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While Toshiba has held off on launching its first HD DVD player in North America until someone can actually get some HD DVD movies out, Toshiba in Japan has no such problem.
digital-world.com

The lead game designer of World of Warcraft answers our questions about the eagerly awaited expansion for the smash online role-playing game.
gamespot.com

As promised, a single-player demo is now available for Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends, providing a scaled-down sample of Big Huge Games’ upcoming real-time strategy offering.
bluesnews.com

Halo 3 coming spring 2007
Though Microsoft declined to comment, IGN is reporting that Halo 3 will be hitting stores in the spring of 2007. From the article: "The next Halo is coming in March 2007. According to a Microsoft source who asked to remain anonymous and a second source close to the company, IGN today [...]

Eurogamer reports that Microsoft will be adding more titles to its list of backwards compatible games. From the article: “Microsoft has made a minor update to the Xbox 360 backwards compatibility list, adding patches to allow three new titles to run on the new console - namely Black, Star Wars Battlefront II, and Winning Eleven [...]

Nyko has released a device that you can snap on to your Xbox 360 to cool it down. Why? Well, because, you know, those guys who overclock their graphics cards use cooling, so cooling is good, right? You’re not overclocking your Xbox, but by God it’s cooler. The site suggests that the device will give [...]

Microsoft has made a minor update to the Xbox 360 backwards compatibility list, adding patches to allow three new titles to run on the new console - namely Black, Star Wars Battlefront II, and Winning Eleven 9.
gamesindustry.biz

“Marv died in “Sin City” but that doesn’t mean Mickey Rourke won’t be back for the sequel. Ditto for Dwight (Clive Owen), Shellie (Brittany Murphy), Nancy (Jessica Alba), Manute (Michael Clarke Duncan), Gail (Rosario Dawson) and the rest of the Old Town gang,” say Frank Miller of the ‘Sin City’ sequel. “That’s because [...]

There has been a lot of attention paid to hearing loss and MP3 players, especially ones that use earbud headsets, and particularly (of course), the iPod. In fact, if you recall from my earlier story, Apple had been sued over iPod-caused hearing loss.
feedburner.com

Fox has given an early renewal to suspense thriller “Prison Break”, granting it a second season just days after it returned to strong ratings last week, the first new episode after a four-month hiatus.
In its two Monday 8 p.m. airings, Prison Break has increased Fox’s season-to-date ratings in the slot 57% among adults 18-49, averaging [...]