Sometimes, the hype is real. Every so often, something comes along that's promoted as the "next big thing," and it actually really does live up to the label. For example, when Apple unveiled the first ...

Being the developer of a beloved, storied franchise like Dragon Quest is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, the series has built up a large fan base that is fully invested and will purchase every ...

There's been a lot of chatter lately about Microsoft's commitment to releasing physical media for its Xbox console games. In a recent interview, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer admitted that most ...

Microsoft's follow-up to the Xbox, the Xbox 360, left an incredible first impression on gamers and gave Microsoft some serious staying power in the home console space. That first impression started ...

Can anyone have too much of a choice. When it comes to anything related to Microsoft’s Xbox 360, we really don’t think so. It seems that Christmas is all about choice, because this Christmas besides ...

360 enforces DVD region coding. A Japanese 360 will not play Region 1 DVDs. The region coding is enforced on the console itself because the 360 already has built-in DVD playback through the built-in ...

Game Daily had a chat with Microsoft Game Studios VP Shane Kim about the Xbox 360, and one of the topics that came up was the defunct (but cheap!) HD DVD player, which you might still be tempted to ...

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Best Buy said Wednesday it will offer US$50 gift cards to U.S. consumers who bought HD DVD players and accessories, a month after the retailer abandoned HD DVD to push the rival format, Blu-ray Disc.

In every conflict, one player has to come out victorious. In the high-definition format war, the winner was Blu-ray. Derek Jensen, sophomore in aerospace engineering and owner of a Toshiba HD-A1 HD ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp will stop making video players based on the HD DVD standard for its Xbox 360 game system, a move that comes days after Toshiba Corp pulled the plug on the high ...