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According to an insider via ArsTechnica, the price of the Xbox 360 will be reduced in the USA in September. Traditionally, price cuts in the USA are usually followed by cuts in the UK a few months later so hopefully these price cuts are true and hopefully they will be done in time for Christmas.
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Bloody, exciting, and action-packed, the new Ninja Gaiden looks insane..
But is it worth the wait?
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Released in the UK in just two days time, you guys better get saving. This is of course, a Xbox 360 exclusive, so the rest of us will just have to invest in a PS3.

Graphics look mad too. From what I’ve [...]

I posted last month that the new Call of Duty 4 maps are due for release today or tomorrow. Yesterday, Robert Bowling, the Director of Communications / Community Manager for Infinity Ward (the team behind COD) posted an announcement on his blog that
I’m being told that it’s a good chance it will be released [...]

The rumours of Microsoft adding a Blu Ray drive to their 360 console seems to be gathering steam. Today, DigiTimes reported that an industry insider in Taiwan revealed that
It is reported that Microsoft plans to offer a new Xbox 360 hardware revision equipped with a BD-ROM drive to compete with Sony’s PlayStation 3. Taiwan-based Lite-On [...]

The sequel to one of the best games on the 360 won’t be out til November 2008 and this teaser doesn’t really give much away but I’m sure GOW fans will be interested in seeing it

Ariabian Business today reported that Microsoft is in talks with Sony about releasing a Blu-Ray Drive for the 360.
I think it would be a good move to secure the rights to using Blu Ray discs on the 360 as it would greatly increase the lifespan of the machine and would give the software developers more [...]

Many websites today are reporting that the price of the 360 is going to come down in the next few weeks. TechRadar today reported that the drop will be about €50 and noted that
This effectively means that the cost of the Xbox 360 Elite system on Amazon will be in the region of [...]

Last Friday I was lucky enough to be able to head down to Lion Head Studios and have a look at the progress of Peter Molyneux’s new game Fable 2. For those of you that don’t know I’m studying an MA in magazine journalism and as part of my course I have to write a [...]

Are we still having this conversation? In 2008?
Times columnist Janice Turner has penned a smarmy indictment of video games, comparing the pasttime to hardcore illegal drug use.
Comparing Xbox to crack is about as constructive as comparing any politician to Hitler. It’s just silly and makes me immediately write off your position as inflammatory, pandering [...]