Former Xbox boss says consoles heading for the scrap heap. Lets hope he's thrown on a flame proof suit.

Microsoft plans to replace 14.1 million power cables for certain older model Xbox consoles, due to a potential fire hazard.

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

Nintendo console predicted to be most popular by end of 2008.

Best-selling games console in the world.

The PlayStation 2, on the other hand, has a strong video games heritage, and it shows. It looks like a console and plays like one, albeit a supercharged one. Its black box design is practical, if a li

Sporting DVD, Internet access and amazing 3D graphics, the latest games consoles have everyones attention. David Hellaby reports from E3 in Los Angeles. When is a machine that runs on Win

For the next next generation of consoles, PS4, XBox3 and Wii2, it looks like Intel is in, Nvidia is out. The picture for their GPUs is starting to become clear.

Microsoft has confirmed it has cut a "small percentage", thought to be around 600,000 gamers, off from Xbox Live for modifying their consoles to play pirated games

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

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc (SCEI) have announced details of its upcoming PlayStation 3 console at a press conference in Los Angeles.

Wii and DS consoles continue US market dominance.

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...

Electronics giant faces uphill struggle with the PlayStation 3.

11.6 million faulty consoles.

One year on and Microsoft claims sales of six million consoles.

Another slice of addictive gaming pie from Nintendo – and this one will help you lose pounds too

Popularity of the little console is exploding, with Nintendo expecting to double the Wii user base. And its little brother, the DS, is also proving popular.

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