Maybe it’s a bit early to already be looking into the next year but I came across a posting on Videogamer.com this morning that has Microsoft talking about their awesome line up for next year, or actually not talking about. Just letting us know that it will be great. So while 2008 has once again been one of the best …

Anyone who has been paying any sort of attention to the gaming industry knows that Microsoft have taken a very aggressive approach this year by making some major slashes to the price of their Xbox 360 SKU's. In an interview with Videogamer.com, Stephen McGill, the head of Microsoft's gaming and entertainment department in the UK has said that he thinks that the Xbox 360 is "great value" and is at a "great price now". His explanation, after the jump. He says that Microsoft won't drop the price for "many many years in the future in the future I suspect" and also later goes on to say that: "It's great value. And I think the value not only comes from the price of the console but the content. With NXE launching and obviously that's free for everyone, and the portfolio. There isn't a better range of games and entertainment, basically fun, on any other platform, and we're incredibly affordable."" He is right though, the amount of console you are getting for the prices that they are now available is pretty remarkable and I really can't see that Microsoft would even be able to lower the prices any further, at least not for a couple of years. Sony on the other hand is holding tight with it's prices. With the line-up that the PS3 has got going for it as well as the strong brand recognition worldwide, I don't doubt that they will be selling consoles by the bucket-loads this Christmas either.

Prince of Persia 'Platforming' gameplay Man I don’t know what to say, this game is looking fantastic and an absolute ton of fun. Prince of Persia is definitely a must buy judging by this, yes it’s only a video but come on, there’s no denying how smooth the game looks, I want it and I want it now! Last Updated: …

In other New Xbox Experience news today, Microsoft’s Gamerscore Blog has announced that five previously released Xbox Live Arcade titles will be getting updated to include support for Microsoft Avatars when the new features launch on November 19. Last Updated: November 3, 2008

The New Xbox Experience, as we all know, is officially dated for release on November 19. But this is the Internet age, and nothing ever stays bottled up until its official release. Sure enough, reports have circulated the net that the download files for the NXE have leaked online, but before you figure it couldn’t hurt anyone to get an …

Just like with Dead Space, I seem to be sitting in yet another awkward situation. Left 4 Dead will now be the second game that I have ordered and am left wondering why in the hell I did it. As much as this game looks awesome, I really can't afford the extra laundry bills that are going to need to be paid because I will be browning all of my pants on a daily basis. Well, at least I will be able to do it with four of my friends, but judging from the look and quantities of the enemies, I'm not entirely sure if that makes me feel any better. The game releases on November 18th, and maybe if I have actually mustered up the courage to finish Dead Space by then, I will actually put the game into my console.

When I first got the early build of Scene-It , I have to admit that I wasn't really that excited to give it a go. I mean, I am quite a bit of a movie buff and I do love movie trivia, but these games weren't made for people like me were they? These games are made for those odd happy families that you see in Nintendo adverts aren't they, surely I would find it to be a little lame? Well, myself and a friend sat down to give it a go and we landed up being more than pleasantly surprised.... If you didn't know, Scene It is a trivia game similar to the Buzz series that has been seen in the past, except with a focus on movies. The game usually comes with four buzzer devices that allow players to hit the big red button and then select their answer with one of the colour coded buttons. We didn't get any buzzers for the early code, so we had to make do with the standard Xbox 360 controller. You go through a variety of multiple choice questions that are presented to you in a number of ways. There are complete movie scenes that play out, followed by questions about the scene or the actors that played in them, then you get a whole bunch of other fun questions, like a children's drawing of a movie scene that slowly gets drawn out, or photos from a movie that get revealed on by one. The quicker you are able to figure out what the scene is, the more points you get for the correct answer. Because of the game, we also got to see how the new NXE avatars fit into the whole scheme of things and on the whole, they seemed to do their job just fine, with nothing that special added but a nice touch at the end of the day, further softening up and the game and giving it a more casual feel. At the end of the day, we sat down to just see how the game was. So we tried to play through another round and then another and another until we had to force ourselves to put it down. The truth is that the game is actually a lot of fun to pretty much anyone who has ever watched a couple of movies in their life, and that's pretty much all of us isn't it? With games like this popping up, boardgames better start watching themselves because a game like this makes for a really wonderful social event with some friends and family.

Only 4 sleepies left until Gears of War 2 hits the shelves and indeed most of our disc drivers. To help ease the pain of the wait, or for that matter, possibly make it worse, we have a montage of a lot of the multiplayer maps, courtesy of IGN. The wait is almost finally over for the sequel to Microsoft's big hit of 2006. The only thing easing my pain at the moment is the barrage of big titles that came out this previous weekend.