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We still have no clue what titles Microsoft will launch with Natal, but Microsoft have yet again commented on speculation and said that it won’t just be throwing titles at Natal.

Speaking in an interview with Destructoid, Xbox product director Aaron Greenberg said:

“We want the first impression to be a great one, so we are not going to dump products on it just because we can,”

“We are going to be very careful in the way we think about our portfolio .We are going to be very thoughtful about what we bring to market.”

This comes after previous comments that Natal won’t just be for casual gamers but also for the main stream fanbase, as well as a leak of a possible launch date earlier this week from British TV personality Jonathan Ross.

Either way Natal is certainly shaping up to be quite an interesting launch creating a lot of hype anywhere it is mentioned lets just hope it’s launch does not follow other hyped up no-shows.

Having spent a day playing with Natal it’s self controversial British TV presenter Jonathan Ross was  quick to sing Natal’s praises, even leaking a possible launch date.

Via Twitter on Tuesday night Ross said:

“Natal on Xbox is impressive. Not quite there yet I think but they have until October and if they  get it right… sky’s the limit.”

This could refer to anything it might not even be a launch date but if it isn’t then we’d say it won’t be far behind. At this point Microsoft’s prediction of a launch by the end of the year seems more likely by the second.

Seems like iTz Lupo isn’t so innocent after all, with his numerous hacking videos on YouTube now watch the unedited footage from his encounter with The Pro (Who personally we think is brilliant for clearing up Xbox Live of these idiots). Video after the break contains foul language and is definitely NSFW.

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As announced at CES, ‘Game Room’ will be available soon on Xbox Live and it’s little brother equivalent for the PC ‘Games for Windows: Live’.

Here’s the official trailer and some screenshots  that Microsoft has released.

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The term ‘Gem’ was apparently an early code name for the product according to Sony Computer Entertainment Of America director of communications Patrick Seybold. “We have not announced the final name at this point” he said  when speaking to Kotaku earlier today.

Although this does not necessarily rule out ‘Gem’ as Sony’s chosen name it seems they are still at this point not willing to commit to any name, this is after another incident which some of you may remember when Ubisoft CEO Tves Guillemot this fall dubbed the controller ‘MoCon’ which later turned out to be an abbreviation of the term Motion Controller.

Electronic Arts Chief Executive John Riccitiello has reportedly let slip today that Sony’s motion sensitive magic wand like Natal beating behemoth will in fact be called ‘Gem’.

Speaking at the 37th Annual UBS Global Media Conference today, the EA boss appeared to name the as of yet unnamed motion sensitive device during a talk about console innovation at the conference, reports IGN.com.

“In the coming year, both Sony and Microsoft have announced new controllers,” he said. “Motion sensor controls, Natal and Gem, these are likely to bring new consumers into the marketplace.”

As of yet we have no further explanation or have been supplied with one in reference to Riccitiello’s comments, however something to bare in mind is he could in fact just be refering to the glowing light at the end of the device or it could even be some sort of codename we just don’t know.

However when questioned a Sony spokesperson was quick to dismiss the comments adding that: “No official name for the PlayStation motion controller has been announced.”

With quite a dismissive comment from Sony it leads us to believe this might be true, however at this point it’s all rumour and speculation.  Stay tuned to VGTribune.com

Do you remember when Peter Molyneux worked for a small company called Bullfrog that released games such as Theme Park World and Populous? Have you noticed that we haven’t seen a new Populous game for a while now (over a decade)?

Well Peter has said in a recent interview with the Retro Gamer Magazine that he would love to revisit Populous for a sequel.

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Everyone’s favourite Xbox Live community event is once again returning this winter, Xtival – the ultimate online party weekender will be happening from 27th to 29th November and of course as usual Xbox Live will be open to all including silver members who for the entire weekend will have all the perks of a gold member.

Xtival is fast gaining a well deserved reputation as Europe’s premier online festival as well as a destination for cutting edge interactive entertainment, Last year according to Microsoft the festival attracted 1.5 million unique visitors over the 72 hours extravaganza which featured the Kerrang! rock stage, popular film titles such as The Dark Knight and lots of other exclusive competitions and give-aways.

Coming off what was a great festival last year, this years festival promises to be even better and more jam packed with things to keep you all busy, as well as access for silver members to all the gold level perks such as party chat, Facebook, Twitter and Last FM  the festival will also feature music performances from the likes of The Prodigy and Metallica, as well as lots of never seen before exclusive content.

For more on what’s coming up at Xtival join us after the break, you won’t be disappointed with the line-up…

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The Community manager at Microsoft has recently tweeted the following about Sky TV on the Xbox 360. “October 27 – that’s the date when you’ll be able to watch TV from Sky on your Xbox360. Channel line-up and pricing to come at launch”. Now personally I am rather interested in how this is going it work and I think it could be cool but still kind of pointless if you already have Sky TV.

The checkered flag waves as Forza Motorsport 3 officially goes gold, We are now entering the final lap before it’s October 23rd release and to mark this occasion Microsoft and developers Turn 10 have announced that a full playable demo will be available for download on the Xbox Live Marketplace September 24th.

‘Don’t forget to check out the behind the scenes video on how the Bugatti Veyron was taken from car to screen‘

For more info on what’s in the demo and what cars you will be able to race please follow the jump.

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Tonight fans in the UK will receive a first glimpse of the feature length Halo 3: ODST live action TV spot this will be shown on the Sci-Fi channel ‘FX’ and according to the press release it will be a very generous 2min 30 seconds in length, This will be shown at 23:41 during ‘True Blood’ and will kick off an exclusive UK sponsorship deal for the channel starting September 18th.

FX is available in the UK on Sky Digital channel 164 and Virgin Media Channel 158.

Edit: Now on the VGTribune YouTube account.