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For those lucky enough to live in the cities graced with the presence of Microsoft retail locations this weekend, the company has set up a promotion whereby interested customers will be able to test the recently announced Kinect Peripheral ahead of its launch later this year. The Microsoft Store locations in Scottsdale, Arizona, Lone Tree, [...]

Following up on the repeated sighting of Microsoft Kinect pricing being set for $149.99 ahead of its release, Microsoft Director of Policy and Enforcement for Xbox Live has clarified the issue by stating on Twitter that all pricing so far is nothing more than a placeholder until official pricing is announced. Microsoft has even gone [...]

Valve CEO Gabe Newell has announced that the Portal 2 will be available for the Playstation 3 in 2011 with Steamworks support (community chat and leaderboards, not the full Steam service).  During Sony’s keynote, the Valve CEO stated that Portal 2 on the Playstation 3 would be “the best version of Portal 2 on any [...]

After months of rumors and speculation, Sony has confirmed the forthcoming launch of its premium membership service in Playstation Plus.  The service will be priced in 3-month and 1 year tiers at $17.99 and $49.99 and will include exclusive content and access to game demos along with beta invites. The service will also offer access [...]

Sony has confirmed the first 3D display capable titles for this year in Gran Turismo 5, The Sly Collection, MLB10 The Show and Mortal Kombat along with Killzone 3 slated for release in February of 2011 and MotorStorm Apocalypse.

Welcome to live coverage of Nintendo’s E3 Keynote on TechNews.biz. Major announcements from Nintendo this E3 are expected to revolve around the 3DS and further information on this summer’s lineup of highly anticipated games.

Click for full-size Gamestop has leaked pricing for Microsoft’s forthcoming Microsoft Kinect motion controller slated for launch November 4th. According to the placeholder page, the unit will be sold for $149.99 with additional bundles, including the Kinetic Arcade and Elite bundles coming in at $299.99 and $399.99 respectively.

Starting tomorrow through the 10th K-Mart will be having a sale on the most popular and bestselling titles for the PS3 and Xbox 360 online and in-store. Kmart will have Final Fantasy 13, Modern Warfare 2, Darksiders, Metro 2033, Bayonetta, and Alien vs Predator for $29.99 online and in-store. The Square-Enix release in Nier will [...]

The first images of the motherboard from the next revision of the Playstation 3 feature smaller Cell and RSX processors, the Cell now being manufactured on a new 45nm process and the RSX Graphics Synthesizer chip being manufactured on an even smaller 40nm process resulting in 15% less power consumption. The motherbaord revision also details [...]

In the never ending saga of Sony’s constant stumbling with the PS3, the latest 3.30 update (which adds 3DTV compatibility) also updates the End User License agreement to allow the manufacturer to modify the console operating system without prior notification or permission. The above change exacerbates Sony’s previous removal of Linux support in the PS3 [...]