Universal movies come to Xbox Live

Microsoft has agreed a deal with film studio Universal to make a range of movies available to Xbox Live members in Europe.

The firm has collaborated with NBC Universal International Television Distribution to offer new and classic films to Xbox owners.

Under the deal, movies such as Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Wanted, Scarface and Carlito's Way became available yesterday via the Xbox Live Marketplace.

David Gosen, Xbox Europe's vice president of marketing, said that the move is part of the company's "ongoing strategy to make Xbox a major entertainment hub".

The full list of available movies runs as follows:

• Baby Mama
  
• Billy Madison
  
• The Blues Brothers
  
• The Bourne Supremacy
  
• Carlito's Way
  
• Cheech and 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