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Microsoft has just finished off its very impressive E3 presentation, leaving both Sony and, in particular, Nintendo with plenty to do to live up to it. Highlights included full body motion control system Natal, which as well as allowing game control also boast facial, voice and pattern recognition. There was …

Microsoft has revealed that it will be offering a Games on Demand service for Xbox 360 in just a matter of months. Games on Demand launches this August and will let console owners download 360 games direct to their console. It’s not yet clear if these ‘full retail games’ as …

The end of the console cycle has been predicted with increasing regularity – but Microsoft has become the first platform holder to openly claim that its new platform will be part of its existing one. Speaking of its brand new motion sensing technology, which dispenses with the need for any …

Microsoft’s Don Mattrick asked a packed audience at the Galen Centre in Los Angeles: Can we make you the controller?” The answer to that question, according to Microsoft, was Project Natal; a camera based peripheral that can, seemingly, scan and replicate the image it sees, employ voice recognition and, of …

Konami’s legendary games producer Hideo Kojima has announced that his next Metal Gear Solid adventure will be released on Xbox 360. Dubbed Metal Gear Solid Rising, the game will return to the adventures of MGS2 adventurer Raiden and not famed series favourite Solid Snake. Little is known of the game, …

E3'09: Hideo Kojima confirms the news that many have been predicting for months

Microsoft has announced new deals with online music station Last.fm and social networking site Facebook – the latest in a major week of content partnerships that has also seen it team up with TV service bSKYb. In addition, Xbox 360 will also be introducing Twitter compatibility. On top of this …

Bungie has broken silence on its secret Xbox 360 project, Halo Reach. Speaking at Microsoft’s E3 event in Los Angeles, Bungie’s Joe Staten revealed that Reach will land on the Xbox 360 in 2010. Furthermore, those who purchase a copy of upcoming Halo title ODST will be allowed to take …

Microsoft has unveiled the long-awaited RPG Alan Wake at its E3 conference this evening. The firm showed off a gameplay video of the title, which stars a writer whose wife has gone missing. Sam Lake from the game’s developer Remedy said: "I’m very hapy to tell you that Alan Wake …

Microsoft has shown off the latest in its Halo series at its Pre-E3 press conference. Halo 3 ODST will be released on September 22nd worldwide. Joe Staten from developer Bungie showed off the first ever gameplay video of the title. Staten called it: "A great story told in an original …