News

January 2007

138 stories

Jan 31 16:30 Top Trumps hits consoles  
  16:30 Vivendi sales rocket thanks to WoW  
  12:00 Nintendo tops Amazon popularity poll  
  11:30 Sony beats forecast despite PS3 losses  
  11:30 eBay steps up ban on 'virtual' auctions  
Jan 30 09:45 Lost Planet reclaims number one  
  09:45 A good start, but Future remains 'cautious' about 2007  
  09:45 Virgin strikes exclusive EUK deal  
Jan 29 17:00 Future poaches Imagine journo in re-shuffle  
  12:30 Sony unveils PS3 marketing push  
  10:15 Analyst: PS3 price cut within a year  
  10:00 Problems ahead following 360 cuts  
Jan 26 17:45 ELSPA ducks out of Woolworths row  
  17:15 SCEE names ‘hot markets’ for 2007  
  16:45 DTI tells Vaz ‘leave games alone’  
  12:00 Blizzard’s Wizard  
  12:00 The French Revolution  
  12:00 Blizzard’s Wizard  
  12:00 The French Revolution  
  11:15 Activision expects record revenues  
  10:30 End of the road for Music Zone  
  09:45 360 shipping predictions cut  
Jan 25 14:30 Tesco slashes 360 titles to under £16  
  14:15 Consoles boost eBay profits  
  12:30 Retail prepares for 'phenomenal' PS3 demand  
  11:15 PS3 peripheral prices confirmed  
  10:30 Sony reveals PS3 games line-up  
  10:15 300,000 PS3 units for UK launch day?  
  09:30 Record profits at Nintendo  
Jan 24 23:45 Official PS3 launch plans unveiled  
  15:00 Sony/Namco Bandai dev team emerges  
  14:15 Pope condemns video games  
  10:15 Just Cause leads SCi charge  
  09:30 Sega picks up new Kuju PSP title  
  09:30 Ubisoft beats forecasts after next-gen success  
Jan 23 15:15 Ubi’s Driver to park on PSP in March  
  14:00 FFXI goes continental  
  11:45 Take-Two ex-boss in stock option scandal  
  11:45 Xbox 360 and Wii go Looney  
  10:15 Kuju ditches mobile games  
  10:00 SCEA: PS3 price won’t drop for two years  
  09:30 Blizzard WoWs the charts  
Jan 22 17:45 GameSpot announces 2007’s Most Wanted  
  17:30 GAME tops best performing retailer chart for Xmas  
  16:15 DTP establishes in-house studio  
  14:00 EA boss: Prices will tumble in 2007  
  13:45 Miyamoto to keynote at Game Developers Conference 2007  
  13:15 DS breaks 10m mark in Europe  
  12:45 Google targets in-game ads  
  11:30 Suppliers shocked after Woolies cash demand  
  09:45 Gears tops 3m after just ten weeks  
Jan 19 12:00 Capcom Rising  
  12:00 Capcom Rising  
  10:00 Jackson reveals 'new' ELSPA  
  09:45 ChartTrack descends on Denmark  
  09:45 No EA price cut for UK  
  09:30 Codemasters set to float  
Jan 18 17:00 British Games Institute in the works?  
  16:00 Ingham joins Bright Things  
  16:00 EA invites you to grill its creative boss  
  15:30 Games sales give Argos a Happy Xmas  
  13:30 Rockstar founders form new studio  
  11:00 UK Government convenes over violent games  
  10:15 Lost Planet ships a million  
Jan 17 15:45 Midway games for £2.50 at Sainsbury's  
  15:30 SCEE: No April PS3 launch in Europe  
  14:45 IGA radiates new tech  
  11:00 Mixed PS3 information emerges  
  09:45 Woolies sales decline, price deflation blamed  
Jan 16 14:30 EA unveils new ‘Sims Stories’ series  
  12:45 Eurogamer hits new high  
