If 3D is going to take off in the UK, then it will the games industry which pioneers the technology in the home. There’s simple logic to it: if you are happy to play a fake guitar, sing into a fake microphone and wield a controller like it’s a tennis bat, then it is more than likely you won’t mind putting on a pair of plastic specs to play a game.

The Blu-ray Disc Association believes that the latest innovations in the technology will be a boon for the games industry, with the likes of Sharp’s new 100GB capable BDXL upping storage significantly. The PS3 is currently the only console to offer Blu-ray support, and it can only currently read a dual-layered 50GB disc. But the BDA believes that spinning media still has a future in gaming - despite the growing weight behind downloaded content

Sony has officially expanded its Online Services platform Qriocity to the UK – with a Video on Demand service unveiled, music on demand arriving by year’s end and more services like gaming, applications and ebooks all to follow ‘over time’. Qriocity aims to bring the company’s connected devices together and “allow consumers to enjoy high quality entertainment across multiple devices”. Sony is showing its Video On Demand powered by Qriocity at IFA, as the first part of the platform and it will be available in the UK along with other key European countries

Microsoft has confirmed that a new Xbox 360 controller will be released this coming November. The new pad, pictured here, will be out on November 9 in the US, where it will cost $64.99 (£42.25).

Sony is reported to be readying a launch announcement for a new music and video service set to take on the might of Apple’s iTunes. Sony is set to make the announcement at this year’s IFA event in Berlin, according to ’sources in the media industry’ cited by The Financial Times this week. PS3 and PSP to lead The Financial Times claims that the new service from Sony will use the PlayStation 3 and PSP consoles as a launch point.

Corsair has announced the Gaming Audio Series HS1 USB headset, with the memory giant taking its first step into audio. It’s been a big few weeks for gaming peripherals, with the usual suspects finding new players arriving in the marketplace.

Xbox Live will cost British gamers £12 extra a year, as of this coming November. Microsoft is spinning the Xbox Live price increase as a mere £1 extra per month, but hardcore Xbox gamers are sure to respond with dismay at the news. After all, nobody likes being asked to pay more money for a service that they feel they cannot live without! Xbox Live price hike The price increase in Microsoft’s Xbox Live subs is both unexpected and unexplained, to date.

As if being described as ‘un-British’ by the defence secretary wasn’t enough, EA’s Medal of Honor has scored another PR win with the news that The One That Got Away author Chris Ryan is penning a MOH prequel. Ryan is of course responsible for some of the bestselling men with guns thrillers around, and another of his books – Strike Back – was recently screened on Sky. But not content with television, film and books, the former SAS man is now penning a prequel book for EA’s Medal of Honor series.

Gaming giant Valve has told PC Gamer that the only way a Hlaf Life movie will get made is if the company makes it themselves. The adventures of the taciturn MITR grad Gordon Freeman are widely considered to be among the greatest games of all time, with the original also playing a large part in spawning famed multiplayer game Counter-Strike and redefining the first person shooter. But developers Valve have so far resisted the calls from Hollywood, and according Gabe Newell their sensational Team Fortress 2 shorts are an illustration of htem considering if they could make the film themselves

Nintendo’s Wii Party will come bundled with a white Wiimote, as the Japanese gaming giant looks to keep hold of its family market dominance in the face of offerings from Xbox and PlayStation. Wii Party is a first party game from Nintendo, and the company’s decision to bundle it with a Wii Remote is an interesting one. Microsoft are set to unleash Kinect for Xbox 360, and Sony the very Wii-like Move, as both attempt to wrest back a share of the family market