Console News

Not only is the boomerang design gone, but a new design is in, and this design has people moving (literally).

Play Station 3 hits US November 17. How much? The answer: $499 for 20GB version, and $599 for 60GB. Will gamers Wii instead of PS3?

Since the new update today, May 2nd, users can now send and receive messages through Xbox.com via a web interface. Thank you Microsoft.

In a Pre-E3 Chat with Peter Moore it was announced that Microsoft will attempt to feature news and videos from the show room floor via Xbox Live.

Via Peter Moore @ Xbox.com

Larry Hryb, the Xbox Live Director of Programming, has announced that Xbox Live, Xbox.com and the forums will be offline on May 2nd from 0200-1500 PT for maintenance.

Microsoft tells Next-Gen.Biz that the Xbox 360's recently announced CPU switch from 90nm to 65nm won't have any effect on the system's performance; main advantage is cost reduction.

Nintendo has renamed the 7th generation console "Revolution" to "Wii" in hopes that it will symbolize their answer to next-generation console questions.

No Nintendo has not made a deal with Microsoft for 360 downloads, but someone over at the Xbox Scene forums has found a way to run an emulator through MCE pc to your Xbox 360.

The new release of 2.70 brings with it 2 major additions in Macromedia Flash support and RSS feed support.

It looks like AOL is teaming up with Nintendo to promote a "First To Play" sweepstakes for 3 lucky people on May 9th in L.A. (E3).