I love analysts – professional guessers, if you like. They sift through graphs, sales data, industry goings-on , poring over every minute detail – and then make stuff up. Back in primary school, we called such people “liars,” but now that we’re all grown up they have a much nicer designation. My own ranting aside, analyst reports are always interesting …

Now it’s no big secret that Microsoft is planning to release a new console in the coming years to replace the Xbox 360, however a job posting I spotted today gives us a little insight into what Microsoft are planning for the future. In the posting they are looking for a backend server engineer to help them work with selected …

The ongoing battle between Microsoft and Sony is one that shall not be resolved in the near future, I promise you that. In between the heated arguments and accusations on which is the better console, the ammunition is endless. Today, however, I decided to sift through all the fanboy bantering and focus on a single bullet…exclusivity. Since their release, both …

Did you know that Dead Space was originally being created for the original Xbox? Neither did I. What’s more interesting is that they shifted the entire game over to next-gen, which means that they have been working on it for quite some time now. If you take a look at this video, you can see that while the graphics of …

No your eyes are not deceiving you, it is indeed a Pussycat dolls bundle. the bundle includes an Xbox 360 Arcade unit, SEGA Superstars Tennis, Lips, A Pussycat Dolls DVD and their Doll Domination album. The real question here is why? Isn’t SEGA Superstars Tennis and Lips enough. They are both decent titles so why involve the pussycat dolls? Can …

In an interview with gamesindustry.biz Mark Betteridge, studio manager of Rare, the Viva Pinata and Banjo Kazooie developer, also creators of the Avatars and NXE has said that they plan to own Avatars in the future by creating multiple games and software that support them. Last Updated: November 27, 2008

So I have had some time to test out quite a few games using the new install feature in the NXE. I wanted to determine just what the benefits were. Would the games load faster, how much quieter was the console and so on. I must say I’m rather surprised at what I’ve found and it’s led me to an …

Microsoft has announced that the 360 has just surpassed the original Xbox in total sales. What this basically means is that the 360 has now sold over 25 million units which also means the analysts are a couple of million off and we can expect to see some huge sales figures coming out of NPD for November. With the PS3 …