Xbox 360 Challenges iTunes in Movies

Microsoft is continuing to push the Xbox 360 in Europe as an entertainment centre with a deal it's signed off with Universal Studios. The full list of movies available for £2.50 per-pop rental using the console is at the end of this story. The rental fee enables users to store and playback their film for up to 14 days.

The deal brings Universal (NBC Universal to be exact) into the Xbox 360 fold with Warners and Paramount. And yes, it is a European agreement with UK and Irish gamers (movie watchers?) able to get at content today. France, Germany and Spain will follow.

Microsoft also previewed its delayed PrimeTime multi-player quiz show, described by Neil Thompson (senior regional director Entertainment & Devices Division in Europe) as "Saturday night family experience, more involving than just watching the TV."

Universal movies available for download
Baby Mama
Billy Madison
The Blues Brothers
The Bourne Supremacy
Carlito's Way
Cheech & Chong's Next Movie
Child's Play 2
Child's Play 3
The Chronicles of Riddick
The Fast and the Furious
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
The Frighteners
The Game
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
How High
Incredible Hulk ('08)
The Jerk
The Mummy Returns
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
National Lampoon's Animal House
Out of Sight ('98)
Red Dragon
Scarface ('83)
The Scorpion King
The Scorpion King: Rise of a Warrior
Shaun of the Dead
Village of the Damned
Wanted
Waterworld
Weird Science