Xbox Games Now Downloadable on Xbox 360 Marketplace

Timed to correspond with the five-year anniversary of Xbox Live, Microsoft has announced it will begin adding original Xbox titles to the Xbox 360's Live Marketplace for users to download to their hard drive.

Xbox Live first burst onto the scene in 2002, a year or so after the release of the original Xbox console. Since then it has gained around eight million users, completely dwarfing any other non-PC online gaming service.

On December 4, Microsoft will release a firmware update for the Xbox 360, which will include in part the ability to download specially chosen Xbox games from the Xbox Live Marketplace. Confirmed titles include Crimson Skies, Fable, Psychonauts, and of course Halo. The games will be priced at 1,200 Microsoft points ($15).

"On its fifth birthday, Xbox Live truly is the place for hanging out with friends and enjoying downloadable TV shows, movies, videos, game add-ons and now downloadable Xbox games on demand," said the Microsoft VP in charge of Xbox Live John Schappert.

It edges up the competition over digital downloads between Microsoft and Sony. Sony's Playstation 3 online store has been noted for its inclusion of full-length, high-capacity games including the PS3 game Warhawk. Xbox Live previously had been relegated to cheap, small casual game titles.

Microsoft will also be celebrating the five-year anniversary by awarding 500 Microsoft Points to anyone whose current Xbox Live account dates back to 2002. Additionally, beginning tomorrow, all users in the US will be able to download Carcasonne, an Xbox Live Arcade title, for free.

Medal of Honor Airborne review.

The Medal of Honor series is now into its eight year with the 11th title, Medal of Honor: Airborne released on Xbox 360. The franchise has attracted a huge fan base over the years due to its cinematic qualities and the chance its given gamers to get to grips with some authentic war time weapons, but earlier this year following the release of the, quite frankly, awful Medal of Honor: Vanguard, I really did think the series was looking old and ragged and secretly hoped that I'd never see the franchise re-emerge from its sorry looking state. But, while I was getting all in a fluster over EA's lack of innovation in their World War II shooter, it appears the team must have been busy putting all of their efforts into the next-gen version of the franchise…


Medal of Honor: Airborne doesn't reinvent the first person shooter genre, like they'd like us to believe, but it does look and feel so much fresher than the last game in the series. Thankfully, many of the frustrations have been ironed out, leaving the series totally reinvigorated and standing proudly shoulder to shoulder next to other top next-gen shooters.

It's always a good sign when you have the motivation to complete the game that you're reviewing. I never did finish playing Medal of Honor Vanguard - it was just too frustrating . I only played to a point where I thought I knew enough to review it. But, while playing MOH: Airborne, I barely glanced at the clock and kept battling through to the end. I’m delighted to say that the series has been injected with a much needed dose of pace.

In fact, so much so that, just when I realized how much fun I was having playing the game, it was abruptly over after merely 5 hours of gameplay. The time it takes to complete MOH: Airborne is undoubtedly an issue especially when you're paying top whack for a videogame, but though I've mentioned it, I really don't want it to put you off the experience of playing the most enjoyable World War II shooter I've played for some time.

Medal of Honor Airborne Xbox 360 trailer:

Backward Compatibility

Play Original Xbox Games on The Xbox 360

If you have your original Xbox games and you want to play them on your Xbox 360, first you need to make sure that the game you want to play is supported .

It should be one of these games.

All you need to do is to get an update for your xbox 360 console using any of these methods:

1 - Xbox Live update:

This is the best and most efficient way to get it, first sign in to Xbox Live with silver or gold membership, and if you don't have one it will be better if you can create it, using even a free silver profile would be better than using any of the next two options to download the update.

After you are signed in with your profile put an original Xbox game in the disc tray, and close it.

This will start the backward compatibility program , If there is any update needed , it will start.

NOTE After you start this process, you must complete it, because if you failed to complete the installation process, your Xbox 360 won't be able to play any original Xbox games until you finish the installation.

2 - Download the update on the pc and copy it on a disc:

You will need to download the backward compatibility update file from xbox.com on your computer.
1- To download it go to this link.

