May 2008

May 30

'SimCity Societies' Demo Coming June 12
G.I. Staff

Register for Sony Online's Fan Faire
G.I. Staff

Alternate Reality Games Blur Reality and Fiction
Lisa Baertlein

Download the 'Dracula: Origin' Demo Here
G.I. Staff

Hideo Kojima's Under Pressure
Scott Hillis

Ubidays: Stop Smoking Today Using Your DS
G.I. Staff

Ubidays: 'Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party Announced
G.I. Staff

Activision Announces Baja Racing Game
G.I. Staff

Combat Mission: Shock Force - Marines Officially Announced
IGN

'Buku Sudoku' Contest Announced
G.I. Staff

SEGA Taps Unreal Engine 3 for New Game
G.I. Staff

Hudson Announces 'Star Soldier' Contest
G.I. Staff

'Rock Band' Trumps iTunes
Martin Robinson

New Oddworld Confirmed
Martin Robinson

'Age of Conan' Among Fastest Selling PC Games of All Time
G.I. Staff

New MLB Content Available on XBox Live
Bill Barnwell

Retailer Teases New 'Gears' Edition
Ryan Geddes

'Legend: Hand of God' Priced and Dated
Jimmy Thang

Now On Steam: 'Chaos Theory'
G.I. Staff

EA Hosts Second Annual Rookie Madden Bowl
G.I. Staff

CCP Announces Election Results for 'EVE Online's' Council of Stellar Management
G.I. Staff

The Entertainment Consumers Association (ECA) Sponsors Regional Chapters to Empower Gamers
G.I. Staff

Namco Bandai Games Brings the Slopes to New York with a We Ski Snow Party
G.I. Staff

Hideo Kojima Talks 'MGS5'
John Tanaka

Acclaim Launches Ponystars Online Game
G.I. Staff

Bethesda Softworks and Splash Damage Partner Up
Jimmy Thang

Blizzard Denies Rumored 'StarCraft 2' System Specs
Jimmy Thang

'ArchLord' Conquers Half Million Milestone
G.I. Staff

Access To Next-Gen Internet May Be Uneven
Peter Svensson

WiiWare To Get 'Beer Pong'
G.I. Staff

'BioShock' on PS3 Confirmed
Greg Miller

2008 CGS WoW Arena Championship Announced
Jimmy Thang

NCsoft Covers New Ground in 'City of Heroes'
G.I. Staff

'Penny Arcade' Game Demo Live
Jimmy Thang

G4Box Partners with Neowiz to Bring Its Online FPS, Cross Fire, to North America and the U.K.
G.I. Staff

Study: Sports Fans Growing the Video Game Industry
G.I. Staff

GRID Playable Demo Roars Past the One Million Downloads Mark
G.I. Staff

Indiana Jones and the Computer-Generated Jungle
Derrik J. Lang

Dragon Quest Trilogy Confirmed for U.S.
Daemon Hatfield

'Infinate Undiscovery' Gets Simultaneous Release
G.I. Staff

2K Sports Announces the Chevy 2008 Virtual World Series Championship on Xbox 360 with MLB 2K8
G.I. Staff

Konami Releases 'Critter Round-Up' for WiiWare
G.I. Staff

Championship Gaming Series Announces '08 Schedule of Events for North America Season and World Final
G.I. Staff

Microsoft Not Bidding to Buy Yahoo: CEO Ballmer
Ari Rabinovitch

Epic Acquires 'Undertow' Developer
Jimmy Thang

More Metal Gear Coming?
Jeff Haynes

Study Shows No Link Between Violent Games and Crimes
Jimmy Thang

Hungarian Student Hurls Eggs at Microsoft CEO Ballmer
Associated Press

Microsoft Loses U.S. Patent Suit vs Alcatel-Lucent
Diane Bartz

MS Ups XBLA File Size Limit
Ryan Geddes

Calling All Game Design, Development and Production Students
G.I. Staff

Alienware and Abandon Interactive Announce Promotional Relationship to Support Freaky Creatures MMO
G.I. Staff

