SEATTLE - Microsoft Corp. said Tuesday that it will significantly ramp up the availability of its Xbox 360 video-game consoles, following production problems that have made the popular game systems difficult to find on store shelves.

REDMOND, Wash. - Microsoft Corp. will sell a version of its Xbox 360 with a 120-gigabyte hard drive and a souped up high-definition video connection, in a bid to broaden the appeal of its popular console beyond video games.

There’s nothing simple about buying an Xbox 360 — especially one week before Christmas.

There’s nothing simple about buying an Xbox 360 — especially one week before Christmas.

TOKYO - Forget the video game console - your TV could already have the brains to play those games. A coy Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates hinted Thursday that his company might license the software underlying its Xbox gaming machine to a variety of outside companies in a bid to expand the market share for the Xbox machine - a platform that trails the sector's No. 1 Sony PlayStation.

LOS ANGELES  -- Gamers, get ready for your close-up. Steven Spielberg introduced a prototype camera Monday that can be used as a controller for the Xbox 360.

The cost of an Xbox 360 is about to drop, making the best video game console (in my opinion) more affordable for those who don’t know the joys of owning Microsoft’s happybox.

This week's price cuts on the Xbox 360 console are a smart move by Microsoft. Overdue, but smart.

One of the biggest video game publicity events is happening this week at the E3 Media & Business Summit in Los Angeles. That means lots of gaming news, updates and a sick amount of eye candy.

LOS ANGELES - Microsoft's Xbox 360 video game console will be able to stream thousands of movies over the Internet, thanks to a deal with Netflix.

Daniel Floyd of the Savannah College of Art and Design put together this stimulating presentation on the role of sex in gaming’s history and its future. It’s something every art form has to deal with when it “grows up.”

SEATTLE - Microsoft will send out replacement parts for its Xbox 360 Wireless Racing Wheel after 50 reports that the video game controllers overheated and released smoke when plugged in, the software maker said Thursday.

SEATTLE - Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 video game console will be $50 cheaper starting Wednesday, confirming fuzzy snapshots of leaked advertisements posted by bloggers in late July.

SEATTLE - In another setback for Microsoft Corp.'s unprofitable entertainment and devices division, the company says it is planning to spend at least $1 billion to repair serious problems with its Xbox 360 video game console.

NEW YORK - Gaming fanatics turned out overnight across the country to buy up Microsoft's Xbox 360 as it went on sale today. GameStop, EB Games and Best Buy opened hundreds of stores across the country for midnight launch events.

Will Corvin spent a sleepless Monday night sucking down caffeinated energy drinks while sitting in a folding chair in front of the glass doors of his employer, Best Buy.

Will Corvin spent a sleepless Monday night sucking down caffeinated energy drinks while sitting in a folding chair in front of the glass doors of his employer, Best Buy.