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February 2004 Archive

    1. Japan Charts: Konami's Winning Eleven 7 International tops the table
    2. UK Trade & Enterprise announces new focus on games
    3. Midway losses deepen as restructuring causes revenue drop
    1. Ubisoft drops out of publishing The Matrix Online
    2. Team 17 unlikely to develop further Cube titles
    3. M-Systems to provide high capacity Flash memory for Xbox 2
    4. Vice City sweeps the boards at BAFTA Games Awards
    5. PlayStation Portable delayed to 2005 in USA and Europe
    1. Climax Nottingham appoints new managing director
    2. IGDA names Game Developers Choice Award winners
    3. Sony preparing a wave of new PS2 exclusives
    1. Opinion: Sammy's plans may be the best way forward for Sega
    2. SNK Playmore plans support for Sammy's Atomiswave
    3. In-Fusio to develop mobile titles for Microsoft
    4. EA set to shut down Origin Systems, relocate staff to California
    5. Warthog in negotiation for two more film licenses
    6. UK Charts: Final Fantasy X-2 makes a number one debut
    7. Nintendo Game Boy Colour Top 20 - 21ST FEBRUARY 2004
    8. PSone Budget Top 20 - 21ST FEBRUARY 2004
    9. PSone Full Price Top 20 - 21ST FEBRUARY 2004
    10. PC Budget Top 20 - 21ST FEBRUARY 2004
    11. PC Full Price Top 20 - 21ST FEBRUARY 2004
    12. Game Boy Advance Top 20 - 21ST FEBRUARY 2004
    13. XBox Top 20 - 21ST FEBRUARY 2004
    14. GameCube Top 20 - 21ST FEBRUARY 2004
    15. PS2 Top 20 - 21ST FEBRUARY 2004
    16. Top 40 All Formats - 21ST FEBRUARY 2004
    17. Top 40 All Formats - 21ST FEBRUARY 2004
    18. Top 40 All Formats - 21ST FEBRUARY 2004
    1. In2Games signs distie deal for innovative PS2 fighting title
    2. Nokia admits to disappointing N-Gage sales
    3. Japan Charts: Koei scores a hit with another samurai action title
    4. Brightspark to enlighten Abertay's start-ups
    5. UK Hardware: PS2 dominates strong sales in January
    1. TIGA signs up to support European Games Network event
    2. Sony demonstrates PS2 video conferencing in action
    3. Infinium Labs threatens news site HardOCP with defamation lawsuit
    4. ELSPA lines up industry luminaries for Games Summit
    1. Visual Science working on GoldenEye; EA Northwest to update Strike franchise
    2. BBC planning Spooks game
    3. Turbine Entertainment opens Los Angeles studio
    4. Acclaim reports further losses, but projects profits for FY 2005
    5. Microsoft prepares new wave of Live features
    6. Imminent US Xbox price cut reports denied
    7. BAM! Entertainment buys VIS in $8.5 million share deal
    1. Doug Lowenstein to deliver keynote at EGN
    2. Circle Studios chooses Renderware
    3. Microsoft launches €330,000 Xbox Live giveaway
    4. USA Charts: NFL Street on top in January; Sonic Heroes makes a strong Cube showing
    1. Koei set to bring Disgaea to Europe
    2. Fund4Games - A new funding model for development?
    3. UK Charts: Sonic Heroes dominates as new releases go MIA
    4. Take Two restates five years of financial results
    5. Nintendo Game Boy Colour Top 20 - 14TH FEBRUARY 2004
    6. PSone Budget Top 20 - 14TH FEBRUARY 2004
    7. PSone Full Price Top 20 - 14TH FEBRUARY 2004
    8. PC Budget Top 20 - 14TH FEBRUARY 2004
    9. PC Full Price Top 20 - 14TH FEBRUARY 2004
    10. Game Boy Advance Top 20 - 14TH FEBRUARY 2004
    11. XBox Top 20 - 14TH FEBRUARY 2004
    12. GameCube Top 20 - 14TH FEBRUARY 2004
    13. PS2 Top 20 - 14TH FEBRUARY 2004
    14. Top 40 All Formats - 14TH FEBRUARY 2004
    15. Top 40 All Formats - 14TH FEBRUARY 2004
    16. Top 40 All Formats - 14TH FEBRUARY 2004
    17. Sammy CEO takes over as chairman of Sega
    18. Nvidia Q4 figures fail to lift full-year totals
    1. EA purchases developer of NBA Street and Fight Night
    2. Microsoft cancels Mythica MMORPG
    3. Japan Charts: Robust Pokemon remakes can't bounce Dragon Ball
