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Analysts Forecast PS3 Market Dominance By 2010 Despite low launch numbers and a delay in Europe, Research And Markets believes the PS3 will sell 75 million units by 2010, retaining the market lead. In the teaser for their full report, Research And Markets highlights some of their bold...

NPD Hints At Console Holiday Sales In a recent appearance on CNBC, an NPD analyst offered preliminary figures indicating that the Xbox 360 sold 2 million units for the months of November and December. The Wii was close behind. If NPD's preliminary figures are to be believed, the Xbox 360...

I think Russ has been reluctant to make any statements one way or another until he's sure what's going to shake out. He's so busy already, the kind of high quality show he puts together takes a great deal of time to do. After I saw this post I let Russ know I wouldn't be co-hosting the show...

PS3 Tekken 5 Download Hits Japan Japanese players can now download Tekken 5 onto their PS3s. Weighing in at 830MB, the game costs $16 US and marks the first appearance of a full game on the PS3 download service. Previously only available in arcades and on the PSP, Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection...

65nm Xbox 360 CPUs Delayed? While they won't run the Xbox 360 any faster, the new 65nm Xbox 360 CPU's will theoretically run the system cooler and reduce hardware issues as a result. Users waiting for the new CPU before buying an Xbox 360 may have to wait a little longer. According to a...

Gran Turismo HD Free For PS3 Owners Sony has announced that Gran Turismo HD will be released on December 24 in North America as a free download on the PS3. Previously announced for Japan, North American players will now get to download the free Gran Turismo HD game on their PS3. A high...

RedOctane And Ant Commandos Settle After months of legal battling, RedOctane, Activision and The Ant Commandos have settled out of court. While details were not disclosed, the dispute [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/64901-The-Ant-Commandos-Files-Counter-Claim-Against-RedOctane]...

Nintendo Announces Christmas Day Downloads Nintendo has announced Super Mario Bros, Street Fighter II: The World Warrior, Super Castlevania IV and more for the Christmas day Virtual Console offerings. Despite rumors earlier this week, you will have to pay for them. Also coming on Monday are...

Xbox 360 Warranty Extended to One Year Microsoft has extended the Xbox 360 warranty from 90 days to one full year. This change is retroactive, benefiting existing Xbox 360 owners and reimbursing customers who were charged for repairs after 90 days. With numerous reports of Xbox 360 failures...

Free Oblivion Content On Xbox Live Running from December 22 to December 31, the Mehrunes Razor quest for Oblivion will be a free download to Xbox Live users. As a holiday gift to fans, Bethesda is making their Mehrunes Razor quest free for a week to Xbox 360 players. Oblivion owners should...

Crackdown Release Date Set, Demo Coming Microsoft has announced that Crackdown for the Xbox 360 will be released on February 20, 2007. A demo featuring online coop play is also slated for January 18. Headed by Grand Theft Auto creator David Jones, Crackdown continues the Grand Theft style...

Virtua Fighter 5 Coming To Xbox 360 SEGA has announced that Virtua Fighter 5 is coming to the Xbox 360 in summer, 2007. The PS3 version is still slated for February. "Those people lucky enough to have already played Virtua Fighter 5 will know that it's laid the foundations to become the...

Valve And IGA Sign Ad Deal Valve has signed a deal with IGA, an in-game ad firm, to stream ads into Counter-Strike. According to Valve, Counter-Strike accounts for over 5 billion player minutes per month. "As the world's premier online action game, Counter-Strike's player minutes exceed its...

Two Million Burger King Games Served Microsoft claims that over 2 million copies of the $3.99 Burger King Xbox games have sold from the fast food chain. Pocketbike Racer, Big Bumpin and Sneak King are all budget games sold individually at Burger King locations with food. Selling for $3.99...

Gears of War Update Coming Soon Epic VP Mark Rein has made a brief statement about update plans and content downloads for Gears of War. After a bogus, user-made viral campaign suggesting new downloads would be available on Christmas Eve, Rein has confirmed that a small update is coming in...