Another week of gaming news (and some more) part 2.

Hurray, in part 2 of another week of gaming news we get to welcome another great initiative of Toshiba to conquer the hd market. This concept fails even more then HD-dvd did and will only hurt the consumer.

Toshiba is working on an extension to the DVD format which will offer video quality comparable to that produced by Blu-ray and HD-DVD discs, according to Japanese media reports.
The company plans to begin selling a DVD player based on the new technology within six months, Japanese daily Yomiuri Shimbun reported yesterday citing unnamed sources at Toshiba.
The new enhanced DVD players will be sold at lower prices than Blu-ray players, according to the sources.
Toshiba ceded to the rival Blu-ray format in February 2008 after spending years developing its own HD-DVD next-generation video disc standard.
HD-DVD was backed by a consortium of companies including Microsoft and Intel, while Sony is the lead developer of Blu-ray.
The new DVD player will be backwards-compatible with standard DVD discs, according to the sources.
One Japanese report appeared to suggest that the new technology would be able produce much higher-resolution images from existing DVDs, but did not address the apparent impossibility of this claim.
The modified DVD format relies on a newly-developed large scale integrated circuit chip to rapidly convert the stored video, but no technical details were released.
Manufacturers have attempted to extend the lifespan of existing storage technologies by adding additional data which can be used by new players but ignored by older players.
For example, hybrid Super Audio CDs (SACDs) can be played in traditional CD players but produce higher quality audio when played in special players. However, SACDs have failed to meet sales targets.

Source: http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/22...ompete-blu-ray


In more realistic news, Mozilla is trying to get a world record by becoming the most downloaded file in the history of the net in just one day. They want 5 million downloads for that and you can sign up here: Spread Firefox | Download Day 2008


Asus creates a wii clone controller for its pc Source: Asus??Wii???????????????Eee Stick - Engadget Japanese


Ubisoft announces new Beyond good and Evil, a underrated game that was only appreciated by a small audience. Nice to see Ubisoft caring enough to launch number 2.
Source: Ubidays 08: Ubisoft Officially Announces Beyond Good & Evil 2


World of Warcraft, Kil'Jaeden got killed for the first time.

The last boss of The Sunwell Plateau and The Burning Crusade expansion has been killed by SK Gaming, More info inside!

Source: World of Warcraft: Kil'Jaeden DOWN World First | SK Gaming

Street fighter 4 officially coming to PC, PS3 and 360.

It's official. Capcom has announced that the highly anticipated Street Fighter IV is coming home, announcing that, in addition to the arcade version, it will be bringing the next Street Fighter to the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Windows-based PCs. It's been cagey on mentioning anything but the arcade version since the game was revealed, but it would appear that speculation (and common sense) regarding SFIV coming home was spot on. There's little in the way of new details in the press release, but for those not up to speed on the game yet, it's required reading. Everyone else, make with the champagne and fist pumping.

Source: Capcom: Street Fighter IV Officially Coming To Xbox 360, PS3, PC

And to close this week off, it appears that Ubisoft has really pissed off all Nintendo fans by saying they are using the crappy games they sell to Nintendo owners for funds to make their HD projects. Lolz.
Source: Do you have anything at all for normal Wii-Gamers ? - Topic Powered by eve community

I wouldn't mind knowing the /played on the SK guild members Impressive dedication though