2- Then copy this update you downloaded on a CD or DVD.

3- After the CD or DVD is ejected from the computer disc tray, Put it in the Xbox 360 console and the update will run automatically then select Continue to complete the update.
4- Wait until the update is completed, the system will have the operating system software updated.

Then select Yes, update now. Then press the A button on the controller, the console will restart and you will be able to play your original Xbox games on the Xbox 360.

3- Order a disc from xbox.com

You can order the backward compatibility disc directly from Xbox.com website through this link and you will recieve it withen 2 or 3 weeks.

When you receive the disc put it on the console.

Then the update program will start automatically, then select Continue to apply the update.
Wait until the update is completed.

Then select Yes, update now. Then press the A button on the controller , the console will restart and you will be able to play your original Xbox games on the Xbox 360.

Backward Compatibility Games List

Backward Compatibility Games list

This is the list of the original Xbox games you can play on the Xbox 360 :

4x4 EVO 2
AirForce Delta Storm
Aggressive Inline
Alias
Aliens versus Predator™ Extinction
All-Star Baseball™ 2003
All-Star Baseball™ 2005
Amped®: Freestyle Snowboarding
Amped® 2
Aquaman: Battle of Atlantis
Army Men®: Sarge's War™
Atari® Anthology™
ATV: Quad Power Racing 2™
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Avatar: The Legend of Aang
Bad Boys 2
Big Mutha Truckers
Baldur's Gate™: Dark Alliance™ II
Barbarian
Barbie™ Horse Adventures™ Wild Horse Rescue™
Batman Begins™
Battle Engine Aquila
Battlestar Galactica™
BLACK™
BMX XXX™
Breakdown
Brute Force™
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Buffy the Vampire Slayer™: Chaos Bleeds
Burnout® 3: Takedown™
Cabela's® Big Game Hunter™ 2005 Adventures
Cabela’s® Dangerous Hunts™
Cabela’s® Outdoor Adventures™ 06
Cabela's® Deer Hunt™ 2005 Season
Cabela's® Deer Hunt™ 2004 Season
Call of Cthulhu®: Dark Corners of the Earth
Call of Duty™: Finest Hour™
Call of Duty 2: Big Red One
Call of Duty 3
Cars
Casino
Catwoman™
Chicago Enforcer
Circus Maximus
Close Combat: First to Fight
Colin McRae Rally 4
Combat Elite: WWII Paratroopers™
Commandos 2: Men of Courage™
Conflict: Desert Storm
Constantine™
Conker
Counter-Strike™
Crash Bandicoot 5: Wrath of Cortex
Crash Twinsanity™
Crash Nitro Kart™
Crimson Skies®: High Road to Revenge™
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon™
Daisenryaku VII
Dark Angel
Darkwatch™
Dead or Alive® 3
Dead Or Alive Ultimate
Dead to Rights®
Deathrow
Destroy All Humans!
Digimon® Rumble Arena® 2
Dinotopia
DOOM 3®
Drake™
Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
Dynasty Warriors 4 / Shin Sangokumuso3
Egg Mania™: Eggstreme Madness
ESPN Major League Baseball
ESPN MLS ExtraTime 2002
Euro 2004
Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick
F1 2001
Fable®
Fable®: The Lost Chapters™
Fahrenheit/Indigo Prophecy
Fairly Odd Parents: Breakin' da Rules
Family Guy
Far Cry: Instincts
Fatal Frame™
Fatal Frame™ II: Crimson Butterfly DIRECTOR'S CUT
FIFA 07
FIFA Soccer 2003
FIFA Soccer 2004
FIFA STREET
Fight Night 2004
FlatOut™
Ford Mustang
Ford vs. Chevy
Forza Motorsport™
Freaky Flyers
Frogger Beyond™
Full Spectrum Warrior
Futurama™
Fuzion Frenzy®
Gauntlet®: Seven Sorrows™
Genma Onimusha
Goblin Commander™: Unleash the Horde
Grabbed by the Ghoulies™
Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas™
Gravity Games Bike: Street. Vert. Dirt.
Grooverider: Slot Car Thunder
Guilty Gear Isuka
Half-Life® 2
Halo®
Halo® 2
Halo® 2 Multiplayer Map Pack
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire™
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone™
He-Man: Defender of Grayskull
Hitman: Contracts™
House of the Dead 3
IHRA Drag Racing Sportsman Edition
IHRA Professional Drag Racing 2005™
Incredibles/ Mr. Incredible (J)
IndyCar® Series 2005
I-Ninja
Innocent Tears
Intellivision Lives
Jade Empire™
James Bond 007™: NightFire™
Jet Set Radio Future
Judge Dredd®: Dredd vs. Death™
Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis
Kabuki™ Warriors
Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer
kill.switch
King of Fighters 2002
King of Fighters: Neowave
LEGO® Star Wars®
LEGO® Star Wars™ II: The Original Trilogy
Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events™
Links® 2004
LOONS—The Fight for Fame
Mad Dash Racing
Magatama
Manhunt
Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX™ 2
Max Payne
Max Payne® 2
