Ninty prez promises that the Revolution will be televised by this year's holiday season at an "affordable price." We'll also get to see a working model at this year's E3. Let the anticipation begin...

But will the fanboys cease silly speculation on performance power? >>

At least, that's the prediction from some analysts who aren't buying Sony's claim of spring '06. But can they ship four to seven million units like some executives at Pioneer are claiming? We'll believe it when we see it.

Get ready for more fisticuffs at Wal-Mart... >>

The industry bucked some gloomy late reports about sales and actually grew slightly in '05, relative to the previous year. In the US, games are now officially an 11-figure business.

Did they count all the money the eBay scalpers made on Xbox 360s? >>

Despite an apparent 14 percent slide in PC game revenues between '04 and '05, things aren't all bad for the mouse-and-keyboard crowd. Next year's NPD sales numbers will finally begin to account for revenues generated through digital downloads and subscription fees.

Now let's see, add the eight, carry the three... >>

With a new Transformers movie hitting the theaters in '07, the question is not if there will be a game to go along with it--the question is: Who will be making it? Early indications are that Activision will be behind the project.

We don't care who does it, as long as it's good! >>

Finally, Wi-Fi game-sharing...sort of. A trio of games will be released in Japan that will let you game-share over the Internet, but only if your friend owns one of the other two games. That's not very sporting, now is it?

Better than nothing? >>

A Web site took up a Paypal collection for a young boy who was too poor to afford a PlayStation Portable. It's a heartwarming story, and his life-size drawings of PSPs are cool, but it all seems a little too easy...

You, too, can contribute to the HDTV fund for destitute game reviewers... >>

When a major porn producer chose to use Sony's Blu-ray format, HD-DVD's chances of becoming the new standard disc format were dealt a blow (no pun intended).

Wonder if Sony will add Digital Playground to its list of official partners... >>