The X initial has been carried forward in the naming of APIs designed for the Xbox such as XInput and the Cross-platform Audio Creation Tool ( XACT ), while the DirectX pattern has been continued for Windows APIs such as Direct2D and DirectWrite.

Xbox Live Arcade has included popular games from the genre, with Catan being released to strong sales on May 13, 2007, Carcassonne being released on June 27, 2007.

A high definition version of Nights into Dreams has been announced for Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network and Steam, and will be released for PlayStation Network on October 2, 2012, and for Xbox Live Arcade on October 5, 2012.

Quake III has been unofficially ported to several consoles, including the PlayStation Portable handheld and Xbox console.

The Xbox version has system link play and ( before Live play was disabled for original Xbox games ) online play via Xbox Live.

It is an extended port version of the game Worms 2: Armageddon which was released for the Xbox 360, and so it has returned to the original 2D format, unlike the last three PC games.

It has also been used in gaming consoles such as the Playstation 3, Wii, and Xbox 360.

He is the founder of software house Llamasoft and his recent works include Neon ( 2004 ), a non-game music visualization program that has been built into the Xbox 360 console, and the video games Space Giraffe ( Xbox Live Arcade, 2007 and PC, 2008 ), and Space Invaders Extreme ( Xbox Live Arcade, May 2009 ).

Neon has since been reprogrammed and significantly expanded and is used in Xbox 360 media visualisation.

As of January 2012, a spokesperson for Microsoft has confirmed that Cutler is no longer working on Windows Azure, and has since joined the Xbox team.

UAE has been ported to many host operating systems, including Linux, Mac OS, FreeBSD, DOS, Microsoft Windows, RISC OS, BeOS, Palm OS, Android, the Xbox console, the PSP and GP2X handhelds, the Wii console, and even to AmigaOS, MorphOS and AROS.

Each has been released across a variety of gaming platforms, such as the Wii, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, personal computers ( PCs ), and mobile devices.

This version has enhanced graphics for high definition displays as well as online leaderboards and support for multiplayer via split screen and Xbox Live.

In 2010, Fort Gay was in the news when a resident of the town had his Xbox Live account suspended for writing " fort gay WV " as his location, as Microsoft has language policies that prohibit references to homosexuality.

Phantasy Star also appears as an unlockable game in Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 by beating the first boss on Sonic the Hedgehog 2 with two controllers ( Two-player mode has no bosses, so choose one-player ).

It has been speculated in the mainstream and gaming media that future versions could be released as an Internet based version, or on the Xbox 360 platform.

This has become a common problem for people wishing to connect their Xbox to the existing internet connection through a router or PC connected to their STB, if they fail to use the official registration process.

It has similar gameplay and features as Transformers: the Game, and has online multiplayer gaming for the Microsoft Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3.

Before using machinima, Burnie Burns and Matt Hullum of Rooster Teeth Productions spent US $ 9, 000 to produce a live-action independent film ; in contrast, the four Xbox game consoles used to make Red vs. Blue in 2005 cost $ 600.

The four episodes have separately been released on Xbox Live Arcade for the Xbox 360.

To date, four games have been released with a fifth title in development by IO Interactive for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Windows.

The Xbox version was released in November, 2004 featuring four more songs that were present in Karaoke Revolution Volume 2 and 10 exclusive Motown songs which are the original non-cover versions.

This Xbox 360 version also features a much reduced team line-up, completely removing all lower division teams and focusing on the four main European leagues, plus the Mexican Clausura and national teams.

The game was released on four compact discs for both Macintosh and Windows PCs on May 7, 2001 ; versions for the Xbox and PlayStation 2 were released in late 2002.

The Xbox 360 and PS3 port features drop-in local or online multiplayer for up to six players ( only four local players possible on the XBLA version ), as well as custom matchmaking and adjustable difficulty.

Up to four players can compete in multiplayer mode in the Xbox and Gamecube versions of the game, but this number is limited to two in the PS2 version.

Unlike its eventual format on the Xbox 360 as a single disc, the game was to be released across four CD-ROMs bundled together ( a similar format to that of Final Fantasy VIII released in 1999 ).

With the release of the Nintendo 64 ( 1996, 1997 ), having four controller ports started to become a standard feature in consoles, as the Dreamcast, Nintendo GameCube and Xbox all later featured them.

Dante also starts with his four styles ( Trickster, Royal Guard, Sword Master, Gunslinger ), each of which grants him different abilities, but he may now switch them at will with buttons or pads on the PlayStation 3 controller or the Xbox 360 controller, unlike in Devil May Cry 3.

There are four versions of the game, one for the PS2, one for the PSP, one for the PC and one for the Xbox 360.

New features include three new multi-player maps, an extension of five new single-player chapters to act five which describes events of Delta Squad escaping a giant Brumak between acts four and five ( which Mark Rein claims is " about 20 percent extra " over the existing Xbox 360 content ), new game modes, a game editor, and Games for Windows – Live support integrated into Unreal Engine 3.

The game ships on four dual layer DVDs, more than any Xbox 360 game to date.

Another Xbox Live download was made available on January 31, 2006, which added two new hero characters, Kit Fisto and Asajj Ventress, as well as four maps from the original Star Wars: Battlefront ; Yavin 4: Arena, Bespin: Cloud City, Rhen Var Harbor and Rhen Var Citadel.

The PC version allows up to sixteen people to play together, while the Xbox version allows four players, either via Xbox systemlink or Xbox Live.

Three of the four games were released again on the PlayStation 2 as part of the Sega Genesis Collection and all four appeared on Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 consoles.

Up to four can play in the Gamecube and Xbox versions.

The PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions included video interviews with many of the legends featured in the game while the European version of the game exclusively included four legends from the United Kingdom: Kendo Nagasaki, Big Daddy, Mick McManus and Giant Haystacks.

The link between the controllers and Xbox is USB.

Manhunt also makes use of the PlayStation 2's optional USB Microphone and the Xbox Live microphone feature on the Xbox version of the game.

Although these devices may work on a PC, to date, the adapters will not work with consoles that have built in USB ports such as the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360.

* Xbox 360 ® USB Flash Drive by SanDisk

By means of an October 31, 2006 update, people can now play all formats of Windows Media Video on the Xbox 360 from a disc, USB storage device, or streaming from their PC via Windows Media Connect / Windows Media Player 11.

* SimpleCenter supports the media devices iPod, Sony PSP, Xbox 360, Nokia N80, N93, USB mass storage, and PlaysForSure certified devices ".

The Xbox is essentially a PC with a custom 733 MHz Intel Mobile Celeron processor, a 10 GB hard drive ( 8 GB of which is accessible to the user ), 64MB of RAM ( although on all earlier boxes this is upgradable to 128MB ), and 4 USB ports.

A converter is needed to use keyboards / mice in the controller ports ; however, this is fairly easy to achieve because the Xbox uses the standard USB bus.

* I-Hacked article on converting an Xbox controller to USB