And other celebs. Microsoft's launched a competition to find the best Halo: Reach gamers in Britain, one of which will lead five celebs as part of the Elite Spartan Squad. Halo: Reach matches will be played throughout August to find six Halo players who will form their own team. Another player will join ...

"You don't have to buy anything else." A Microsoft UK rep has defended the £129.99 price tag on the Kinect motion sensor for Xbox 360, pointing out that a single unit delivers the complete multiplayer experience. "The camera tracks six people - with two active gamers - you don't have to buy ...

It had no love story. Cliff Bleszinksi has explained that the Gears of War screenplay needed rethinking because it was too expensive, rated R and "contained no love story". The revised screenplay will aim for something "more like District 9" and less like 2012, Bleszinksi told Cinema Blend at Comic-Con. Hollywood director Len ...

For "small number" of Xbox 360 owners. 2K Games has sent Spec Ops: The Line beta invites to "a small number of applicants" on Xbox 360. Joystiq confirmed this with the publisher, which added: "We'll be adding more people into the private beta in the coming weeks." We're trying to find out about ...

Halo sequel shows new modes at Comic-Con. Bungie has unveiled two new modes for Halo: Reach at Comic-Con. Forge World is a huge, customisable landscape for the game's Forge map editor, while Versus Firefight allows players to play against each other as both Spartans and Elites in the previously co-op-only mode. You ...

Limited Edition 360 has custom sound effects. UPDATE: Microsoft's just sent word that the bundle is indeed a GAME and Gamestation exclusive. It'll cost £249.99, and will be available from all GAME stores on 14th September. The Halo: Reach Limited Edition Wireless Controller and the Halo: Reach Limited Edition Wireless Headset will ...

Makes lots of money. Microsoft shipped 10.3 million Xbox 360 consoles during its fiscal year 2010, compared with 11.2 million Xbox 360 consoles during fiscal year 2009. The total number of Xbox 360 consoles shipped is now 41.7 million. The Xbox 360 platform, which includes the console itself, 360 games, Xbox Live and ...

Prologue DLC here end of August. Capcom has said that Dead Rising 2: Case Zero will be released on 31st August and exclusively on Xbox Live. This will cost 400 Microsoft Points (£3.40/€4.80). Case Zero serves as a prologue to Dead Rising 2, introducing main character Chuck Greene and some new gameplay elements. ...

Microsoft "missed the boat", says CHIPS. Don McCabe, the outspoken manager of UK independent retailer CHIPS, firmly believes that Kinect won't boost hardware sales for Microsoft. "In some ways Microsoft has missed the boat," he told GamesIndustry.biz. "Over the last two years the casual market has been declining rapidly." "I don't think ...

Finds it "insanely hard". Project Milo creator Peter Molyneux has admitted he finds it "insanely hard" to convince others of the validity of his new game ideas before they're realised. The Lionhead boss told Eurogamer in an interview published elsewhere on the site that getting people to buy into his ideas is ...