Microsoft has revealed its schedule for the upcoming Penny Arcade Expo, which is happening next weekend. For the most part, you can expect to see some fan favorites, such as Halo Wars, Gears of War 2, and Project Origin (PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3). For those of you looking forward to knowing more about Microsoft's upcoming Xbox Live Experience launch, more information will also be made available at the event! Find out the full schedule after the jump!

We know the game's supposed to hit sometime this fall, but Activision have thus far been tight lipped about a specific release date for Call of Duty: World at War. Gentlemen, gather round, we've narrowed it down to November... maybe. Perhaps.

Why maybe? Where'd this news come from? Hit the jump, details within.

Next week's new batch of downloadable content for Rock Band (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3) will sure prove to be a blast from the past with songs from Devo, Duran Duran, and The Janitors. Details in the full article.

The Xbox 360 is more popular that the PlayStation 3 in the US, and the opposite is true in Japan. That's the way it's been for a long time, until the PS3 started outselling the 360 in the US this year. Now it seems the tables are also being turned in Japan, with the 360 outselling the PS3 2.5-to-1 last week. Details in the full article.

Do you ever wonder which among the consoles are getting the most attention from the developers, meaning how many developers are actually working on a particular platform? Apparently, Game Developer Magazine wondered precisely about this, and so has published a survey report on the state of the game development. Their findings can be found after the jump.

A new Nielsen survey has revealed that despite the mostly successful enforcement of game ratings in retail stores like GameStop and Best Buy, M-rated titles such as Grand Theft Auto 4 (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3) are still ending up in the hands of underage gamers. Details in the full article.

A lot of predictions have been thrown our way as to how this leg of the console race will end. But this one isn't from industry analysts, this time. Rather, it's from one that was formerly in the know as a Sony top executive. For him, we'll know who wins the race by 2011, and it's gonna be a tie.

We're about to enter the final quarter of the year, and it should be interesting to take note how our favored platforms and games are faring in terms of sales. Nintendo still appears to be raking in a lot of cash with the DS Lite and the Wii being the top sellers, while Soul Calibur IV (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360) reigns the software charts, with both the Xbox 360 and PS3 version comfortable in the top spots.

Motion-sensing seems to be the in-thing for this generation of consoles - and quite possibly the next generation as well. According to InvenSense, the company that makes the Wii's MotionPlus accessory, other companies are also interested in the tech. Will the next generation of Xbox 360s and PlayStation 3s be heavy on the motion sensing as well? Read more in the full article.

After packing up from the Microsoft offices, Bungie may have a thing or two to learn from Infinity Ward's Call of Duty 4 (PC, Xbox 360, PS3). Bungie Lead AI Programmer Damian Isla mentioned he admires CoD4's performance against their own Halo 3 as the most played game on Xbox Live. More in our full article.