News

May 2006

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May 31 16:30 Empire left in limbo  
  11:30 Eidos makes a killing  
May 26 12:00 NOA finalises next-gen dream team  
May 25 17:15 First PS3s will be for Europe  
  16:30 Transition chills retail  
  14:15 Wii under £150?  
May 24 18:45 Sony to kill pre-owned?  
  11:00 Cassius quits Microsoft for FUN  
May 23 11:00 FIFA scores for fourth week  
May 22 17:45 Ubisoft gets Lost  
  11:00 DS Lite to hit Europe next month  
May 19 13:30 Microsoft’s 10m challenge  
  12:15 GAME cuts Xbox Core to £140  
  12:00 Lara lifts SCi  
  10:45 Yarnton slams copycat Sony  
May 18 18:00 GameStop marches on  
  16:30 Single PS3 due at £425  
May 17 18:30 Vivendi earnings grow 109 per cent  
  15:45 Sega's on the up  
May 16 12:30 FIFA chart hat-trick  
May 15 12:45 Last call looms for Develop Awards  
May 12 16:15 Thompson denies Xbox handheld  
  14:15 Need for Speed Carbon unveiled  
  11:00 Blizzard hints at console development  
  11:00 Rare confirms DS title in the works  
  10:45 Redundancies at Rockstar  
May 11 18:30 Moore questions PS3 pricing  
  16:15 Dual-sku PS3 confirmed by SCEA  
  13:45 The end of the line for Game Boy?  
  12:30 Tough times? Industry spends $100m on E3  
  12:30 Eidos discards Core, looks to Europe  
  12:30 Supersonic start for games & retail firm  
  11:45 Long queues for Nintendo Wii  
  11:30 Next wave of 360 games on show  
  11:15 Playable PS3 at E3  
May 10 18:45 Vice City Stories confirmed  
  18:15 Exclusive Resident Evil heading for Wii  
  18:00 Atari confirms sale of Paradigm to THQ  
  17:15 DS 2006 roster revealed  
  15:15 More titles for Xbox Live Arcade  
  14:45 New GameCube Mario platformer  
  13:45 Xbox Live hits PC and mobiles  
  13:45 Gates claims ten million head start  
  13:15 World of Warcraft movie announced  
  12:45 360 HD-DVD and accessories for 2006  
  11:30 Halo 3 to miss PS3 launch  
  11:15 Standard joypad for Wii  
  11:00 New Zelda and Mario bound for Wii  
  10:45 Next-gen GTA October 2007  
  10:30 Wii to ship in Q4 2006  
May 09 17:30 Microsoft signs new 360 marketing deal  
  16:45 White PSP and Platinum UMD for Europe  
  16:00 Activison set to acquire RedOctane  
  14:15 FIFA captains ChartTrack top 40  
  13:15 PS3 duel sku for retail  
  12:45 SingStar goes next-gen  
  11:45 Hi-def Gran Turismo on E3 parade  
  11:30 Sega reveals Sonic triple  
  11:15 Square Enix announces next-gen Fantasies  
  10:30 Final PS3 joypad unveiled  
  10:15 PS3 priced and dated  
May 08 18:15 NCsoft profits plunge  
  15:15 THQ growth continues  
  14:45 Sonic Team split  
  12:30 Activision returns to duty  
May 05 15:00 More bad news for Infogrames  
  13:00 Atari signs Namco Bandai deal  
  11:45 Activision profits drop 70 per cent  
May 04 18:30 Xbox 360 gets FEARful  
  14:30 THQ bids for Paradigm  
  14:30 Activision signs Bond  
  12:15 EA profits slashed in half  
  11:30 Now Take 2 heads to Geneva  
  10:45 Jackson takes top ELSPA role  
May 03 15:15 Eidos signs Justice League Heroes  
  11:30 EA scores with FIFA World Cup  
May 02 16:15 Steady financials expected