Earlier today, news regarding the leak of Fallout 3 (Xbox 360 build) onto torrent sites, spread across the Web like wildfire. Reports indicate that the DVD image showed up on torrent sites about two days ago. It is not that surprising to see an Xbox 360 game pirated, however, what is surprising is that the game was leaked three weeks prior to its official launch date.

Oh my, it’s still happening. Yes, the Xbox 360 has again outsold the PS3 in Japan, making it four weeks in a row. Granted, the margin is tiny, the PS2 outsold both the Xbox 360 and PS3, and the Wii is still miles ahead, but no one can take this victory away from Microsoft, or the three that have preceded it.

There may be rumors that Blu-ray is already a dying format, but that hasn’t stopped intense speculation over a Blu-ray drive being developed for the Xbox 360, ever since HD-DVD went the way of the dodo. Could Microsoft finally be giving its customers what they want, and offering a true HD gaming alternative to the PS3 to boot?

Who do you have more faith in?  The President of Nintendo of America, who claims that the existence of the Wii HD is just speculation, or Michael Pachter, chief Nostradamus-alike, who seems convinced a high-def Wii is on its way?

The Xbox 360 price cuts have clearly made a difference to the sales figures, but we won’t know quite how much difference they have made until September’s NPD data is revealed. As usual, the analysts are out in force ahead of time to give their predictions. And not only does Jesse Divnich see the Xbox 360 beating the PS3 this month, he sees the price cut affecting this console war massively.

The Xbox 360 has not had a good 2008, at least in America. But Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, still regards the console as a phenomenal success. He also rejects claims that the recent across-the-board price cuts had anything to do with flagging sales. He’s clearly living in cloud cuckoo land.

When the Dreamcast failed to sell in the huge quantities the executives demanded, Sega exited the games hardware business. But could the company really now be re-entering the market with an all-encompassing multimedia device called the Sega Vision?

Most of us would agree that the PS3 is not achieving what it possibly could have at this stage of its life. But Sony seems happy with how things are going, and is even predicting some shortages over the upcoming holiday 2008 season.

The Xbox 360 has had a torrid time in Japan since being released in 2005, with a combination of nationalism and gaming habits going against the Microsoft console. But it’s now beaten the PS3 in sales for three weeks in a row, and the whole of September to boot. Is the tide finally turning for Xbox in Japan?

The rumours were true, and the new Nintendo DS has now been officially unveiled at a press conference in Tokyo. The DSi, as it has been named, offers a range of improvements and new features, all of which clearly put it in direct competition with the PSP 3000 and Apple iPhone.