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more about #xboxoriginals Americo: People would have been all over these if they had achievements. more » bobtheduck in Korea: NO NO NO NO NO NO! This was what was going to prod sony into a similar service, thus securing BC for new PS3 owners... Now Sony won't do it, because t... more » DaveKap: No requests for Mercenaries? Shame! more » Talleh: My money is on Halo 2, as it's still like the top played original Xbox game. Then again, that's probably saturated. Here's to hoping it's Mechassault ... more » Nobuyuki: I think the biggest problem is trying to charge $15 for a downloadable title when I can get a copy at Gamestop for $2.99. You have no one to blame bu... more » Boom-Chicka-Ah: Here to Create a Star Commenter Empire: oh man that sucks too much, even for a ps3 fanboy. more » WolvenOne: If it didn't do well, its probably because most users still have 20GB Hard Drives. Those games were a not insignificant portion of most users hard dr... more » Sonira - Tetsuoooo!: FUCK. I was gonna get Psychonauts. more » ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness: Too bad, they were beating Playstation Classics by horselengths. more » the-hypnotoad: I blame the meager 20gb (13gb usable) standard hard drive and the incredibly overpriced 120gb HD. Actually I think MS might really run into a problem ... more » Kobun: Good riddens. What a waste of time when the system supports backwards compatibility as it is. Better to focus efforts on new games instead of rereleas... more » potatojenkins: Well, looks like everyone who thought this would be a way of assuring that BC updates might still come were wrong. Thanks a fucking lot, MS. more » Zolbrod: What irks me is that they're region specific. Between living in Japan and using Japanese consoles predominantly back home, I've never been able to pic... more » Psudonym: Hoy! Hoy Sony! I've got some PS2 games I wanna pick up again! Just because someone else quit, doesn't mean you can't start! more » Archaotic: As said before, it's probably going to be Halo 2. It's a shame they're cancelling it this soon though; Stranger's Wrath isn't even up yet. more » Ashurahori: What? Dammit. I was looking forward to a few more, better titles. more » KingDavid73: That's all well and good... except you can get Max Payne used for like $2. I remember about 6 months ago I was at a Gamestop and bought both Max Payn... more » ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness: Whenever I hear anything about Xbox originals or Virtual Console, I take a look at Sony and I facepalm hard. For the one company which seem to tout th... more » GraywolfofMibu: Trust me when I say 'Movie =! Game' more » NoBullet: That should be $15 for BOTH. You can find these games used for $5. more » -
#xbox
Microsoft Pulls Plug On Xbox Originals
First launched in 2007, Microsoft's "Xbox Originals" scheme seemed an easy way to re-release old Xbox titles on the 360 as a digital download, and make a buck off them in the process. Hasn't worked out that way. More » -
#xboxoriginals
Xbox Originals Brings The Payne
Rockstar injects the Xbox 360 with a double dose of gritty film noir and slow-motion gunfire with the release of the first two Max Payne games as Xbox Originals. More » -
#esrb
Xbox Originals Getting Double Dose Of Payne?
Rockstar Games and Microsoft may be giving Xbox 360 owners a chance to brush up on their Max Payne history in advance of the release of Max Payne 3, courtesy of the Xbox Originals program. More » -
#xboxlive
Xbox Live Deals Discounting Fable And Alien Hominid
While we're waiting for Lionhead's next batch of downloadable content for Fable II, Microsoft slashes the price of the original next week, with an Alien Hominid HD discount following soon after. More » -
#why
Your Next Xbox Original Is...Blowout?
The Xbox Originals program selection process continues to confuse, as the Gamerscore Blog revlelas the next addition to the lineup of downloadable "classics" for the Xbox 360, Terminal Reality's Blowout. More » -
#xboxoriginals
Halo CE Is Your Xbox Live Deal of the Week
If you're not one of the five million-plus who already has a copy of Halo: Combat Evolved, Microsoft is giving you a chance to score the Xbox Originals version on the cheap this week. More » -
#razeshell
Your Next Xbox Originals Are...
Microsoft is warming up two additional Xbox Originals for December, both of which may be filed under "good if noticeably flawed." Sega Soccer Slam and Raze's Hell will both hit Xbox Live Marketplace next week. More » -
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#xboxoriginals
Xbox Originals: Destroy All Humans And Intellivision Reborn
This month sees the largest addition to the Xbox Originals program for the Xbox 360 ever, with a more than 61 games hitting the service on September 15th. Of course all but one of those games is part of Crave's Intellivision Reborn compilation - which incidentally failed to spark a rebirth of the Intellivision - but if we're going to get technical about things than none of those even count, having not originally appeared on the Xbox. So, a whole slew of Intellivision Games of dubious quality, and one excellent alien invasion title in THQ's Destroy All Humans, a game that received the coveted Fahey award for Best Use Of Zim in a Non-Zim role. More »
