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Newsbits for 03-30-06

The Xbox 360 compatibility list has been updated again, to support a whole three extra titles! Black, Star Wars Battlefront II, and World Soccer Winning Eleven 9 can now be played on the 360. Additionally, these titles have had their emulation improved to fix glitches: Darkwatch, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Half-Life 2, Fable, Fable: The Lost Chapters, Forza Motorsport, Ninja Gaiden, Ninja Gaiden Black, SSX 3 Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Chaos Theory, kill.switch, and World Series Baseball 2K3.

In other 360 news, a demo of Ghost Recon Advance Warfighter is now available on Live. The demo for Battlefield 2 went up yesterday.

  • Silent Hill Collection announced for PS2, new Silent Hill coming to PSP.
  • Sony beats out Nintendo and Sony in brand trust survey.
  • Subscription-based game service GameTap has lowered its price to $9.99 a month; Also announces GameTap TV featuring several channels of music videos, game previews, and TV shows like Space Ghost Coast to Coast.
  • Pre-orders begin April 3 for Atelier Iris 2. Pre-order bonus is a soundtrack disc with 22 songs.
  • E3... From the booth babe's perspective.
  • Attention world: We do not need a Pac-Man kart racer.
  • "GTA Killer" murder case appeal for dismissal is denied, case will go to trial.
  • Nintendo's former president is the 410th biggest billionaire in the world. Still a mean old coot.

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