Microsoft Xbox 360 Slim (250GB)

Microsoft's Kinect controller-free device for the Xbox 360 isn't released until next month and the buzz around the product seems to have had an incredibly positive effect on sales of the console; Microsoft's US results show they have sold nearly 484,000 units in September - an increase of 37% - making it the only games console to post positive year-on-year sales.

A story has just been brought to our attention by one of our regular readers; are Microsoft charging Xbox subscriptions to expired cards? According to one of our regular readers - and to this exchange between users on the Xbox Live forum - they are doing just that.

Microsoft are advertising three different positions on Linkedin for work on what could turn out to be a next generation console. Could we about to start hearing plans for an Xbox 720?

The Playstation 3 was in bad need of a re-vamp and here it is - thinner and smaller by about a third is a good start, but a cheaper price was even  more important. With recent rumours that Xbox 360 users have been ditching their Microsoft consoles in favour of the PS3 Slim, we thought we'd take a closer look.......