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Microsoft has splashed some paint over its Xbox 360 controller and come up with three limited edition colours for the US.

Microsoft has told us we "we shouldn't hold our breath" for PlayStation Home because it would be a "dangerous thing to do".

At EA's E3 press conference, BioWare co-founder Greg Zeschuk mentioned that the Dragon Age franchise would be coming to consoles in the future.

EA Sports boss Peter Moore has unveiled a brand new feature that will see the data in NBA Live '09 updated on a daily basis.

Africa may prove difficult territory for Resident Evil 5, and not just because of Umbrella Corp meddling. The E3 2007 teaser struck an unpleasantly colonial chord by suggesting that - crikey! - you'll certainly be shooting a lot of black people this time around, and the media has been quick to voice its unease. The developers may consider the new setting just another change of location following RE4's European holiday, but the trailer's problem was that its depiction of a white man fighting off a depraved black mob was "imagery with a history", in the words of Newsweek's N'Gai Croal, particularly as there was no wider context available for those not versed in the series' back-story.

"I'm not a planner," Peter Molyneux is telling us. "I don't plan my life more than a few seconds into the future." We're sitting in a demo room in Lionhead's Guildford offices. There are timelines on the walls, and spreadsheets littered about the table. Controller in hand, Molyneux isn't admitting why most of his games show up late, he's explaining why his team decided to reinvent the wheel when it comes to co-op gaming. "Planning to play co-op for a few hours is not part of my experience," he sighs. "To me, co-op should be dynamic. If there is an opportunity, I should be able to take it, but it shouldn't interrupt my normal game."

EA has unveiled new social games service Nucleus, which will track gamer preferences, scores and relationships and allow you to set challenges for friends across EA games on multiple formats.

Microsoft plans to bring the original Banjo-Kazooie to Xbox Live Arcade.

Electronic Arts will publish id Software's upcoming multiformat driving/shooter hybrid Rage, the superpublisher announced at its E3 press conference in LA today.

November 7th is the worldwide release date for Gears of War 2, Epic's Cliff Bleszinski announced tonight.

Resident Evil 5 has been given an official European and US release date of Friday 13th March 2009, on both PS3 and Xbox 360, Capcom confirmed during Microsoft's E3 press conference.

Xbox Live executive John Schappert lifted the lid on Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2, Galaga Legions, UNO Rush and South Park for Xbox Live Arcade during Microsoft's E3 press conference.

Microsoft unveiled a total overhaul of the Xbox 360's dashboard at its E3 briefing today and said it would be rolled out for free in the autumn.

Microsoft unveiled madcap Xbox 360 camera game You're In The Movies at its E3 2008 briefing today, promising EyeToy-style mini-games and a way of repackaging captured player input into quirky little B-movies.

Microsoft unveiled a brand new effectively massively-multiplayer quiz game for Xbox Live during its E3 conference today.

Xbox 360 boss Don Mattrick has boldly claimed that his console will win the war. "I'm willing to declare here today that Xbox 360 will sell more consoles worldwide this generation than PS3," he said.

Peter Molyneux has said Fable 2 will be released in October.

Final Fantasy XIII is coming to Xbox 360, Square-Enix has confirmed.

Flavour-of-the-month Welsh warbler Duffy joined Microsoft Games Studios boss Shane Kim on stage tonight for the unveiling of Lips, 360's answer to Sony's towering SingStar series.

Nintendo has peeled the plastic off its MotionPlus accessory for the Wii remote.

Conflict: Denied Ops developer Pivotal Games is to close its doors, GamesIndustry.biz reports.

Konami plans to expand Metal Gear Online this Thursday by adding its first Online Gene Expansion pack.

Sony and Sky have launched the Go!View video service for PSP in the UK and Republic of Ireland.

The UK games industry has raked in more money than ever during the first six months of 2008.

Apogee Software is to return to publishing duties fuelled by revivals from its old catalogue of games.

Mythic has pushed Warhammer Online into its final stage of closed beta testing.

Sony has updated the PSP firmware to version 4.05.

BioWare has revealed new details of its upcoming role-playing game Dragon Age: Origins.

The name of this game is inappropriate. True, it is about skiing. Yes, you can play it with members of your family, and because it's a Wii game it's even suitable for those who think videogames are turning people into goggle-eyed knife-wielding paedophiles. However, the words "Family Ski" do not accurately reflect what you can expect from the gaming experience.

Sony super-boss Howard Stringer has dismissed the Nintendo Wii as an "expensive niche game device".