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Tired of next-generation console news? No problem. Here's some more. IGN reports that Microsoft will be launching a successor to the Xbox 360 pretty soon. Not only that, but according to the news story, the next-gen Xbox console will be powered by a 2011 Radeon 6000 series GPU, as opposed to the latest 7k series...

MS is certainly happy. They're happy because the Xbox 360 was the best-selling console during 2011 in the U.S., effectively outselling competitors with over 2.7 million units shifted, reports NPD Group. "The strong December capped an impressive year during which Xbox 360 was the fastest-growing console...

Following waves of reports about Blizzard's Diablo 3 making it to consoles, it seems that the development studio finally made a semi-official confirmation. The news originates from Blizzard Community Manager Micah Whiple's Twitter feed...

Microsoft may be looking to launch their next generation Xbox console a bit sooner than you think. In fact, the industry veteran could release the new gaming product during 2013, according to a report from CNET. They've mentioned this having received a tip from a source from within Microsoft's Xbox team...

Even though Blizzard Entertainment didn't make any official announcements that Diablo 3 is coming to consoles, there have been various indications, all of which point towards the action RPG making it to the Xbox 360 and PS3. During the Gamescom 2011 lead designer Josh Mosqueira stated that they are "very, very serious about bringing the Diablo 3 experience to the console...

Nothing. There's absolutely nothing to play. Nothing. My God, and all we have to look forward is Call of Juarez: The Cartel. Okay, it may be a good game (the last one was - though I still prefer the Western setting). Anyway, after CoJ, we must wait another bloody month for Deus Ex: Human Revolution...

And here we go. The PlayStation 3 is reportedly outselling the Xbox 360 worldwide. After seeing the European sales and US sales, we now have a report from Strategy Analytics, suggesting that the global installed base of Sony's gaming system reached 43...

Well, I never. While the PS3 is apparently outperforming the 360 across Europe sales wise, in the United States Microsoft's console is kicking the PS3's backside. Oh and one other, trifling point, the Nintendo Wii is still kicking everybody's ass after all these years...

According to recently gathered sales data, the console market in Europe is about 153 million units in size. The numbers apply to the period as of December 2010 and the Wii is in the lead (as you'd normally expect), but the PS3 is slightly ahead of Xbox 360. Here's how the numbers break down: Wii - 24.9 million units PS3 - 14.7 million units Xbox 360 - 13.7 million units DS - 46 million units PSP - 14.8 million units

Angry Birds marketing lead Peter Vesterbacka said at the South by Southwest Interact conference that consoles are dying. Presumably he means that his product is the way of the future. Consoles will have to continue to either change and evolve or simply become cheap computers. While I'd love for consoles to eventually take the form of some interactive drug, this seems a long way off. Nonetheless, I would by no means say that consoles are in anyway dying. Read more.

In summer last year, GSC Game World announced that they've devoted their attention to a full-blown sequel to the post-apocalyptic themed shooter S.T.A.L.K.E.R. For the first time, the development studio plans to create multiplatform technology, so console gamers can dive into the action as well...

Out of all the games that arrived in November 2010, Treyarch's Call of Duty: Black Ops has generated the most income throughout the U.S. During the entire month the game sold 8.4 million units on three different systems (digital sales were not counted in this)...

Blizzard's latest job openings for a Lead Programmer (Console), a Senior Producer (Console) and a Lead Designer (Console). The interesting thing is the jobs are under the general heading of Diablo III. The company already officially addressed this in a post over at the Battle...

So, guys, let's learn what all you have been playing the most this week. And any ideas what you'll be playing over the weekend. Just curious...

NPD released both software and hardware console sales for July 2010. The thing is, although Blizzard's StarCraft 2 sold 721K units during the month, making a major contribution to the 103% growth of PC sales, the real-time strategy is not shown in the charts below (these are console sales)...