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Oct 02, 2006
South Park gets hooked on World of Warcraft
Gitaroo Man's PSP tour dated
Composers announced for Star Trek games
Soccer Manager demo takes field
Atari polishes off Shiny
Burger King orders up Xbox games
EA rolls DICE for $23 million
Report: Prelaunch Wii kiosks only at GameStop
Shippin' Out 10/2-10/6: FIFA 07, Star Trek: Encounters
London Games Festival kicks off
Iranian PC game has players blowing up US tanker
Oct 03, 2006
LGF: Big changes on the way for developers
UK Game Charts: September 24-30
DS boosts Nintendo projections
PS3 controller dubbed Sixaxis
Toshiba unveils Cell-based motion-capture system
NBA 2K7 tunes in stores
LGF Panel: Looking beyond movies for inspiration
Analyst: Euro PS3 delay threatens US publishers
Q&A;: Gears of Wars' hype machine
Bethesda stardates Trek games
WarChiefs demo invades GameSpot
Sony stock slides 2.75 percent on PS3 concerns
Service offers GamerScore points for $$$
TotemBall bouncing onto Xbox Live
LGF: Ageia's man of Steele
Oct 04, 2006
LGF: Animation out, simulation in
NFS Carbon demo speeds out
LGF: Brit pol points finger at teachers
LGF: Reality gets an upgrade
NCAA beating leads to stabbing
LGF: Sony exec says customization is key
PlayStation 3 games priced in Japan
Q&A;: EA Sports tackles Xbox Live Marketplace
Madden kicks off EA Sports content on XBL
Burning Crusade sparks Collector's Edition
Eidos spills beans on Chili Con Carnage
Sony: PS3 problems 'unsubstantiated'
BF2142 demo on GameSpot Friday
Japan honors NES, PS2, Mario
Oct 05, 2006
LGF: Molyneux talks Fable 2
LGF: MotorStorm rolled out of garage
PS3, 360 turn up at CEATEC
Taiko no Tatsujin 2 getting downloads
Pokémon Diamond and Pearl sales near 1.6m
GuitarFreaks, DrumMania V2 jamming on PS2
Ubi dealing R6 Vegas demo
LGF: EA doles out staffing advice
Bestbuy.com best sellers: September 24-30
Sims 2 Pets brings Hilary Duff home
GRAW gets GOTY at BAFTA
US PC game charts: September 17-23
Q&A;: BAFTA-winner & GRAW designer Christian Allen
Double Agent sneaks out Collector's Edition
Oct 06, 2006
Report: Wii production way ahead
Analyst predicts sunny September NPD report
DS browser comes to Europe
Uru fans celebrate its resurrection
Aussie gamers wait til '07 for FFXII
FIFA 07 demo kickin' it on 360
GameStop celebrates Scarface launch
Sony rules out PSP price cut (again)
Japan game charts: September 25-October 1
EA shuts down DICE Canada
Star Wars: Empire at War expansion goes gold
Japan's game gods weigh in
Oct 07, 2006
The Last Word: October 2-6
LGF: Britons kick around Pro Evo 6
Oct 09, 2006
Conferences get consolidated
London museum showcases games
More brain games UK bound
LGF: Game tourney closes festival
Japan preps 360, Blue Dragon bundle
Aussie game charts: Sept. 25-Oct. 1
Nintendo to mix art, commerce
Analyst sees solid September stats
Blue Byte set on Settlers VI
Shippin' Out 10/8-10/13: Scarface, God Hand, MK: Armageddon
Tiger Woods demo tees off on Xbox 360
UMK3 set to pummel XBLA
GameStop details PS3 preorders
Oct 10, 2006
Final Guitar Hero II tracklist confirmed
Sega fires up PSP After Burner
Prey hunts down free maps, skins on XBL
GameStop, EB digitally distributed
UK gamers to get first hands-on with PS3
Lumines II Web site launches
UK game charts: October 1-7
Chabert voicing Princess in next Sonic
Q&A;: Tim Schafer psychs out digital distribution
Gears shipping with 10 MP maps
Sony AU boss: we will own the holidays
EA dates Superman
Fight Night punches PS3s December 12
2K Sports tilts PS3 NBA 2K7
Dig Dug digs into XBLA
WOW machinima contest finalists announced
PS3 preorders sold out at GameStop, EB
Oct 11, 2006
Untold Legends gets Xfired
Japanese GameCube Zelda to be sold online only
Nintendo World 2006 announced
Level 5 travels to Wonder Town
Stardock commits Sins of a Solar Empire
EA moves into new digs abroad
PS3 preorders lead to eBay avalanche
2K drives golden spike into Sid Meier's Railroads!