    1. Namco reports strong Q3 profits despite poor US sales
    2. Single-console mags show rises in latest ABC figures
    3. US videogame pirate sentenced to over 4 years imprisonment
    4. Maxis relocates to EA's Redwood Shores HQ
    1. EA set to return to GoldenEye for next Bond game
    2. Sports Interactive signs five year contract with Sega
    3. Game Boy Advance hits 20 million units in the USA
    4. Take Two expands kids range with Cartoon Network deal
    5. BAM! threatened with NASDAQ delisting
    6. Opinion: Speculation over Nintendo's future reveals ugly truths about gaming media
    1. Nintendo N5 set to make E3 2005 appearance
    2. Xbox on the slopes for Big Day Out
    3. VU Games signs six-game deal with Radical Entertainment
    1. Nintendo plans new Cube accessories, reaffirms N5 plans
    2. UK Charts: Sonic makes a heroic Number One debut
    3. Nintendo Game Boy Colour Top 20 - 7TH FEBRUARY 2004
    4. PSone Budget Top 20 - 7TH FEBRUARY 2004
    5. PSone Full Price Top 20 - 7TH FEBRUARY 2004
    6. PC Budget Top 20 - 7TH FEBRUARY 2004
    7. PC Full Price Top 20 - 7TH FEBRUARY 2004
    8. Game Boy Advance Top 20 - 7TH FEBRUARY 2004
    9. XBox Top 20 - 7TH FEBRUARY 2004
    10. GameCube Top 20 - 7TH FEBRUARY 2004
    11. PS2 Top 20 - 7TH FEBRUARY 2004
    12. Top 40 All Formats - 7TH FEBRUARY 2004
    13. Top 40 All Formats - 7TH FEBRUARY 2004
    14. Top 40 All Formats - 7TH FEBRUARY 2004
    15. Infinium Labs names key new executives
    16. LSP acquired by Hip Interactive for €3 million
    1. Japan Charts: Pokemon remakes top a million sales in week one
    2. Nintendo hints at 2004 launch for Metroid Prime 2
    3. EA confirms Burnout 3 for September
    4. N-Gage goes on promotional tour, secures new Sega titles
    5. Sega confirms receipt of Nintendo DS dev kits
    6. Q3 profits surge for THQ on stronger Christmas sales
    1. EA signs with Marvel for superhero fighting games
    2. Sony to launch Aqua PS2 in Europe
    3. Digital Illusions sign popular Battlefield 1942 mod makers
    4. Full year revenues drop sharply for Vivendi Games
    5. Xbox Live expands into new Asian territories
    1. JoWooD swings into the black in preliminary 2003 results
    2. Profits climb at Sega as arcade sector continues to strengthen
    3. Letter of the Week: Why I won't be buying Phantom
    4. Ubisoft reports 20 per cent rise in Q3 sales
    5. Key US retailer drops N-Gage from 450 stores
    1. Far Cry developer raided for alleged software piracy
    2. Voice recognition specialist joins Sony's middleware program
    3. Uwe Boll lines up Dungeon Siege, BloodRayne, Fear Effect movies
    4. Further slippage sees Half-Life 2 targeting summer
    1. UK Charts: Need for Speed makes it six weeks at number one
    2. Weak quarter for Atari, but Infogrames reports good nine-month profits
    3. Cell consortium announces further investment in PS3 technology
    4. Nintendo Game Boy Colour Top 20 - 31ST JANUARY 2004
    5. PSone Budget Top 20 - 31ST JANUARY 2004
    6. PSone Full Price Top 20 - 31ST JANUARY 2004
    7. PC Budget Top 20 - 31ST JANUARY 2004
    8. PC Full Price Top 20 - 31ST JANUARY 2004
    9. Game Boy Advance Top 20 - 31ST JANUARY 2004
    10. XBox Top 20 - 31ST JANUARY 2004
    11. GameCube Top 20 - 31ST JANUARY 2004
    12. PS2 Top 20 - 31ST JANUARY 2004
    13. Top 40 All Formats - 31ST JANUARY 2004
    14. Top 40 All Formats - 31ST JANUARY 2004
    15. Top 40 All Formats - 31ST JANUARY 2004
    16. Take Two drops financial projections, but analysts remain upbeat
    17. Microsoft confirms Crystal Xbox Pack, new Xbox Live bundle
    1. Square Enix on track to meet fiscal forecasts despite DigiCube bankruptcy
    2. Japan Charts: Samurai action tops the chart as first major '04 titles arrive
    3. Argonaut developing Catwoman title for EA
    4. Halo 2 set to be Xbox' Pillar of Autumn as date slips again
    5. Xbox 2 set to go multiprocessor; hard drive may not be built-in