Sony Pulls The Plug On PS3 Firmware Upgrade User Complaints
PS3 users who downloaded and installed the new 2.40 version of the Sony firmware upgrade are complaining that their consoles are hanging when being rebooted. As a result, Sony has canned the upgrade and removed it from their site according to a company announcement.

Firmware Pulled After PS3 Crash
Sony?s firmware 2.40 has been recalled after it caused PS3?s to stop working properly when users installed the new update, according to a report out of informationweek.com.

PS3 A Juice Gobbler Energy Label Called For
The consumer magazine Choice has called for the Energy Star rating system used for whitegoods in Australia to be extended to personal computers and computer products. This would include games consoles such as the Sony Playstation 3 after Choice discovered a PS3 can burn up to five times more energy than a medium-sized refrigerator.

New Nintendo Channel Set To Be Hot
Nintendo has rolled out a brand new channel that will allow gamers to access new games not available in stores as well as a host of new services.

Greenpeace Upset Over Gaming Consoles
Game console executives from Sony Microsoft and Nintendo are ducking for cover today after being slammed by Greenpeace who say that the gaming Companies are not doing enough to eliminate potentially harmful chemicals and metals from their games consoles.

New Jasper Xbox 360 Due In 2nd Half 2008
A brand new Xbox 360 which on the outside will look the same as the current model but on the inside will have a brand new engine is set to be rolled out in Australia in the last quarter of 2008. This will be followed by an all new Xbox 360 code named 'Valhalla', which will be released in Q3 2009.

Microsoft Finally Gets The Message On The Xbox 360
Its seems someone at Microsoft has been listening , for if reports from the US are true, Microsoft is reportedly looking developing its own version of the Nintendo Wii controller for its beleaguered Xbox 360.

Microsoft Get Their Knickers In A Twist Over Xbox Claims
COMMENT: It appears that Microsoft have got their Xbox knickers in a twist following our story yesterday that retailers are not happy with the sales success of the Xbox 360 over the stunning success of the Nintendo and Sony offerings.

Wii To Outsell Xbox 360
In more bad news for the Xbox 360, US firm Hudson Square Research predicts that globally by 2009, the Wii will outsell the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 combined.

New Xbox To Be Lite-On
Taiwanese DVD and ODD maker Lite-On IT Corporation says it is developing built-in Blu-ray Disc-(BD) ROM drives for the Microsoft Xbox 360 game console, according to digitimes.com .

US Military Uses Nintendo To Defuse Bombs
Reports from the US have said the US military has adapted the motion-sensitive Nintendo Wii controllers (or Wiimotes) to operate bomb disposal robots.

New Sony PS3 Package With Motion Controllers
Sony Computer Entertainment has officially announced a new Sony PlayStation 3 80GB product bundle in the USA. What is not known is when and if this new bundle will be launched in Australia. Key to the Sony offering is a new game controller. However qustions have been raised as to whether the new PS3 80GB is backward compatible with Sony PlayStation and PlayStation 2 games.

Microsoft Does Not Deny Blu-ray Xbox
Microsoft has not denied that it is set to roll out a Blu-ray Xbox 360 player to replace its current HD DVD player, however it has said that it does not expect sales of its Xbox 360 game console to suffer if Toshiba discontinues HD DVD technology.

Blu-ray Xbox 360 Planned By Microsoft
Rumours were circulating today that Microsoft is set to dump HD DVD and bring out a Blu ray Xbox 360 by as early as May 2008. The move will allow the Company to go head to head with the Sony PS3 gaming console which has been credited with being one of the main reasons that retailers have preferred Blu-ray over Toshiba?s HD DVD.

Overheating PSP Battery Burns Boy
The case of dodgy Sony batteries is heating up with a report out of the US that a 12-year-old boy was burnt by an overheating PlayStation Portable (PSP) battery.

Nintendo Wii, DS Clean Up
GfK Australia has confirmed that Nintendo was the console winner in 2007, selling more than one million Nintendo DS units and over 300,000 Nintendo Wii units since launch, making the two consoles the fastest-selling to reach these goals in history.