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March 2007

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Mar 30 15:45 Sega UK off to a flyer on PS3  
  15:00 Win 20 copies of The Darkness  
  14:15 Games key for Asda as it switches to EUK  
  13:00 Live and let Live  
  13:00 Asia Specific  
  13:00 Live and let Live  
  13:00 Asia Specific  
  12:45 Sales climb at Sainsbury’s  
  12:45 Microsoft to buy online ad agency?  
  12:15 PS3 notches up €400 million across Europe  
  11:00 Take 2 CEO ousted by shareholders  
  10:15 Ex-Remedy boss founds Recoil Games  
Mar 29 16:45 Sony denies 80GB PS3  
  16:45 Nintendo to play key role in E for All  
  16:30 Hitman movie ready to roll  
  16:30 The story behind PS3’s Spider-Man font  
  16:15 MMOs pose danger to publishers  
  16:00 GTA IV trailer arrives tonight  
  11:45 Revenues up, losses down at Eidos  
  11:00 Miyamoto to supervise Mario & Sonic game  
  11:00 Epilepsy court case hits Sony and Vivendi  
Mar 28 18:30 EA renews Lord of the Rings licence  
  15:15 Goa debuts free casual games portal  
  11:45 New content preparing to flood Xbox Live  
  11:30 Profits nosedive at Woolworths  
  11:00 Harrison: PS3 “the biggest product launch ever”  
  11:00 Sega announces Mario & Sonic game  
  10:45 SCi swoops for Bluefish Media  
  07:30 Microsoft confirms Xbox 360 Elite  
Mar 27 19:45 GameStop plans 550 new stores  
  17:00 Brash Entertainment unveils top brass  
  12:45 MCV Awards sold out  
  12:30 DS hits 3m sales in UK  
  12:00 New home for MCV  
  12:00 Lego Batman confirmed - at last  
  11:45 Vista sells 20m in a month  
  11:15 EA forms new music firm Artwerk  
  11:15 Cell chip heads to arcades  
  11:15 PS3 software attach rate hits 1.65  
  10:45 Take 2 Board: No alternative to sale  
  10:45 Sony cracks chart Resistance  
Mar 26 19:45 Record-breaking 165,000 PS3s sold at UK launch  
  18:15 The Times offers free WoW game trial  
  17:15 New studio to swipe movie franchises  
  16:15 Perry invites gamers to build MMO racer  
  14:45 First PAL PS3 sales details emerge  
  14:45 PS3 ventures to Dragon’s Lair  
  12:15 New Xbox 360 confirmed?  
  11:45 Brown’s Budget praised by TIGA  
  11:45 Microsoft boss belittles Blu-Ray  
Mar 23 15:30 SingStar hits a six  
  14:30 Sony confident of £100m opening weekend  
  12:00 Rise & Rise  
  12:00 The third coming  
  12:00 Rise & Rise  
  12:00 The third coming  
  11:30 Search begins for industry’s pub quiz champ  
  11:00 Xbox could yet support Blu-Ray  
  10:45 Early bird PS3 buyers hit Oxford Street  
  10:30 Sony reveals online treats ahead  
  09:30 TV giveaway boosts PS3's Euro debut  
Mar 22 17:45 Glu in $84m IPO  
  15:00 EA’s Boogie onto Wii  
  14:15 FFXIII to go multi-platform too?  
  14:00 Analyst: DS can be biggest ever console  
  13:00 PS3 sellers keep low eBay profile  
  11:00 Final Wii browser only weeks away  
  10:30 PS3 launch line-up finalised  
  10:15 Hype builds ahead of PS3 launch  
  10:00 MMOs reach new heights in Western market  
  09:30 Microsoft: 'No evidence' of Live hacking  
Mar 21 14:30 Sony Euro boss: PS3 delay has been beneficial  
  14:30 Games Decency Act resurfaces in US  
  14:00 Second Life heads to South coast  
  13:30 Early selling blights PS3 on Continent  
  13:30 Live security fears surface  
  13:30 Midway in USD200 million games blitz  
  11:45 PS3 price cut in October, says analyst  
  11:00 Gears heads to the movies  
  11:00 Now Ubisoft delays PSP titles  
  09:30 ‘Elite’ 360 to launch in April?  
Mar 20 13:30 Google officially buys Adscape  
  13:30 Over 70% of PS2 titles to work on PS3  
  12:30 GAME cancels PS3 midnight opening on police advice  
  12:00 Koei CEO quits  
  10:15 EA goes Korean in online gaming deal  
  10:00 Vice City is the top dog  
  10:00 Dante goes multi-platform  
Mar 19 15:45 Take-Two board to discuss ‘possible sale’  
  13:30 Trilogy launches new indie-focused division  
  13:15 Xbox 360 Guitar Hero II dated in US  
  12:45 PS3 launch titles slip  
  12:45 NiGHTS heads for Wii  
  12:45 PS3 set for firmware update  
  10:00 MS reaffirms commitment to Games for Windows  
  09:45 Three versions of Halo 3 to hit retail  
Mar 16 15:30 Game sales up 28% in US  
  14:30 System 3 roars in for Ferrari licence  
  12:45 Dale to Take global role?  