Maximum Chase
Mech Assault 2
Medal of Honor European Assault™
Medal of Honor™ Frontline
Medal of Honor™ Rising Sun
Mega Man® Anniversary Collection
Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction
Metal Arms™: Glitch in the System
MicroMachines
Mike Tyson Heavyweight Boxing
Minority Report
MLB SlugFest 20-04
Monster Garage™
Mortal Kombat: Armageddon
Mortal Kombat® Deception™
MotoGP
MTV Music Generator™ 3
MTX: Mototrax™
Murakumo: Renegade Mech Pursuit
MX Unleashed
MX vs. ATV Unleashed
MX World Tour™: Featuring Jamie Little
Namco Museum™
Namco Museum 50th Anniversary Arcade Collection
Nascar 2006: Total Team Control
NBA LIVE 2004
Need For Speed™ Underground 2
NFL Blitz 2002
NFL Blitz 2003
NFL Blitz 2004
NFL Fever 2004
NHL® 2004
NHL Hitz™ 2003
Ninja Gaiden®
Ninja Gaiden® Black
Oddworld Munch’s Oddysee
Open Season
Outlaw Golf 2
Outlaw Tennis
Outlaw Volleyball
Over the Hedge™
Panzer Dragoon Orta
Petit Copter
Phantom Crash™
Phantom Dust
Pariah
Pinball Hall of Fame™
Pitfall®: The Lost Expedition™
Predator Concrete Jungle™
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time™
Pro Evolution Soccer 5
Pro Race Driver™
Psychonauts
Pump It Up™: Exceed
Pure Pinball
Puyo Pop Fever
Quantum Redshift®
Rainbow Six: Lockdown
RalliSport Challenge
Rapala Pro Fishing
Rayman Arena
Raze's Hell™
Red Dead Revolver
Red Faction® II
RedCard™ 2003
Reservoir Dogs
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Richard Burns Rally
Robotech: Battlecry
Rocky™ Legends
Rogue Ops
Rogue Trooper™
RugbyLeague 2
Samurai Jack
Samurai Warriors™
Scarface
Scooby Doo!™ Night of 100 Frights
Scrapland
SEGA GT™ 2002
Sengoku Warriors
Serious Sam
Shadow The Hedgehog™
Shamu's Deep Sea Adventures
Shark Tale
ShellShock: Nam '67™
Shenmue II
Shincho Mahjong
Sid Meier's Pirates!®
Silent Hill® 4: The Room
Smashing Drive
Sneakers™
Sniper Elite
Soccer Slam
Sonic Heroes™
Sonic Riders
Sonic Mega Collection™ Plus
Soul Calibur 2
Spawn® Armageddon
Speed Kings™
Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy™
Spider-Man™
Spider-Man 2
Splat Magazine Renegade Paintball
Splinter Cell: Double Agent
SpongeBob SquarePants™: Battle for Bikini Bottom
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
SpyHunter® 2
SpyHunter:® Nowhere to Run™
Spyro™ A Hero's Tail
SSX 3
Stake™
Star Wars Battlefront™
Star Wars Battlefront™ II
Star Wars®: Episode III Revenge of the Sith™
Star Wars® Jedi Knight®: Jedi Academy™
Star Wars®: Knights of the Old Republic™
Star Wars® Knights of the Old Republic® II: The Sith Lords™
Star Wars: Republic Commando
State of Emergency
Street Fighter Anniversary Collection
Street Racing Syndicate™
Stubbs the Zombie™ in Rebel without a Pulse™
Super Bubble Pop
Super Monkey Ball™ Deluxe
SX Superstar™
Taz Wanted
Tecmo Classic Arcade
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles™
Tenku
Test Drive®: Eve of Destruction
Tetris Worlds™
The Great Escape
The Hulk™
The Incredible Hulk™: Ultimate Destruction
The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer
The Legend of Spyro™: A New Beginning
The Lord of the Rings™: The Return of the King™
The Punisher™
The Simpsons™ Hit and Run™
The Simpsons™ Road Rage
The Suffering
The Terminator™ Dawn of Fate
The Thing™
Thief: Deadly Shadows™
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon™ 2
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon™: Island Thunder™
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® 2 Summit Strike
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® 3
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® 3 Black Arrow™
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell®
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell® Chaos Theory™
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell® Pandora Tomorrow™
Tony Hawk's American Wasteland
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater™ 4
Tony Hawk’s Underground
Tony Hawk's Underground 2
Torino 2006™ Winter Olympics
Tork™: Prehistoric Punk™
Toxic Grind
Trigger Man™
True Crime: Streets of LA
Ty The Tasmanian Tiger™
Ty the Tasmanian Tiger™ 2: Bush Rescue™
Ty the Tasmanian Tiger™ 3: Night of the Quinkan
Ultimate Spider-Man
Ultra Bust a Move / ULTRA Puzzle Bobble
Unreal Championship 2
Urban Freestyle Soccer
Vexx™
Vietcong™: Purple Haze
Volvo: Drive for Life
Wakeboarding Unleashed: Featuring Sean Murray
Whacked!
Winback 2: Project Poseidon
World Soccer Winning Eleven 9
World Series® Baseball 2K3
Worms 4 Mayhem
Worms™ Forts: Under Siege
Wrath Unleashed™
WWE™ Raw™ 2
X2 Wolverine's Revenge
XIII
Xiaolin Showdown
Yourself!Fitness™
Zapper™