'Gumboy Tournament' On Steam Now
G.I. Staff

Joymax Announces New 'Silkroad Online' Expansion with a Mountain of New Content
G.I. Staff

'Final Fantasy XII' Composer Branches Out
Cam Shea

Greenpeace Slams Console Makers
Martin Robinson

Square Enix May Take Stakes in Rivals
Kiyoshi Takenaka and Noriyuki Hirata

'Age of Conan' Collector's Edition Sells Out
Jimmy Thang

Competitive Eaters Face-Off for WiiWare Watermelon Showdown
G.I. Staff

EA Rebukes Activision for Quitting ESA
Ryan Geddes

Championship Gaming Series Announces Pro-Am Division to Include Counter-Strike 1.6, Team Fortress 2
G.I. Staff

Capcom Interactive Partners with Handango to Bring Powerhouse Games to American Smartphone Devices
G.I. Staff

'Rohan: Blood Feud' Open Beta Is Here
G.I. Staff

Offer Extended for Take-Two Buyout
Ryan Geddes

'Penny Arcade Adventures' on XBLA This Week
Erik Brudvig

Ben 10: Alien Force Game Creator Lands on CartoonNetwork.com to Massive Viewer Adoption
G.I. Staff

'Wii Fit' Launches in America
G.I. Staff

'Star Soldier R' for WiiWare on Wii Now Available
G.I. Staff

Governor Perry to Give Keynote Address at 2008 E3 Media & Business Summit
G.I. Staff

Games Releasing this Week
G.I. Staff

EA Take 2 Deadline Passes
Martin Robinson

'Rock Band' Scores Another Full Album
Hilary Goldstein

Researchers Teach 'Second Life' Avatar to Think
Michael Hill

Microsoft Proposes Alternative Deal to Yahoo
Daisuke Wakabayashi

Rock Band Euro Tracks Announced for US
Erik Brudvig

OGPlanet Announces Cabal Online Nation War
G.I. Staff

EA Brings Family Board Game Favorites to the Wii and PlayStation 2 with Hasbro Family Game Night
G.I. Staff

SCEA Announces 2008 and Early 2009 Software Line Up for PlayStation 3, PSP and PlayStation Network
G.I. Staff

Two New Characters for 'Virtua Fighter 5 R'
John Tanaka

Sega Brings Rambo to Arcades
John Tanaka

EA Down $454 Million Due to Investments
Jimmy Thang

Nintendo's Awesome April
Craig Harris

SCE WWS President Named
Martin Robinson

U.S. Game Sales Jump 47 Percent in April on GTA4
Scott Hillis

Disney Builds Virtual Bridge for Interactive Games
David Ward

'Mass Effect' for the PC Readies for Launch
G.I. Staff

'Overlord: Raising Hell' Demo Comes to PS3 Today
G.I. Staff

SEGA and Platinum Games Team Up
Matt Casamassina

CBS in $1.8B Deal for Online News, Info Site CNet
Jeremy Herron

Vivendi Maintains Wrath of the Lich King is On Track for 2008
Jimmy Thang

Nintendo Hit With $21 Million Patent Infringement
Associated Press

'Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Colonies' Goes Gold
Jimmy Thang

Next Set of Xbox Originals Announced
Erik Brudvig

Xbox 360 Reaches 10 Million U.S. Sales Before Wii or PS3
Daisuke Wakabayashi

More Ubisoft Games Steamed
Jimmy Thang

'Assault Heroes 2' Storms Xbox Live Arcade
G.I. Staff

'Rock Band' Track Pack Details
Daemon Hatfield

Game Site Gets Users to Help Make Computers Smarter
Jennifer C. Yates

'World of Warcraft' Patches Wounds
Jimmy Thang

Xbox Live Spring Update Details Emerge
Martin Robinson

Codemasters Reveals 'GRID's' Multiplayer
G.I. Staff

'Velvet Assassin' to Infiltrate Xbox 360 and Windows-Based PC This Fall
IGN Staff

