Juicy news is making its rounds on the internet this morning with a Belgian Microsoft source revealing details about a new Xbox 360 console, potential re-branding and the extinction of the Core as we know it.Retailers in the US are taking pre-orders for a new Xbox 360 Arcade bundle, due for release later this month.The Arcade bundle consists of a Core unit, a memory card, wireless controller and five Xbox Live arcade titles including Pac-Man Championship Edition and Uno.

Toys R Us and Amazon.com both have the deal listed, with a price of USD 279.99 – the current asking price for the Core unit.

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The monotony of Facebook and MySpace brought these University computer science students, founders of MochaSoft, LLC, to develop something mixing the enormously successful massive multiplayer online gaming market with the social appeal of networking Web sites.

“You don’t just want to be another Facebook or MySpace knock off,” Yang said. “It’s this entire Sim City-like world online.”

The site may feel just like a day with a Sim family, but it goes much deeper.

Yang’s character, or “MiniMe”, walked across the white linoleum floor to his full size, leopard-print bed. His virtual apartment, nicknamed “Zamland,” is a perfect representation of his actual apartment on the corner of Sixth and Stoughton streets. MiniMe’s are fully customizable, from clothes to hair colors and styles.

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Remember the new N-Gage software we told you about a month ago? The ones that were playable on Series 60 Nokia phones? We’ve got some new details on it.The easy way to describe the whole experience is Xbox Live Arcade for mobiles. You’ve got an Xbox Live kind of system with usernames, friends lists, gamer points, profiles, and arcade-like games from studios like EA and Gameloft. What does this mean to you, the Series 60 user? Well, if you’ve got one of the select Series 60 phones released recently—they haven’t specified which yet—or any new Series 60 coming up, you’ll be able to load this suite onto the phone and start gaming.

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After all the speculation comes the real thing… Very soon, PS3 owners will be able to download Sony music and TV shows on their consoles.

According to reports, Sony has revealed plans to start a service, wherein PS3 owners will be offered movies, music, HD and standard definition TV for download.

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