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You are currently looking at 165 news articles in 2005. Articles are showing most recently published first.
Friday 23 December 2005
Violent video games get reprieve in the US
Californian law that made it illegal to sell or rent violent or sexually explicit games to children has been blocked by a US federal judge
Tuesday 20 December 2005
World of Warcraft tops 5 million users
Blizzard, the makers World of Warcraft has said it has surpassed 5 million customers worldwide
Thursday 15 December 2005
Ubisoft boss disappointed with King Kong game
Ubisoft boss Yves Guillemot has admitted that the 360 version of its movie tie-in King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie, is too dark to play or enjoy on standard TVs, making it hard to play
Sunday 11 December 2005
Xbox360 launches in Japan with lukewarm response
News agencies across the globe are reporting muted excitement for the launch of Microsoft’s Xbox360 console in Japan
Friday 9 December 2005
SMS service lets you know of in-stock XBox360 consoles
Seeing a gap in the market, a SMS service has launched that will let you know where spare stock of Microsoft’s Xbox360 console is in time for Christmas.
Tuesday 6 December 2005
Man sues Microsoft over faulty Xbox 360
An Xbox360 customer in Chicago who was sold a faulty console is suing its makers, Microsoft, for selling the console even though it knew there was a fault with the machine
Sony launches streaming TV service for PSP
As Pocket-lint.co.uk predicted last week following the announcement of Sony’s latest firmware update, version 2.6 for its handheld console, the company will be launching a steaming television service for its Japanese customers directly to the console
Monday 5 December 2005
Jackson looks likely to direct Halo: The Movie
Rumours are growing stronger that the Oscar-winning director Peter Jackson will film a movie version of the popular Xbox game Halo next year in New Zealand.
Friday 2 December 2005
Xbox360 launches in UK
Microsoft’s next generation games console, the Xbox360 officially launched in the UK this morning at the stroke of midnight giving gamers the chance to play the new console.
Wednesday 30 November 2005
Sony ships 100 millionth PlayStation2
Sony has announced that over the past 5 years it has managed to ship 100 million PlayStation2 consoles breaking the record as the fastest computer entertainment platform to reach this remarkable figure
Tuesday 29 November 2005
Sony updates PSP firmware to pave way for video-on-demand download service
Sony has updated the firmware for the PSP today adding an RSS reader and the ability to play copyright-protected video data.
Sony adds parental locking to PS3
Sony has announced that like Microsoft’s new Xbox360 console, its next generation console, the PlayStation3, will have an option to parentally control which games are played on the device
Monday 28 November 2005
GameRunner brings exercise to First Person Shooters
Next time someone calls you fat and lazy for playing video games, tell them to stop it and say that you have a GameRunner connected to you games console. <br>
Friday 25 November 2005
American Xbox 360 owners see Blue Screen of Death
While the UK gears up for the Xbox 360 launch next week, some gamers in America are finding that its not all as is hoped with their new pride and joy
Tuesday 22 November 2005
Xbox 360 launches in America
Battle for dominance in next generation console war gets underway
Monday 14 November 2005
Microsoft confirm launch line-up in UK for Xbox 360
15 games and 13 accessories for day one
Saturday 12 November 2005
Microsoft details backwards compatibility of Xbox 360
Over 200 titles backwards compatible, but with a catch