RoboBlitz getting Steamed
NEC unveils chip to bridge Blu-ray/HD-DVD divide
Buena Vista using Gamebryo for next-gen
Three teams battle for CS tourney trophy
Bully's judgment day is nigh
Oct 12, 2006
Capcom to dissolve Clover Studio
GameStop, EB Wii preorders detailed
OK game law sidelined
US PC game charts: September 24-30
Darkwatch having costume ball
GameCity finalizes schedule
Steam rolls out Psychonauts
Game charity readies holiday push
US gamer lobby launched
NBA Live tipping off tourney
Q&A;: From Sun Tzu to Xbox author Ed Halter
Activision unscrews Valve
Gears of War Web site overhauled
Wii devs get new tool
Xbox Live down October 17
Microsoft to school 'rents on games
Beta begins for Burning Crusade
Oct 13, 2006
Phantasy Star Universe beta on XBL
Comcast gives up on G4
Acclaim serves Dance! card
Bestbuy.com best sellers: October 1-7
NPD: September game sales spike 38 percent
Clover stars had split Capcom
Japan game charts: October 2-8
E3 07 dated, detailed
Medieval II: Total War gets limited
Eidos dates Justice League Heroes
Sony shares rebound
ATI shareholders approve AMD sale
Q&A;: GP2X chief Craig Rothwell
.hack is .gold
GameSpot After Hours detailed
Q&A;: Eric Nylund tells tall tales
Assassin's Creed slays Web
The Last Word: October 9-13
Report: Judge OKs Bully
Oct 16, 2006
Toys "R" Us giving away 25,000 Wiis, DSes
Kingdom of Paradise sequel detailed
First US PS3 TV ad rolls out?
Amazon Japan PS3 preorders snapped up
THQ confirms Wii launch quartet
Valve offers Source for 360
Splinter Cell demo infiltrates Marketplace
After Hours delivers games
Enterbrain: PS3 will lead Wii by Q4 2007
EA sells Tiger Woods cheats on XBL
Former DICE crew opens new studio
eBay pulls plug on PS3 auctions
CEA KO's game summit plans
Aspyr raises Shield
Oct 17, 2006
Project 8 booms 56 tracks
Aussies to get pink DS Lite
Reelmaker highlights NBA 2K7
Aussie game charts: October 2-8
Ubisoft spins Wii wheels
Shippin' Out October 16-20: BF 2142, Bully, Double Agent, WTF
UK Game Charts: October 7-14
Two UK retailers ban Bully
Neverwinter Nights 2 sees golden dawn
Q&A;: Q Entertainment's Shuji Utsumi and Takeshi Hirai
Lumines Live lights up Xbox Live
EA to close UK studio
Knights of the Nine ride on 360, PC next month
MumboJumbo working on PSP
Oct 18, 2006
Actors support Tiberium Wars
Q&A;: Adding star power to Command & Conquer
Nights of the Nine out in Europe November 23
Football Manager 2007 out two days early in UK
Warriors headed for PSP
Next-gen Def Jam named, dated
Nielsen to start tracking games
Eragon cast reprise roles for game
Titles announced for Games Japan Festa 2006
Blair 'Bullied' in the UK
Q&A;: IGA Worldwide CEO on Battlefield 2142 dustup
Nyko counts down to Zero pads
Take-Two founder resigns
Gears of War won't turn in Germany
Xbox Live hits 4 million users
Game philosophy expo coming in '07
Bestbuy.com best sellers: October 8-14
Oct 19, 2006
Konami gets In the Groove
Project 8 sk8s out demo
Sony slashes annual profit forecast by 38 percent
PS3 online, Sixaxis shown off at Sony Gamers' Day
PS3 accessories, Blu-ray bundle revealed
EA working on 30 PS3 games
Shakespeare goes digital
PS3's downloadable games confirmed
Sixaxis to tilt several PS3 games
21 PS3 games available by end of '06
Climax tweaks operations
Retail Radar: GameCube Zelda confusion
Japanese 360s get DOAX face-lift
After Burner Climax swoops into arcades
Q&A;: PS3 launch endgame with Kaz Hirai
Oct 20, 2006
Nintendo dates Euro DS releases
Pro Evo 360 bundle announced for UK
Japan game charts: October 9-15
Lik-Sang versus Sony: Round 2
Sibling game rivalry turns deadly
Konami preps PSP shooter comps
Halo movie in flux
Bloomberg: PS3 may miss shipment targets
Lumines DLC detailed
WWE suing THQ and Jakks again
Wii-like controllers for all
Eidos practices Zendoku
US PC game charts: October 1-7
Q&A;: Close Combat to get new lease on life
XBL's Greenberg calls PS3 online a "knockoff"
No Gamerscores for PS3
The Last Word: October 16-20
Sony to replace Sixaxis batteries
UMK3 surfaces on XBL
Oct 23, 2006
No 100GB hard drive for 360
Bully's boy-on-boy scenes causing a stir
No PS3 imports for Europe, says Sony
Europe loses Contact until 2007
Thompson to be accused of contempt?
