A report has come in confirming that a new Xbox Live starter pack has been made official and is going to be arriving sometime next week for the US price of $99.00. The pack includes a 60GB HDD, a 3 month subscription to Xbox Live, a wired headset as well as an ethernet cable. A touch expensive? Maybe. With 20GB HDD's usually going for around a grand in South Africa, it may not actually be a bad deal. This all however depends on the price it will be when it hits local shelves, which also brings me onto my next point. When I say next week, I mean next week in the US as there are no indications to whether or not we will even be seeing it in South Africa, especially since we don't even have local Live support. We can only hope to see it someday soon and with all of the extra online functionality being pushed towards the casual gamer with the new dashboard update, it's about time that we start seeing some proper news about some local support.

Valve have announced that a Left 4 Dead demo will be made available on Xbox 360 and PC on November 6. Here is the catch though, if you want the demo on November 6, you will need to have pre-ordered the game. If however, you are one of the many people that couldn't be bothered about pre-ordering a game that will obviously be in steady supply, the demo will be released to everyone on November 11. The demo will include both single player and multiplayer, with the multiplayer component being reported to end on November 18, the day of the games release.

Saints Row may have been a Grand Theft Auto clone, but Saints Row 2 managed to fill a niche by offering a straight shot of nothing but fun, which some people believe GTA did not. I personally did not enjoy the first one but Saints row 2 does have some hooks. Now a third edition is on the way. In …

Great news for Penny Arcade fans. Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness - Episode 2 is going to be available on Xbox Live this Wednesday. Coming in a little cheaper than last time, it will be available for 1200 MS points over Xbox Live and sees the story Gabe and Tycho continue. The big question will be whether or not it will be available in our region as the previous was not, which is a downright shame considering that it was well received in the regions that were lucky enough to get it. Can I blame Germany again? I love blaming Germany for everything.

This latest developer diary from Epic doesn't really focus on anything specific but rather talks about a lot of the different aspects that make up the game. They also discuss the fans and the media as well as what they are doing to try improve the game as well as attract new audiences. Just a week and a bit left till the destruction begins and these videos aren't helping to make the wait go quicker.

Yesterday, we reported that Ubisoft was showing greater sales on the PS3 than the Xbox 360. Granted, the information was only for the United States. Today, According to the latest sales reports from Namco Bandai, Konami, Ubisoft and EA, the Playstation 3 is actually selling more titles than the Xbox 360 despite having a smaller install base. More after the jump. While the PS3 has been playing the catch up game to the Xbox 360 for quite some time since its later launch, it looks as if it's time is nigh. With Microsoft pushing the new 360 price drops as well as the releases of Fable 2 and the mighty Gears of War 2, one must wonder whether the PS3 will be able to keep up with LBP, Resistance 2 and Killzone 2 but a significantly higher price still. The truth will only really come out after the Christmas rush is over and to be honest, I have no idea who is going to be out in front when all is said and done. We will keep our eye on the stats and see how Christmas plays out.

MK vs. DCU 'Super Moves' trailer HD With news hitting that the game has been somewhat cleansed in order to meet a teen rating, I was wondering what was left for Mortal Kombat fans. Well here’s a trailer of all the supermoves in the game and how you can seamlessly link them to combos, looks like fun really. But with …

As if Burnout fans haven't already been spoiled rotten by Criterion Games with the mountain of free DLC that has already been released, it seems that they are planning even more. Criterion now have four more DLC packs planned and will be releasing info about them on each one a week after each other starting November 7. Criterion have apparently been working on an entire new island so fans should be able to enjoy a lot more of their game once the packs are released. Whether or not any of the packs will be free remains to be seen.