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Top Microsoft exec Jeff Bell has revealed that the format holder plans to make Xbox 360 ‘this generation’s PS2′. Bell, corporate VP of global marketing for Microsoft’s Interactive Entertainment Business, also said he was hopeful that 360 would become popular with Wii owners who had ‘graduated’ above Nintendo’s console. Speaking …

Future versions could contain physics, AI or inverse kinematics engines

In a year that has seen all of the so-called seventh-generation of machines fully established and battling it out on the market, Nintendo’s DS has emerged as the top selling console in the US in 2007. The DS shifted 8.5 million units throughout the year in the US, well ahead …

Microsoft has revealed a new set of figures following a bumper festive period, according to Reuters . As well as reaching the 17.7m mark in terms of worldwide console sales, the platform holder confirmed that it has shifted 4.3m units in the last three months. On top of the hardware …

This week has already brought talk of a new HD-DVD equipped Xbox 360 that some say will be unveiled by Microsoft and Toshiba at next week’s CES technology show in Las Vegas, but Stuff claims to have the complete scoop on the new machine, which it claims will be called …

Joystiq reports that Bill Gates could use his final Consumer Electronics Show keynote to reveal a new Xbox 360 model with an integrated HD-DVD player – putting the console on a par with PS3 and its built-in Blu-Ray functionality. The report adds that platform holder Microsoft could also be preparing …

Microsoft has predicted that it will sell more Xbox 360 units next year than it managed in 2007 – particularly in Japan. And the platform holder has labelled Europe as the vital territory to conquer in order to outperform rival Sony. "We will sell more consoles next year than this …

Call Of Duty 4 has fought off competition to retain its position at the top of the ChartTrack Xbox 360 chart. The Activision title is followed in second once again by Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed, with Microsoft’s Halo 3 moving up from fourth to third. EA’s Need For Speed: ProStreet swaps …

Release version now available; Dream Build Play 2008 warm-up round also opens

Yoichi Wada, the CEO of Japanese games giant Square Enix, has claimed that Microsoft is the only current platform holder who remains dedicated to selling in the games market, that the Wii is being bought as a toy and that Sony is unsure about what its machine really is. In …