Gamers in recent days have been looking at the backward compatibility lists that have been released all over the web. Now if you look at the list then take every other game currently playable on the Xbox you will get some idea of which games will not be available on the next gen console - games like Chronicles Of Riddick, which is far superior to the likes of Total Fitness. So why is it not backward compatible?

Here is the full list, take a look and see what games you may have to sell or trade in:

007: Agent Under Fire - Electronic Arts 007: Everything or Nothing - EA
2002 FIFA World Cup - Electronic Arts
4x4 Evolution 2 - Gathering of Developers
Aggressive Inline - Acclaim
All-Star Baseball 2004 - Acclaim
All-Star Baseball 2005 - Acclaim
Alter Echo - THQ
AMF Bowling 2004 - Bethesda
Amped 2 - Microsoft
Antz Extreme Racing - Empire Interactive
Apex - Infogrames
Aquaman: Battle for Atlantis - TDK
Arctic Thunder - Midway
Armed and Dangerous - LucasArts
Arx Fatalis - Dreamcatcher
Auto Modellista - Capcom
Azurik - Microsoft
Backyard Wrestling - Eidos
Bad Boys: Miami Takedown - Crave
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance - Interplay
Batman: Dark Tomorrow - Kemco
Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu - Ubi Soft
Batman: Vengeance - UbiSoft
Beyond Good and Evil - Ubi Soft
Bicycle Casino 2005 - Activision
Big Mutha Truckers - THQ
Bionicle - Lego Media
Black Stone: Magic & Steel - Xicat
Blade II - Activision
Blinx: The Time Sweeper - Microsoft
Blood Omen 2 - Eidos
BloodRayne - Majesco
BloodRayne 2 - Majesco
Bloodwake - Microsoft
Bloody Roar Extreme - Konami
Breakdown - Namco
Broken Sword: TSD - Dreamcatcher
Bruce Lee: Quest Of The Dragon
Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Electronic Arts
Burnout - Acclaim
Burnout 2: Point of Impact - Acclaim
Burnout 3: Takedown - EA
Cel Damage - Electronic Arts
Chase: Hollywood Stunt Driver - Bam!
Chessmaster - Ubisoft
Chronicles of Riddick - Vivendi Universal
Colin Mcrae Rally 2005 - Codemasters
Colin McRae Rally 3 - Infogrames
Conflict: Desert Storm II - Gotham Games
Corvette - TDK
Counter-Strike - Microsoft
Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex - Universal
Crash Nitro Kart - Black Label
Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller - Sega
Crimson Sea - Koei
Dakar 2 - Acclaim
Dance Dance Revolution: Ultramix - Konami
Dark Summit - THQ
Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2 - Acclaim
Dead Man's Hand - Atari
Dead or Alive Ultimate - Tecmo
Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball - Tecmo
Dead To Rights - Namco
Def Jam: Fight for NY - EA
Defender - Midway
Deus Ex: Invisible War - Eidos
Dino Crisis 3 - Capcom
Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure - Activision
Dr. Muto - Midway
Dragon's Lair 3D: Return to the Lair - Ubi Soft
DRIV3R - Atari
Dukes of Hazzard: Return of the GL - Ubisoft
Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes - Atari
Dynasty Warriors 3 - Koei
Dynasty Warriors 4 - Koei
Enclave - Conspiracy
Enter the Matrix - Atari
ESPN College Hoops - Sega
ESPN International Winter Sports 2002 - Konami
ESPN Major League Baseball - Sega
ESPN NBA 2K5 - Sega
ESPN NBA 2Night 2002 - Konami
ESPN NBA Basketball - Sega
