Review: Xbox 360 Diving Into Living Rooms

With enough hardware horsepower to deliver movie-like graphics and high-quality sound, Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 is setting a new standard for video games. But the console isn't just about shoot-'em-ups and virtual sports.

So what should you expect with this new big update and what does it mean for those with the latest Windows Phone?

The Xbox brand celebrates its tenth anniversary today, and we are here to celebrate.

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Local new filmmaker, and my friend, Neil Prisco gets some media attention for his newest film.

Review: Darksiders

The premise of Darksiders is simple in the beginning as Heaven and Hell battled the Kingdom of Man emerged.

Newsvine Decides: Best Games of 2009

Though the traditions have slipped for music and movies, I'm keeping the faith for the old annual Newsvine Decides columns. For Gamevine, that means picking the best Games of the Year for 2009.

Nintendo's archrivals, Microsoft and Sony, are poised to release their own motion-sensing devices in 2010, with Microsoft having the best chance to out-Wii the Wii.

I just love these guys.....

PC rumor mill started to catch on fire earlier this afternoon with info that Gears of War 2, the critically and commercially acclaimed title from Epic Games and Microsoft Game Studios.

Microsoft has made a bold play by announcing a 'controller free' Xbox experience called 'Project Natal' using full body motion capture and voice recognition offering a jaw-dropping concpet of the future.

Now instead of actually riding a skateboard/snowboard you can stand on one in front of your television screen.

British site Rapid TV News claims that BSkyB (or Sky, as it's more commonly known), the UK's biggest pay TV provider, will announce tomorrow a deal linking its subscription TV services with Microsoft's console.

Sony's always said the PS3 would be their gaming platform for a decade, but SCEE (Sony Computer Entertainment Europe) boss David Reeves said he doesn't know if it'll go 8, 9 or 10 years. Not sure this matters, those dates being so far out, but several things come to mind.

Upcoming patches will provide Far Cry 2 with a new "Hardcore" mode. The hardcore mode will be a setting in the multiplayer options that will allow for a more "realistic" experience.

When Halo 3: ODST ships later this year it will contain all of the all ready released and to be released maps, this includes; The Heroic Map Pack The Legendary Map Pack Cold Storage The Mythic Map Pack

Rare developer and avatars designer, Dale Murchie, said, "User-generated content is a huge area that would not have been done any justice if we had tried to cram it into the launch release of this project," while talking to VG247.

When Axl Rose was asked whether Chinese Democracy, Guns N' Roses' new album, was coming to Guitar Hero or Rock Band he responded; There is talk about a "Rock Band" release, [and] it's my understanding they were very enthusiastic.

In an interview with IGN, Brian Jarrard said that Halo 3: ODST will be the final peice of the Halo 3 pie;

If you've read the Digital Home for the past two years, you probably know that I hold a special place in my heart for Sega. I was always a heavy Genesis user and subsequent to that, I owned every console Sega released. That's precisely why a report from Siliconera has me excited.