The Archives

November 25, 2008 – 8:15 pm, Ubisoft Montreal posts all Far Cry 2 ‘Jackal’ audio tapes on fictional blog (in case you couldn’t find them all)

Source: Reuben Blog

November 22, 2008 – 11:20 pm, The New York Times is kind of creepy; films kids playing games

Source: NYTimes.com

November 21, 2008 – 5:05 pm, Gabe Newell happy with Left 4 Dead reception; wants to read the minds of gamers

Source: Edge Online

November 21, 2008 – 4:10 pm, ESA head Michael Gallagher calls it “a historic time for America and the computer and video game community”

Source: Game Politics

November 21, 2008 – 1:20 pm, Sony making trophies mandatory in all games starting next year

Source: Ars Technica

November 21, 2008 – 11:55 am, Downloadable Jonathan Blow lecture on story-centric games from November’s Montreal International Game Summit

Source: Braid-Game

November 21, 2008 – 9:35 am, Prince of Persia gold; arriving on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 December 5 and on the PC December 12
November 20, 2008 – 6:50 pm, Major Nelson shows off some of the new premium NXE themes (still ridiculously overpriced)

Source: Major Nelson

November 20, 2008 – 6:20 pm, Shed a tear for Rich: Tabula Rasa shutting down February 2009

Source: Official Site

November 20, 2008 – 5:10 pm, Chill, Gordon Freeman’s on that shit

Source: Reddit Blog

November 20, 2008 – 4:35 pm, Ozzy Osbourne puts on his robe and wizard hat

Source: YouTube

November 20, 2008 – 2:25 pm, Ziff Davis considering taking an ax to EGM

Source: NY Times

November 20, 2008 – 12:15 pm, Thursday PlayStation Store update brings LittleBigPlanet, Dead Space DLC, BioShock Challenge Rooms, The Raconteurs to Guitar Hero, and MotoGP 08 demo

Source: U.S. PlayStation Blog

November 20, 2008 – 12:00 pm, Rockstar pull back the curtain on Grand Theft Auto IV’s first DLC: The Lost and Damned, arriving February 17

Source: Primotech

November 20, 2008 – 11:00 am, Wrath of the Lich King sold more than 2.8 million copies in its first day; Blizzard names it the fastest selling PC game ever

Source: Shacknews

November 20, 2008 – 10:50 am, Esquire profiles indie impresario Jason Rohrer, while simultaneously producing the best analysis on the state of the videogame industry this year

Source: Esquire

November 20, 2008 – 9:30 am, Jack Thompson forced to pay Florida Bar $42,525

Source: Game Politics

November 19, 2008 – 8:25 pm, Incredible ‘Bike Hero’ puts a new twist on Guitar Hero

Source: YouTube

November 19, 2008 – 7:55 pm, Bungie explains why installing Halo 3 to the hard drive is a bad idea

Source: Bungie.net

November 19, 2008 – 3:35 pm, THQ scaling back its efforts in the UK

Source: MCV.UK

November 19, 2008 – 3:30 pm, Half-Life turns 10 years old; Valve celebrates by offering the game for 98 cents on Steam

Source: Steam Store

November 19, 2008 – 12:15 pm, Ten nifty things to do in NXE

Source: Major Nelson

November 18, 2008 – 11:15 pm, German PC gaming hardware site maxes Morrowind’s visuals

Source: PCGH

November 18, 2008 – 11:15 pm, Namco-Bandai profits tank 92%

Source: GI.biz

November 18, 2008 – 8:55 pm, Everything you need to know about NXE

Source: Shacknews

November 18, 2008 – 6:30 pm, RPS considers The Witch

Source: Rock, Paper, Shotgun

November 18, 2008 – 4:25 pm, Movies from Sony-owned Columbia Pictures not available for Netflix Streaming in NXE

Source: Joystiq

November 18, 2008 – 4:15 pm, Call of Duty: World at War now available on Steam for $49.99

Source: Steam Store

November 18, 2008 – 4:15 pm, New Deus Ex 3 concept art

Source: Kotaku

November 18, 2008 – 3:55 pm, Crytek opens Seoul office, focusing primarily on CryEngine licensing

Source: VG247