Xbox Prices Slashed By 40%
Microsoft Australia has been forced to cut retail prices of a number of Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system accessories by as much as 40 percent in an effort to stimulate sales up against the Sony PS2 and 3 and the highly popular Nintendo Wii.

Is Foxtel TV On A Sony PSP And PS3 Coming Soon?
A few months ago I was asked by a very senior executive at Foxtel as to what I thought about Foxtel content appearing on Sony devices like the PSP or the Playstations 2 and 3. At the time I thought the question was odd. Now it emerges that Sony management has been talking to Foxtel about their new online portal that is set to launch later this year or early in 2009.

Gaming Revenues Top $US10 Billion & Growing
The global market for video games continues to grow at a virtually unstoppable pace, with Asia dominating the consumption of online video games and being responsible for nearly half of all global revenues.

AMD Releases Worlds Fastest Graphics Cards
AMD has announced the world?s fastest graphics card, the ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2, designed for advancing visual computing ever closer to eye-definition computing gaming and cinematic experiences and delivering a massive 2.4 teraFLOPS of processing power.

Sony Claims Bravia/PS3 Promotion Hit The Jackpot
According to Sony, the Bravia LCD TV bonus Playstation 3 (PS3) offer has come to an end, with the company saying it sold 35,000 TV?s since the promotional period began on the 1st of July.

Vivendi Games Killed Off In Brutal Merger
As mergers go, it seems the Activision/Vivendi merger is shaping up to be a particularly brutal one and also a classic case of a ?rationlisation strategy?, for it seems that many Vivendi games have been killed off by the new combined entity.

Nintendo Wii Facing Sales Ban Judge Rules
Nintendo is facing a sales ban on some of its game machines following a court decision in the US that overturned a $21 million patent-infringement.

Nintendo Wii Smashes Xbox Apple To Take On DS
Despite smashing through the 500,000 barrier in Australia the Nintendo Wii is still in short supply with the Japanese gaming Company struggling to keep up supply. Nintendo have also said that they will take on the Apple iPhone with new DS games.

Microsoft To Share Profits With Amateur Developers
Since stepping down as chairman of Microsoft to concentrate on his charity works, Bill Gates could have stayed at the helm and done the same with his business model.

Microsoft Copies Nintendo To Boost Xbox Sales
According to a report in Forbes.com, Xbox 360 has sold 10.3 million consoles since its launch, or about 5 million more than Sony's console.

Sony Boss Has A Wii Swipe
Sony Boss Sir Howard Stringer has taken a swipe at the Nintendo Wii claiming "I've played a Nintendo Wii. I don't see it as a competitor. It's more of an expensive niche game device". The comments came ahead of the E3 gaming show that is set to kick off this week in Las Vegas.

Xbox Storage Triples As Microsoft Feels The Heat From Rivals
Microsoft says it will triple the storage capacity of its Xbox 360 video-game console to try and stem its slipping share of the gaming sector with market leaders Nintendo and Sony.

Is The iPhone Apples Trojan Horse Into Mobile Gaming?
Last weeks launch of the Apple iPhone 3G was very interesting in what it showed ? and even more interesting about what it didn?t tell us where Apple as a company really wants to go.

EA Games Launches iPhone & iPod Games
According to the site, monsters&critics.com, EA Mobile today announced its lineup of launch titles for the Apple App Store.

Sony Releases New & Improved PS3 Update
Following last week's PlayStation 3 firmware update 2.40 which rendered a few consoles completely useless, Sony has removed the upgrade and has now released a new and improved version.

Gaming Industry Booms In Spite Of Fed Government
You would think that an industry that is worth over $140 Million a year, that directly employs some 8500 people and that has an annual growth rate of 12.3 per cent would be deemed important by the government of the day. But then again, that would also assume that most governments know what they are actually doing.

PC Gaming Defies Global Economic Slowdown
Economic slump- what economic slump? The world PC games market seems to be thumbing its nose at the global economic slowdown and enjoying some spectacular sales, according to a new analyst report.

Gaming Booming Claim Gartner
Australia is one of the fastest growing markets in the world for gaming according to the Gartner research group. They also claimed that worldwide mobile gaming revenue is on pace to total $4.5 billion in 2008, a 16.1 percent increase from 2007 revenue of $3.9 billion, according to Gartner.

Mobile Gaming Tsunami To Hit Asia-Pacific
According to a recent report by Gartner, worldwide mobile gaming revenues should top $AUD4.75 billion this year, and continue with strong growth for some time in the future.

Sony PS3 A Big Loser $3.9 Billion In Losses Reported
Hours after announcing that they are giving away 35,000 PS3 consoles in an effort to boost sales Sony has filed a loss of $3.9 billion for the Playstation 3.