  12:30 Blizzard praises High Street after HMV WoW launch  
  10:30 325 jobs lost at Music Zone  
  09:45 Capcom ends EA chart dominance  
  09:45 1m PS3s hit Japan, Sony forecast questioned  
  09:45 Record Xmas for non-food at Tesco  
Jan 15 16:45 Valve boss blows a gasket over PS3  
  14:00 Wii and DS own a ‘Nintendo Christmas’  
  11:00 Start of a new Era-gon  
  10:00 Wii competition kills woman  
Jan 12 17:45 Big hits and wider portfolio takes THQ to new heights  
  17:30 EA dominates, Activision crashes in publisher rankings  
  16:00 PS3 launch plan just weeks away  
  12:00 Electronic Charts  
  12:00 Electronic Charts  
  11:00 Final Fantasy XII dated  
  10:30 Record year for Japan as DS boosts market to GBP 2.7bn  
  10:00 8m subscribers for Blizzard's WoW  
  09:30 US market enjoys record year  
Jan 11 18:15 Happy Feet dances to 1.8m units for Midway  
  14:45 Vaz and ELSPA: ‘We don’t need gamers in Parliament’  
  14:30 Atari to bring Gunpey to Europe  
  13:00 Xbox boss tells Sony: ‘Wish you were here’  
  12:45 Confident THQ targets USD 1bn sales  
  12:15 Nintendo heads to Nuremburg  
  11:00 Games shine in HMV Xmas sales recovery  
  10:00 GAME toasts strong 2006 growth  
  09:45 Dead Rising tops 1m  
  09:45 Handhelds to the rescue as UK games sales hit GBP 1.36bn  
Jan 10 18:00 Nintendo: Wii is more popular now than on launch day  
  15:45 Publishers plotting iPhone games  
  12:30 Live Arcade heading to handheld?  
  11:45 Dell targets gamers with new top-end PCs  
  11:45 Nintendo ups fiscal forecasts, thanks to DS success  
  10:30 Pinnacle signs up to distribute Jo Wood in UK  
  10:15 Government backs ‘Buzz! for schools’  
  09:45 PSP goes gold  
Jan 09 13:45 Sony shares up by 6%  
  11:45 New Euro boss for Capcom as Beaumont extends his role  
  11:00 Games help record Xmas for Play.com  
  10:15 Games bolster Virgin financials  
  10:00 New Year slump begins, but EA claims Top 3  
Jan 08 14:30 Sainsbury's lines up GBP 70m of pukka price cuts  
  13:45 Analyst: Gamestation to be sold this year  
  13:15 Vista goes Live this summer  
  10:30 GameStop acquires Rhino from Blockbuster  
  10:00 PS3 breaks Sony record  
  10:00 360 breaks 10m mark, TV on-demand confirmed  
Jan 05 17:30 'E For All' games show set for LA  
  15:30 Koch partners Eurogamer for new MMO  
  11:30 Prices plunge in GAME software sell-off  
  10:45 Tabloids report on ‘death by Game Boy’  
  10:15 Boris Johnson: 'Games rot our children's brains’  
Jan 04 17:00 Strong Xmas for GameStop  
  16:15 IGA takes in-games ads to casual sector  
  14:45 MP Woodward calls for 'game academy'  
  10:45 Next-gen triumph predicted for PS3  
  10:15 Traveller's Tales acquires Embryonic  
  09:45 Atari reverse splits stock to stay listed  
Jan 03 11:45 Music Zone heading for administration  
  11:00 Tesco slashes games again  
  10:45 Codemasters strikes GBP 5m deal with new media agency  
  10:15 2006 Charts: 27 weeks at No.1 for EA  
  09:15 Stampers quit Rare  
Jan 02 14:45 SCi’s Cavanagh awarded OBE  
  14:30 CVG backs PC in its top tens of 2007  
  13:30 Game prices crash in sales frenzy  
  09:45 Biggest ever Xmas for UK games retail