Mad Catz to Offer Mass Effect Accessories

Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. (AMEX/TSX: MCZ), a leading third-party video game accessory provider, announced today that it will produce a new line of officially-licensed accessories to support the launch of BioWare’s highly-anticipated game, Mass Effect. Mad Catz has entered into an exclusive agreement with BioWare to produce products for the launch of the title.

“BioWare’s Mass Effect, a science fiction role-playing game being launched exclusively for the Xbox 360, is widely regarded as one of the most anticipated interactive entertainment software titles of 2007,” said Darren Richardson, President and Chief Executive Officer of Mad Catz. “The addition of the Mass Effect license further expands our portfolio of high-profile entertainment and sports licenses and is consistent with our goal to align ourselves with important, mass-appeal brands and interactive entertainment software launches. We recently demonstrated the success and value of this strategy with our well-received line of officially-licensed merchandise for Epic Games’ Gears of War® video game. We look forward to delivering stylish accessories to fans of this futuristic epic when it launches.”

“Mad Catz has established a strong track record of producing and delivering quality products to coincide with major software launches,” said Greg Zeschuk, President of BioWare Corp. “We look forward to the addition of the Mad Catz accessories to Mass Effect’s highly-anticipated launch and are delighted that Mad Catz is offering our fans another outlet to show their enthusiasm for the game.”

The Mass Effect-themed products will include a faceplate and Console Skinz™ combo pack for the Xbox 360 with an MSRP of $29.99 which includes a faceplate and graphics to customize the sides of the console. The products will be available at major video game retailers throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. For more information visit www.madcatz.com.