High definition visuals are assured, as is a greater emphasis on digitally distributed and backwardly compatible content, indicating that the new system will feature some form of local storage medium such as a hard drive or large flash memory solution.
Anniversarys enhancements include a complete high-definition visual overhaul, support for cooperative and multiplayer gameplay via the Xbox Live online service, new and remastered sound effects and music, and extras such as achievements and hidden in-game collectibles.
And then in 2006, the era of high-definition visuals and multi-core processors, it launched the Wii, which offered blocky graphics but a brilliant motion controller that could be anything from a tennis racket to a broadsword.
Even though it is only a cut-down interim release, Gran Turismo 5 Prologue has got PS3 owners in a rare ferment - at last, it grafts astonishingly crisp high-definition visuals onto the world's favourite racing game franchise.
It has a powerful processor dedicated to pushing around the latest high-definition visuals; it has two (two!) analogue sticks to provide accurate control, and it demands to be looked it – if only because it won't slip unnoticed into your back pocket: the huge 5in OLED screen has seen to that.
Muse fail to arrive onstage in the giant UFO they keep threatening to bring to festivals, but they nevertheless have instruments that light up when the band touch them, huge plumes of smoke that billow forth during Knights of Cydonia, a host of high-definition visuals and a guest appearance from U2's The Edge, who plays guitar on a cover of Where the Streets Have No Name.
"We can supply 360-degree high-definition visuals above and below, smells, sound and heat," says Stuart Hetherington, chief executive of Holovis, an immersive technology specialist.
This highly anticipated sequel to the 4.5 million-selling blockbuster "Gears of War" delves deeper into humanity's struggle for survival against the nightmarish Locust Horde, and promises to take high-definition visuals to a whole new level.
Though shot in high definition, the visuals are generally soft, almost smudged, without the sharp edges you expect with HD.
(Warner Home Video, Blu-ray $19.98, DVD $20.98, not rated) Laila That high definition is no prerequisite for visual splendor is amply demonstrated by "Laila," a 1929 black-and-white epic from Norway until now little known outside its home country.
Use High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) or Digital Visual Interface (DVI) cable to attach a DVD player.
