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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 …

Left4Dead 2 has been announced exclusively for Xbox 360 and PC, and will be the subject of Valve’s biggest ever marketing push. The sequel to Valve’s highly popular 2008 zombie shoot-‘em-up was unveiled at Microsoft’s E3 press conference via a new trailer, and will be released on November 17th, 2009. …

As expected, Microsoft has confirmed that the third instalment in the Forza Motorsport series will be released this autumn. Forza 3 will run at an impressive 60fps, and includes 400 cars from 50 different manufacturers. In a nod to Codemasters’ GRID, the game will also include a rewind feature to …

Microsoft has announced that the newsest addition to the Splinter Cell series, Conviction, will be exclusively released on Xbox 360 in the autumn. The game was originally announced as an Xbox-exclusive two years ago, and was scheduled for release in November 2007, but was subsequently delayed. Publisher Ubisioft revealed that …

E3'09: Project Natal can track motion, sense voices, and, according to Microsoft, offer a new era without a new console

One of most controversial games of recent times has just been demoed by the game’s director Motomu Toriyama on Microsoft’s E3 stage – Final Fantasy XIII. There had previously been some confusion over whether coding on the Xbox 360 version of the game had begun, or whether work was being …

Epic Games has announced new IP Shadow Complex for Xbox Live Arcade. The game is set to combine elements of exploration and combat, similar to Nintendo’s Metroid Prime and Konami’s Castlevania franchise. The project is headed-up by Gears of War creator, Cliff Bleszkinsi, and was unveiled at Microsoft’s Pre-E3 press …