We know that Microsoft will be releaasing their new sleek, shiny and quieter Xbox on Friday – but one question does remain what will happen to other the premium and arcade editions. Well, the first piece info has just landed on our desk and it comes from Amazon, Germany, where they have a new Arcade [...]

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The summer months are notoriously slow months for the games industry with so many games launched around Christmas time. Last year Microsoft launched a new set of games that would be launched during the summer months on Xbox Live Arcade. And they have just announced their plans for this summer. The first game to arrive [...]

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Microsoft have confirmed that they are working on a new Slim Xbox that will be sold at a lower price point and will eventually replace the ever popular Arcade machine. The new slim Xbox was unveiled last night to much fan fare and will cost £199/€249 when it launches in Europe on 16th July. As [...]

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Ok, so it’s that time of year again. I worked as a Christmas temp in Gamestation a couple of years back, and my sole responsibility seemed to be convincing very confused mothers that they certainly did not want to buy an XBox instead of an XBox 360, or a PS2 instead of a PS3 (there was no way anyone was getting a Wii at the time – they’d been sold out since October). I lost count of the amount of times I got asked ‘But why?’ or ‘Whats the difference?’

Hence this gift guide. The three top consoles, and their benefits and weaknesses. Read, choose the one for you / your adorable child.

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