Splinter Cell: Double Agent has been announced a few days ago. 2 Movies have been released and IGN had an interview with Daniel Roy from Ubisoft. IGN: The double agent aspect sounds like it’s more intrinsic to the game’s overall design than just the story plotline. Can you talk a bit about this? Daniel Roy: You’re absolutely right! When we came up with the Double Agent concept, we thought long and hard on what it could mean for the gameplay, especially in the context of Splinter Cell. For instance, as a double agent, you will be given dual, sometimes contradictory objectives...

AnandTech have a great 11 page article detailing with images the Xbox 360, with a good explanation of each detail here.

Ever since the first details of the Xbox 360 hit the web, gamers have drawn comparisons to Sega’s ill-fated (yet still highly regarded) Dreamcast console. There are the obvious examples – the timing of the launches or the color of the hardware – but then there are a lot of not so obvious ones, too.Read the Dreamcast-xbox360 comparison article at 1Up.com And I must say, there are A LOT of similarities. It’s actually quite frightening to see how much the Xbox 360 and Sega Dreamcast look alike, even the logo is practically the same! But not to worry, after going through the...

Electronic Arts announced today that NCAA Football 06, the newest iteration of EA SPORTS best-selling college football video game franchise, is now available in stores nationwide.  NCAA Football 06 has the exclusive license for college football videogames, and is the only game to feature actual teams, stadiums and schools.    Packed with new modes and features, NCAA Football 06 captures the unique electricity of college football.  The all-new Race for the Heisman mode gives players the chance to experience the ultimate goal in college football – winning the Heisman...

  PS3 Xbox 360 Processor 3.2GHz Cell w/ 7 SPEs 2.0 TFLOPS 3.2GHz G5 w/ 3 Cores 1.0 TFLOPS Memory 256MB XDR @ 3.2GHz 256MB GDDR3 @ 700MHz 512MB GDDR3 @ 700MHz 10MB Embedded DRAM GPU 550MHz NVIDIA 500MHz ATi Best Display 1080p Standard Dual Screen Output 1080i Optional Single Screen Output Network 1000BASE-T Ethernet Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g 100BASE-TX Ethernet Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g Audio 5.1 Digital 5.1 Digital Wireless Input x7 on Bluetooth 2.0 x4 on 2.4GHz RF Storage Removable HDD *TBA...

So there have been many claims but this seems prettey official: Though the Register is also under the assumption that the Xbox 2 will be shown May 16 as well, rather than May 12 as reported in the story below. As they are on the Xbox 2 front. A memo alleged to have leaked out of games publisher Electronic Arts earlier this year pointed to a late 2005 release date for Microsoft’s next console, codenamed ‘Xenon’. Next month’s launch notwithstanding, PS3 isn’t expected to ship until Q1/Q2 2006, so Microsoft could very well want to get in ahead of its rival will a...

March 9, 2005, San Francisco, Calif.—Today at the annual Game Developers Conference (GDC), Microsoft® announced the first details about its next-generation Xbox® video game system. Hardware, software, and services are being fused to power enhanced gaming and entertainment experiences. You can now view the footage of the GDC with some previews of the next XBox on xbox.com… It looks pretty nice I mean, look at these pics: it even (or should I say finally?) has a media player! Watch the Next XBox Video here View the official report here

While internet news sources today have reported that Microsoft is readying to launch its next generation Xbox hardware in America and Europe in the fourth quarter of this year, Eurogamer has learnt that the specific timing for the machine’s roll-out is late October or early November, and merely weeks after the US launch. The exact date is yet to be solidified. Speaking under conditions of strict anonymity, senior American and British development, publishing and retail sources have confirmed the launch window in the past weeks. It is also now widely known among British sources that Microsoft...