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Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson has praised the Xbox 360 as new medium for storytelling, as he announced a mammoth ongoing collaboration with Microsoft.

Microsoft has unveiled a whole host of software for the Xbox 360 and Windows at X06, including exclusive deals on some of gaming's most lucrative franchises and new IP.

Microsoft’s annual Xbox and Windows conference takes place in Barcelona today and tomorrow, with the company expected to reveal new details of its software line-up for Christmas and beyond.

A cluster of high-profile role-playing games lead Microsoft’s charge at this years’ Tokyo Game Show, as the company reiterates its hopes of a strong presence in the region.

Microsoft has revealed the price of the HD-DVD movie player for the Xbox 360, along with new hardware bundles, exclusive software and peripheral prices ahead of the Tokyo Game Show

Microsoft once again plans to leverage its captive audience of Xbox Live subscribers by releasing game demos, videos and other content during the Tokyo Game Show and X06 this month.

Microsoft will release Project Gotham Racing 4 on Xbox 360 towards the end of 2007 or in the first half of 2008, according to car manufacturer Peugeot.

Microsoft is set to take full advantage of the lack of Sony competition at retail this Christmas, but UK specialists are warning that the PS3 is still likely to clean up come March 2007.

With PS3's November rollout set to be hampered by a hardware shortfall, Microsoft Europe boss Chris Lewis has pledged that there will be "no shortages anywhere in the region over Christmas" for Xbox 360.

Microsoft Japan will be offering Xbox Live consumers access to demos, trailers and other content from the Tokyo Game Show and Barcelona X06.

Microsoft’s external HD-DVD drive for Xbox 360 will not be available in Asia, according to reports quoting sources from Microsoft Taiwan.

UK retail has confirmed to <i>GamesIndustry.biz</i> that Microsoft has officially dropped the RRP of the Xbox 360 Core pack to GBP 199, effective from today.

Microsoft today unveiled its roadmap for PC and Xbox 360 cross-platform gaming, predicting that "the floodgates will open" for software playable across the two formats by 2008.

Microsoft has announced details of its scheduled South African launch for the Xbox 360, which will hit retail on September 29th, followed by four additional launches throughout Europe.