Costco has leaked that the new Wireless N network adapter for the XBOX. The question is what will be coming on that day besides it.

Microsoft has said that new apps for the Zune HD would be coming this month sometime, and the 10th is a Tuesday. The typical day for Microsoft to send out Zune Updates.

XBOX is also supposed to be getting an update sometime this month. So will we see the new stuff out this month on the 10th? Only time will tell.

Nintendo in all their Geniusness (If that’s even a word) decided to ship the black Wii exclusively to Europe, and nowhere else. Nintendo send your American buddies some black Wii goodness. Cause boy does that thing look HOT.

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Nintendo is rumored to be using Nvidia’s Tegra chipset in the next version of the DS. The next gen device is rumored to be coming in time for Holiday season 2010.

Looking at the Tegra chip and what it is capable of. We could actually see very high quality games on a portable device. Another interesting thing to note is that Tegra would allow them to continue with the backwards compatibility of the past Devices. This is because the current Models have ARM processors inside them, and so does Tegra.

Nintendo is not confirming or denying the rumor yet. I’ll keep you posted though…

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The PS3 “Slim” has shown up on Amazon Germany. There is no price or ship date asociated with the item yet. But I’ll keep you posted. Does this mean we’ll be seeing some official word on this soon? If it comes out this year I’d expect it by the Christmas shopping season.

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Microsoft confirmed rumors today that it would be releasing the Zune HD later this year. Sizes and prices are yet to be announced however we do have some confirmed specs.

• U.S. Only
• HD Radio Tuner
• OLED Touch Screen
• Based on Windows CE
• Internet Explorer Based Browser
• Flash Memory

Quoting CNET

The software maker also said that at next week’s E3 trade show in Los Angeles it will announce details on a new Zune-branded video service for the Xbox that will replace the current Xbox Live marketplace for TV and movies. The company didn’t announce details or specifically say that content will be playable on both Zunes and the Xbox.

Currently videos purchased via the Xbox can’t be played on a Zune, although both stores use a similar back-end infrastructure to serve up content. Over time, Stephenson said the goal is to move toward a world in which content purchased once can be played on a variety of devices.

Microsoft plans to offer the new Zune video service in a number of European markets, in addition to North America.

The Zune HD having a HD radio will give it a competitive avantage in the market.

Quoting CNET

Microsoft plans to continue selling its hard drive-based model, which will have a software QWERTY keyboard, but said it plans to eventually discontinue its other flash models in favor of the Zune HD.

Stay tuned for more info to come…

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Coming in “early autumn”, probably in September along with the Zune HD UK users at least will be seeing Zune content in xBox live. What this all means isn’t totally clear but we should be finding out sometime in the next week. According to sources at Microsoft it will include music, TV shows, and movies. As for the Zune HD they confirm it will have a few of the features we have seen that it has been rumored to have. Keep checking back for the latest news. For the full article check out the via link.

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Nintendo announced today that the Wii would be getting a new feature. With the update that is coming out today you will now support Higher capacity cards. The update will also let you download stuff from the Wii shop directly to the SD card.

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The OnLive gaming platform will run from the thin client (a box you plug into your TV) or it will run on any Mac or Windows computer via a “1MB” browser plug-in. The way it is done is basically they stream the game live over the internet to you. According to them this can be done on as little as a 1.5Mbs connection of course requiring more for the HD signals. They say that games like Crysis can be played on even the most basic systems. More info is coming tonight from there website, so check back there later. For now GameTrailers has an interview with them up at their site here.

What are your thoughts on this? Would you buy into a monthly service if you could play practically any of the great games on your home pc? Leave your thoughts in the comments.

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Zeebo a new emerging console is coming to Brazil soon. The makers if Zeebo are counting on entering countries that haven’t had systems like the XBox yet. They have gotten contracts with 3 big game publishers.

Quoting the Zeebo site

Capcom®, EA Mobile™, Namco Networks, PopCap Games and THQ today announced their endorsement of Zeebo, the first affordable 3D videogame console designed specifically for emerging global markets. The innovative console will launch in Brazil next month. The console features secure 3G wireless game delivery and addresses the special requirements of these regions where current generation videogame consoles are expensive for the middle class and software piracy is rampant.

[via CrunchGear]