Microsoft predicts Blu-ray's demise

The avalanche of Xbox 720 related leaks continues; after Fudzilla, CVG and Semiaccurate, it's now the turn of games website Kotaku to reveal details disclosed by its own games industry sources. It claims that Microsoft will swap...

Microsoft has been recently granted a new patent which indicates that the next Xbox console might come with DVR capabilities. According to Kotaku, the company received the patent in question on December 27 which covers a DVR...

Numerous rumours regarding Microsoft's next-generation games console - codenamed the Xbox Next, though sometimes jokingly referred to as the Xbox 720 - point to a 2013 launch date, suggesting Sony's PlayStation 4 won't be far...

Software giant Microsoft is expected to dish out new features for its Xbox Live platform which will allow users to watch cable TV and stream video using the Xbox 360 console in the US. People familiar with the company’s...

Rumours have been going around the mill for some time now that Microsoft's impending Windows 8 operating system will come with the ability to play Xbox 360 console games on your PC.Although much of the tattle has been dismissed,...

Evidence is mounting that - as unlikely as it may seem - Windows 8 will bring with it the ability to play Xbox 360 console games on your PC, ending the often long wait for timed console exclusives like BioWare's Mass Effect to...

Nintendo's head honcho, Satoru Iwata, confirmed that the Wii U will not support either DVD or Blu-ray playback but would still come with an unknown physical optical drive. Iwata dropped the bombshell during a Q&A session...

Microsoft is due to launch a new disc format for its Xbox 360 console tomorrow - and has promised those whose consoles fail to support the new format a shiny new replacement for their troubles.With developers starting to hit the...

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has claimed that his company’s Xbox is the most popular brand amongst young consumers.When asked in an interview with CNBC on Thursday, how he is going to get his company to resonate with young...

The latest dashboard update for Microsoft's Xbox 360 console appears to have brought more than just a new user interface and support for Kinect to gamers, with reports of vastly increased protections against piracy.Taking a leaf...

Apple is planning to start making CDMA compatible iPhone models in December. CDMA compatible iPhones will be able to be used on Verizon Wireless's mobile network.In an interview with a UK news website, Stephen McGill, the guy in...

In an interview with a UK news website, Stephen McGill, the guy in charge of Microsoft Xbox in the UK, said that Blu-ray is going to be passed by as a format and that actually sticking to DVD has been a smart decision that kept...

Microsoft has held talks with the former president and CEO of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, Peter Chernin, regarding an Xbox Live television channel. At the talks, which took place on 12 April at the software giant's Redmond...

A confidential Microsoft document, the Global Criminal Compliance Handbook, was leaked all over the internet by Cryptome.org, an organisation that focuses on publishing secret government documents. The 22 page 'spy guide'...

An analyst is forecasting that Nintendo will continue to dominate the gaming console domain for the next couple of years or so, and that the HD iteration of Nintendo Wii console is there in the offing. Speaking to Edge Online,...