We count down the year's biggest moments and look ahead to 2010.

On Sunday, November 22, 2009, the Xbox 360 will officially turn four years old in the first region it was released in, the United States. It's with many great memories under our belt that we wish the Xbox 360 a happy birthday and well wishes in the coming year towards making it to the half-decade mark.
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Hudson Entertainment's Marketing Team Member Marcello Lagosh has announced today on the PlayStation Blog that Military Madness: Nectaris PSN Game Night begins tomorrow- November 20, 2009.

To quote: I am pleased to announce an event of EPIC MADNESS! Members of Hudson Entertainment, Backbone Entertainment and VGEVO.com are challenging all of you to a fun night of Military Madness: Nectaris on the PlayStation Network.
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Today PlayStation Network Operations Director Eric Lempel confirmed what was reported yesterday, specifically that PSP Firmware v6.20 update has arrived tonight alongside the PS3 Firmware v3.10 update.

Download: PSP Firmware v6.20 Update (US) / PSP Firmware v6.20 Update (EU)

To quote: Hi everyone, PSP (PlayStation Portable) firmware update (v6.20) will be available later this evening so we wanted to give you a quick preview of...

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This just in from the European PS3 Blog (and it's about time!)... the Video Store is coming to PlayStation Network in Europe tomorrow, as follows:

You’ve been waiting for movies to come to PlayStation Network and we can finally confirm some exciting news! Video Store will be available in the UK, France, Germany and Spain starting tomorrow November 19! Are you ready?
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Today Activision is reporting that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 made $550 million in the first five days of the videogame's release.

It appears even in this challenging economic climate, Modern Warfare 2 is indeed a top seller setting a new entertainment industry record.

Press Release: Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2 Sets All-Time Entertainment Industry...

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Today to celebrate the PS3's third birthday (yea, right :p) Microsoft's Major Nelson has announced that the new XBox Live fall update is now available for XBox 360 users, which features Twitter, Facebook, Zune Video and Last.FM support.

To quote: "We’ve just released the latest new features for your Xbox 360. In case you’ve been off the grid for the past few months and don’t know what is in this...

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Lead Designer Tom French has detailed the third installment from their developer diary on The Saboteur for Sony's PS3 today.

To quote: I just got back from my little world tour (San Francisco, London, Moscow, whew!) showing off The Saboteur’s open-world/sandbox gameplay and perks system, so I figured this might make a good topic to add to my developer diary series on The...

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Retailer GameStop is set to begin selling digital video game content downloads as part of a new service.

The idea behind this is that a GameStop shopper could learn about a new level for their favorite game, purchase it and then immediately play it when they get home.

To quote: "The new program, which GameStop will start testing early next year, will work in...

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Sony's PlayStation Portable Marketing Manager Kristin Neirinckx has introduced a promotion on the PS Blog geared towards those seeking to get a PSPgo console this holiday season for $199.

To quote: Due to the overwhelming response to last year’s holiday promotions for the PlayStation Card, we have new exciting incentive, this time giving you the chance to save $50 on a brand new PSPgo....

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Microsoft’s internal Halo studio, 343 Industries, is working a new Halo game.

And not just another Halo game, a Halo game for the “next generation Xbox platform” — hopefully Microsoft doesn’t consider a Natal-enabled Xbox 360 to be a next-gen platform.

To quote: A job listing on Gamasutra.com reveals that a level designer with at least one AAA game under their...

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