Microsost has released an update for the Xbox 360 allowing it to play more original Xbox titles. The full Xbox 360 backwards compatibility list, with the recent additions highlighted, can be seen here.

Microsoft has just released an updated list of original xbox games that work on the Xbox 360. Among many others, the update includes Counter-strike and the still unreleased Lego star wars 2. You can check out the full article for the complete list!

Rockstar Games have released the first teaser trailer of their upcoming controversial prep-school title – Bully.
Scheduled for release in October 2006, The PS2 exclusive title (Xbox version apparently cancelled) doesn’t look to be half as bad as the media built it up to be. Anti-game activist Jack Thompson even went as far as [...]

An official post on Ubisoft’s message boards states that Splinter Cell Double Agent will be released on October 19, 2006. The Ubisoft Community Manager that posted this information did not list the platforms that it would be released on for that date, but there will be demos for both the Xbox 360 and the PC.
For [...]

Game developer & publisher Electronic Arts recently posted a list of games that will have their online gaming servers shutdown. Most of the games have already been shut down on August 1, and five other game will definitely be shut down by October 1, if not earlier.
Here is the full list of game servers that [...]

Electronic Arts and the Professional Golfers’ Association have extended the deal in which EA make PGA branded golf games for a further six years. This should also mean that we get more Tiger Woods games, provided the sports star is willing. A spokesman for the PGA had this to say:
"The PGA Tour is [...]

Valve have just announced their first Next-Gen title will be coming to the Xbox 360.
Their Press release states that the coming titles will be powered by a customised version of the Source technology that powered 2004’s Half Life 2.
“The combination of Source and the 360 provides game designers the chance to create powerful entertainment [...]

This month’s OXM (Official Xbox Magazine) has officially confirmed that Half-Life 2 will be arriving sometime during Summer 2005 on the Xbox, quashing any rumours about the possibility of it being an Xbox 2 launch title.
Jeux-France has full scans of the article.

This limited edition Hello Kitty Xbox (including Hello Kitty Mission Rescue) is on sale in Singapore for $99.
It’s only a matter of time before Sanrio take over the world…

Spong claims that retailers will be pulling the Xbox over the coming months, making room for the arrival of the Xbox 2 – expected sometime around Christmas 2005.
However Larry Hryb (Director of Programming for Xbox Live) has hit back at Spong and denied the claims via Major Nelson (his personal blog):
There are a few [...]