Windows 7 Released

Microsoft's new and (hopefully) improved Operating System has been released in recent days and I thought I'd give a quick run down of how it will be different from XP or Vista, and what effects it will have on gaming.

Windows 7 has been described essentially as how Vista should have been when it was released. There are less bugs, it is supposedly more user friendly and it runs newer games a little better than older OS'se's'es's (that is the correct grammatical expression, I checked with a French guy...).
The main thing you'll find with Windows 7 game wise is that it supports Direct X 11. This isn't exactly an awesome feature at the moment, but I wouldn't be surprised if in the future we saw a lot more games coming out that utilized that feature to its full potential. This essentially means that a purchase of Windows 7 will help you if you want to future proof your PC for gaming. Other cool features of Windows 7 include automatic split-screen, allowing you to view two folders side by side (something that I can see thousands of uses for) and other cool little user friendly quirks like that.

The only downside to Windows 7 may be compatability issues, however I've spoken to several people who were in the Windows 7 beta and most of them reported that it ran well with their games including the all important COD4. For users of Vista I'd recommend the upgrade (which may be free for some or most of you, I can't remember) and for users of XP, this is certainly a much more worthy OS that deserves serious consideration when you next upgrade your PC.

Rumour: Blu Ray Coming to 360?

It is now obvious that Blu Ray has defeated HD-DVD, there are now rumors that 360 will join its PS3 rival in using Blu-Ray to enhance games and movies being played on the console and so on...

Microsoft's Steve Ballmer has been quoted saying that we will be able to play Blu-Ray movies on the 360 'soon'.
The CEO was quoted after being quizzed on if Blu-Ray was coming to 360 or not and added 'I don't know if we need to put Blu-ray in there—you'll be able to get Blu-ray drives as accessories'

For more information on the rumor visit Gadgetreview.com

I personally think this will be great idea as it would save me from having to buy a blu ray player.

What do you guys think?


Update: The Xbox 360's go to guy, known as Major Nelson has cleared up the rumour, stating comments made in an interview were made in regards to PC accessories. He also said there were "no plans for Blu-ray on 360". His statement can be found here.

Additional pwning by Mark.