"Of course, I'm biased given the role that I'm in but if I really think about it using my consumer instincts and the experience that I've had, this is the best blend of performance, price, online and games - by far," says Don Mattrick. Many of you remember that Peter Moore left his position as Senior VP of Microsoft Interactive Entertainment; Don Mattrick was his replacement. MSNBC had a chat wi... more.

It seems as if the gloves are dropping and all out war is about to break out. Robbie Bach here shows us that he is clearly laughing at Sony's attempt to jump into the online world with their Home service, that which he says is "no competition" to Xbox Live. GameIndustry.biz recently did an interview with the Xbox chief. "It's fair to say that Xbox Live is clearly head and shoulders above anything... more.

In a world where competition is king, nothing has been more of a thorn in the Xbox side then its profitability. Recent events that seem to be pointing toward a rough time for the Xbox in general that has had certain people, myself included, wondering what the outlook for the Xbox has in store. Of course, the Entertainment and Devices Division at Microsoft isn't all Xbox, but seeing that this is w... more.

  It's that time of year again. Well, it's more like it's that time of week again. Hot off the heels of Activision acquiring Bizarre Creations, Electronic Arts has acquired Bioware and Pandemic for a whooping $620 million in cash. – Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) today announced an agreement with Elevation Partners to acquire VG Holding Corp. -- the owner of both BioWare Corp. and Pand... more.

  Much speculation has been in the air over the last few days after a user blog post started a rumor of unspeakable horror for some followers of the Halo franchise and more or less Bungie Studios itself. Just as things were starting to point to some truth in this speculation that Bungie and Microsoft were no more, a press release and a few words from  Bungie's Frankie has finally cleared up... more.

Whenever a large company acquires a smaller one, most people will and should always be a little nervous. This time around it's Bizarre Creation's turn to be acquired by Activision. Similar to EA's Acquisition of Criterion, PGR 4 developer Bizzare Creations is now under the cozy umbrella of Activision with the promise to not change a thing. Bizarre Creations continues to exist as is. We won't b... more.

The HD game is getting a lot more interesting.  360 HD DVD drives drove up 1000% on Amazon earlier this month but Blockbuster and Target dropped all HD DVD movies a few days prior.  As the format war continues to rage on studios continue to changing sides.  Paramount and Dreamworks decided to drop Bluray movies entirely in favor of HD DVD.  If you are like me and don't really know where yo... more.

EA has always had the company policy of shipping on time and when the PS3 didn't they couldn't develop it until later on in the cycle.  Rob M. of EA Sports Technical Support  explains why the PS3 version was bricked and the 360 version is shining. "In the case of the next-generation consoles, many publishers have been developing titles for the Xbox 360 for over 3 1/2 years while everyone who... more.

Yesterday Epic said they wanted $650,000 for the damages Silicon Knights put them through and now Silicon Knights says that once they get in court they will be asking for millions more than what Epic wants. Attorney Christopher T. Holland explains, "We believe strongly that our claims in our complaint will prevail and the damages Silicon Knights has suffered in connection with its original compl... more.

Now the place that rents games to you over priced will buy them from you under priced.  Hopefully this will drive the price of used games down at EB, now that they have to deal with a little competition.   Unfortunately for those who like to trade in games for cash Blockbuster is only giving you instore credit so you can spend more money, so kind of them. [Via Evil Avatar] -Matthew “Webn... more.