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Here is a first for the news team, expanding from only games to include technology: Today, Apple held a "Let's Rock" press event geared toward their music business with some updated products and new features. The iPod Nano got a refresh with a sleek new look, motion controls, and an updated...

Rumors about the launch of the new Xbox 360 dashboard have been surfing the internets. The story goes that Microsoft will have a five-hour televised countdown beginning September 25 at 7PM Eastern leading to the New Xbox Experience and the software-based relaunch of the console at midnight. G4...

According to Infinity Ward a new Double XP Weekend is coming to Call of Duty 4 on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Those of you hoping to knock out a few more levels of prestige in half the time will be able to on September 13th and 14th. The Double XP Weekend could also feature some new...

Microsoft has confirmed what has been heavily rumored recently. All three versions of the Xbox 360 console will see a price cut as of September 5 in the U.S. The Xbox 360 Arcade will now clock in at $199, formerly priced at $279, after an $80 drop. The standard 60 GB hard drive model will cost...

Details on a new batch of Halo 3 Achievements, rumored to have been included in the Halo 3 "Mythic" build on hand at PAX 08, have emerged. With 30 Achievements in all for a total of 750 coveted extra Gamerscore, the "Mythic" something-or-other features accomplishments based on the Legendary and...

The achievement list for upcoming post-apocalyptic RPG Fallout 3 was released today! The game comes out on October 28th. The achievement list has some mild spoilers. http://www.xbox360achievements.org/game/fallout-3/achievements/

Here are the Gears of War 2 Achievements with all the Gamerscores! Gears of War 2 will hit the Xbox 360 on November 7th. Green as Grass - Train the rook (any difficulty)=10 It's a Trap! - Story progression in Act 1, Chapter 2=10 Escort Service - Story progression in Act 1, Chapter 4=10 Girl...

Bungie unveiled the new Halo 3 map at Penny Arcade Expo, giving convention attendees a chance to beat each other up. The map, formerly known as Purple Reign, is now officially called Assembly and it's pretty impressive looking. No word yet from Bungie on when or how they're going to be sending...

Source: IGN, SYN Classic XS Complete rankings of every song in Harmonix's sequel, from the easiest to the utterly impossible. Rock Band 2 is just a few weeks away from arriving on Xbox 360, and just a few months from dropping on PS3, PS2, and Wii. Here are complete rankings of each song...

You bought Rock Band 1, you love playing Rock Band 1 then, oh no, they go and release Rock Band 2. What are you going to do with two Rock Bands? You can't possibly change discs during play - that's just silly - so Harmonix have had to come up with a workaround. That workaround allows you to...

On Monday Kotaku reported Sony's announcement via the PlayStation Blog that all the major upcoming PS3 music games (Rock Band 2, Guitar Hero: World Tour, and Rock Revolution) will be able to share instruments. Not to be outdone; Chris Paladino from Microsoft used the Gamerscore Blog to confirm...

Although Rock Band 2 is slated for a September 14 release on the Xbox 360, gamers who were hoping to save some cash by buying the game+instruments bundle will be disappointed. The game will still launch as a timed Xbox exclusive, but only as a game disc with instruments available separately...

In case you missed it, as promised, EA Sports has released new box art for Madden NFL 09 on the 360, PS2, PS3, and PSP, with Brett Favre depicted as a New York Jets player. The box art is available in PDF format on EA's website. Xbox 360 PS3 PS2 PSP

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iPhones and iPod Touches can now keep track of all your Xbox Live buddies. It's an idea that's as old as iPhone/iPod Touch software version 2.0: the ability to track Xbox Live Gamertags on the Apple handheld. But Nicholas Pike is the first to do it with his iXboxLive application: for 99 cents...

IGN has published the full list of PS3 trophies for Rock Band 2. They don't have the values for each trophy, but If you're going for all of them to achieve platinum, it's going to take a while. Think of it as the PS3 version of Achievements for the 360. Skill based • Solid Gold, Baby! — Gold...

At last week's Comic-Con Epic Games designer Cliff Bleszinski revealed another interesting feature for Gears of War 2 - linked achievements with the original Gears of War. Although he didn't go into much detail about them, it was sure enough to have everyone intrigued. In short, goals reached in...

PC gaming wasn't a huge factor at this year's E3, but it seems that Microsoft was merely biding its time before making its big moves to try and perk up the waning PC gaming market. The company made a variety of positive announcements at the GameFest technology conference in Seattle this week...

You can say what you like about the "listenability" of Dragonforce's music, but there are two things you just can't argue with. 1. Their music is extremely difficult to play in Guitar Hero and 2. They have a hell of a talent for naming songs. Rule 2 has been proven once again with a downloadable...