Microsoft Prods the Corpse of HD-DVD

HD-DVD might have reached the early stages of rigor mortis, but that hasn't stopped Microsoft poking at the format's corpse with a stick. A new firmware update has been released for gamers using their Xbox 360 and HD-DVD peripheral.

Over on his blog, Microsoft's online mascot, Larry 'Major Nelson' Hryb tells us:



SPOnG, for one, hopes the update will turn our HD-DVD peripheral into a Blu-ray player.

^{Source: Major Nelson}