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Halo: Reach Tops $200 Million on Launch Day, Crushes Avatar

"Halo: Reach" is not only Microsoft's biggest game of the year--its opening day sales show that it might just be the biggest launch of the year in any medium.READ»

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Halo: Reach, the Biggest Xbox 360 Game of the Year, Leaks to BitTorrent

Halo: Reach, one of (if not the) biggest, most anticipated games of the year, is all over the pirate-friendly BitTorrent sites today. How did it happen?READ»

Microsoft Defeats Sony in November's Gaming Warfare

According to industry analyst NPD Group's sales numbers, controversial military shooter "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" easily outsold everything else--and helped Microsoft in its war with Sony.READ»

When Is Live Television Coming to Game Consoles in the U.S.?

Microsoft and Sony both have plans to provide live television on their respective gaming machines this fall in Europe. Sony announced at GamesCom on Tuesday that it will bring BBC to U.K gamers, and other channels to various European ...READ»

Sony Announces PS3 Slim

At  a press event at the GamesCom convention in Germany today, Sony announced that the long-rumored slimmer PS3 will be released September 1 for $299, a $100 price drop from its current PlayStation 3. The console will have a 120 ...READ»

Will Microsoft's Games on Demand Change Gaming?

Yesterday, along with a slew of new functions in its Xbox 360 system update, Microsoft launched its Games on Demand store with full Xbox 360 titles for download. Is this move a game-changer or just business as usual?READ»

Tracing the Evolution of Consumer Electronics. What’s Next?

How our diverse species of consumer electronics -- books, music, computers, and phones -- have evolved. Will a single device ever unite them all?READ»

Microsoft Aims for the Mainstream With 1 vs 100 on Xbox Live [Updated]

Think you're smarter than the average game show contestant? Microsoft's 1 vs 100 game is your chance to prove it to everyone. It's also Microsoft's chance to prove that Xbox Live can captivate a mainstream audience with a game that ...READ»

Who Really Gets the Most Play? Nielsen's Revised Chart Upends the Video Game Market [Updated]

Nielsen's most recent study of video gamer habits was widely reported and made for great headlines in the gaming press this week. Too bad some key information in the report was wrong. After a follow-up with Gavin McMillan of ...READ»

Video Games 2009: Who Will Win the Console War?

In 2008, titles like Grand Theft Auto IV (5 million copies) and Wii Fit (4.5 million) helped the game industry reach $21 billion in sales. But with the recession, gaming may struggle to stay on top in 2009. So how will the big three ...READ»

Tech Watch: Why Is Movie Rental Still So Damn Difficult?

While other technologies advance, renting a movie seems more confusing and expensive than ever.READ»

Can LittleBigPlanet Save Sony's PS3?

To inject life into the flagging PlayStation 3, Sony is banking on a charmingly weird new game called LittleBigPlanet, from a scrappy UK startup called Media Molecule. LBP -- and its hero, an endlessly customizable little character named Sackboy -- brings social networking and user-generated content to console gaming. Meet the visionary geeks behind it.READ»

Xbox 360 for $199 -- Cheap!

Yes, Microsoft has lowered the price of the Xbox 360 console. You can get the standard system for $299 and the arcade version (no hard drive or backwards compatibility) for $199. Ignoring the worldwide dominance of the Nintendo Wii, ...READ»

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10 Hot Video Games for Summer

GTA4 kicked off the summer game season when it was released April 30. You play as an Eastern European immigrant newly arrived to Liberty City, an analogue of New York, where you're given an open world to explore. This blockbuster is ...READ»