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Halo 3 Tops Xbox Live's 2008 Most Played Games List

Everyone's attention over the past six months has been on the glut of big releases that gamers had to tackle in the last few months of 2008, so isn't it ironic that the most played Xbo ...

Molyneux Questions Game Prices, Release Schedules

Lionhead boss Peter Molyneux recently questioned the stability of current game prices and the traditional release schedule in an end-of-year report from BBC News. "Everyone says game ...

Report Claims Sony May Close 'Major Divisions'

A Reuters report (via Kotaku) claims that Sony will probably announce closures of Japanese factories and "major divisions" in early February. The original report from the Times of Lond ...

GameStop No Longer Accepting Xbox Trade-ins Starting February 9

If you're planning to dust off your original Xbox and trade it in to GameStop, you'd better hurry. They won't be accepting the ...

Exclusive Street Fighter 4 Console Character Videos

Street Fighter 4 Exclusive 'Dan vs. Dan' gameplay HD "I hope you're ready for a beating," says Dan Hibiki, the underpowered Street Fighter created by Capcom as a joke on Ryo Sakazaki, a ...

X-Men Origins: Wolverine First-Look Preview

This story first appeared in the January issue of EGM. We wouldn't dare overlook cultural touchstones like the first few Superman and Batman films -- especially those of us w ...

Eduardo the Samurai Toaster Announced for WiiWare

Semnat Studios announced today that it will be releasing Eduardo the Samurai Toaster for WiiWare this winter. The old-school shooter features a colorful art style as our hero Eduardo ...

A Vampyre Story Review

Man, it's really hard to make a good adventure game. It's so hard to make one, in fact, that even veterans of the genre -- guys who've worked on indisputable classics -- sometimes stumbl ...

Hideo Kojima Starting From 'Zero' In 2009

It's a new year, and new years mean resolutions. But while you're trying to lose weight or go on a vacation to Mexico, Hideo Kojima is resolving to put Kojima Productions on equal foot ...

Interpol Is Xbox Live Arcade's First Title of 2009

Those looking for a more action-oriented game after Merv Griffin's Crosswords finished off 2008 won't be too pleased with this week's title. Interpol: The Trail of Dr. Chaos is a puzzl ...

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Traveller's Tales Source Says No Lego Harry Potter in 2009

It seems that there won't be any new Lego Harry Potter after all. At least, not in 2009. And that has opened the door for a whole new set of Lego-related rumors. Eurogamer is reportin ...

Wii Video Channel Striking Fear in Japanese TV Industry

Just how powerful is the Wii in Japan? This powerful: The mere announcement of a streaming video channel for the ubiquitous console is already causing some Japanese television executives ...

Roy Orbison Pack Coming to Rock Band Next Week

News slipped just before the holiday break that Harmonix was readying some sort of Roy Orbison downloadable content for Rock Band, and now we have the official details. The "Roy Orbison ...

Third-Party Drum Kit Has Exquisite 360 D-pad

Still looking for the perfect Xbox 360 d-pad for all those Live Arcade classics? Well Ars Technica may have stumbled on the answer, although it's not the most efficient (or cheapest) s ...

PixelJunk Eden Patch Coming Mid-January

Having trouble with Garden 7 in PixelJunk Eden? Apparently, you're not alone. Enough so that the good people at Q-Games are going to reexamine the difficulty. Over in the comments at ...

Teen Hoping for Gear Makes False Suicidal Threats to Blizzard Rep

According to a story from the Middletown Journal (via Game Politics), during an online conversation with a Blizzard representative an Ohio teen said, "he was suicidal and that the game ...

Microsoft Part of Virtual Meetings Study on Sony's Home

Advanced Workplace Associates (AWA), a UK-based management consulting firm, plans to run what it terms a "Virtual Working trial in Cyberspace involving leaders from some of the leading c ...

IBM Exec David Laux Endorses Videogames

"We have found across the board, if you look at different categories of games, they all have the ability to develop unique skills,' says David Laux, IBM's global executive in charge of ...

First Look at the Story of Demon's Souls

Demon's Souls 'Story' trailer HD As you count down the remaining hours of 2008, check out the story trailer (above) for the PlayStation 3 action RPG Demon's Souls. We've been impresse ...

Sony Clarifies Home's 'Open Beta'

Since the release of Sony's Home earlier this month, many question the reason for the "open beta" descriptor and how long it will remain. According to Jack Buser, director of Home, in ...

