In response to Sony's recently announced PS3 price drop in the US, Microsoft's Japan division said it has no plans to change the price on the Xbox 360, but left North America out of the conversation.
Just two days ahead of its E3 press briefing, Sony has brought the price of the Playstation 3 down from $600 to $500. An 80 GB model is also now slated for the U.S.
MSN said that its webcast of the Live Earth concert series had the “the most simultaneous viewers of any online concert ever.” The website did not disclose how many simultaneous users it recorded today, but mentioned that it had delivered more than 10 million video streams between Friday 9 pm and Saturday 3 p.m. EST.
Sony has paid for a full-page ad in the Manchester Evening News, apologizing for using the city's cathedral in the violent shooter Resistance: Fall of Man.
The BBC has announced it is bringing Galapagos, a documentary of the Galapagos Islands, to high definition DVD formats, hoping to catch in on the success seen by Planet Earth.
Sierra Entertainment announced today that the flying purple fire breather will be the star of another Spyro game, in its first transition to the next-gen arena.
During a conference call to discuss the new warranty initiative, Microsoft said it fell short of its fiscal year goal of 12 million Xbox 360s by the end of June.
Microsoft today said that it is now covering Xbox 360 consoles with a 3-year warranty for general hardware failures and will reimburse customers who previously paid for certain repairs.
Kyoto (Japan) - Nintendo has announced that it is working on a camera peripheral for the Nintendo DS, with a flagship game designed to help improve skin quality.
The camera will come with a game titled "Face Training", which will take users through various face exercises. The game will prompt users to go through various facial gestures designed to help make their skin more elastic, reports Wired.
Game Review - Nintendo recently released the first Wii game to offer real-time online multiplayer, but it still has a long way to go just to catch up to where its competitors were in the last generation.
Opinion - The glitzy E3 of years past may already be etched into history books, but this month's event will still bring all the surprises and announcements that gamers have come to expect from the industry's crown jewel of trade shows.