Dell Phasing Out XPS Gaming Rigs
Jimmy Thang

'Guitar Hero IV' Details Revealed
Ryan Geddes

Major League Gaming Works with HP and Blizzard to Launch MLG PC Circuit
G.I. Staff

'Zoids Assault' Coming to Xbox 360
Nate Ahearn

Paris GDC Adds Blizzard's Senior Vice President of Game Design, Rob Pardo, to Its Keynote Lineup
G.I. Staff

Electronic Arts Profit Outlook Disappoints
Scott Hillis

Sony Posts Loss, Sees Growth in TVs, Games
Kiyoshi Takenaka and Nathan Layne

Handmark Unveils New Games and Applications for BlackBerry Smartphones
G.I. Staff

PlaySpan Hires Key Industry Talent
G.I. Staff

Namco Bandai Games Ships We Ski for Wii
G.I. Staff

Penny Arcade Adventuring to XBLA Soon
Erik Brudvig

Viva Pinata Returns to Form
Erik Brudvig

Too Human Release Date Revealed
IGN Staff

Hideo Kojima Planning World Tour
John Tanaka

Skate 2 Made Official
Erik Brudvig

Microsoft Software Gives Free Tours of Space
Daisuke Wakabayashi

OGPlanet Announces Albatross18 Invitational Tournament
G.I. Staff

GRID Playable Demo Now Available for Games For Windows
G.I. Staff

BlizzCon 2008 Announced
G.I. Staff

Cake Mania Hits the Wii
G.I. Staff

Ticket to Ride Chugs Towards XBLA
Erik Brudvig

Pitfall Harry Returns on Wii
Daemon Hatfield

WiiWare Launches in America
G.I. Staff

'Assault Heroes 2' Coming to Live Arcade This Wednesday
G.I. Staff

True Games Interactive Signs Live Gamer as Exclusive Secondary Trading Partner
G.I. Staff

Kids' WB! on The CW and Cookie Jar Partner for Magi-Nation Pre-Paid Game Card Promotion
G.I. Staff

Golden Trailer Awards Honor the Year's Best Trailers
G.I. Staff

Gamecock Announces Its BE-3 Initiative
G.I. Staff

Apple: iPhone Sold Out in US, UK
Jordan Robertson

Games Releasing this Week
G.I. Staff

Skate It on Wii and Nintendo DS
Craig Harris

BioWare Reverses on Mass Effect Online Checks
Jason Ocampo

SEGA Stays Animated with BLEACH: Dark Souls and Dinosaur King
G.I. Staff

Twelve Interactive's New Title Party Crashers Signed Worldwide by Detn8
G.I. Staff

Gold Fever Hits an All Time High with the Upcoming Battlefield: Bad Company Demo
G.I. Staff

Marvelous Entertainment and XSEED Games Announce Co-Publishing Agreement
G.I. Staff

EA's Burnout Paradise Revs Its Engines on the PC
G.I. Staff

Codemasters Acquires F1 Licence
Martin Robinson

Gran Turismo Tops 50 Million
John Tanaka

Tired of the Same Old Team Deathmatch?
G.I. Staff

Pirates Director to Turn BioShock Game into Film
Scott Hillis

Activison Plans to Overhaul Tony Hawk
Jimmy Thang

Activision Reveals Call of Duty Plans
Jimmy Thang

Kage and Exit US Bound?
Craig Harris

Guitar Hero Helps Activision Rock Wall Street
Scott Hillis

Book: Video Games Don't Create Killers
Scott Hillis

The Battle Between Mankind and Nightwalker Continues
G.I. Staff

A Ford Mustang GT-R is Up for Grabs as Codemasters Launches The GRID Playable Demo
G.I. Staff

Sierra Unwraps New Mummy Game
Daemon Hatfield

THQ, Marvel Enter Into Exclusive Licensing Agreement
G.I. Staff

Mpowerplayer Wins Coveted Duke's Choice Award at JavaOne Developer Conference
G.I. Staff

Xbox 360 and Boys & Girls Clubs of America Team Up for Inaugural National Family Fitness Day
G.I. Staff

