Microsoft had £146, roughly $194 USD, worth of Foster's Beer delivered to CVG, a well-known European gaming news website. What provoked Microsoft to do such a thing? 146 seems like quite an odd number. Included with this generous gift was a note that read: What would you purchase for £146...? (The price difference between an Xbox 360 and a PlayStaion 3) Well, for a start we thought you might ... more.

In a interview with the BBC News, Xbox UK Head Neil Thompson had this to say about the possibility of a Blu-ray victory over HD-DVD: "Microsoft will continue to be a strong supporter of the new HD DVD format, but if the format does indeed lose to Blu-ray (Blu-ray has been outselling it lately), it would be "highly likely" that the company would offer a Blu-ray solution" Given the decision to not ... more.