To those who’ve waited patiently for the long-in-development game, you’ll have to wait a little bit longer, it seems. Sony announced today that Gran Turismo 5 will not meet its scheduled release date of November 2nd after all. It is still due out this year, just with the more ambiguous release period of ‘this holiday season.’ READ MORE

Remember when Microsoft announced that their IPTV initiative, one that would allow you to use your Xbox 360 as a DVR and watch live TV streaming through it? Well, four years later, that service will finally be released this Friday, October 15th. READ MORE

Editor-in-Chief Chris Rasco got into Microsoft’s dashboard update preview. The update includes upgrades to the Zune Music and Netflix apps, as well as the new ESPN3 service. Here are his impressions of the new features.

In preparation for the upcoming launch of Kinect, Microsoft launched a new Xbox Live Update Preview Program this week. Despite the fancy name, this is really just a limited beta launch of the upcoming Xbox 360 Dashboard. This Dashboard update includes a long awaited upgrade of the Netflix streaming app, a new Zune streaming service, ESPN3 support, and of course support for Kinect. 

Along with new features, the UI has been slightly tweaked to remove some of the round edges and flatten the navigation. I suspect this is largely to accommodate the natural motion navigation that Kinect will provide next month. The tweaks are subtle but noticeable and I quite like the shift to straight lines and corners. It gives the whole UI a new feel without a drastic change. I’m also quite glad that we don’t have that slightly angled perspective navigation anymore as it has been replaced by a more traditional flat side to side navigation.  READ MORE

Activision and Marvel announced a new X-Men game today. Titled X-Men: Destiny, it is being developed by Too Human creators, Silicon Knights. It is currently scheduled to come out next fall. READ MORE