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Online shopping giant Amazon.com has hinted at its plans to develop a mechanism for electronic game distribution in an online job advertisment. The ad states that the company is looking for a full-time software development engineer to join the ‘Software and Video Games Digital Technology team’. To read the story …

Though the final official confirmation is not expected to arrive until tomorrow , it seems that the world has accepted that the long-fought hi-def format war is at and end – and US retailers are reacting quickly to the news. Reuters reports that many leading North American retailers, such as …

Toshiba has refused to officially confirm that its HD-DVD format is dead following reports over the weekend that it is to scrap the technology – though confirmation is still expected to arrive shortly. A statement from the firm read: "The media reported that Toshiba will discontinue its HD DVD business. …

It’s official – the hi-def format war is over, with news of Toshiba’s decision to cease production of HD-DVD equipment, handing victory to Sony’s Blu-Ray technology. Reuters reports that the news was broken by Japanese broadcaster NHK, with the outlet predicting that Toshiba’s losses could amount to hundreds of millions …

What do you think was the secret behind such a successful 2007 for the company? The key to the performance was a combination of elements. The most important was innovation. We were able to be successful with new products on the casual business, with a lot of new products for …

Though its launch date has not yet been pinned down, the BBC has gotten an early look at Sony’s PlayTV, an accessory that promises to turn the PS3 into a fully-fledged digital TV recorder. The device, which is due to hit the market this year, connects to the PS3’s USB …

More or less nothing is known about Sega’s upcoming Alien FPS as of yet – but the next issue of US games mag Game Informer claims to have the scoop on the game’s title. Aliens: Colonial Marines is being developed by Gearbox, the US studio behind WWII FPS Brothers in …

Though all three format holders have been keen to talk up the lengthening of console life cycles, Pacific Crest Securities analyst Evan Wilson has predicted that 2010 will see a host of new machines arrive in the market place. As an aside in a report about EA, GameSpot quotes Wilson …

A new report from US electrical warranties firm SquareTrade claims that the failure rate for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 is about 16.4 per cent, 1UP reports. The infamous ‘Red Ring of Death’ accounted for 60 per cent of the faulty machines. The stats were gathered from over 1000 warranty claims. And …

Europe has bought 2.37 million Blu-Ray disks since the format went on sale in 2006, achieving the landmark figure faster than it took standard DVD to when it first appeared in 1997. The news comes just three months after the format broke the one million European sales mark in November …