A Microsoft perspective: HD DVD Time line

Andy Pennell goes a bit into the history of HD DVD and what Microsoft had done. It’s a really interesting read, Microsoft had a bigger hand in the format war then we were lead to believe last month. Notice how on the CES 2008 portion of the timeline Andy notes:
Jan 2008: CES 2008 turns [...]

Format War’s Over, Now What?

To my readers, I’m sure by now the media has probably already drilled into your heads the fact that the HD DVD/Blu Ray format war is over. Long story short Blu Ray won, many of you none Blu Ray people are either supporting one of Blu Ray’s rival formats, or using your upscaled DVD’s. Well [...]

Toshiba May Stop HD DVD Support!

Strong reports are coming out left and right that Toshiba is going to pull the plug on HD DVD. Right now only unofficial news reports claim Toshiba has done so, we can expect a full report probably on Monday. It seems like the inevitable is about to happen, unless companies like Paramount, Universal, Dreamworks, Dimension, [...]

A Stroll Through Memory Lane

After a few years I decided to go back to Warcraft 2, just for a stroll down memory lane. Of course my saves and stuff were gone since I got a new machine a a year ago. I played the campaign and it brought back a lot memories. Back in the late 90s/early 2000 I [...]

BFF: HD DVD and Warner

Today news has come out of dvdtown that Warner has not ruled out abandoning HD DVD completely. The report states that Warner will still produce and restock HD DVD movies if demand calls for it. This means big titles like Dark Knight, 10 000BC, etc will probably see HD DVD releases! Great news for us [...]

Life Beyond Games: The Sega Dreamcast!

After suffering a defeat at the hands of Sony in 2001, Sega decided to retire the Dreamcast. Even after this announcement the Dreamcast had received a big cult following, with games still being released for the system in countries like Japan, American, etc and homebrew support to boot, the Dreamcast still received love from gamers [...]

Classic PC Gaming

I’m going to add a new section to the blog which will be available on the side menu. It will be a section called "Classic PC Gaming", it will contain demos, and maybe mod’s to classic games like the original Warcraft demo, to OS exclusive’s such as Hover! Stay tuned for more details.
 
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Project Gotham Racing 4 Getting New DLC

News has just come in from Bizarre that Project Gotham Racing 4 will be getting some new downloadable content on Valentines Day, February 14th. Two packs will be available – one will be free while another, a premium version of the free version, will be available for 400 Microsoft Points. Check after the break for [...]

Xbox 360 HD DVD Player Price Drop!

A price drop has been announced on the Xbox 360 HD DVD player add on, this has been met with praise from many, and of course skeptisism from others. I have reviewed the product before, and at this price I can say that I would recommend all Xbox 360 owners pick up this product. Sure [...]

How long before were obsolete?

In September the Playstation Portable “Slim and Light” was released world wide. It was no surprise that Sony would stop producing the PSP “Phat” after the launch of the slimmer unit. The PSP slim was improved greatly from its predecessor, it was not only lighter/slimmer, but it also came with more RAM, which meant faster [...]