Just as the format wars between Blu-ray and HD-DVD are starting to finally wind down, now news comes from Sony that even the larger capacity of the Blu-ray disc might not be enough to hold all the Metal Gear Solid 4 data.

In an interview with Japanese pub Famitsu, Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima spoke about having to hold back on some of the material he had envisioned for the upcoming Guns of Patriots, the forth and last in the Metal Gear saga. Kojima went on to say…

The firm's leading analyst, David Mercer, said in a statement on the Strategy Analyst website that Blu-ray has passed its first hurdle “but a much bigger challenge now lies ahead if Blu-Ray is to become as successful as…

After the major announcement that Warner Bros. (one of the largest distributors of DVDs) will be going Blu-Ray only, Kotaku is reporting that sister company New Line will be following suit. This news, combined with the fact that an HD DVD press conference scheduled for CES has been canceled, has many speculating that we can more »

Paramount Pictures has decided to go exclusively with HD DVD dealing what could be an important blow to Sony’s Blu-ray format. Blockbusters such as Transformers and Shrek the Third will now only be available in HD DVD.

Sony seemed to have the upper hand with 2 to 1 ratios in sales, thanks to their PS3 console, and exclusive deals with Blockbuster and Wal-Mart but maybe again Sony’s decision to go with a proprietary format will backfire. Betamax anyone?

Blu-ray players are more expensive than HD DVD players so…

The news is flying all over the net – Midway has finally confirmed that the upcoming collector’s edition of John Woo’s Stranglehold for the PS3 will also contain the full-length 1992 film, Hard Boiled as bonus content. Here’s some great news for you Woo fans out there, and a nice surprise for gamers who spend more »

Corporate VP of Microsoft’s Consumer Media Technology Group, Amir Majidimehr, revealed in an AVS Forum post that a software update for the Xbox 360 HD DVD Player was (now is) released on May 15, 2007. From Majidimehr’s post: “It is my pleasure to let you all know that the HD DVD update for Xbox 360 more »

Possibly as a result of the Voodoo PC buyout, the laptop pictured above will be HP’s first true gaming laptop. Sporting a 20 inch display, the notebook is hardly portable, being that wide and weighing in at 12 pounds. A handle might ease the pain of lugging such a large, valuable item. No release date more »