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Microsoft has confirmed that there will be no further releases on its Xbox Originals digital download service. The retail channel, which arrived in December 2007, offered 360 owners the chance to download full game releases from its Xbox catalogue. The platform holder told IGN that it has finished its portfolio” …

The increasing complexity of games and the limited storage capacity of DVDs has been threatening to come to a head for Xbox 360 of late, and Forza 3 is set to be the game that finally breaks it. Forza’s content director John Wendl told Joystiq that: It is going to …

It’s not the twinning but the taking part that counts, right? Nope. How you win or lose something like E3 is hard to fathom, but the reaction to Microsoft’s conference was certainly positive – so much so that the Xbox 360 platform holder seems happy to declare victory. I think …

Emergent, Intel, Autodesk, amBX, Adobe and more to supply hardware and software for 2009's competition

Halo developer Bungie has stated that the recently revealed Halo Reach will not reach the market until autumn 2010, a year after the release of the next chapter in the Halo franchise – Halo ODST. Speaking to GameSpot regarding the already touted Halo Reach beta, an unnamed Bungie staffer explained: …

E3'09: Shane Kim explains that Microsoft made a 'substantial' investment in motion-sensing as Ensemble was cut loose

Left 4 Dead developer no longer exists â?? but kind of does at the same time

Sony’s PSPgo has appeared on GAME’s UK websites for 230. Consumers can now register their interest in the machine at GAME.co.uk, Gamestation.co.uk and Gameplay.co.uk. However, the High Street chain has told MCV that it is just a guide price” and could well change before launch. MCV Award winners Play.com has …

E3â??09: Microsoftâ??s Greenberg says FFXIV is not an exclusive, while Sonyâ??s Dille states Metal Gear will launch on PS3

Employment up six per cent in same period