Nintendo Attacked By The Wii-Killer
According to reports from The Straits Times, a team of researchers from the Institute for Infocomm Research in Singapore has come up with a new way to play video games without any controllers at all - just by using their bare hands.

New Xbox Next Month
According to UK web site Trusted Reviews a new version of the Xbox 360 could launch at the E3 games event in the USA next month in a bid to halt the progress of Nintendo and Sony in the console wars.

Nasty Porn Found On PS3 & Xbox
Following the arrest of some 70 people in Australia for child pornography this morning in the so-called Operation Centurion, the investigation has also revealed that those engaging in this nefarious activity have a penchant for new technology.

Xbox Claims Grand Theft Auto Crown
The latest Gfk statistics show Xbox 360 as the lead platform of choice for Grand Theft Auto IV after copies of the game on the 360 outsold those of its rival platform.

Merger Will Create Games Behemoth
Activision and Vivendi Games will in less than a month merge which will morph both companies into the largest third-party games publisher globally, dethroning Electronic Arts, and give the new entity control of World of Warcraft developer Blizzard Entertainment.

Trojans Targeting Online Gamers
According to Fortinet, the top 10 most reported high-risk threats for April 2008 were driven by a campaign launched on April Fools Day and two online gaming Trojans that primarily targeted a number of Asian countries: China/Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea and Taiwan.

Blockbuster Set To Sell Games Consoles
Video Ezy partner Blockbuster is looking to expand their retail offering by selling and renting video games and gaming consoles. Blockbuster who last month made a bid to buy struggling US CE retailer Circuit City is desperate to expand their operation in light of a declining market.

Dirt Cheap Grand Theft Auto Revealed
Following our story this morning on retailers giving away free copies of Grand Theft Auto in exchange for 3 games, the response from our readers has not only been overwhelming, but also eye opening as well.

The Worlds Biggest Blockbuster Is Set To Hit And It's A Steal
Forget about Hollywood blockbusters the new gig in town is "Grand Theft Auto IV." which in one week is expected to gross over $400M dollars which is a a record for video games and possibly the biggest debut ever for an entertainment product.

The Future Is Not Looking Bright For Nintendo
Nintendo has forcast single digit growth ahead as Sony and Microsoft attempt to take share away from the Japanese gaming giant who taught both Companies a lesson when they rolled out the low cost Nintendo Wii. And if things do get bad Nintendo will suffer far more than Sony or Microsoft say Analysts.

Microsoft Looks At New Xbox Initatives To Boost Sales
Microsoft Australia is looking at new initiatives to stimulate flagging sales of their Xbox 360 console, games and accessories. Among those initiatives is a new distribution strategy aimed at improving sales outside of some of the mass retailers, new in-store merchandising and new bundling deals for retailers.

Sony Stumbles In Games Market
According to the figures from the US based NPD Group, this year started out very well for Sony in North America with its PS3 outselling the Xbox 360 in both January and February.

Game Sales Rocket As Recession Kicks In
It appears that gaming is recession proof with the latest sales reports showing that consumers are piling into stores in droves to buy the latest Nintendo Wii, Playstation and Xbox games.

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.

Xbox 360 On The Skids Retailers Consider Dumping It
A survey of 10 Australian retail chains who operate over 2,000 stores reveals that the Microsoft XBox 360 is on the skids with the majority of the chains seeing their gaming growth coming from the Sony PS3 or the Nintendo Wii.

Gamers Ubisoft Shoot For The Stars
France?s Ubisoft, one of the world?s largest video game publishers, says it expects full-year 2007-08 sales of almost $AUD 1.587 billion compared to the same time last year when results reached approximately $AUD1.51 billion.

PS3 Owners To Benefit From New Sony Internet Blu-ray Titles
New Blu-ray titles with built in Internet interactivity is set to be rolled out by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment on April 8 according to the Hollywood Reporter. This technology can be used by Sony PS3 owners.

Shame On You Nintendo
Toshiba and Samsung have avoided being named and shamed this year by taking out the top Greenpeace gongs for being among the world's most environment friendly consumer electronics companies. The shame gong went to gaming market leader Nintendo.

Sony & Microsoft To Roll Out New IP Gaming Consoles
After several days of internal consideration Microsoft executives have said that they will not be producing a Blu ray Xbox 360. Instead the Company is working on a brand new gaming and entertainment solution that will replace the current Xbox 360.

CE Reseller Throat Slashed By Partner
A CE reseller and manufacturer of video games used in arcades has slashed the throat of his partner and then tried to electrocute himself in their western Sydney showroom, NSW police say.

Staff Needed For Ubisoft Singapore Venture
Ubisoft, which is responsible for Xbox and PS3 games, will open a new development studio in Singapore, bringing the total number of the company?s studios up to 18. More than 300 new staff will be recruited from the area and abroad to man the studio, with a team of Ubisoft ?veterans? training the recruits.