Business
"Very strong interest" in Free Radical Design sale
Administrator considers whole or part sale for Haze studio as January deadline looms
Reeves: Profit is number one priority in 2009
Sony Euro exec wants to alleviate financial pressure and move PlayStation business forward in the coming year
Note holders grant Midway breathing space
Beleaguered publisher seeks further extension on potential debts owed to holders of Convertible Senior Notes
Xbox Live hits 1.5 million concurrent users
Recent sales success and launch of NXE sees online use hit new milestone
Turbine at work on micro-transaction MMO
Developer says the move will be for an as yet unnamed title
Japan to receive Resident Evil 5 Xbox bundle
Special edition version of Capcom title to be shipped with discounted hardware
FIFA 09 tops UK chart
Sales fall almost unanimously across the board in the first week following Christmas
EVE hits new concurrent users record
Serverside improvements and fan loyalty championed as MMO sees over 45,000 log in simultaneously
360 hardware sales top 28 million
Microsoft reveals console performance to date, as sales of Xbox Live content jump 84 per cent
Games music is an underexploited asset - Streamline
Publishers failing to monetise back catalogues, argues audio specialist
Microsoft boasts of best ever Xbox Christmas sales
Eight million units sold by end of 2008, as Xmas sales almost double 2007
Game Connection America discount offer draws to a close
Reduced price on all tickets to be withdrawn on January 9, for the event set to take place at GDC in San Francisco
Sony Japan to close factories and 'major divisions' - report
Company preparing for "sacred cow-slaying" as it takes drastic action to turn around business
Microsoft to pursue EUK for lost stock
Software giant said to be considering legal action to reclaim stock stranded in distributor warehouses
Thousands of jobs under threat at Microsoft
Company expected to announce cuts in next few weeks, EMEA to be affected heavily says report
"We're going to see a lot of price pressure put on games," says Molyneux
Lionhead Studio's boss comments on the past 12 months and speculates about the future
PlayStation 2 most played console of 2008
Sony's consoles bookend the listings with the PlayStation 3 coming in last
Next Mistwalker RPG for Xbox 360 cancelled
Sakaguchi project Cry On canned by publisher AQ Interactive
Microsoft testing PS Home for company meetings
Sony's virtual space being experimented with in efforts to reduce costs and global carbon footprint
Interview Developers
Is Co-production the Future?
Streamline Studio's Daniel Kozlov explains why working with partners in a production studio model is important
Interview Developers
The Education Plan
Slitherine's Marco Minoli on the company's strategy to blend culture and learning with entertainment
Editorial
The Big News Countdown: 20-11
Part one of our look at the most important stories we've covered in the past 12 months
Interview Publishers
Best of 08: David Zucker
The former Midway CEO talks in his last interview, just days before resigning from the post
Interview Publishers
Best of 08: Gardner and Harrison
The top two at Atari in one of the first interviews since the former Sony president joined the resurgent publisher
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8 -11 Jan 09
2009 International CES Las Vegas, US
15 Jan 09
GameHorizon: Beat the Credit Crunch Centre for Life, Newcastle, UK
21 -22 Jan 09
The 6th Annual Mobile Games Forum 2009 The Tower Hotel, London, UK
3 -4 Feb 09
The Future of Packaged Media Universal City Hilton, Los Angeles, US
7 Feb 09
The Carolina Games Summit Wayne Community College, Goldsboro, North Carolina, US
10 -12 Feb 09
Casual Connect Hamburg Congress Center, Hamburg, Germany
17 -20 Feb 09
2009 D.I.C.E. Summit Red Rock Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, US
10 Mar 09
BAFTA Games Awards Park Lane Hilton, London, UK
23 -27 Mar 09
GDC09 Moscone Center, San Francisco, US
24 -26 Mar 09
Game Connection America Moscone Center, San Francisco, US
11 -14 May 09
LOGIN 2009 Seattle Marriott Waterfront, Seattle, US
19 -20 May 09
Nordic Game Conference and Career Expo Malmö Exhibition & Convention Center, Sweden
