Rip: Xbox 360 HD DVD Drops To $50:
Now that Microsoft has officially announced the death of their HD DVD add-on for the Xbox 360, the only thing left to do is to sweep the technological corpses out of warehouses
Hmm, I wonder who would buy it now? Maybe to watch all these “buy one get 15 [...]

It was only a matter of time before Microsoft officially discontinued manufacturing the Xbox 360 HD DVD add-on, but it took them a few days longer than we expected. Their statement is finally out, and it signals Microsoft’s official withdraw from HD DVD on the console front.

(Via Gizmodo.)

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MS showcases Red Ring of Death Xbox 360 at expo:
Whoops
Microsoft executives will be a little red-faced today after an Xbox 360 on display at this year’s Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco contracted the infamous ‘Red Ring of Death’ disease.…

“It” happens around 11″…

(Via The Register.)
Well, that reminds me of this.

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Xbox 360 console failure rate forecast at 16.4% | Reg Hardware:
“Your Xbox 360 has a 16.4 per cent chance of breaking down, according to an analysis of the Microsoft console’s failure rates by an electronics warranty trading firm.”

Wow, this is pretty bad as far as reliability goes. Apparently, this is related to overheating in early [...]

Vanity Fair journo gets an exclusive preview of Star Wars: the Force Unleashed:
“On a projection screen in a darkened auditorium, I watch as a digitally animated Imperial stormtrooper, the comically doomed cannon fodder of Lucas’s Star Wars universe, is lifted by an invisible force and dropped in various ways—on his head, on his back—and over [...]