ESPN NFL 2K5 - Sega
ESPN NFL Football - Sega
ESPN NFL Prime Time 2002 - Konami
ESPN NHL 2K5 - Sega
ESPN NHL Hockey - Sega
ESPN Winter X-Games Snowboarding 2002 - Konami
Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick - THQ
Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel - Interplay
Fatal Frame - Tecmo
FIFA Soccer 2005 - EA
Finding Nemo - THQ
Ford Racing 2 - Gotham Games
Freaky Flyers - Midway
Full Spectrum Warrior - THQ
Furious Karting - Infogrames
Galleon: Islands of Mystery - Atlus
Gauntlet: Dark Legacy - Midway
Ghost Recon: Island Thunder - Ubi Soft
Ghost Recon 2
Ghost Recon 2: Expansion Pack
Gladiator: Sword of Vengeance - Acclaim
Gladius - LucasArts
Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters - Melee - Atari
Grabbed by the Ghoulies - Microsoft
Group S Challenge - Capcom
Guilty Gear X2 #Reload - Majesco
Gun Metal - Majesco
Gunvalkyrie - Sega
Harry Potter Prisoner of Azkaban - EA
Harry Potter: Chamber of Secrets - Electronic Arts
Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup - EA
Haunted Mansion - TDK
Headhunter: Redemption - Sega
High Heat Baseball 2004 - 3DO
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin - Eidos
Hunter The Reckoning: Redeemer - Vivendi
Hunter: The Reckoning - Universal
IHRA Drag Racing 2004 - Bethesda
Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb - LucasArts
IndyCar Series - Codemasters
IndyCar Series 2005 - Codemasters
I-Ninja - Namco
Inside Pitch 2003 - Microsoft
Intellivision Lives - Crave
Jet Set Radio Future - Sega
Kakuto Chojin - Microsoft
Kingdom Under Fire: The Crusaders - Microsoft
Knight's Apprentice - XS Games
Knockout Kings 2002 - EA Sports
Kung Fu Chaos - Microsoft
Legacy of Kain: Defiance - Eidos
Legends Of Wrestling - Acclaim
Legends of Wrestling II - Acclaim
Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude - VU Games
Links 2004 - Microsoft
Loons - The Fight For Fame - Infogrames
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring - Universal
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King - EA
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - EA
Lotus Challenge - Xicat
Mace Griffin Bounty Hunter - Universal
Mad Dash Racing - Eidos
Madden 2002 - EA Sports
Madden 2003 - EA Sports
Madden NFL 2004 - EA
Madden NFL 2005 - EA
Mafia - Gathering
Magic The Gathering: Battlegrounds - Atari
Malice - Bethesda
Marvel vs Capcom 2 - Capcom
MechAssault - Microsoft
Men of Valor - VU Games
Mercedes-Benz World Racing - TDK
Metal Dungeon - Xicat Interactive
Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance - Konami
Metal Slug 3 - SNK
Midnight Club II - Rockstar
Midtown Madness 3 - Microsoft
Midway Arcade Treasures - Midway
Midway Arcade Treasures 2 - Midway
Midway Arcade Treasures 3 - Midway
Minority Report - Activision
Mission: Impossible - Operation Surma - Atari
MLB Slugfest 2003 - Midway
MLB Slugfest 20-04 - Midway
MLB Slugfest: Loaded - Midway
Monopoly Party - Infogrames
Morrowind: Game of the Year Edition - Bethesda
Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance - Midway
Moto GP 2 - THQ
MotoGP - THQ
MTV's Celebrity Deathmatch - Gotham Games
MTX: Mototrax - Activision
MVP Baseball 2003 - EA
MVP Baseball 2004 - EA
MX 2002 - THQ
MX Superfly - THQ ...

