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Blu-Ray triumphs over HD-DVD - and not a moment too soon.

Microsoft's GDC keynote speaker, John Schappert, says that Xbox 360 has now sold more than 18 million units worldwide

Blu-Ray triumphs over HD-DVD - and not a moment too soon.

Schappert and friends spread the love in San Francisco

Microsoft's open development platform, XNA Game Studio, has now hit 800,000 downloads since it was first launched 18 months ago.

John Schappert believes that the Microsoft console delivers a superior experience, which leads to better sales

Sales of liquid crystal display (LCD) televisions have outperformed those of cathode-ray tubes (CRT) globally for the first time, it has been reported.

Market research and consulting firm DFC Intelligence has told <i>GamesIndustry.biz</i> that it believes Microsoft will be largely untroubled by the recent death of the HD DVD format and resulting victory for Sony's Blu-ray technology.

Sony has responded to news of its victory over Toshiba in the next-generation DVD battle by pointing to Blu-ray as "one more reason" for people to buy a PlayStation 3.

The UK's Xbox Live Video Store, launched last December, has been performing "above expectations" since then, and Microsoft internal indications are that the high definition content on offer is more popular than the standard definition content.

Microsoft's Robin Burrowes gives us the latest on Xbox Live Video Store in the UK

Sales of the PlayStation 3 could see a rise of up to 10 per cent in the wake of Toshiba's pull-out from the next generation DVD war as a result of educated consumers who have been waiting for the format war to end.

Sales of Sony's PlayStation 3 console have surpassed 10.5 million globally, completely dwarfing the estimated HD DVD installed base of 1 million - and that's without taking into account standalone Blu-ray players.

One of Microsoft's demonstration Xbox 360 consoles has succumbed, rather publicly, to the infamous 'Red Ring of Death' in the company's XNA area at the Game Developers Conference.

Microsoft has released a statement following the press speculation revolving around the potential demise of Toshiba's HD DVD format.

Rumours have surfaced that Microsoft has begun work in earnest on a new, or additional, iteration of its tremendously successful Xbox Live platform.

Microsoft has unveiled a fancy deal with Paramount to offer its old and new films on the Live Video Store in the UK, kicking off with a host of movies - including Transformers - from February 19.

Economic reports showed that confidence among US consumers has slumped to the lowest level in 16 years, with factory output failing to increase, pushing the economy closer to a recession

The NPD Group has released US videogame sales figures for the month of January, reporting sales of USD 1.18 billion

Research firm iSuppli has stated that it believes Sony's PlayStation 3 will shine the brightest through 2008, and post the strongest growth of any of the next-generation consoles.

Microsoft has announced that it plans to make GDC video content available to Xbox 360 owners via its Live Marketplace service.

Industry analysts Pacific Crest Securities believe that successors to Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii should be on the market in two year's time.

SquareTrade, a firm that specialises in electronics warranties, has found that of a sample of 1000 Xbox 360 consoles, the failure rate was 16.4 per cent.

Microsoft's senior VP of Interactive Entertainment, Don Mattrick, has told the Major Nelson podcast that Rockstar's forthcoming super-title, Grand Theft Auto IV, will have multiplayer elements which will be exclusive to the Xbox 360.