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May 02, 2005
Bandai, Namco to merge
In-Fusio adds Lapin to exec lineup
Sakaguchi's next-gen RPG revealed
2K Games claims Pirates!
Mythic Blades demo cuttin' on DLX
ABC News, AtomFilms offer PSP video
Smart Bomb goes gold
Nokia exec heads to LucasArts
Fox jumping on PSP-movie bandwagon?
Scarface delayed, coming to Xbox 360
Xbox Live in the Limelight
Gates likes 360's chances vs. Sony
Tomb Raider: Legend trailer debuts
May 03, 2005
Enthusia Professional Racing peels out
Gates: Next Xbox coming "this year"
Forza Motorsport revs into retail
State of Emergency 2 rises from grave
Desmond Howard catches NCAA 06 cover
EA breaks $3 billion in annual sales, but Q4 is a bust
EA's NCAA press conference in NYC
Activision bobs for Toys
Hot Shots swings onto PSPs
Knights of Honor golden
Puyo pops onto DS
SSX On Tour, FIFA, NBA Live, March Madness, Imperfects confirmed for Q4
Pariah accepted by stores
SOE questing for real-life EQII heroine
May 04, 2005
Remedy reveals next-generation game
Full Spectrum Warrior reenlisting
Sonic boomin' on the PSP?
Illinois game bill moves on, California bill halted
THQ revenues, profit climbs
Dungeon Lords surfaces
Puzzle Pirates sets sail
Q&A;: Namco's biz director Jeff Lujan
Heavy.com weighs in on PSPs
Ex-Acclaim brass join Codemasters
EverQuest II expands
New game-music concert to tour US
Asheron's Call 2: Legions marches on stores
May 05, 2005
EA returns NHL to the rink
Revenge of the Sith now in stores
Activision profits up 78 percent
City of Heroes expands
Mage Knight Apocalypse cast for PCs
Quake 4, X-Men 2, True Crime 2, THUG3 confirmed for Q4
Tapwave tapping out?
AOL streaming game soundtracks
Necromania lurches onto PC
Destineer acquires Atomic Games
May 06, 2005
Casual games subject of inaugural conference
Spot On: Virtual economies break out of cyberspace
Burnout Legends named, dated
Top Spin lobs onto PS2s
MTV: Xbox 360 coming in November
Jamdat mobilizes money machine as earnings shine
Buy-Rite to wrong no more; chain shuttered
More Anarchy this winter
California game bill takes next step
$30 million blows into Turbine's coffers
PopTop starts new civil war
Rumor Control: Next-gen controllers and Revolution rumblings
May 08, 2005
Clive Barker and John Woo get Demonik
May 09, 2005
PCs to undergo Titan Quest
Xbox 360 pictures leaked, peripherals and customization revealed
Iwata warms up on topic of DS hot spots
Gamers shine light on Perfect Dark Zero?
Dwyane Wade heats up NBA Live
Sony offers white PS2, PSP accessories
King of Fighters turns XI
Bully picks on PS2s, Xboxes
Xbox Half-Life 2 playable at E3
NCsoft Q1 results are mixed
Groove casts out Pariah patch
Midway growth slows, Fear & Respect slips to '06
SLAI invades the Web
Midway announces Unreal Tournament 2007
Advent Rising banking on ads
Xbox Live Arcade sails international waters
Clover Studio picks E3 lineup
May 10, 2005
McNabb new face for Madden
EB Games teams with Xbox Live
Virtua Tennis: World Tour smashing PSPs
Konami profits halved
Sony, Toshiba deny next-gen disc pact
Report: Revolution coming in mid-2006
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children dated
New Rainbow Six locks down date
Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends revealed
Football Manager 2006 announced for PC, PSP
DS feels Need for Speed
Atlus sees red
Analysts see growth in industry revs
Spot On: The man who cried Wolfe
The Bible Game thumps on GBA, PS2
Grandia III gets August call
Tales of Legendia dated for Japan
Blockbuster to rent PSP games
Imperial Glory goes gold
Gunstar Super Heroes coming to GBA
May 11, 2005
Knights of Honor gallops into retail
Zoo Tycoon 2 expands
Kojima working on new game
Namco cages Curious George
CPL Championship firing up in July
Nokia sponsoring NBA 2K5 tournament
EA announces E3 lineup
Armored Core: Last Raven coming to PS2s
Sony releases PSP security update patch
64-bit Far Cry patch arrives
Cold Winter ships to stores
THQ announces E3 lineup
Sony announces a pair for the PSP
Silicon Knights gets Unreal
Majesco adapting Taxi Driver
May 12, 2005
