Microsoft had a swanky little event in a penthouse overlooking the Thames this morning and one of the many bits and bobs on show (check back soon for the games) was the Xbox 360's HD DVD drive. This ...

Microsoft will attempt to compete with the PlayStation 3 by releasing the XBOX 360 Ultimate with an onboard HD DVD drive, according to a gadget magazine. Ty Pendlebury Editor TV and home video editor ...

My Oct. 2006 360 hasn't had any problems. Just last night I watched DVDs on it, no problems. This afternoon I put a disc in to play, and it grinds and crunches loudly. The game loads and I can play ...

This is only a preliminary design, but these pics are what the Xbox 360 team are looking at for integrating the HD DVD with your internal DVD drive in the UI. Looks pretty straightforward. Similar to ...

The whiz kids over at Xbox-Scene have posted a handy-dandy spotter's guide which lets you determine--at a glance!--if you have one of the new, ultra-quiet BenQ DVD drives in your 360. If not, sucks to ...

Is there anything stopping me (short of voiding the warranty) from replacing the XBox 360's built-in DVD unit with the HD-DVD unit sold separately from the system? Has anybody tried this yet? I'd much ...

This week, the titans are clashing. Sony and Microsoft, both notorious for pulling out all the stops, are going head to head with their latest game machines. Although not a gamer, I’m drawn to the PS3 ...

Source: An interview with Microsoft Japan's Xbox operations chief Yoshihiro Maruyama in Famitsu Xbox. The official story: A Microsoft rep declined to comment. What we heard: One of the biggest ...

Gamers who have their Xbox 360's firmware flashed may have recently noticed an inability to play backups, or even make backups of newer games that have come out: Gears of War 3 and Dead Island, to ...

Toshiba has rubbished reports that it is currently working with Microsoft on an Xbox 360 with a built-in HD DVD drive. Toshiba has rubbished reports that it is currently working with Microsoft on an ...

All you need is an Xbox 360, a USB drive and two specific games to access homebrews or previously region-locked titles. Reading time 2 minutes The seventh generation of consoles headlined by Microsoft ...