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.

The Nintendo Wii has been a phenomenal success so far, outselling all of its competitors in every territory around the world. The PS3 and Xbox 360 are both magnificent consoles, but in sheer sales numbers, the Wii is kicking both their arses. But is the Nintendo console a novelty? Microsoft certainly thinks so.

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.

The Playstation 3, Xbox 360, and Wii are all capable of providing hours of entertainment at home for people of all ages. But buying one of the consoles, and then keeping the games coming in to the house, is still seen as quite an expensive hobby, especially being with the prices still high this early in the generation.

Japan is a very important territory for the video games industry. Although it is smaller than either the USA or Europe, what happens in Asia can affect the rest of the world’s markets substantially. Which is why the fact that the Playstation 3 has caught up substantially with the Wii during June is big news. The Xbox 360 of course is still trailing far behind, and the life support machine should probably just be turned off now.

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.

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.

Which current-gen console has the best games due out over the next few months? Is it the Sony PS3, Microsoft Xbox 360 or Nintendo Wii? Can either of the hand-held console options, the DS and PSP, even compete? We asked our readers, and the results are in.

The Sony PSP has been somewhat of a failure everywhere outside of its native Japan. All of the elements were there to make the PSP a great and best-selling handheld but for various reasons it has failed to live up to its promise. Meanwhile, Nintendo has continued its dominance of the hand-held market with its innovative, and above all fun, DS.