Nintendo's Revolution console will be supported by around 20 software titles when it launches later this year, with a third of them being first-party games, according to Nintendo of America senior VP George Harrison.
Microsoft plans to launch the Xbox 360 in Eastern Europe, the Middle East and South Africa via both specialist and mainstream retailers by the end of 2008, according to European Xbox boss Chris Lewis.
Software publisher and developer Square Enix has announced a new partnership with electronics giant Matsushita, the two companies working on a hardware/software platform to simplify and speed up multi-device content development.
Speaking at the Xbox 360 press conference in Tokyo, Microsoft Japan's Xbox division manager Takashi Sensui declared that 2006 will be "the stepping stone" to Microsoft's inevitable success in the region, spearheaded by the Xbox 360.
Former Gizmondo executive Stefan Eriksson is facing grand theft charges after Los Angeles detectives concluded that three of his luxury cars actually belong to British financial institutions.
Hirokazu Hamamura, CEO of Famitsu publishers Enterbrain, has offered and appraisal of the hardware and software market in 2005, and given some indication of the shape of the market in 2006, as the next generation console transition completes.
Bethesda Softworks has confirmed that an update for its hugely acclaimed RPG title, Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is currently being tested, and will be released shortly for both PC and Xbox 360 versions of the game.