With all the news flying around about Gamescom and Kinect it quickly became apparent that we still don’t have an official release date the for the redesigned Xbox 360. I dropped an email to Microsoft and this is the official answer as of today the 17th of August 2010. Last Updated: August 17, 2010

Microsoft have shown off a little bit of the already quite impressive – and nicely minimalist – Windows 7 Phones, including their much touted Xbox Live integration. They’ve now revealed the platform’s impressive list of launch titles. All the usual suspects for mobile gaming – like Bejeweled, Flight Control and Asphalt – there are some pretty interesting surprises, like Castlevania, …

The only real industry day for Gamescom is today with 3 of the big gaming companies having their press conferences today. I’m not expecting any huge announcements but I am still hoping to be pleasantly surprised. The press conferences will be as follows with all times being German obviously. Last Updated: August 17, 2010

Microsoft has just announced that Kinect will be released across Europe, Asia and most importantly Africa on Wednesday the 10th of November 2010. They also restated that their will be at least 15 Kinect titles at launch with the current front runners being Dance Central, Kinectimals, Joy Ride and Kinect Adventures. We’ll be bringing you more news as and when …

The news that Heavy Rain has sold over 1.5 million units isn’t that surprising really as the game is that original and good. However what is surprising is that it has smashed Sony’s sales expectations and is still going. Quantic Dreams founder, David Cage, has also been blown away as he originally predicted that Heavy Rain would sell 1.5 million …

The headline pretty much says it all but according to a listing on kalahari.net that awesome Halo Reach Special Edition 250Gb Xbox 360 will be sold locally for a not so terrible R3899. The console comes with a copy of Halo Reach and 2 Xbox 360 wireless controllers. If you are in the market for a new Xbox 360 and …

Today’s ION post may as well be called the “Unreality Mag” edition, mainly because the site www.unrealitymag.com has posted up a ton of awesome gaming related posts of awesomeness that you will want to check out. So check the “stuff and video” lists. There’s lots more though, including an awesome collection of everything that every Starcraft unit has to say, …

  Activison-blizzard run the official World of Warcraft servers – with an iron fist. They don’t take too kindly to others doing the same, as Scapegaming’s Alyson Reeves has found out. The law has sided with Acti-Blizz and – and this serve as a deterrent should you wish to run your own for-profit WoW server – and awarded them a …