2008 in video gaming/May

**2008**
January • February • March • April • May • June • July
August • September • October • November • December

See 2008 for other events during the year.

##### BioShock goes PS3

Take Two announced that BioShock is now in development for the PlayStation 3 and will be released in October with new features and content. Read more

#### May 27, 2008 (Tuesday)

##### Starcraft II

Starcraft II has new gameplay screenshots Read more

#### May 24, 2008 (Saturday)

##### Spore Creature Creator Hands-On

IGN got some hands-on time with Spore's Creature Creator and recorded a 12-minute demonstration. While Spore won't be available until September, the Creature Creator will be released June 17. Any creatures you create with it will be usable in the game. Read more

#### May 21, 2008 (Thursday)

##### Jack Thompson found guilty

The Florida Supreme Court has found Jack Thompson guilty on 27 of 31 charges of professional misconduct (21 counts from the GTA lawsuit, 4 counts from the Bully lawsuit, and 2 non-game related charges). There will be a disciplinary hearing on the first week of June. Read more

#### May 19, 2008 (Monday)

##### E3 summit floorplans revealed

The E3 summit will be held at the Los Angeles Convention Center from July 15–17, 2008. Some of the companies who are attending are revealed in the floor plans. Read more

##### EA might extend merger offer to Take-Two Interactive

EA's current offer to Take-two Interactive expired on Friday and the Wall Street Journal said they may be re-extending the deadline for merging. Currently the stock is at $26.33 USD after the market closed on Friday. The stock is predicted to rise if EA decides to extend the offer and when the GTAIV profits come in for Q2. Read more

##### Ghostbusters 3 gameplay

Sony has showed off the gameplay of their Ghostbusters 3 game. It features a destructible environment, multiple ghost variants, and original voice acting. Read more

#### May 15, 2008 (Thursday)

##### Sony gets new president for SCE Worldwide Studios

Since Phil Harrison left for Infogames Sony has replaced him with Shuhei Yoshida, former senior vice president of product development. Read more

#### May 13, 2008 (Tuesday)

##### Metal Gear Solid 4 intro

The Metal Gear Solid 4 intro was leaked along with four videos in the MGS4 wrap party in Tokyo today. Read more

#### May 12, 2008 (Monday)

##### WiiWare Launches In North America

Nintendo's Wiiware games download service launched today with the following 6 games: Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King, LostWinds, Defend Your Castle, Pop, TV Show King, and V.I.P. Casino: Blackjack. Read more

#### May 9, 2008 (Friday)

##### Mass Effect copy protection made less annoying

Bioware (and EA) have changed their minds regarding an authentication scheme that would require reauthorization every ten days. Instead, online activation will only be required on installation, and when downloading "new content". Read more

#### May 8, 2008 (Thursday)

##### MotorStorm 2 show off features

MotorStorm 2 is showing off the new feature of the game which include interactive trees and water. They also showed off the new monster truck vehicle and its four player mode. Read more

#### May 7, 2008 (Wednesday)

##### Grand Theft Auto IV Breaks Worldwide Entertainment Records

Grand Theft Auto IV for the PS3 and Xbox 360 sold over 6 million copies in its first week and 3.6 million on day one. This equates to a worldwide sales value of $500 million after one week and $310 million on release day, which is a new all-time sales record for any form of entertainment, including movie industry. The title sold an estimated 926,000 sales in the United Kingdom alone. Read more

##### EA gives Mass Effect an annoying piracy protection

EA is giving the PC version of Mass Effect a SecuROM protection which updates online for every ten days. EA says that their servers are also ready for the beating. This new protection was previously used on Neverwinter Nights, Knights of the Old Republic, and Jade Empire which has already been cracked before. Read more

#### May 6, 2008 (Tuesday)

##### Lawsuit on CTA

Take-Two is suing the Chicago Transit Authority who pulled $300,000 worth of Ads prior to the release of GTAIV after fox news made some comments. Take two is suing on the basis that its free speech and contractual rights. My fox Chicago takes credit for taking down the ads by targeting disenfranchise African Americans to give their opinions on the ads. The ads are being pull because of violence, yet none of the ads show violent images or promote violence Read more

#### May 5, 2008 (Monday)

##### Iron Man game second on GameFly list

Despite GTAIV hype about causing poor attendance to the film Iron Man the movie did very well at the box office this weekend. The Sega game also did well by ranking #2 on GameFly's most rented list for the week. Read more

#### May 2, 2008 (Friday)

##### NCsoft, Foundation 9, Atlus also skipping E3

Possibly due to (rumored) discontent with the ESA's current president, Mike Gallagher, a number of other publishers have also decided not to attend E3, and Activision/Vivendi have even terminated their membership in the organization. id Software, however, has admitted uncertainty regarding whether or not it wishes to attend. Read more

##### Blizzard acquires Diablo3.com

Blizzard confirms purchase of Diablo3.com domain, but spews the usual PR spin, saying "we don’t have any plans to announce at this time." Read more

#### May 1, 2008 (Thursday)

##### Activision is not attending E3 2008

Activision announced that the company will not be attending E3 this year. The ESA run show is going to be smaller than previous years. Read more

## Releases

May 27

* Mass Effect (PC)

May 19

* Supreme Commander (X360)

May 15

* Narnia Prince Caspian

May 13

* Myst (DS)

May 2

* Ironman