David Hayter the famous voice actor of Solid Snake and Big Boss in the Metal Gear Solid franchise has been pretty candid on what is happening behind the scenes regarding  getting a script approved with Konami and Hideo Kojima, the master mind behind Metal Gear Sold.

This year has been choke-full of good titles like Grand Theft Auto IV on Xbox 360/PS3 and Metal Gear Solid 4 on PS3, but all is not good in video game land as we did have some dark moments this year in gaming. Lets take a look at games that were hyped to high heavens but were brought down with the bolt of disappointment. 

There has been a plethora of rumors doing the rounds on the Internet, regarding Xbox 360’s much anticipated delayed Spring update. There are rumors of a Wii like controller, a new Mii-like avatar system, and a hard drive install option. Now, a Microsoft marketing executive David Gosen, teases us a bit more and confirms something big is in the works.

There has been a lot of criticism that the PSP has been loosing steam but things are starting to look up for the system. Right now the PSP has managed top sales and new great games coming out for the system, it’s future looks bright.

Wii Fit has been out for almost two months in America now, but it has been out in Europe a little longer, and in Japan, the home of Nintendo, for over six months. Which means Japanese gamers are pretty much over their initial interest in following the daily regimen. But worry not Wii-owning fitness freaks, as Wii Yoga is on its way.

It was announced by 2K studios that 2K Marin, 2K Australia and 2K Boston would be working on the PS3 version of Bioshock. Bioshock once an Xbox 360 exclusive was announced to be coming to the PS3 later this year. It was also announced an outside studio is helping them with bringing Bioshock to the PS3.

Okay folks, I had a chance to download the latest PS3 firmware last night and test out some of its latest features and do a comparison with my Xbox 360’s feature set. Up to this point as many of you may know the PS3 has been lacking in features that rival Xbox Live dashboard.

There have been rumors that the mid level Xbox 360 will receive a modest price cut of about $50. Today Microsoft announced Australia and New Zealand will receive a $50 price cut on the entry model Xbox 360 Arcade to $349.

Sony on their blog just released a two part video demonstration of Firmware 2.40 and it looks to be one whopper of a firmware. Delivering what fans have been asking for in-game XMB, in-game custom tracks, in-game messaging and of course the long awaited Trophy system!

Games consoles can often live and die by the exclusive games available for them, and while Rock Band 2 is set to be released on the Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Playstation 2 and Wii before year’s end, the Microsoft machine has managed to secure timed exclusivity which will means months between the release on the Xbox 360 and the other consoles.