Snow falling on Xbox, PC
New GameSpot game service gets E3 debut
Xbox 360 Q&A;: Intel from the field
Amare Stoudemire covers NBA 06
GameRiot hits the road this summer
Bethesda hooks new Pirates of the Caribbean game
Quake 4, Tony Hawk, and Call of Duty 2 storming Xbox 360
Xbox 360 MTV Special: Behind the Scenes
Microsoft announces the Xbox 360, confirms worldwide 2005 launch
Spot On: The road to the 360
Ghost Recon 3 is 360 bound
First Look: Full Auto for 360
KOF XI officially announced
Hudson in the red
Takara and Tomy considering merger
Final Fantasy movie: US release dated
Microsoft confirms Perfect Dark Zero, others for Xbox 360
Dirge of Cerberus to be shooter RPG
Xbox360.com launches, Ourcolony.net video implies backward compatibility
May 13, 2005
Frame City Killer caught on 360
DS Age of Empires uncovered
Disney digs up Turok
Zathura adventures onto PS2, Xbox
Eidos booms about 25 to Life soundtrack
Mizuguchi, Okamoto drop game details at Japanese 360 launch
SCi shareholders approve Eidos bid
Sega announces E3 fare; two for the 360 on the slate
Revolution confirmed for 2006; will play DVDs
Sakaguchi details Blue Dragon
Ghost Wars coming to PC
Hip Games gets Call of Cthulhu
Resident Evil 4 figurines in works
May 14, 2005
Sniper Elite aims at North America
E3 05: PlayStation 3 teasers in Los Angeles?
May 15, 2005
Halo 3 parrying PlayStation 3 launch
Xbox 360 goes for a Test Drive
Rumor Control: The Nintendo On and PSP/iPod-Xbox 360 connectivity
May 16, 2005
Top Spin 2, Amped 3 shredding 360
World Poker Tour 2K6 shuffles onto consoles, handhelds
24, 360 Prey top 2K Games' E3 lineup; GTA PSP named?
Relic Outfits the 360
Devil Kings, DS Mega Man, Final Fight: Streetwise revealed
Blizzard buys Swingin' Ape
Dead Rising descending on Xbox 360
Capcom publishing Darkwatch
PlayStation 3 announced for 2006
GameSpot, NPD Group combine services
Final Fantasy VII: Before Crisis bound for US mobiles
Square Enix sticks to its strengths
Discworld returns to gaming
Nintendo World opens its doors
Xbox 360 picks up Final Fantasy XI, will be backwards compatible
PS3 Unreal Engine 3: Under the hood
May 17, 2005
Joytech signs on with Xbox 360
Nintendo's Revolution is nigh
Mario Party goes for 7
Mario scores goal with Strikers
DDR Mario Mix dancing onto GameCube
Dogtag ID'd for PCs, next-gen consoles
GC Advance Wars enlists under new name
Dark Pokémon coming to GameCube
Activision returns to Enemy Territory
And 1 Streetball hits the blacktop
GTA: Liberty City Stories now official
Metal Gear Solid triple threat from Konami
Konami two-steps out two DDRs
Konami reveals new Shaman King and TMNT
Nokia: N-Gage is alive and kicking
Sega announces E3 Sonic games
MVP Baseball now batting PSPs
D12 lives Crime Life
Castlevania coming to Xbox
Stardock announces Society
Conference Update: China government gets behind gaming
May 18, 2005
Back in the game: David Jones' hot new set o' wheels
2K skating out NHL 2K6
First Look: True Crime 2
Lemmings headed to PSP
Jeep's Jeff Bell jumps in with both feet
PS3 to sell for under $500?
E3 action figure: Director John Milius
Ballmer bitten by Xbox bug
ESA pres Doug Lowenstein opens E3
Midway shoots three on the PSP
Battlefront II, 50 Cent shoot up the PSP
Konami shows love for the kids
E3 2005 doors burst asunder
Spyro Shadow Legacy to torch DS
Psychopath, John Carpenter locked up for next gen
Playboy throwing another party
Nintendo preaches next-gen strategy to analysts
Final Fantasy concert first up for E3 goers in LA
New Brothers in Arms named, detailed
Kojima Productions site launches
English-language Dofus on the way
Spot On: PrE3 photo tour
Koei announces pair of new games
E3 Newcomer: Yahoo! Games gets a tune-up
E3 Playmaker: Def Jam pres Kevin Liles
3000AD announces trio of new titles, breaks ties with publisher
E3 2005 Workshop: Outsourcing secrets of the smart and frugal
20th Century Fox announces PSP movie support
Indiana Jones raids next-gen consoles
E3 Conference Report: Creatives stress the human element
EA gets behind Gizmondo
City of Villains Web site opens
E3 Panel: With new hardware ahead, what's a publisher to do?
