Microsoft and Enterbrain, the company that publishes Famitsu, are holding a contest for XNA developers where 3,600,000 yen ($40,000) in cash prizes will be awarded.

MCV has a scoop on Project Natal from a “secret” developers tour. According to their sources, the device will launch in November 2010 with fourteen titles.

Looking to buy an Xbox 360 on a budget? Walmart has a killer deal on the Xbox 360 Arcade (read: Xbox 360 sans hard drive) this Saturday.

If you want to make Xbox 360 accessories you have to get approval from Microsoft first. Those are the rules, but X-Gaming found a way around them.

Microsoft has a holiday bundle or value pack as it says on the box just for Japan.

Ninety-Nine Nights was missing a key element that made the Dynasty Warriors games fun — co-op play. Feelplus addressed this while developing Ninety-Nine Nights II.

Microsoft sent out a press release with a list of developers working on games for Project Natal. RPG behemoth Square Enix is one of the publishers on the list.

No doubt Sony is going to be the star of this year’s TGS. The question is, what else can we look forward to?

Electronic Arts stock jumped today over unsubstantiated rumors that Microsoft is looking to acquire them.

Morning news magazine Mezamashi TV got a pre-Tokyo Game Show look at Project Natal. Watch Fuji TV announcer Yoko Shono play a game of Ricochet with Kudo Tsunoda and try the controller free racing demo Microsoft brought to E3.