Three Titles From EA/Hasbro Deal Sold a Combined Two Million Units

It takes a confirmation from Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello to ease our worries that the critically-lauded Mirror's Edge will return for a sequel, but, if a report from Gamasutra ...

5 Years: The Best of 1UP

5 Years: The Best of 1UP Celebrating half a decade at 1up by rounding up the best culture, retro, and humor features. By Scott Sharkey, Sam Kennedy It's crazy to think that it's been five years sin ...

EA Online Store Has Extra Fees For Long-Term Redownloading

Gamers take many things for granted. For instance, anyone who's used Steam to purchase a game more than once probably hasn't given a second thought to the ability to redownload any of ...

Top 5 Worst Videogame Sidekicks

Top 5 Worst Videogame Sidekicks These people aren't helping. By Bob Mackey From Sam Gamgee to the Boy Wonder, the sidekick's always played an important role in literat ...

Worlds.com Files Potentially Massive MMO Patent Suit Against NCsoft

Virtual Worlds News reports Worlds.com filed a potentially significant patent infringement suit against NCsoft on Christmas Eve. In the Complaint Worlds.com claims NCsoft games such as C ...

Yuji Naka Discusses Sega Departure, New Studio

After being one of the most important people involved in Sega's success (including creating such classic games as Sonic the Hedgehog and NiGHTS Into Dreams), Yuji Naka decided to leave S ...

Researchers Use PS3s to Discover Internet Security Flaw

Like all ominously powerful technology, the PlayStation 3 can be used for great good or, it seems, potentially terrible evil. According to Computer World, an international team of securi ...

CarneyVale Showtime Tops List of Best 2008 XNA Games

With the end of the year approaching quickly, it's customary to see various sites ranking top games of the year, but Gamasutra took a different approach and ranked their top 10 of th ...

Donate to the Lukemia and Lymphoma Society and Enter to Win WoW for Life

Donate at least $25 to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Socieity (LLS) through thisonline fundraiser page started by Blizzard employee Katherine Allen (via WoW Insider) and you might never aga ...

Wii Update Brings Maboshi's Arcade, Wiimote Billiards

While much of the industry is enjoying a well earned holiday break, Nintendo is keeping the Wii Store spigot running. This week brings the usual slate of releases, with Maboshi's Arcad ...

First Trailer for Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li

Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li Movie Trailer February 27, 2009 is quickly approaching, and it's meaningful for only one reason: That's the day when Street Fighter: The Legend of ...

Preorder Killzone 2 on Amazon and Get Gear in Home

If you're anxiously awaiting the February 17 release of Killzone 2 and spending time messing around with Home you might want to check out this offer on Amazon. Preorder the game there (a ...

Pain Is the Most Downloaded Game on PSN in 2008

Sony's PlayStation Store hosted a number of stand-out titles in 2008, but its most downloaded game actually came out in 2007. Pain topped the list, no doubt buoyed both by its head st ...

'Two or Three' New PixelJunk Games in 2009

If you're a big fan of Q-Games' PixelJunk series of downloadable titles, then 2009 is going to be a good year for you. In a post on the PlayStation.Blog, Q-Games president Dylan Cuthbe ...

Airport Vending Machines Selling DS Systems and Games

Over the years, movies have shown a variety of insane inventions we could expect in the future -- flying cars, time machines, oppressive uniforms everyone in society would be forced to ...

Exclusive StarCraft 2 Wings of Liberty Interview

Check out our Games of 2009 hub page for exclusive previews every weekday in December. Wait, what the heck is StarCraft 2 doing here? While Blizzard is still sticking to its gen ...

Animal Crossing: City Folk Afterthoughts

Animal Crossing: City Folk Afterthoughts Nintendo's resident experts tell us about all the things in City Folk that continue to make the Animal Crossing series a fan favorite. By Giancarlo Varanini ...

Tony Hawk Says Next Game to be More "Authentic"

Tony Hawk games have been criticized lately, but the man himself says the team is working to make the next game as authentic as possible. In an interview with CNET, Hawk explained ho ...

Game Night with Street Fighter 4 Coming 1/6/09

SF4 streamed live thanks to ustream. 1UP's Game Night: Street Fighter 4 Time: Tuesday, January 6, 2009, 5 p.m. PST Location: Watch the embedded video player right here in this story. Q ...

Lord of the Rings: Conquest Demo on XBL

If you aren't too busy with your holiday gifts or recovering from a rowdy night of auld lang syne, Major Nelson brings word that you can now pick up the demo for The Lord of the Ring ...

 

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