* XBMC — XBMC Media Center ( originally Xbox Media Center )

* 2003: Whiplash — Crystal Dynamics, PlayStation 2 / Xbox

* 2003: Legacy of Kain: Defiance — Crystal Dynamics, Windows / PlayStation 2 / Xbox

* 2005: The Godfather — Electronic Arts, PlayStation 2 / Xbox / PC

* Xbox Live Arcade — released July 26, 2006

With an introductory price of $ 199, the GameCube cost approximately $ 100 less than the PlayStation 2 and Xbox — a selling point for price-conscious consumers.

* BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger — ( 2008 ) ( Taito Type X2 ), ( 2009 ) ( PlayStation 3 ), ( Xbox 360 ), ( 2010 ) ( PC ), ( PlayStation Portable )

* BlazBlue: Continuum Shift — ( 2009 ) ( Taito Type X2 ), ( 2010 ) ( PlayStation 3 ), ( Xbox 360 )

*** BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend — ( 2012 ) ( PlayStation Vita ), ( PlayStation 3 ), ( Xbox 360 ), ( PlayStation Portable )

* BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma — ( 2012 ) ( Taito Type X2 ), ( 2013 ) ( PlayStation Vita ), ( PlayStation 3 ), ( Xbox 360 )

** Guilty Gear X2 # Reload — ( 2003 ) ( NAOMI ), ( 2004 ) ( PlayStation 2, Xbox, PC, PSP )

* Guilty Gear Isuka — ( 2004 ) ( Atomiswave, PlayStation 2, Xbox, ( 2005 ) PC )

* Guilty Gear 2: Overture — ( 2007 ) ( Action / RTS ), Xbox 360 )

* Battle Fantasia — ( 2007 ) ( Taito Type X2 ), ( 2008 ) ( PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 )

* Arcana Heart 3 — ( 2011 ) ( Playstation 3 ) ( Xbox 360 )

* Hard Corps: Uprising — ( 2011 ) ( Playstation 3 ) ( Xbox 360 )

* Nurarihyon no Mago: Hyakki Ryouran Taisen — ( 2011 ) ( Playstation 3, Xbox 360 )

* Persona 4 Arena — ( 2012 ) ( Playstation 3, Xbox 360 )

* May 12, 2005 — The Xbox 360 was officially announced on MTV in a special hosted by Elijah Wood.

Mega Man appeared in six original platformers first released for the Nintendo Entertainment System / Family Computer, two for the Super Famicom / Super NES ( one — Mega Man & Bass — was released only in Japan and later released worldwide for the Game Boy Advance ), one for the Sega Game Gear, one on the Sega Saturn and Sony PlayStation, two as PC games, five for the Game Boy, and two for the Nintendo Wii, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 designed to look and sound like an NES game.

In April 2005, Redbox phased out the DVDPlay-manufactured machines and contracted Solectron — a subsidiary of Flextronics, which also manufactures the Zune, Xbox and Xbox 360 — to create and manufacture a custom kiosk design.

* The plot of the first-person shooter Halo: Combat Evolved for the Xbox, Windows and Mac OS also takes place on an artificial ring structure.

Halo 2 started online console gaming and was on top of the Xbox live charts until its successor, Halo 3, took over.

* New Alexandria, a city that takes place on a fictional planet called Reach in the Xbox 360 game Halo: Reach

However, Halo Wars, which was released in 2009 for the Xbox 360, generated generally positive reviews, achieved an 82 % critic average on aggregate web sites, and sold over 1 million copies.

* The Halo series is considered the killer app of the Xbox and Xbox 360.

Battle Rifle, a popular weapon in the 2007 Xbox 360 game, Halo 3.

The first game of the Halo franchise, it was released on November 15, 2001 as a launch title for the Xbox gaming system, and is considered the platform's " killer app ".

As Halo was released before Xbox Live, Xbox's online multiplayer service, online multiplayer games were not officially supported.

Although the Xbox version of Halo lacks official support for online multiplayer play, XLink Kai, GameSpy and XBConnect's packet tunnelling software provide unofficial ways around this limitation.

The Windows and Macintosh ports of Halo support online matches involving up to 16 players and include multiplayer maps not in the original Xbox release.

Halo became an exclusive game for Microsoft's Xbox video game console, and Bungie Studios rewrote the game's engine, heavily altering its presentation and turning it into a first-person shooter.

The game was released in North America simultaneously with the Xbox, on November 15, 2001 ; the " Combat Evolved " subtitle was an addition by marketers at Microsoft, who felt that Halo alone was not a descriptive enough title to compete with other military-themed games.

* Halo at Xbox. com

: 2002: Halo: Combat Evolved ( for Xbox )

: 2002: Halo: Combat Evolved ( for Xbox )

: 2004: Halo 2 ( for Xbox )

: 2003: Halo 2 ( for Xbox )

: 2012: Halo 4 ( for Xbox 360 )

: 2004: Halo 2 ( for Xbox )

: 2012: Halo 4 ( for Xbox 360 )

: 2007: Halo 3 ( for Xbox 360 )

: 2004: Halo 2 ( for Xbox )

* " Sidewinder ", a map in the 2001 Xbox game Halo: Combat Evolved