NewsFactor - It’s been a hot season for high-def news. First, Sony’s PlayStation 3 game console made a big splash with its built-in Blu-ray drive — a drive that held up production, forcing a PS3 shortage in the U.S. market. Then Microsoft announced that users of its Xbox 360 Live service could download high-def movies, only to see the service crash briefly under the heavy demand. (more…)
I’ve written up a piece about the reasoning behind Super Columbine Massacre RPG being pulled from the Slamdance festival for the Rocky Mountain News.
In it the festival president Peter Baxter says that he made the decision free of any outside pressure based on moral grounds and concern for the future of the organization.
“On the one hand a jury selected this game, and as a result of that decision it leads to our organization supporting their creative decision,” said Slamdance President Peter Baxter. “On the other hand there are moral obligations to consider here with this particula (more…)
Citing a non-existent Dean Takahashi story, the always reliable Team Xbox is reporting what Bill Gates and Robbie Bach will announce this Sunday at the company’s pre-CES speech.
Microsoft, according to the story, will be announcing that Microsoft has sold more than 10.4 million Xbox 360 consoles worldwide since launch.
Gates will also announce that the Xbox 360 will soon be given the capability to serve as a set-top box for IPTV, a sort of hybrid television and video service that delivers content over a broadband network.
The Team Xbox story doesn’t mention if there is any (more…)
Reuters - Movie rental company Blockbuster Inc said on Friday it has agreed to sell its Rhino Video Games chain to GameStop Corp. for an undisclosed price. (more…)
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