The format war is officially over. Toshiba released a press release stating that they are discontinuing their entire HD-DVD business. I can't say that I'm entirely surprised. There is not much to say given all the recent news on how everyone was dropping the HD-DVD format. Check out the press release below.

News came in tonight that GameStop is now the latest company to abandom the HD-DVD format. In a memo sent out of stores today all employees were instructed to immediately stop accepting HD-DVD players and discs for trade-in. All inventory remaining at the stores will be sold through and not replentished. This shouldn't come as a surprise to any as GameStop now joins a long list of companies who have decided to no longer support the format.

It's sequel mania today for today's new releases on the Virtual Console.  The ninja Hayabusa and a RPG where you travel through the Algol star system battling the evil Dark Force.

In a press release sent out this morning, Activision announced the next Guitar Hero game, officially titled Guitar Hero: Aerosmith. In honor of the release Aerosmith's "Dream On" will be available as a free download from Feb. 16 - 18 for Guitar Hero III.

Looking to buy an Xbox 360 this weekend? You may have a harder time finding one than you think.

After Valve pushed out yesterdays huge update for Team Fortress 2 many console owners are wondering when their games will be updated.  Valves response is "We're not sure yet."

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Gameplay, interviews and footage will be available on Xbox Live for download.  

New Line Cinema is stating that the Xbox 360 zombie game too closely resembles the movie, Dawn of the Dead.

Team Fortress 2, Source Engine and Source TV are getting updates tomorrow.

PC gaming is about to be taken into the next level by some heavy hitters.