysis 2 engine released to other developers
Capcom, Nintendo sue more DS hack importers
$350 250GB PS3 hits US Nov. 3
Dragon Age browser RPG revealed, Jade Empire sequel in limbo
Alpha Protocol delay to let game fulfill 'AAA potential'
Oct 16, 2009
Mass Effect 2 in effect Jan. 26
Big in Japan Oct. 5-11: Pokemon HeartGold, SoulSilver
$40 Super Street Fighter IV spotted - Retail Radar
2,200 GameFly games stolen by mailman
40% of gamers impulse buy - NPD survey
Cleveland Browns fan's suit against EA soon over
Shippin' Out Oct 18-24: Borderlands, GTA PSP, FIFA 10, WWE
Oct 18, 2009
AU Shippin' Out October 19-23: Borderlands
Oct 19, 2009
Xbox Live update adding news feed, music marketplace
Mario voice actor confirms 'new game'
Need for Speed: Nitro advances to Nov. 3
XBL update locks out 'unauthorized storage devices'
Sept. US game sales nearly flat, PS3 beats Wii, 360 - NPD
Beatles: Rock Band outsells Guitar Hero 5 in Sept.
Band Hero full setlist revealed
Aussie game charts: October 5-11
Oct 20, 2009
Nintendo earnings warning predicted
Black Wii bundle announced for Europe
New Zone of the Enders planned
Inversion upturning 360, PS3 in 2010
Rocket Knight blasting off on 360, PS3, PCs
Gaming set to grow through August 2010 - Analyst
Nintendo eyeing 'more compact' Wii 2 motion control - Miyamoto
ChartSpot: September 2009
PS3 Slim outsells Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii down under
Oct 21, 2009
Dead Space Extraction pulls under 9,300 in Sept.
Need for Speed series sells 100M, Shift moves 309K
PC Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer change incites uproar
Civilization coming to Facebook in 2010
Interplay countersues Bethesda over Fallout
Oct 22, 2009
Aussie game charts: October 12-18
Blu-ray confirmed, denied for Xbox 360
Unedited Left 4 Dead 2 banned in Australia
Metro 2033 pulling up to 360, PC in early 2010
Fable III to sport Natal support, microtransactions?
Shadow of Destiny falling on PSP in 2010
Oct 23, 2009
Xbox division profit nearly doubles, nearly 34 million 360s sold
Avatar arises December 1
Dragon Age golden, hitting PS3 Nov. 3
Big in Japan Oct. 12-18: Pokemon-mania epidemic, PS3 wins again
Prinny sequel prodding Japan in 2010
PC Modern Warfare 2 minimum specs revealed
Oct 25, 2009
AU Shippin' Out October 26-30: DJ Hero
Oct 26, 2009
Shippin' Out Oct. 25-31: DJ Hero, GTAIV: Gay Tony, Tekken 6, Forza 3, Ratchet & Clank
Netflix officially PS3-bound
DJ Hero preorders augur weak sales - Analyst
Larger-screen DSi coming to Japan - Report
Netflix breaks down PS3 deal
Modern Warfare 2 getting third-person MP view
Oct 27, 2009
Conservatives 'actively considering' UK games-industry tax break
Bad Company 2 devs tout dedicated PC servers
Midway shareholder suit dismissed
God of War Collection strikes PS3 Nov. 17
Shattered Union headed for silver screen
Oct 28, 2009
US game software sales to decline 5% in 2009 - Analyst
WWE extends THQ-Jakks game license renewal deadline
PlayStation 2 turns nine
Zone of the Enders sequel reaction 'greater than expected' - Kojima
SOCOM 3 PSP holding fire until Jan. 12
Modern Warfare 2 massacre 'not representative of overall experience' - Activision
GCAP comes cheap to out of work Aussie devs
Oct 29, 2009
DSi XL hits US & EU Q1 2010, DS sales top 113 million
Nintendo six-month profit falls 52%, full-year estimates cut
Capcom six-month profits spike 58%
Resident Evil Zero infects Wii Dec. 1
Bayonetta stabs stores Jan. 5
Blue Dragon flies again on DS
Square Enix lowers fiscal-year expectations
Aussie game charts: October 19-25
Oct 30, 2009
Sony six-month losses nearly $700 million, PS3 sales up
God of War III gets $100 Ultimate Edition
'The Wii has stalled' - Iwata
Tekken 6 ships 2.5 million
Wii radio contest fatality results in $16.5 million verdict
Resident Evil 5 US sales nearly 2 million
Big in Japan Oct. 19-25: Pokemon, Wii Fit Plus repeat
First Fallout MMORPG art surfaces
Wii Sports Resort sells 6.97 million, Wii Sports tops 50 million
Shippin' Out Nov. 1-7: Dragon Age, Band Hero, Lego Rock Band, NFS: Nitro