You knew this was going to be a big one, and it’s getting big scores to match the hype. Rehash? Maybe. Fun? See what the critics are saying:

IGN: 9.5/10 ”Mario Kart DS’s production value is almost staggering. The development team worked an unbelievable amount of focus in nearly every aspect of this racing design, pushing a huge amount of effort in both the single player experience as well as the multiplayer competition.”
GameSpot: 9.2/10 “The online play is undoubtedly the icing on an especially yummy cake.”
1UP: 9/10 ”Once you find a working connection, once you accept the fact that online matches are limited to four people.. once you get playing…all complaints drift away.”
Yahoo! Games: 4.5/5 ”Multiplayer Mario Kart is, in a nutshell, an absolute blast. If you want to see a room full of grown men and women revert into hyperactive, obscenity-laden teenagers, just put the game in their hands and let them go at it.”
Gamerz Edge: 9.6/10 “If I could award Mario Kart DS an eleven on Fun Factor, I absolutely would. This game is simply the most fun I have had in years as a gamer.”
GameRankings composite: 93%. Pretty freakin’ good.

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At exactly 12:01am PST today, gamers in that time zone were only 167 hours and 59 minutes away from being able to purchase the Xbox 360 from retailers. But GameSpot didn't have to wait for Zero Hour to get the next-gen console in hand. To celebrate a week left until the system hits shelves, we're giving readers a whole fiesta of Xbox 360 coverage.

As soon as the calendar hits Tuesday, GameSpot will be gushing with tons of new high-definition quality footage of Xbox 360 games, previews of launch titles, and GameSpot's first Xbox 360 game review for Rare Ltd.'s Kameo: Elements of Power. For gearheads, GameSpot also takes an in-depth at the console, with a lengthy hands-on feature on what makes the 360 tick.

Check out GameSpot's Xbox 360 Launch Center for further information, and be sure to check back later tonight for even more coverage. It doesn't end at midnight tonight--over the next few weeks, the site will be stuffed with further coverage of the console, including reports from Microsoft's launch event, Zero Hour, which kicks off on Sunday, November 20 and an Xbox-related feature a day as we count down the last five days before the launch of the Xbox 360.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6139783.html ...

Nintendo delivered a one-two combo to its handheld faithful today by launching one of the DS's most anticipated features with one of its most anticipated games. Now, DS owners can compete against others over the Internet in Mario Kart DS using the freshly enabled Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection.

Previously, multiplayer competition was limited to the handheld's local Wi-Fi capabilities, meaning that gamers who wanted to duke it out against others needed to be within a specified physical proximity of one another. With the new free-of-charge Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, DS owners can challenge others across the globe using a wireless Internet connection that supports Nintendo's service.

"Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection removes the barriers that have prevented many mainstream players from going online," says Reggie Fils-Aime, Nintendo of America's executive vice president of sales & marketing. "We have made the service incredibly simple to use and free at select hotspot locations--but this is just the beginning."

Those select locations Fils-Aime refers to include almost 6,000 McDonald's restaurants across the country. Gamers can also do some online racing from home with their wireless Internet connections, or they can use a hardwired high-speed connection, a PC, and the Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector, which is available for purchase online at Nintendo.com for $34.99. More information on the service is available at Nintendowifi.com.

The release of Mario Kart DS marks the debut of the series on the DS. Racers can speed along more than 30 tracks, including several that will be recognizable from other Mario Kart games. Once again, Nintendo's portly plumber leads the roster of playable characters as they aim for the checkered flag, dropping banana peels and launching Koopa Troopa shells at the competition.

Online support for the game will let up to four players across the globe challenge one another. By exchanging friend codes, players can easily search for buddies online. In local area wireless action, up to eight players can join a multiplayer session using just one copy of the game. ...

A new regulatory filing by Tiger Telematics, the US parent company of Gizmondo Europe, has revealed that the firm's sales immediately after the launch of the Gizmondo handheld earlier this year were extremely weak.

The 10-Q document filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday provides financial details of the six month and three month periods ended June 30th of this year, which includes the launch of Gizmondo in the UK on March 19th.

Revenues for the six month period - which includes over three months of Gizmondo sales in the UK - were $1.5 million, with the firm admitting that "only minor sales amounts have been recorded" during the period.

That may be something of an understatement regarding the console, which is being sold through a flagship retail store in London's prestigious Regent Street shopping area as well as through a number of retail partners nationwide..

