Console Watcher

Huge mainstream demand for video games over Christmas and a bumper year for Nintendo caused total games industry sales in 2007 to swell by almost 50 per cent over the previous year. Holiday sales were dominated by the Nintendo DS handheld and the Nintendo Wii sold more units than the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 (PS3), but retailers say 2007 was unique in that all of the games systems on the market performed extremely well. Market watcher GfK today announced total games industry sales hit $1.3 billion in 2007, an increase of 43.6 per cent over 2006.

Cheats are unlocked not by inserting passwords, but by acquiring the thirty Intel Pieces strewn throughout the game. The more of them you collect, the more cheats you can access. On the left are the number of Intel Pieces collected, and on the right are the cheats that are unlocked, with an explanation of what each does. 2 - "CoD Noir" Play the game in black and white. 4 - "Photo-Negative" Game colors become inverted. 6 - "Super Contrast" Game's contrast increases. 8 - "Ragtime Warfare" The game feels like an old silent movie. 10 - "Cluster Bombs" One frag grenade thrown equals five in explosion. 15 - "A Bad Year" Enemies explode into tires when shot. 20 - "Slow-Mo Ability" Game plays at 40% normal speed. 30 - "Infinite Ammo" Just what it says.

As you know Call of Duty 4 was the biggest and best game for the xbox 360 in 2007. Well if you have played the multiplayer, chances are you haven't done as well as you should have? Why? Because your rank is low.

Good news Xbox Fans! The Xbox 360 enjoyed the biggest UK market share last year. The Xbox 360 took home an 18.6 per cent market share in 2007, closely followed by the Nintendo DS on 18.2 per cent. The PlayStation 3 could only manage a market share of 9.1 per cent, with ...

Recently the xbox  update may have driven you "Crazy". And now United Kingdom Xbox users can download the following music videos from the Xbox Live Marketplace for 200 Microsoft Points each. Now if you actually want to, that's another matter. Personally i'd rather watch the recent coverage of britney spears but here it goes :)

The Ace Combat series has long been the measuring stick for console based flight combat games, and Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation is no different. The first Ace Combat to make it onto next-gen consoles has established itself as another solid title from this series....

A penny for my thoughts. Ok here it goes :) I've noticed while gaming online with my beloved xbox 360 that i've met so many douche bag hormonal teenagers and emotionally unstable computer game gangsters that hide behind their TV and make a lot of threats and insults to other users, in particular from clan members. I'm all for having fun and jokes online but there is a line not to be crossed. I really dont believe microsoft is doing enough to stamp these morons out from xbox live. The file a complaint option online is a complete load of nonsense. I've used it quite a lot, reporting people and I'm betting it doesnt even get reviewed.