Nintendo has provided the first image of their upcoming Wii 'video' service. This will not be a movie download store, rather a channel along the lines of the Weather Channel offering free and paid content. Anyhow, here is the first image of 'Wii no Ma Channel'...

According to PlayFrance, Europe will get KillZone 2 a whole two days earlier than the USA. The EU release date is reportedly set at February 25th while its set at February 27th for the US.

Here we have two new videos of the XCM Cross Battle Adaptor which allows you to use a wired Xbox 360 controller on the PS3. The first video shows exactly that, while the second highlights its turbo function possibilities.

ESRB has let the cat out of the bag. A new Guitar Hero is coming to the DS called Modern Hits, although we don't have any more real specific or intriguing details.

AQ has confirmed that the Xbox 360 RPG called Cry-On has been CANCELLED. The game was in development from Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey developer Mistwalker.

Tony Hawk has revealed to the LA Times that right now he and his developer partners are working on a new type of game, of which he is even more involved in than the last five games. He added its a real departure and a whole new direction for the team, and its due out in the Fall of 2009.

According to reports Nintendo is planning to bring some form of video service to the Wii. Although, this will be a contrast to most online channels as programmes will be created for the service rather than just distributing existing TV shows and movies.

One of the latest buzz-worthy products from XCM is their new XCM HDMI Blaster. The concept behind the HDMI Blaster is simple; connect a non-HDMI device to an HDMI compatible TV. The XCM HDMI Blaster is straight forward and extremely easy to use. Read on for the full review inside.

He may not be everyone's cup of tea but here he goes - The Hip Hop Gamer has given us three reasons as to why the Xbox 360 is beating the PS3 at the moment: 1) A year had start without competition, 2) It has a price advantage and 3) A headset bundled with the Xbox 360 ensures a superior online experience. The first two reasons have some validity, but the last one is very questionable, while there are more reasons, such as how easy the 360 is to hack - can you think of any more?

Well known journalists have seemingly got a slightly early Xmas present as it seems that the review code for KillZone 2 has been sent out. More shots at Neogaf.

Ben Heck has done it again, he has produced another sensational Xbox 360 modification - an Xbox 360 inside a Pelican case!

The latest weekly hardware and software sales charts for the week ending 21st December in Japan are now out and about. Amazingly, Dissidia Final Fantasy managed to sell 489,100 in just one week! Elsewhere, DSi topped the hardware with 204,1000 units sold. The rest of the weekly hardware sales went as follows: DSi 204,100 PSP 146,000 Wii 131,000 DSL 50,300 PS3 39,100 X360 12,900 and PS2 8,700. Thanks to Chartget for the info!

Two members of G-Unit called Tony Yayo and Lloyd Banks have admitted they really don't like that much at all. Infact, Yayo gave away his Wii and it all comes down to one problem with the Wii - the graphics. He noted that graphics are everything and those who disagree are wrong.

After suffering his fourth Xbox 360 RRoD, a gamer decided to go and conduct a funeral for his console. In attendance were his systems of the past and present including a GameGear and PS3, and conducing the eulogy was the one and only Master Chief! Its incredibly funny and more pics from the funeral can be seen at Gamespot.com.

Apparently, there are growing reports of a save file bug in Call of Duty: World at War which can leave your save game unreadable and corrupt. The bug is only said to happen in the single player campaign and occurs in the levels where you play as a Russian soldier.

The Japanese versions of Left 4 Dead are hitting Japan with alterations made to their covers. The Xbox 360 version now features an edited thumb while the PC version has a 'best of E3' banner over the missing thumb. >

Hideo Kojima has revealed to Famitsu that he is directing two games concurrently. The first of which will be made in a similar stile to the way his team has worked in the past, while the second will be produced strictly with the overseas market in mind.

Now here is an interesting one, thetom and Foolmoon have released a preview video of their upcoming project - a Football management simulation homebrew game for the Wii!

The Argon 2 Wii mod chip is due out sometime next year, and the creators think they have found a way to make sure they have no legal troubles over it. What they are proposing to do is release a kit that allows you access to many free home-brew applications at a cost of 40 euro's. Full details inside...

Mike M mailed in to let us know about his editorial piece in which it is asserted that people are using Xbox Live Party Chat to CHEAT in some games, more specifically Gears of War 2. Apparently, it is getting in the way of co-op game play that involves random people and is making online gaming less social unless you are in a party with a friend every single time you are on Live.

MTV is putting it out there, has Prince of Persia ripped off Shadow of the Colossus? They seem to think there are many similarities between the two. Including the fact there is loads of climbing, jumping and brief bouts of violence in between. They draw up more similarities and seem to think that their has been a bit of ripping off going on...

Rockstar Leeds has revealed that Chinatown Wars is absolutely huge. And while the team is proud of the PSP games they made, specifically the two GTA ones, this version of GTA on the DS is far bigger!

Harmonix and MTV Games announced today the addition of four new tracks to the Rock Band Music Store catalog of downloadable content from bands Snow Patrol, Deep Purple, James Gang and Jethro Tull.

Some things never change, a business may be falling to pieces but the executives always manage to walk away with millions. Midway is no different, despite big cutbacks and layoffs over the past few years, former CEO David F Zucker made over $4.5 million in the past two years. Likewise, the VP earned well over half a million dollars in 2007 including $62,000 in 'other' unspecified compensation, which is 12 times higher than other executives.

It has finally been released, the iXtreme firmware hacks the previously un hackable LiteOn Xbox 360 DVD drive. But that's not all, its compatible with Samsung and BenQ drives and a version which supports Hitachi will come in January. Continue discussion and read more here.