Due to a large volume of bot registrations, I've decided to close registration until the new site is ready.

No, I haven't forgotten. Lack of motivation mostly...

Hi guys, this is just an update to let you all know that we havent and don't intend on ditching the site. It's been a while since we updated, other priorities have started to take up time. Work on the new site has ground to a halt, but we're hoping to churn out a basic working system over the next few weeks now that Christmas is out of the way and time is becoming readily available!

If you would like to help out in some way please get in touch with us, we'd love to hear from you as soon as possible. 

Just tell us what you want to do, provide some examples, and we'll get in touch!

In the mean time, fancy a custom console?  

You may have noticed that Console Central hasn't been at all active over the past month, so I thought I would give some explanation for the lack of news. 

I'm currently developing an entirely new system for Console Central to help improve our readers impression of the website and reader involvement. We've had a lot of criticism over the years and it's all been taken onboard to the point where we're all feeling the limits of our current system.

Much to my regret, I asked the other writers to take 5 whilst I developed the new system and progress has been slow. Lack of enthusiasm and participation all round has left us taking 10 instead with no news being added. Now, I could have developed the software in the background (and for the most part, I have) but it was getting to a point where I was getting thoroughly stressed out about all of the work I had to do on an active website, dealing with the requests of the other writers and developing this software, all on top of my home life and work life. 

The writers were given a choice to leave Console Central or stick around and although they opted to stick around and continue writing, I have barely heard a peep from them. 

So now I would like to make if official: Console Central is on hold until the new site has been developed and implemented. 

Although this will play hell on our traffic, I feel it is necessary, and I feel you all need an explanation so that Console Central doesn't look as if it's fizzling out of life - it's not; in fact, it's quite the opposite since we're willing to go to this extreme in order to preserve Console Central's future. 

I would like to invite you all to a discussion about this where you can provide your input about the kinds of features you would like to see on the new site. Any input would be greatly appreciated. Ideas for a theme, features you would want to see (no matter how basic it is). It will also give you the opportunity to test the beta site before it gets launched for real, hopefully during early 2009.  

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I cannot explain how excited I am about this without writing pages of swearing, mumbling and net style abbreviations like 'OMG'.

 So yeah. Good news. *Shakes with excitement*

Even IGN thinks replacing Pierce Brosman as a 007 was a bad idea.

Microsoft has revealed the goodies that will be included in the limited collector’s edition of Ensemble Studios' Halo Wars when the game arrives on Xbox 360 early next year.

Robert Bowling, who was part of the development team working on Call Of Duty 4, wants Noah Heller, who... Apparantly, barely worked on World At War, to STFU and/or GTFO.

But with better language.

Many Resident Evil fans, upset over the lack of a Resident Evil 5 on Wii, have looked to Dead Rising as a sign that we may get a slightly downgraded version of the game some time down the line. Recent comments from Jun Takeuchi seemed to hint at the possibility, with his remark about wanting to continue the franchise on Wii. Well, 1up decided to ask Takeuchi directly in an interview whether an RE5 port could happen. His response?

"Hmm... honestly speaking, we're kind of pushing the 360 and PS3 to their limits right now, so it would probably be pretty difficult to create a Wii version of RE5."

We're thinking it was probably 'pretty difficult' to port Dead Rising to the Wii, but it's not looking good for those eagerly awaiting a Wii edition.

Source.

All your favorites or so Sega thinks they're you're favorites in one collection.

Three more titles hit the Wii download store.

Wii Speak is coming your way on the 16th of Nov, well if you live in the US anyway.

For those of you who havnt seen this yet -

Here is a massive selection of Rock Band Tracks to download now -

This new pack contains the two Battlefield: Bad Company Community Choice Maps plus two more for you to sink your teeth into.

For those of you who didnt get a chance to try this out last time there is one more chance before its general release.

For all you Basketball fans -

New game hits Xbox Live Arcade -

For those who dont own the game yet feel free to play the demo -

This weeks top ten Xbox titles still going strong.

Here are last weeks top ten Arcade Titles played over Xbox live -

Here is last weeks top ten Xbox Live titles -

And I agree.

Just how many Remakes must Resident Evil go through.

Once Microsoft fixes a problem, another one shows up.

The New Xbox 360 Now with only 2 red rings instead of 3 and no extended warranty coverage.