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  • 02 August 2007

  • News: Xbox 360 beats Wii & PS3 in games awards

    Microsoft’s Xbox 360 trumped Sony’s PlayStation 3 (PS3) and the Nintendo Wii at the Game Critics Awards, with Xbox 360 games winning 11 'Best of E3 2007' awards, compared to the PS3’s eight, the the Wii’s one.

  • 01 August 2007

  • News: Improved Xbox 360 processor planned

    Singaporean contract chip maker Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing will produce a 45-nanometre (nm) processor designed for video-game consoles, probably an upcoming version of the processor used in Microsoft's Xbox 360.

  • News: Xbox 360 beats Wii on web searches

    Microsoft’s Xbox 360 has become the most searched-for games console, surpassing the Nintendo Wii due to new games, price drop rumours, and inquiries about hardware issues.

  • 31 July 2007

  • News: Free PS3s offered at The Link

    Mobile phone retailer The Link is offering free Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3) consoles to customers signing up for a Samsung or Nokia handsets.

  • 30 July 2007

  • News: IBM workers warned over Second Life behaviour

    IBM is hoping to avoid embarrassing incidents created by its staff in Second Life by publishing official guidelines governing employee behaviour in the IBM Second Life sales centre, according to reports by the Associated Press.

  • News: Microsoft expects new $400, 4GB PS3

    Sony is planning to release a 40GB PlayStation 3 (PS3) later this year, according to Microsoft's director of technical strategies, Andre Vrignaud.

  • 27 July 2007

  • News: US price cut for Xbox 360 HD DVD player

    Microsoft is cutting the price of an HD DVD player it offers as an add-on to Xbox 360 game consoles in the US and will give away five free HD DVD movies with player purchases, a sign the battle between the HD DVD and the Blu-ray Disc high definition formats is heating up.

  • News: PS2 is world's most popular console

    A new study reveals that Sony’s PlayStation 2 (PS2) remains the world’s most popular and most widely played console, despite the launch of the PS3, Nintendo Wii and Xbox 360.

  • News: Sony hit by by poor PS3 performance

    Disappointing sales of Sony’s PlayStation 3 (PS3) console have contributed to a $237m in Sony’s game division

  • 26 July 2007

  • News: Microsoft slashes price of Xbox 360 HD DVD add-on

    Microsoft is cutting the US price of its HD DVD player add-on for the Xbox 360 game console, and will give away five free HD DVD movies with each purchase

  • 25 July 2007

  • News: Tony Hawk helps Activision overtake EA

    The LA Times says Activision has overtaken Electronic Arts (EA) to become the world's largest video game maker following the success of the Guitar Hero, Tony Hawk, Call of Duty and Spider-Man games.

  • 23 July 2007

  • News: Nintendo Wii exposed to Adobe Flash bug

    Symantec says a recently identified Adobe Flash vulnerability could affect the Nintendo Wii through the console’s Opera internet browser.

  • News: $5m lawsuit targets Xbox 360 failures

    Xbox 360 customers have filed a second lawsuit against Microsoft complaining about the Xbox 360 console scratching and ruining video game discs.

  • News: Sony plans big PS3 & PSP announcements

    European PlayStation boss David Reeves said big news for the PS3 and PlayStation Portable (PSP) would be announced at the Leipzig game conference in Germany next month.

  • 20 July 2007

  • News: Nintendo Wii boost for rechargable battery

    Shipments of Sanyo's Eneloop rechargeable battery will soon hit 30 million thanks in part to the popularity of Nintendo's Wii games console.

  • News: Nintendo Wii to overtake Xbox 360

    Global Nintendo Wii unit sales are less than 1 million away from total Xbox 360 worldwide sales of 10 million, according to recent estimates. At its current rate, the Wii could surpass Xbox 360 sales as soon as September.

  • News: Microsoft's Q4 survives Xbox 360 woes

    Microsoft made a slight profit in its most recent quarter despite Xbox 360 woes which cost the company $1bn.

  • 18 July 2007

  • News: New Xbox 360 games outshine Wii & PS3

    GamerMetrics has compiled the most anticipated games for the second half of 2007 according to online page visits in the US. Topping the list of prospective best sellers is Halo 3, followed by Madden NFL 08 and Grand Theft Auto IV.

  • News: PlayStation Portable to get mobile TV

    The PlayStation Portable (PSP) console is to get mobile TV functionality, after Sony announced details of the second-generation PSP.

  • News: Xbox boss quits Microsoft for EA

    Peter Moore has resigned as the president of Microsoft’s Xbox business, less than two weeks after the company revealed that it would take a $1bn charge due to widespread defects in the Xbox 360 console. The Briton will be joining Electronic Arts (EA), and will be replaced by Don Mattrick, a former EA executive.

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