Today will see a fairly minor update hit PlayStation 3 online users, though the contents of it are thought to be key to console maker Sony’s plans for corporate image and system integration. With a regular system update planned for Wednesday 7 February, the online gaming service known as PlayStation Network (PSN) will now be referred to as ‘Sony Entertainment Network’ [...]

Video streaming website service, Crackle have launched a free movie and TV show streaming service for Xbox. The app from Sony Pictures is available for Xbox Live Gold members, and can be voice controlled using Kinect. The kinect voice and motion activated controls allows Crackle viewers a vocal way to find the content they want. [...]

Sources at Microsoft are seemingly admitting defeat in their plans to release a new Xbox games console by the end of the year, as they claim they want to keep progressing with the Xbox 360 for as long as possible, and that they are not in a position to launch direct competition with Nintendo’s Wii [...]

Satellite TV giant, Sky are targeting the 13 million UK homes that have no Sky service, and offering an internet TV pay as you go service in the first half of this year. The service will be an enhanced version of the Sky Go online service and is for customers who do not want to subscribe [...]

UK streaming TV fans wait is finally coming to an end, as Netflix get ready to launch the full service in the UK this week. The company slipped out a PlayStation 3 app over the weekend in preparation for a complete rollout. Netflix announced the Britain and Ireland launch last October and have been negotiating [...]

Another new video gaming study, this time from well-known research company Nielsen, has found that online streaming is growing fast as a key use of games consoles, proving Microsoft’s recent desire to launch a dedicated home entertainment console as a valid plan. As part of a preview of the third edition of their annual ’360° Gaming Report’ in the [...]