IGN has reported that the next Xbox will ship to retailers in late October or early November of next year with six times the processing power of the Xbox 360, according to sources close to the project. Following initial reports from tech blogs Fudzilla and SemiAccurate, IGN’s sources have confirmed that mass production of the [...]

Imagine that you can play your favorite Xbox Live games on your phone…You might think that Microsoft is taking a page out of Apple’s/Nokia’s playbook and you might be right if a recently uncovered job ad means what we think it means: Newsfactor.com reports that Based on recent job postings on Microsoft’s site, it appears [...]

Here is the debut sneak peak trailer for Microsoft and 343 Industries’ secret anime project, Halo Legends. Halo Legends is a collection of animated shorts films from some of the best animation companies known today. The creative director overseeing the production is Shinji Aramaki, director of Appleseed and Appleseed Ex Machina. Halo Legends Anime Trailer [...]

Waiting for the next OS from Microsoft? Good News! Microsoft has just announced pricing for Windows 7, its upcoming operating system that is scheduled to be released on October 22. The full version of Windows 7 Home Premium package in the United States is $199.99; Windows 7 Professional is $299.99; Windows 7 Ultimate is $319.99. [...]

With the insane popularity of online poker, it was only a matter of time before the Sony or Microsoft (Nintendo isn’t in the picture methinks) got the rights to release a World Series Of Poker themed game. It’s not like a poker game needs incredible graphics or processing power of a 360 or a PS3, [...]

Hideo Kojima has just popped up at Microsoft’s E3 keynote and announced that the Metal Gear Solid franchise is coming to Xbox 360 with an all-new title called Metal Gear Solid Rising. Metal Gear Solid Rising is a completely-new title, and it wont star series mainstay Solid Snake but will star Raiden. Which is just [...]

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The holidays were really successful for Nintendo as the company sold 3.04 million Nintendo DS handhelds during the month of December 2008. They also end the year with the Wii as the top-selling console in the United States, blowing the console competition far behind. US 2009 Holidays hardware sales after the jump.

Now that Ensemble Studios (Age of Empires) has been announced closed by Microsoft, Gamasutra has unearthed information about what Ensemble was working on before it was canceled: and yes, it was a Halo MMORPG.