According to a revelation by Microsoft Japan, two previously PS3-exclusive titles will be making their way over to the Xbox 360. Two games by Koei - Bladestorm: The Hundred Years War and Fatal Inertia - has gone multi-platform, following on the footsteps of titles such as Assassin’s Creed.

Fatal Inertia, in development at Koei Canada, is a futuristic high-speed racer which was initially pegged as a PS3 launch title. Omega Force, the studio behind the Dynasty Warriors series, is working on Bladestorm which was also thought to be a launch title.

Making his flight over to the now-current-generation platforms is Harry Potter. EA has announced that the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix game is in development and is scheduled for a July 2007 release to coincide with the upcoming film adaptation.

“Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is the first in the franchise that we have developed for the next generation consoles,” said Harvey Elliott, Executive Producer at EA UK. “Together with current generation versions, we are creating an immersive and, above all, faithful Harry Potter experience that will both accurately reflect the world showcased in the film and also delight fans of all ages.”

The game will let players explore the many locations of Hogwarts in minute detail, while playing out the story from the book. Players will have the ability to play as multiple characters, including the titular character himself, Dumbledore and Sirius Black.

In development at EA’s UK Studio, the team behind the previous games in the series, Order of the Phoenix will be released for the PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, PS2, PSP, DS, GBA and PC.

This Holiday season has seen the introduction of three new Xbox 360 bundles across UK, thanks to Microsoft and its battle for winning the console war. Already available, the new bundles include a copy of Gears of War, Call of Duty 3 or WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2007, a premium Xbox 360 console and a 30 day trial of Xbox Live Gold.

All bundles will retail for £300.

New content for Test Drive Unlimited is available for download via Xbox Live Marketplace. Selling for 350 points, and dubbed PURE POWER 2 Download Set, the downloadable content features seven supercars, including a Ferrari 250 GTO and the 25th anniversary edition of the Lamborghini Countach. One of the seven vehicles - the Chevrolet Corvette C1 1957 Hardtop, will be available for free to all gamers.

Nintendo has seen much success with the DS, and, according to their latest announcement, that success is still continuing. As per the press release, since its launch in March 2005, the DS has sold seven million units across Europe and six games have broken the much coveted one million sales mark.

The six games which people seem to love to bits are: Brain Training, Animal Crossing: Wild World, Nintendogs (4 million!), Super Mario Bros., Super Mario 64 and Mario Kart DS.

Laurent Fischer, European Marketing Director for Nintendo commented, “We are delighted by the success of the Nintendo DS and DS Lite and especially pleased to see that we have exceeded the one million mark with games that appeal to both non-gamers and traditional gamers.”

As typical of Valve Software, a very short press release from the makers of the Half-Life series announced a partnership with Turtle Rock Studios to create Left 4 Dead, a co-operative multiplayer action game.

“By leveraging its industry-leading AI technology and years of Counter-Strike development experience, Turtle Rock is building upon the elements that make Counter-Strike successful and applying them to Left 4 Dead,” said Gabe Newell, co-founder and president of Valve. “What Counter-Strike did for multiplayer action games, Left 4 Dead will do for co-op games.”

Left 4 Dead is being developed using the “most advanced version” of the Source engine and introduces version 2 of Turtle Rock’s AI technology. The game is set for release on PC sometime next year.

Holy bouncing boobies and gratuitous nudity! A new Dead or Alive has been announced!

Word comes from VideoGamesBlogger that Tomonobu Itagaki - the sunglass wearing, badass looking - developer of Team Ninja has officially announced Dead or Alive 5. This was done so at a press meeting in Tokyo, celebrating the 10th birthday of the series.

The article goes on, saying that Itagaki had the first concepts in mind and that the game might no longer see Tag Team battles. As expected, no release date was mentioned.