Movie Magic Although we as South African's don't really get to benefit from any of Live's movie and TV shows, I will just quickly mention that Microsoft have now also signed on NBC and Universal adding to the already massive lineup of shows and movies for people to download and watch. They also announced that they have now joined together with Netflix, allowing subscribers to instantly watch any of the movies on offer. This is a huge blow to Apple TV and a major announcement for the Xbox 360. Live will now apparently offer around 10 000 videos for you to choose from.

Okay, so the Microsoft Press Conference is over and so I have decided to package all of the major juicy details into one big round up. I will be giving the same coverage to Nintendo and Sony once they have their turn, so keep checking back to the site this week for all the gaming industry goodness So what can you expect? Well, some of the rumours that have made their way onto the internet were proven true and some were nowhere to be seen. Some gameplay footage was shown, some new partnerships were announced and to top it all off, it ended with something that I can't describe as anything less than an absolute shock. Please note that there is so much to cover that I will probably not be able to mention everything. All in all I will say that it was a really strong showing from Microsoft, I can't wait to see what Sony and Nintendo have lined up.... The Big Hitters Microsoft showed off gameplay of 4 major games during the conference, Fable 2, Resident Evil 5, Fallout 3 and Gears of War 2. All had a strong showing and I suggest you check out your favorite video site to check out any footage that may get released soon. Fable 2 is set for release in October of this year, Gears 3 in November and Resident Evil 5 is set for release on Friday the 13th of March 2009. Fallout 3 is also set to receive exclusive downloadable content for Xbox 360 and PC and Resident Evil 5 will have 2 player online cooperative play. Cliff Bleszinski did also announce a new mode for GoW2 multiplayer called Horde, which will allow you and 4 friends ( 5 in total ) to fight off wave after wave of locust, working as a team to survive. Hit the Arcade To strengthen the Arcade line-up, Microsoft announced some new titles. Firstly, a new Geometry Wars has been announced and looks to have multiplayer as well. Galaga Legions, the first true sequel to Galaga was also shown.... Portal : Still Alive has been announced exclusively for the Xbox 360 later this year, I am not entirely sure if it will be only on XBLA or if it will be on shelves as well.

For anyone out there that has been eagerly waiting for Too Human will be happy to know that it is now officially available on Xbox Live. That's right, so unless you want to wait until you get home, call someone, make a plan. That way you can play it as soon as you get back! I have been waiting to try this game out for myself because it seems like it has a lot of potential but I have yet to make a final decision on whether or not its going to be worth parting with some cash for it. The demo weighs in at 1.09GB, so get started.

Torsten Allard explains design and backgrounds The great thing about gaming is that players get to compete with each other and compare skills. The principle may not work equally well for all games (it is less practical in adventures, for instance), but basically this is a feature that gives you added motivation. We are going to make sure that it …

Well, I just got back from my Honeymoon in Mauritius and boy, I can tell you that that place has some really nice graphics (*dadumm tisshhhh*). But seriously, the place was absolutely gorgeous and warranted me spending a lot of time doing nothing but staring at how beautiful it was and just soaking in the atmosphere and feeling that the …

Based on Robert Ludlum’s successful novels bearing the same name, Jason Bourne has been within the realm of public consciousness since 1980. The novel of The Bourne Identity was voted the second best spy novel ever in a Publisher’s Weekly poll, being bested only by the truly sublime The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le Carre. …

This is your lucky morning, you are getting two stories for the price of one… First off we have the rumour that Home will be released before October as the latest Bioshock boxart has the distinctive Home Logo on it. This makes sense as the last rumoured release date was September so that fits perfectly. However what I want to …

By Philip Dunkley Okay, so during last week, we ran quite a few comps, and one of them was centered around a few Blu-Ray titles. 5 Blu-Ray titles to be exact. So the question I asked you was the following: What do you lovely people think the combined weight of the 5 BD discs are, bearing in mind that they …