A new study, submitted at the American Heart Association (AHA) scientific meeting in Orlando, seems to indicate that at least some of the Nintendo Wii games have an exercise benefit. Nintendo and others coined the word "exer-gaming" when referring to some of the games on the console, which actually work up a sweat.

Facebook and Twitter are finding their way to your couch. The gaming world is buzzing about the addition of Facebook and Twitter to the XBox 360 dashboard as separate applications. Right on the tail of Microsoft confirming the public release slated for November 17, Sony has confirmed that leaked images showing a customized version of Facebook running on the PS3 are real, and that further information would be revealed soon.

In a move made almost mandatory by the recent announcement of the PS3 Slim and a $100 price cut by Sony, Microsoft announced Thursday that the price of the Xbox 360 Elite, the high-end model with a 120GB hard drive, will be dropped by $100 to $299.

At a a press conference in Cologne, Germany at the GamesCom Expo on Tuesday, Sony confirmed a newer, slimmer PS3 is coming. It will release in the first week of September.

As part of yesterday's in-depth analysis of new Nintendo-published graphs on the state of the market, Gamasutra has calculated the attach rate (also known as 'tie ratios' -- the number of games sold per console) for both first and third-party titles on Wii, PS3, and Xbox 360.

Xbox 360 worlds most gamer equipment is now the top video game seller beating Wii and PS3 in the number of equipments sold.

in us again the company made 10 million sales so that's a great achievement said Microsoft. The company even though there is a lot of compition from both wii and ps3 according to Microsoft.

PlayStation 3 Burnout Paradise players: are you stuck on finding that last Burnout Billboard while playing the PS3? How about another Super Jump location, or those damned yellow shortcut Smashes?

Just in case you missed our update in the original post, Konami has come out with an updated status on the Metal Gear Online beta.

Grand Theft Auto IV, one of the biggest and probably most anticipated video games of the year is finally making it to the shelves at the end of April. "Grand Theft Auto IV" will hit the shelves on April 29.

Here are some of the other new features and enhancements that will be included in Firmware v2.20 as PS3 system update is ready.