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New research from mobile marketing analysts Millennial Media has named the PS3 as one of the top four internet connected devices in Q3 2010. It was the only home console to make the listings, with both Xbox 360 and Wii absent. The iPod Touch was named as the most connected …

Sega has confirmed two more titles that will be released as part of its revisiting of the Dreamcast back-catalogue on Xbox Live and PlayStation Network. Next spring will see both cult rhythm action game Space Channel 5 Part 2 (the PAL version of which is highly collectable and hard to …

With just over two months to go before the games industry waves goodbye to 2010, new numbers from US sales tracker NPD shows that for the year-to-date Microsoft’s Xbox 360 exclusive Halo Reach is the best-selling game in the region. Bungie’s shooter enjoyed sales of 3.3m in its launch month …

Phil Spencer, the corporate VP of Microsoft Game Studios, has labelled the current 3D games market as nothing more than a science experiment” and argued that it’s too early for his company to commit itself to the space. As an entertainment company, we’re trying to do things that millions of …

Microsoft shares fell by over 2 per cent on news that its chief software architect, Ray Ozzie, has decided to resign from the group. Ozzie was a key player at the upper echelons of Microsoft, and took over the company’s software role after Bill Gates retired from the group. He …

Shares fall as Ray Ozzie prepares to resign

Bethesda has announced that DLC for Fallout: New Vegas will be released exclusively on Xbox Live. The publisher confirmed it would be developing additional content for the highly-anticipated post-apocalyptic RPG for Xbox 360. The first pack will be available by the end of the year. The announcement follows on from …

The New York Post is reporting that Microsoft is spending $500m on what it calls a major movie-style marketing blitz” to accompany the launch of Kinect next month. The wide-reaching campaign will touch on all manner of sectors including TV, online, print, food and drink. Partners include Disney, Nickelodeon, Burger …

ORIGINAL STORY: Platform holder Microsoft has confirmed that there are 17 titles ready to arrive alongside its motion-sensing camera Kinect on November 4th. Microsoft’s four first party titles leads the line-up, which also includes four fitness games (five in the UK – see below), two dancing titles and a film …

Xbox Live will spread to nine new countries when Kinect launches on November 10th. The online multiplayer service will be available in Russia, Poland, South Africa, Greece, Czech Republic, Hungary, Brazil, Colombia and Chile. Users who live in those countries and have signed up to Xbox Live from another region …