News
Archive: July 2005
July 29, 2005
Tales
of the Abyss Announced (PS2)
Yet another
installment in the long-running "Tales of..." series is in the
works.
Matrix
Online Merged into Three Servers (PC)
The game's population
seems to be dwindling by quite a bit.
Top
Ten Japan Game Sales (July 18-24, 2005)
There's actually quite
a bit of variety in the top 10 this week.
Marvel
and Activision Expand Licensing Deal
More super heroes with
tight pants, and protruding crotches for everyone!
July 28, 2005
Nintendo
Posts Q1 Results
Another
profitable quarter for the company, but nearly as much as this time last
year.
Codename:
Panzers, Phase Two Ships (PC)
More stuff headed to
retail.
Gary
Grigsby's World at War Demo Available (PC)
Hurray for free
trials!
July 27, 2005
God
of War Movie
And another game
property looks to be migrating to the big screen.
Matrix
Games Acquires VASSAL Engine
More summer time
wheeling and dealing.
July 26, 2005
FTC
to Investigate Rockstar Games
The government wants
to know if Rockstar tried to trick the ESRB.
Final
Fantasy XI: Vana'diel Collection Release Date (PC)
Square is still
pushing their MMORPG full tilt.
Driv3r
Announced for GBA
The game is getting a
handheld little brother.
July 25, 2005
Ridge
Racer 6 Announced (360)
It looks like the
rumors circulating about this game turned out to be true.
Xbox
360 Publisher Update
Microsoft updates
their list of 360 publishers, and is quick to highlight how many Japanese
developers there are.
EA
Signs New Lord of the Rings Deal
Electronic Arts has
hammered out some of the paperwork necessary to get their next Lord of the
Rings game completed.
July 22, 2005
Webzen
Announces Endless Saga (PC, PS3)
Webzen has another
MMORPG on the way.
Top
Ten Games in Japan (July 10-17, 2005)
Find out who won the
race last week.
July 21, 2005
Unreal
Engine 3 to be in PS3 Dev Kits
Developers will have a
chance to try out UE3 with their PS3 kits.
PlayStation
3 "will be expensive"
Straight from Mr.
Kuturagi's mouth.
New
Browsing Options and Color for the PSP
The PSP gets a fairly
full-featured browser, and a bunch of other stuff too.
July 20,
2005
GTA:
San Andreas Now AO Rated
In the wake of the Hot
Coffee mod, the ESRB changes GTA: SA's rating.
Resident
Evil 5 Coming to PS3 and Xbox 360
Even prettier zombies,
but not on the Revolution.
Codename:
Panzers, Phase Two Multi-Player Demo Available (PC)
Hurray for free
stuff.
July 19, 2005
FlatOut
Ships (PC, PS2, XB)
Soon people can see
what all the hoopla over the mini-games here is all about.
Dungeon
Siege II Gone Gold (PC)
The much anticipated
sequel is almost here.
Sony
Wins Europe Case Against PSP Importers
Well, looks like
Europeans are just gonna have to wait for the PSP's official release out that
way.
July 18,
2005
EA
/ Valve Enter Distribution Deal (PC)
Didn't really see this
one coming.
Radiata
Stories to Ship in September (PS2)
More Japanese
RPGs on the way.
Blizzard
Looking Into Handheld Gaming (DS, PSP)
Diablo II and
Starcraft may be heading to the handheld gaming arena.
July 15,
2005
Worms Coming to PSP and DS
The franchise just
keeps on coming.
July 14, 2005
Battlefield
2 Expansion Announced (PC)
As if we didn't see
this one coming.
July 12, 2005
Japanese
Gamers Not Too Hot for Xbox 360?
Really, though, is
this news all that surprising.
Dope
Game Announced (PC)
Yay, I think I see a
pun!
July 7, 2005
SiN
Episodes Announced (PC)
The classic FPS
finally gets a sequel.
Norloth
Released (PC)
A new demon-slaying
game.
July 5, 2005
Cross
Racing Championship coming to Asia (PC)
The racing game is
heading abroad.
Blitzkrieg
Anthology Hits Retail (PC)
More tanks and stuff
for war gamers.
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