Monday
- Harriet Harman is appointed shadow minster for culture - opposite game industry advocate Ed Vaizey - in labour reshuffle.
- GamesAid opens its 2011 beneficiaries voting round.
- Mass Effect 3's worst kept secret - multiplayer - is confirmed to be true. More details on exactly what it consists of follow the next day.
- Carmack says id doesn't see the PC as the leading platform for games any longer.
- Sony Ericsson offers four free Electronic Arts games to Xperia Play owners.
- Eufloria designer says that it is "impossible" for indies to self-publish on XBLA.
- New Blue Wii revealed.
- UKIE issues report that claims creative industries are less risky to enter than other sectors.
- Bethesda finally comments on its on-going dispute with Mojang over the Minecraft studios' next game's title, Scrolls.
Ed Vaizey calls for a computer science revolution in UK schools.
Tuesday
- Sony hints at discount Vita downloads for UMD owners.
TIGA says Vaizey's computer science revolution plans aren't extensive enough.
- NPD figures reveal that 91 per cent of US kids are gamers.
- Facebook brings social app discovery to iOS.
- New report sets out Ireland's ambitions to double the size of its game industry by 2014.
Wednesday
93,000 PSN accounts are compromised in latest hacking attempt on Sony.
- Cloud gaming company Gaikai partners with Level 3 and targets 100 million users by the end of 2012.
- Microsoft announces a new 320GB Xbox 360 hard drive.
- Research predicts that non-Facebook social gaming will be worth $5.6 billion by 2014.
- Zynga unveils its Project Z standalone gaming platform.
- Square Enix shows off photo-realistic next-generation engine.
- Microsoft acquires Splosion Man developer Twisted Pixel.
- Warner Bros Interactive springs a surprise iOS version of Scribblenauts on iOS users.
- Havok updates its new 3D engine to benefit MMOG and mobile developers.
- Gabe Newell says he beleives that Apple will usher in the next console revolution.
- Need For Speed Shift developer Slightly Mad Studios launches crowd-dev platform and new racer.
Edge finds its way to iPhone and iPad in Apple's new Newsstand service.
Thursday
- Sony confirms that all Vita games will be available to download on the day of retail release.
- Date set for UK launch of Nintendo's revised Wii.
- The Humble Frozen Synapse Bundle raises $1.1 million.
- Dennis Ritchie, the creator of programming language C, dies aged 70.
- Google launches multi-platform developer tool PlayN.
Rockstar announces that GTA III is coming to Android and iOS.
- Spacetime Studios brings 3D and cross-platform multiplayer to Chrome.
- Rovio reveals that it may go public as early as next year.
Friday
- US videogame physical sales slide six per cent in September.
- CCP offers discounted subscriptions to lapsed EVE Online players.
- Epic Game's Infinity Blade is scaled up for US arcades.
- 3DS enjoys a ten per cent sales boost in the US.
- OpenFeint launches Game Channel on Android.
TIGA warns that the UK ignores Ireland's growing game industry at its peril.
- EA Bright Light faces closure.
- This weekend is your last chance to vote for this year's Golden Joysticks.