Based on the $1.5 million revenue figure, it seems likely that under 5,000 units of the Gizmondo console were sold during its first three months at retail - and even that figure is optimistic, as it assumes that an extremely high proportion of the units sold were the cheaper Smart Adds enabled devices, and that the vast majority of the revenue came from hardware sales, rather than software and accessories.

However, it should be noted that the company describes the UK launch as being of a "limited production version" of the device, with the US launch in late October described as "full-scale production".

The firm also recently claimed that it had seen a significant spike in sales of the console, around the time that it announced its plans to float on the NASDAQ stock exchange - plans which it says are still proceeding despite the recent departure of key executives Stefan Eriksson and Carl Freer and the subsequent revelations in the press regarding the convictions of several former staff members for their involvement in mafia activities in Sweden. ...

Following the announcement detailing the Xbox 360 launch titles available in Europe in December, Microsoft has revealed its US software package, which includes an additional three games on the shelves from day one.

In addition to the fifteen titles heading for Europe, US gamers will be able to buy Ridge Racer 6, NBA 2K6 and NHL 2K6 when the next generation console launches throughout North America on November 22nd.

2K Games had initially intended to offer the NBA and NHL games in both territories from launch, though it seems the conversion from NTSC to PAL formats has taken a little longer than anticipated. The company has managed to complete the snowboarding title, Amped 3, which is confirmed as a launch title in both the US and the EU.

Both territories will have instant access to the improved Xbox Live service, including new casual games and downloads from the Xbox Live Arcade service. Accessories and console face-plates available from day one will also be similar in the US and Europe.

The full US launch day line-up of 18 titles consists of:

Amped 3
Call of Duty 2
Condemned: Criminal Origins
FIFA Soccer 06 Road to 2006 FIFA World Cup
GUN
Kameo: Elements of Power
Madden NFL 06
NBA 2K6
NBA Live 06
Need for Speed Most Wanted
NHL 2K6
Perfect Dark Zero
Peter Jackson's King Kong
Project Gotham Racing 3
Quake 4
Ridge Racer 6
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06
Tony Hawk's American Wasteland
Microsoft confirmed that several further titles, including Dead or Alive 4, Elder Scrolls: Oblivion and Ridge Racer 6 are due to hit European shores "in the weeks after launch and beyond." To date, confirmation on the software titles available for the Japanese console launch on December 10th has yet to be announced. ...

The first reviews for Xbox 360 games are starting to hit the web! 1UP has reviewed Kameo, Project Gotham Racing 3, FIFA Soccer 2006, NBA 2K6, and Amped 3, while IGN has reviewed Madden NFL 06, Kameo, and NBA 2K6. Judging from both sets of reviews, it looks like Project Gotham Racing 3 - which scored a 10/10 on 1UP - is the only sure winner of the 360 launch games thus far

http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl...tid=211&tid=10 ...

The Nintendo DS edition of Viewtiful Joe features a brand new storyline introducing Joe's sister Jasmine and puts players to the task in saving Captain Blue's Hollywood show after a sinister group steals it away. The Nintendo DS' hardware will be put to use as the development team is bringing to life the familiar cel-shaded environment the series is known for. The two screens will keep track of the action in two viewpoints and the touch panel is used to solve puzzles and pull off special moves. A new "Power Split" move debuts here, which requires that you draw lines across the screen.

http://www.yesasia.com/?/info.php?pro...9&lsaid=219793 ...

In Viewtiful Joe VFX Battle, production on the newest Captain Blue movie is just about to begin. Unfortunately he can't seem to decide on the lead character. Now it's up to gamers to be the star of the show and 'audition' to see who will take the leading role in this big action extravaganza. An all-star cast of new and familiar playable characters will be available in this intense versus-fighting game including Captain Blue Junior, Sprocket and other original characters from the popular Japanese TV animated cartoon series. With completely new movie set designs and two player cooperative gameplay, there is an exuberant amount of action that extends beyond the silver screen.

http://www.yesasia.com/?/info.php?pro...0&lsaid=219793 ...