  12:00 Eidos snares EA man for new studio shopping spree  
  11:00 Show me the money  
  11:00 Show me the money  
  09:45 Eidos lets off some Steam  
  09:15 Platform holders back E for All  
Mar 15 17:45 Lewis: Downloads do not detract from retail  
  17:45 Nintendo stores get re-fit incentive  
  15:30 Lazard: Game sales up by a quarter  
  15:15 Online Zelda title on the way  
  15:15 Robbie heads onto Xbox Live  
  12:00 Nintendo admits ongoing Wii supply struggle  
  11:45 Sony unveils Irish PS3 campaign  
  09:15 Commodore Gaming PCs revealed  
  09:15 No unified friend lists for Wii  
Mar 14 16:00 Rockstar and Timbaland reveal new music game  
  15:30 Camera and mic announced for PS3  
  11:30 Further Sixaxis rumblings emerge  
  11:30 Acclaim nets a million  
  11:15 Blu-Ray beats HD-DVD for second month  
  10:00 Windows Live to arrive this May  
  09:30 Valve jumps on DirectX 10 bandwagon  
  09:30 WarHawk to hit retail after all?  
  09:15 Games central in HMV’s ‘store of the future’  
Mar 13 14:00 Ubisoft 'continues to shine'  
  12:00 Sony talks PSP redesign  
  11:15 Online key in new HMV battleplan  
  10:45 IBM rolls out cheaper PS3 Cell chip  
  09:00 Ghost Recon captures top spot  
  08:30 PSP2 on the way?  
Mar 12 18:00 Wii functionality set to expand  
  15:15 PS2 to top market until 2009  
  15:00 Next-gen war wide open  
  14:45 Take-Two in Q1 sales boost  
  14:30 PS3's Home to go live in October  
  10:00 PS3 Home makes ‘net debut  
  09:30 amBX gets Second Life  
Mar 09 20:00 Activision names new Euro boss  
  14:45 Midway aims for a Stranglehold on next-gen market  
  14:00 Oblivion content pushes Live price barrier  
  14:00 GDC: Gears Of War cleans up  
  12:00 Another supermarket sweep?  
  12:00 The Masters Plan  
  12:00 Another supermarket sweep?  
  12:00 The Masters Plan  
  10:30 Rebellion celebrates Awesome deal  
  10:15 New boss due for Activision Europe  
  10:00 Vivendi gets brand makeover  
  09:30 GDC: Microsoft responds to PS3 Home  
  09:15 GDC: Miyamoto offers Nintendo insight  
Mar 08 17:45 Spielberg and EA working on Wii title  
  13:45 Virgin Megastores to host PS3 launch  
  12:15 GDC: Pokemon brings online multiplayer to Wii  
  12:00 Activision teams up with Macrovision  
  11:45 GDC: Wii Heckled by Spore dev  
  11:00 Industry celebrates as PM praises games  
Mar 07 18:30 GDC: Sony unveils LittleBigPlanet  
  18:30 GDC: SingStar takes to PS3 stage in June  
  18:30 GDC: Sony outlines new online vision  
  17:30 D-Day approaching for Take Two board?  
  15:45 Windows Live prices confirmed  
  15:45 GDC: SCEA paves road to rumble  
  14:30 Burning Crusade hits 3.5 million sales  
  14:00 GAME secures Selfridges agreement  
  10:30 GDC: Rare's Viva Piñata to fight on  
  10:15 Harmonix and EA team up  
  09:45 GDC: Xbox 360's Blue Dragon gets Euro date  
Mar 06 15:45 Xbox Live hits 6m  
  15:45 GDC: Sony talks online  
  15:00 Develop mag seeks online editor  
  12:45 Activision to acquire Dublin studio  
  10:15 US console penetration tops 40%  
  09:45 LEGO MMO on the way  
Mar 05 17:45 FFXII dominates the charts once again  
  17:15 GDC: Eidos turns PSP into virtual music studio  
  17:15 GDC: THQ signs up to N-Gage v2  
  17:15 Gamecock slams studio acquisitions  
  14:45 Live Arcade limit on the rise  
  13:30 Speedball is resurrected  
  13:30 Smash Court heading to PSP  
  13:15 Harrison admits 'mistakes' to Newsweek  
  12:30 This is Living trailer unveiled  
  10:15 Games veteran unveils new industry site  
  10:00 GDC: Xbox 360 to get memory boost  
  10:00 Warhawk download rumours confirmed  
Mar 02 14:15 GTA IV countdown begins  
  13:15 MCV Awards Finalists revealed  
  12:45 PS3 Home to debut at GDC?  
  12:00 The THQ & A  
  12:00 The THQ & A  
  11:45 Mastertronic snaps up Redback  
  11:00 Clone Wars heads to handheld  
  10:45 IDC: Wii to prevail by 2008  
  10:45 Sony settles Immersion lawsuit  
  10:00 EA and iTunes team up  
  09:45 PS3's European marketing drive begins  
Mar 01 15:00 Games Grads 07 announced  
  14:15 Kuju Brighton becomes Zoë Mode  
  13:45 THQ takes Warhammer 40,000 online  
  12:15 Stuntman 2 speeding to summer release  
  11:45 Bioshock shoots for August  
  10:30 EA targets female casual games market  
  10:15 1,000+ PS2 titles to work on PAL PS3  
  09:30 Take 2’s annual loss hits USD186m  
  09:00 PES hits UK arcades