Stranglehold gets a grip on next-gen consoles
Ninja Gaiden back in Black
Gun sighted
Guild Wars E3 2005 Update - New Content on the Way
May 19, 2005
The next gen of gaming retail?
Q&A;: Marvel makes it move
E3 Panel: Publishers defend scarcity of original games
E3 Update: America's Army polishes up its act
Bohemia initiates Armed Assault
Tecmo crowns world DOAU champion
Sakaguchi reveals additional details on Xbox 360 games
Korea's online marketplace: The new Asian tiger?
Gears of War turning only on 360
King Kong, Godfather, Call of Duty 2: A private showing
Nokia trades console model for mobile flexibility
Portable Orbital
Hold 'Em Poker contest from InfoSpace
Blue Sphere causes mobile Menace
UFO: Extraterrestrials spotted
E3 insight: The day the console died
SCi seals Eidos deal
Mythic lands Warhammer online license
No need to hunt for Prey
TDK does 100GB capacity Blu-ray disc
World of Warcraft E3 2005 Update - Battlegrounds
Spot On: Pressed for conferences at E3
Spore Web site springs to life
May 20, 2005
Analyst picks winners at E3
Q&A;: SCEA's Jack Tretton; still in the catbird seat?
E3 Strategy: Understanding the VC money machine
E3 Rumor Control: Killzone 2 real-time renders and 360 retro-compatibility
E3 2005 winds down: Was it good for you?
Gizmondo gets a street date
Revolution details due by year's end
Q&A;: Epic Games' Mark Rein talks next-gen
MIA @ E3 2005
Sega teases next-gen titles
Square Enix adds to strategy in postconference Q&A;
Spot On: Kentia Hall - the lower depths
E3 folds tent; leaves crowd wanting more
E3 Report: The Xbox gets a second chance in Japan
Talkin' bout a Revolution: Q&A; with analyst Michael Pachter
May 21, 2005
Sakaguchi previews two current projects
Experts speak on in-game advertising
Mobile marketplace update: E3 panel explores options
May 24, 2005
Capcom bounces out of red
New Bard's Tale demo now on DLX
Fist of the North Star punching Japanese arcades
PS3 to have same launch price as PS2?
Halo 2's map pack set back
Square Enix rakes in record profit
Paramount to release UMD movies
Metal Slug 4 & 5 shot toward PS2
May 25, 2005
Ghost Recon 2 reaches new Summit
Activision absorbs Beenox
Japanese PSPs snare Taiko game
Factor 5 developing solely for PlayStation 3
Game voice actors picket E3, vote on strike
Logitech to control Xbox 360
New Driver coming in early 2006
Latest Arc the Lad goes gold
Madagascar let loose in retail
WCG champs frag away at E3 GameCenter Challenge
May 26, 2005
GameStop earnings up for Q1
Ultimate Spider-Man swings onto Web
Nintendo nets double the dough
Namco and Bandai making plans for Revolution
Stronghold 2 patches its walls
Midway working on seven 360 titles
BioWare talks E3 2005, Xbox 360
Q&A;: Nintendo Vice President George Harrison
Two BioWare games for 360, Dragon Age going next gen?
Morpheus put to sleep
Medal of Honor: European Assault golden
May 27, 2005
Report: ~$300 Xbox 360 by Thanksgiving
Rumor Control: EA moves to Florida and the Revolution's Q4 '06 launch
Japanese game revenues slip
Sony mulls outsourcing PSP manufacturing
Koei cooking up three for PS3
May 31, 2005
Infinity Ward working on Call of Duty 3, new IP
Quake 4 Web site live
Advent Rising ships for Xbox
New Chaos Theory multiplayer maps coming soon
Grand Theft Auto III restricted in Japan
Burnout Revenge crashing the 360?
Namco and Bandai fire capsules at America
Pokémon ships 100 million worldwide
New DS looks like Mew
Spore leads Game Critics Awards Best of E3 2005 Nominees
Next-gen leaders talk about their consoles
Alien Hominid lands on phones
T72 rolls to factory
Ground Zero pushed back