M-rated Games Tougher For Minors to Buy
Ryan Geddes

Vicious Cycle Software Expands to Focus on Next-Gen Game Development
G.I. Staff

Spacetime Studios Acquires Blackstar IP from NCsoft
G.I. Staff

'The Lord of the Rings: Conquest' Announced
Chris Roper

New Developer Twisted Pixel Games Creating Original IP for Console Digital Distribution
G.I. Staff

GRID Goes Live
Martin Robinson

Forbes: Wii Makes Yamauchi Japan's Richest
Taiga Uranaka and Nathan Layne

GTA Sales Top Hollywood Movie
Franklin Paul

Haze Demo Hits PSN
Jeff Haynes

The Netherlands Announces Its Growing Role in the Global Games Industry
G.I. Staff

Nintendo Channel Launches in America
Matt Casamassina

Enlist in the Official World in Conflict Map Making Contest
Jimmy Thang

id Announces 'Doom 4' - Is Hiring
G.I. Staff

Report: Microsoft Sends Out Feelers to Facebook
Daisuke Wakabayashi and Anupreeta Das

Mike Tyson Ready for 'Fight Night Round 4'
Hilary Goldstein

'Wii Fit' Pre-Orders Suspended
Daemon Hatfield

Rockstar Patches 'Grand Theft Auto IV'
G.I. Staff

Grand Theft Auto First Week Sales Top $500 Million
Franklin Paul

Pope Goes Digital to Better Connect with Youth
Michael Perry

Oregon Trail Goes Mobile
Levi Buchanan

Electronic Arts Looks to Wii to Drive Sports Growth
Scott Hillis

THQ and Dreamworks Announce Exclusive Video Game Licensing Agreement
G.I. Staff

EA Unveils New 'EA Sports Freestyle' Sub-Brand
G.I. Staff

Killzone 2 Delay Official
Chris Roper

North American Plans for S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky Announced
G.I. Staff

Blizzard Store Debuts Digital Downloads
Jimmy Thang

Marvel Planning Iron Man Sequel
Steve Gorman

Take-Two Sues Chicago Transit Authority
Daniel Trotta

Retailers Suggest Wii Fit for Mom
Daemon Hatfield

Walking Away Could Turn Out Best for Yahoo and Microsoft
Brian Bergstein

StratCom 2: Patton Drives East Goes Gold
G.I. Staff

Bus Driver's Golden Ticket
G.I. Staff

Acclaim Games Partners with TrialPay to Give Away Virtual Currency
G.I. Staff

Slurpee Rocks the Store with Guitar Hero
G.I. Staff

Fall Out Boy, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Angels & Airwaves Make the Scene with Rock Band
G.I. Staff

GTA Simplifies Song Purchasing
Antony Bruno

Games Releasing This Week
G.I. Staff

Namco Bandai Games Gets the Gold with We Ski
G.I. Staff

'GTA 2' Not Coming to XBLA
Hilary Goldstein

Walmart.com Using Wii Fit to Boost Mom's Day Sales
Nicole Maestri

Lego's Latest Brick Trick: A Virtual World
Reed Stevenson

'Two Worlds' Unleashes Free Multiplayer Add-on
Jimmy Thang

Westin Hotels Want to Play
G.I. Staff

Valve's Steamworks Now Free
Jimmy Thang

'Guitar Hero: Aerosmith' Overtakes the Orpheum
Hilary Goldstein

Blizzard Snatches Diablo3.com
Jimmy Thang

Konami Bringing 'Lost in Blue' to Wii
John Tanaka

'Kung Fu Panda' Demo Now Available on Xbox Live Marketplace
G.I. Staff

Atari Merges With Infogrames
Ryan Geddes

'Book 13: Doom of the Last-king' Unveiled for 'Lord of the Rings Online'
G.I. Staff

Tecmo Bowl Returns
Craig Harris

Nintendo Looking Into Flash Memory Solution
John Tanaka

Kutaragi Gets a New Gig
John Tanaka

Activision CEO: Game Console Prices May Be Cut
Nichola Groom

Grand Theft Auto IV Breaks UK First Day Record
Peter Griffiths