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IGN UK’s Rob Burman has reported that  has 20th Century Fox struck a deal to offer the first two seasons for download.

UK, August 30, 2007 - Peter Griffin and the rest of his dysfunctional family are set to make their debut on the Xbox Live Marketplace, thanks to a deal between Microsoft and 20th Century Fox. Initially, that means the first two seasons will be available for download from September 3.

This is the first show from Fox to make it onto Xbox 360 and the first time Family Guy has been downloadable on any video-on-demand service. Each of the episodes costs 160 Microsoft Points (about $2) and 360 owners can also download the Family Guy film, Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story.

Jamie McCabe, executive vice president at Fox said: “This is our first one. We hope to have other content on there, but right now with the launch of Halo 3 and the launch of the new season of Family Guy coming out, the timing really worked well for this one.”

Currently the deal only covers North American territories, so everyone else will have to stick with their Family Guy DVDs for the time being.

IGN.com’s Ryan Geddes reports:

Interest in the console hits a record high. BioShock and Halo 3 don’t hurt, either.

August 29, 2007 - Thanks largely to the debut of BioShock this month and the impending Halo 3 invasion in September, interest in the Xbox 360 reached an all-time high during in late August, according to data released today by IGN GamerMetrics.

From Aug. 14 through Aug. 27, the Xbox 360 hit a record 9268 on the IGN Weekly Platform Index, which tracks the performance of gaming systems in North America. During the letter half of August, interest in the Microsoft console rose by 2 percent over the previous period.

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IGN.co.uk and MajorNelson.com both report that Halo 3 has gone gold with more than one million preorders in North America alone. Here is an part of the post from IGN.

August 29, 2007 - Microsoft and Bungie Studios sent out word today that the highly anticipated final chapter in the Halo trilogy has been completed and released to manufacturing. Gamers who have marked their calendars for a September 25 sick day can now rest easy with this reassurance that Halo 3 will indeed meet its previously announced ship date without any unforseen delays.

First off let me just say that the only reason that I bought the game was I couldn’t resist the bundle that GAME were doing when I traded up and got my elite.

Graphically this game is stunning. From the introduction and general look of the game to the smaller details like ripples in the water and the “splash effect” from your feet when running through water.

The Game is developed by Developed by Mistwalker, the studio headed by Hironobu Sakaguchi of Final Fantasy Fame, so you know that the story is going to be good. The Characters are designed by Dragon Ball artist Akira Toriyama which explains the Anime type look that the game holds and the suspense of the music was curtiousy of Nobuo Uetmasu.

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IGN.co.uk’s Rob Burman has reported:

UK Conservative Party leader David Cameron targets ‘anti-social’ media output.

UK, August 28, 2007 - In the ongoing battle between politics and video games, UK Conservative Party leader David Cameron has said that developers have a responsibility not to “promote casual violence, the gang culture and the degradation of women”.

While outlining the Tories’ plans to combat anti-social behaviour in UK, Cameron said that individuals who make films, games and music have a social responsibility not to negatively influence adolescents.

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