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Developed by Pioneer, the 16-layer discs will hold eight times more data than the current dual-layer 50GB discs.
The company confirmed that all current Blu-ray players, such as the PlayStation 3, will be able to read the discs.
Although it is thought that the extra storage will mainly benefit higher definition films and TV series, the space can be put towards special features and uncompressed data in games.
Capcom recently announced an exclusive "making of" video in Resident Evil 5, due to extra space from the Blu-ray format.
The discs will go into production in 2010, with 1TB (1000 GB) discs coming in 2013.
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