Avatars, photo sharing and hopefully fewer service outages await 360 owners with "New Xbox Experience", which carries with it the ugly acronym of "NXE".

Can price cuts make the difference for Microsoft's console? Does Blu-Ray still count? See how the console prices stack up.

If you're buying a new 360, get an Elite - simple as that. If you've already got one, this is pretty much a cosmetic upgrade – but you might want to look into getting the separate 120GB hard drive when it comes out...

This is a pretty decent little webcam – it's just that, without games to fool around with, it feels like a low-end PC webcam plugged into your Xbox. EyeToy this ain't

The Xbox 360 dashboard has been looking slightly lacklustre compared to the Playstation's slick XMB implementation, and Microsoft has finally realised the 360 needed an updated GUI.

A major feature that Microsoft has announced at E3, and reported in the official Xbox 360 Gamerscore Blog, is the ability to copy games to your Xbox 360 hard-drive.

The cut-down PS3 costs the same as the Xbox Elite, has lost of its key features and still has that cracking Blu-ray player

Occasionally glitchy with some sources, this works well enough with most. The lack of HDMI's a pain, but as a bargain solution to a problem that afflicts most gadget fiends, it isn't bad...

Krome is busy putting finishing touches on Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. We spoke to them about the game, Krome's new Merkury3 engine and more.

With a new Ghostbusters game coming in 2009 and released by original '80s kings Atari, we pay homage to those games that honour the '80s best. Have the '80s become better with age or are just kidding ourselves?

Will or won't Gears of War 2 be appearing on the PC? As the web fury grows, we contacted the people behind the game to get some answers, and a nice photo gallery.

News on downloadable content incoming according to the Big M. Rocket launchers at the ready!

Console capers

All eyes are on Microsoft and Sony to release their own killer versions of the Wii motion controller at this year’s E3 gaming expo. Meanwhile, Nintendo’s Wii just keeps getting better.

The latest Grand Theft Auto has all the hallmarks of a classic and is the perfect excuse to invest a PS3 or Xbox 360

Speculation from industry insiders has it that Intel is having significant trouble getting publishers and developers to programme for Larrabee.

No sane gamer is going to head out and buy this as their new console, but we'd advise 360 and Wii owners not to forget about Dre - there's some truly superb games still coming out for PS