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Backwards Compatibility Update

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A new round of backwards compatible titles has just come out, and the list is pretty impressive. After adding the current group of 84 titles, the total list is now at well over 400 total Xbox games that will now work on your Xbox 360. Time to dig through those old boxes in your garage or start hitting the used bins. Here’s a partial list of the games that are now playable on your 360, and the regions they work in:

Title Supported Region(s) Armed and Dangerous North America, Europe Baldurs Gate: Dark Alliance North America Blinx: The Timesweeper North America, Europe Blitz The League North America Breakdown North America, Europe Burnout 2: Point of Impact North America, Europe Colin Mcrae Rally 2005 North America, Europe Dungeons & Dragons Heroes North America, Europe Fight Night: Round 3 North America, Europe Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone North America, Europe Freedom Fighters North America Godzilla Destroy All Monsters Melee North America, Europe Greg Hastings Tournament Paintball Max’d North America, Europe Indiana Jones And The Emperors Tomb North America, Europe MLB Slugfest Loaded North America Nascar Thunder 2003 North [...]

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LIVE is Five

Tom Eberspecher article, brought to you using rss feeds. I found it informative and I think you will too.
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This week marks the fifth anniversary of Xbox LIVE! When LIVE first launched in November of 2002, things like voice communication, friends lists, and a single name for gamers were new concepts, and tying them all together was absolutely unheard of. One of the problems that I always had as a gamer back in the olden days was knowing what names your friends ended up with for a particular game (curse all of you that have stolen “Malt Liquor” from me!). Now you can easily keep track of your friends to what they’re playing, and can have a seamless voice chat without setting up a separate server or installing extra software. From its humble beginnings of a few of games in two countries, Xbox LIVE now delivers games, TV shows, movies, and music to over 8 million members in 26 countries and in 9 languages. That is huge for only 5 years. And to top it all [...]

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