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An Italian only ad has outed the new slim-line Xbox 360 and given away the final name of motion-sensor controller Natal. That’s what bloggers are saying tonight – just hours before Microsoft is poised to begin a 24 hour no-expenses-spared hoopla to promote its new devices and kick-off E3. A …

Italian ad touts potential peripheral name and new-look 360 console hardware. But is it genuine?

Within the next 48 hours all three home console platform holders will have shot their E3 load in their anticipated LA press briefings – and MCV will be offering live coverage of each and every one. What should you expect? Well, there’s a brand new handheld from Nintendo, some killer …

After last year’s string of pre-E3 leaks left more or less no surprises for the actual platform holder conferences, there’s an increasing belief that Microsoft has something big up its sleeve for tomorrow’s official E3 press briefing. With Nintendo set to unveil the said-to-be impressive 3DS at its press briefing …

Very few specifics are known about Nintendo’s 3DS, the new handheld it will unveil next week. We know it will boast a glasses-free 3D display, and be backwards compatible with the old DS software – but Nintendo is keeping back many details until its E3 press conference next week. However …

Cloud gaming service Gaikai is heading to E3 one step closer to phase-one launch – but the company behind the revolutionary tech is aiming to expand the business fast. In a new interview with Develop, Gaikai co-founder Andrew Gault expressed his optimism in focusing the business on rapidly-streamed in-browser game …

Tencent VP of game business development set for the key trade event

A key lecture offering insight into the success of Chinese game companies is set to take place at this year’s GDC Europe event. Tencent Games vice president of business development, Bo Wang, will bring to the conference advice on how western developers and business can collaborate with Asian firms. The …

We’d begun to worry that this year’s E3 might not deliver the kind of big surprises we saw at the 2009 event – but Microsoft reckons it has something big up it sleeve. In an email to registered members of Xbox.com, the platform holder states: E3 is the world’s largest …

â??Thereâ??s so many ideas that we havenâ??t implemented yetâ?, says studio head