Before I say anything else, it's shamepless plug time: my site, The Geek Factor is back after a month long hiatus (which was totally not caused by me. Honest.) Go check it out if you're bored.

Ahem. Time for news.

According to the guys over at TalkXbox, the trailer of a next-gen console game called 'WarDevil' holds proof that Xbox Next will launch in 2005.

At the end of the trailer (which, by the way, looks quite good save for the seemingly random capitalization of letters), a cryptic 'Coming in 2005' is displayed. Yep, that's it. How anyone could possibly take this as definitive proof is beyond me, but the fact that Nintendo's 'Revolution' and the PS3 are expected to hit shelves in 2006 give credence to the rumor. One should also take into account the fact that TalkXbox labelled WarDevil an Xbox Next launch title, which Microsoft refuses to acknowledge as they have yet to reveal the console's existence.