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City of Villains prices announced

City of Villains prices announced

7th Oct 2005 Extra, extra, read all about it! Games publisher not ripping off MMO players, shocker! More inside! [0]

PS2 mod chips legal

PS2 mod chips legal

6th Oct 2005 Six Australian High Court judges have unanimously ruled that it is not illegal to install a mod chip in a console for the purposes of playing imported games. Pirated versions still naughty though. [0]

X05 gets underway with games galore

X05 gets underway with games galore

5th Oct 2005 Microsoft has been talking about the games that are due for release in December, out at its showcase event in Amsterdam. [0]

Halo character to appear in DoA4 on X360

Halo character to appear in DoA4 on X360

4th Oct 2005 The new version of Dead or Alive, on the Xbox 360, will sport a secret character. [0]

Quake 4 goes gold

Quake 4 goes gold

4th Oct 2005 Production on Quake 4 is complete, and it will hit the shops in 2 weeks. Will Raven produce a masterpiece, or was id Software's decision to outsource the game a mistake? [0]

RC Church incensed by PlayStation ad

RC Church incensed by PlayStation ad

4th Oct 2005 Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition. Certainly not Sony, although they have cheesed off a lot of Spanish Catholics. [0]

New Battlefield 2 patch coming soon

New Battlefield 2 patch coming soon

3rd Oct 2005 Patch 1.03 is "a few days away" according to a community update on the BF2 home page. There's also a new map coming with the new patch. It's a remake of the ever popular Wake Island map; it's known as Wake Island 2007. [0]

Half of Xbox 360 users to go online

Half of Xbox 360 users to go online

3rd Oct 2005 Robbie Bach has been speaking to Famitsu magazine in Japan about the potential for Xbox Live. [0]

F.E.A.R. Multiplayer Demo R.E.L.E.A.S.E.D.

F.E.A.R. Multiplayer Demo R.E.L.E.A.S.E.D.

29th Sep 2005 It's finally here - multiplayer mayhem here we come! Download it and let us know what you think. [0]

id Software sued by founder

id Software sued by founder

28th Sep 2005 Adrian Carmack says he's been done out of a wad of cash by the Doom developer. Litigation ensues. [0]

Call Of Duty 2 demo released

Call Of Duty 2 demo released

27th Sep 2005 Infinity Wards have released the highly-anticipated demo for the upcoming sequel to the ever popular Call Of Duty. Not surprisingly, it's called Call Of Duty 2. Download mirror list inside... [0]

Day of Defeat: Source released

Day of Defeat: Source released

26th Sep 2005 The hour has arrived, and the orders have been issued: Day Of Defeat: Source has been unlocked for all who have pre-ordered it. Play. It. Now. [0]

Epic's VP talks next-gen

Epic's VP talks next-gen

26th Sep 2005 Mark Rein, Vice President of Epic Games, sat down and talked about the size of video games, used games purchases and electronic distribution with our friends from Computer and Video Games. It looks like games aren't going to get any smaller... [0]

PlayStation 3 for Spring debut

PlayStation 3 for Spring debut

23rd Sep 2005 Chairman and CEO of Sony America, Sir Howard Stringer, has confirmed that the company plans to launch PlayStation 3 in Spring 2006, as expected. But will it be Japan-only or worldwide? [0]

Xbox 360 to see yearly price cuts

Xbox 360 to see yearly price cuts

20th Sep 2005 Microsoft exec goes on the record to mention that the 360 will get a cost slash each year to remain competitive. Sony shuffles, twitches. [0]

FEAR multiplayer demo coming soon

FEAR multiplayer demo coming soon

19th Sep 2005 Flippin' Evil And Rather scary. Now in multiplayer, with extra nails. Possibly less creepy girl. We hope. [0]

DirectX 10 Far Cry shown off on video

DirectX 10 Far Cry shown off on video

19th Sep 2005 Far Cry v2 is up and running with DX10 and Shader Model 4.0. There's a video, and it's awesome. [0]

Everyone in WoW has AIDS

Everyone in WoW has AIDS

19th Sep 2005 A disease from an in-game instance has escaped, and is now running riot over the World of Warcraft servers. Is this the first example of an in-game disease spreading out of control? [0]

Revolution controller is bonkers

Revolution controller is bonkers

16th Sep 2005 The controller for the Nintendo Revolution has finally be unveiled, and it looks like a TV remote. More information and pics inside. [0]

Xbox 360 lands in US on 22 Nov; UK on 2 Dec

Xbox 360 lands in US on 22 Nov; UK on 2 Dec

15th Sep 2005 Release dates are announced ahead of the Tokyo Games Show. We have the skinny. [0]

Xbox Live UK pricing official

Xbox Live UK pricing official

13th Sep 2005 Silver included with the console, Gold gives you extras. It's pretty cheap, and you don't need a credit card, either. [0]

Slim PS2 mains adaptors recalled

Slim PS2 mains adaptors recalled

13th Sep 2005 Sony issue a warning about a possible fire hazard with the adaptor for the slimline PS2. Xbox owners feel somewhat relieved. [0]

360 designed to be secure, but will be hacked

360 designed to be secure, but will be hacked

13th Sep 2005 So says Chris Satchell, one of the Xbox 360 engineers in charge of security. Read up on his thoughts on security and hacking. [0]

4K take to the road to challenge gamers

4K take to the road to challenge gamers

12th Sep 2005 4Kings, the popular gaming clan sponsored by Intel, are taking a trip around PCWorld stores in the UK. [0]

Day of Defeat: Source release date

Day of Defeat: Source release date

10th Sep 2005 Day of Defeat: Source, the highly anticipated update to the classic online WWII mod, will be made available to gamers everywhere on Monday 26th September, Valve have announced. But what of Lost Coast? [0]

British CPL qualifier sees Fatal1ty pwned

British CPL qualifier sees Fatal1ty pwned

8th Sep 2005 The Cyberathlete Professional League World Tour stopped by England this week. Sponsored by Intel and NVIDIA, there was plenty of cash up for grabs - we've got the winners inside. [0]