WWE's latest THQ suit detailed
Konami boxes DS Castlevania
Contra tops retro DS comp
Oct 24, 2006
Burning Crusade slips to 2007
UK Game Charts: October 15-21
Lik-Sang sunk by Sony suits
EA selling in-game money for Godfather 360
Pandemic creates second Oz team
Rainbow Six demo hits Live...but not in NA
Shippin' Out October 23-27: Ultimate Alliance, Dark Messiah of M&M;
Analyst adjusts hardware sales down, software up
GRAW 2 revealed, Assassin's, BIA delayed
2K building up Steam
Curt Schilling on Green Monster Games
Retail Radar: Madden price sacked
Ubisoft six-month earnings up 13 percent
DDR 360 does a 180
Ex-Gizmondo exec trial begins
US PC Game charts: October 8-14
SGI sues ATI
F.E.A.R. 360 G.O.L.D.
Oct 25, 2006
ECA acquires news blog GamePolitics
Gears of War spins gold
Bodog takes PS3 bets
Schoback joins CMP
100,000 Xbox 360s sold in Oz
Wraps off of GDC 07
UK street date 'anarchy'
Pokémon Diamond, Pearl get patched
Final Fantasy VI Advance site opens
Ubisoft says 'hola' to Mexico
Taito details Ryoukiki no Susume
New LocoRoco level due
Retail Radar: Schwag for Pimp My Ride, Gitaroo Man PSP, NFL Street 3
Star Trek: Legacy warps two weeks back
Viva Pińata vid/demo on XBL
EA Chicago workload detailed
Q&A;: Peter Dille lays out the PS3 game plan
Retailers raising Wii displays
Activision Q2 earnings down 15 percent
Guitar Hero II B sides revealed
Q&A;: Final Fantasy XII producer Akitoshi Kawazu
Phil Collins cameos, Thomas returns in VCS?
Oct 26, 2006
Q&A;: ECA president Hal Halpin
Industry takes Nite off
Toys "R" Us Wii preorders detailed
Long Island legislators consider game-rating law
Sony Q2 profits plummet 94 percent
Nintendo posts $456.6 million profit
360 sales narrow Microsoft game losses
Sony drops PlayStation Network details
Bestbuy.com best sellers: October 15-21
Double Agent finds PC gold
Lik-Sang's last words
Thompson starts another fight as Bully issue simmers
San Andreas suits advance
Oct 27, 2006
Bethesda enlists Rogue Warrior
Oblivion, Nintendo win Golden Joysticks
Galactic Civ II boosted to v1.4
Capcom picks up SOE exec
EA peels out PC NFS Carbon demo
Railroads! demo leaves station
Guitar Hero cuts the cords
Aussie game charts: October 16-22
Gothic 3 good to go
Ape Escape racer demo released
Japan game charts: October 16-22
The Last Word: October 23-27
Oct 30, 2006
PS3 pushing SCE $1.71 billion into red
Q&A;: Oddworld's Lorne Lanning and Sherry McKenna
Xbox 360 dashboard to be updated tomorrow
Silverstar to acquire Empire
Are games the new MTV?
Report: 360 price drop "a ways off"
Halo trilogy theme on XBL
RedOctane trying to settle Guitar Hero suits
Taito preps three for Nintendo World 2006
Sony forgoes online PS3 sales in Japan
Konami offers camo'd PSPs with Portable Ops
Gameloft revenues rising
Nintendo pitches 'grey gamers'
Silver PS2 comes to US
Mark of Chaos golden
Shippin' Out 10/30-11/3: GTA: VCS, FF XII
Skirmish Command tourney crowns champ
Report: Street Fighter returning to the big screen
Morrison chosen as face of NCAA March Madness 07
Oct 31, 2006
Halo movie indefinitely postponed
Report: Japan launch PS3s cut by 20k
UK Game Chart: October 22-28
Namco, Bandai seal European union
Play-Asia suspends Euro Sony imports
2K Sports makes The BIGS
Majesco serving Wii Cooking Mama to US
Saints Row update addresses lag
Final Fantasy XII lands at retail
Harker puts stake in next-gen consoles
ChartSpot: September 2006
Aussie Wii road show detailed
Viva Pińata full of gold
Dragon Quest Swords teaser site goes live
Xbox Live goes postal in Japan
Xfire sues over GameSpy Comrade
Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz splits gold
First wave of Virtual Console games revealed
Wii launch lineup narrowed
Kameo to cameo in Uno