Tag Archives: holiday retrospective 2011

Tue, Jan 03, 2012 | 09:01 GMT

Holiday Retrospective – What happened in December 2011

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It should still be quite fresh in your mind, but let’s seal the deal and wrap up our 2011 retrospective by recapping December, or, to give it its more common name, “Star Wars Month”.

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Mon, Jan 02, 2012 | 08:43 GMT

Holiday Retrospective: What happened in November 2011

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Skyrim, Modern Warfare 3, Uncharted 3, Skyward Sword, Assassin’s Creed Revelations and Saints Row: The Third all released in November, making for the year’s most intense ship period. Here’s what happened.

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Mon, Jan 02, 2012 | 08:44 GMT

Holiday Retrospective: What happened in October 2011

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Battlefield 3 launched in October, ending one of the year’s biggest promotional campaigns and pre-empting the arrival of Modern Warfare 3. And Uncharted 3 released in the US. October was all about threes.

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Mon, Jan 02, 2012 | 08:43 GMT

Holiday Retrospective: What happened in September 2011

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Two of the year’s most important events, a rapidly filling release calendar, probably the year’s biggest new IP and Epic’s farewell to the Gears of War trilogy. September 2011 was all go.

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Mon, Jan 02, 2012 | 08:43 GMT

Holiday Retrospective – What happened in August 2011

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For a large percentage of our audience, August 2011 is the month their capital city went violently insane. For the rest of us, there’s this.

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Sat, Dec 31, 2011 | 09:03 GMT

Holiday Retrospective: What happened in July 2011

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A Persona spin-off baffled our US brethren; San Diego Comic Con went nuclear; Australia prepared to grow up; and EA coughed up a lung to buy one of the best-rated developers in the world.

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Fri, Dec 30, 2011 | 09:02 GMT

Holiday Retrospective: What happened in June 2011

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We’re half way there, and you know what that means? Revisiting E3 2011; a surprisingly crowded summer release schedule; and the continuing saga of Hackers vs The World.

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Fri, Dec 30, 2011 | 09:02 GMT

Holiday Retrospective: What happened in May 2011

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The US industry hit a serious low; Sony stumbled through the new, hacktastic dawn; one of the year’s biggest games was finally revealed; and E3 excitement started to build. Let’s remember May 2011.

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Thu, Dec 29, 2011 | 08:42 GMT

Holiday Retrospective: What happened in April 2011

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There’s no getting away from it: despite several other notable occurrences, April 2011 will be remembered as the month the PlayStation Network was hacked.

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Wed, Dec 28, 2011 | 12:57 GMT

Holiday Retrospective: What happened in March 2011

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Paw over your memories of a major hardware launch, GDC, a rapidly worsening legal tussle, and the world’s most expensive natural disaster in modern gaming’s homeland.

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Tue, Dec 27, 2011 | 10:57 GMT

Holiday Retrospective: What happened in February 2011

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February was a crowded month, chock-full of financial reports and tailing off with the Japanese release of Nintendo’s 3DS. Head in for a full round-up of the month’s news.

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Sat, Dec 24, 2011 | 10:45 GMT

Holiday Retrospective: What happened in January 2011

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This year was massive for games, and was VG247′s biggest to date. Join us every day over the holiday break on a detailed journey through the year’s most important and entertaining news.

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