Xbox Live Marketplace and Live Arcade discussion Part III

[CaptainZombie]

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This week's XBLA Releases:

XBLA Games

This week's Summer of Arcade title is From Dust, a new spin on the god-simulator genre.

From Dust (1200 MP)

From Dust Video Review

Game Demos

There are no new demos this week. I hope there's other stuff to keep you occupied.

Discounts

It's an awesome week to get cheap stuff on Xbox Live. Not only is Mass Effect 2's downloadable content half-off via Deal of the Week (that means only Gold members can access those offers), but a bunch of content for Microsoft Game Studios titles like Halo, Gears of War 2 and Fable is discounted for everyone. Rejoice!

Mass Effect 2: Lair of the Shadow Broker (400 MP) 50% Off
Mass Effect 2: Arrival (280 MP) 50% Off
Mass Effect 2: Kasumi - Stolen Memory (280 MP) 50% Off
Halo: Reach -- Defiant Map Pack (400 MP) 50% Off
Halo: Reach -- Noble Map Pack (400 MP) 50% Off
Halo 3 -- Mythic II Map Pack (400 MP) 50% Off
Halo 3 -- Mythic Map Pack (400 MP) 50% Off
Halo Wars -- Strategic Options Pack (400 MP) 50% Off
Halo Wars -- Historical Battle Pack (400 MP) 50% Off
Gears of War 2 -- All Fronts Collection (400 MP) 50% Off
Gears of War 2 -- Flashback Multiplayer Map Pack (200 MP) 50% Off
Gears of War 2 -- Combustible Multiplayer Map Pack (200 MP) 50% Off
Gears of War 2 -- Snowblind Multiplayer Map Pack (200 MP) 50% Off
Gears of War 2 -- Dark Corners Multiplayer Map Pack (280 MP) 50% Off
Forza Motorsport 3 -- Community Choice Car Pack (200 MP) 50% Off
Forza Motorsport 3 -- Autoweek Car Show Pack (200 MP) 50% Off
Forza Motorsport 3 -- Nurburgring GP Track Pack (200 MP) 50% Off
Forza Motorsport 3 -- Jalopnik Car Pack (200 MP) 50% Off
Forza Motorsport 3 -- Road & Track Car Pack (200 MP) 50% Off
Forza Motorsport 3 -- Summer Velocity Car Pack (200 MP) 50% Off
Forza Motorsport 3 -- World Class Car Pack (200 MP) 50% Off
Forza Motorsport 3 -- VIP Car Pack (400 MP) 50% Off
Forza Motorsport 3 -- Motorsports Legends Car Pack (200 MP) 50% Off
Forza Motorsport 3 -- Benchmark High Speed Ring (200 MP) 50% Off
Forza Motorsport 3 -- Sidewinder Proving Grounds (200 MP) 50% Off
Forza Motorsport 3 -- Hot Holidays Car Pack (200 MP) 50% Off
Fable III -- Traitor's Keep (280 MP) 50% Off
Fable III -- Understone (200 MP) 50% Off
Kinect Sports -- Calorie Challenge Pack (160 MP) 50% Off
Alan Wake -- The Writer (280 MP) 50% Off
Alan Wake -- The Signal (280 MP) 50% Off
Crackdown 2 -- Toy Box (280 MP) 50% Off
Crackdown 2 -- The Deluge (280 MP) 50% Off


Downloadable Content

Dragon Age II's first extra content is available now, and there's a new map pack for Homefront coming out tomorrow.

Rock Band 3 - Multiple Songs (160 - 800 MP)
YooStar 2 - Various Scenes (160 MP each)
Dance Central- "Break Your Heart" Taio Cruz (240 MP)
Dynasty Warriors 3 Gundam - Various Content (80 MP each)
Splosion Man - Prologue to Ms. Splosion Man (FREE)
Kinect Fun Labs -- Avatar Kinect (FREE for everyone until Sept. 8, then free for Gold members only)
Kinect Fun Labs -- Kinect Sparkler (Available July 28) (240 MP)
Dirt 3 - X Games Asia Track Pack (400 MP)
Dynasty Warriors 7 - Various Content (80 - 400 MP)
Dynasty Warriors Gundam 3 - Susanowo Pack (480 MP)
NASCAR: The Game 2011 - Season Update (160 MP)
Dragon Age II -- Legacy (800 MP)
Homefront - The Rock Map Pack (400 MP) - July 28

Dragon Age II -- Legacy Trailer

Games on Demand

Good news -- Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit is an awesome game and you can download it straight to your harddrive! You might want to ignore the other two, unless you're farming for Achievements or something.

-Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit ($39.99)
-Prison Break ($19.99)
-Shaun White Skateboarding ($29.99)

Avatar Items

There are lots of new items available on the Avatar Marketplace, but my personal favorite is the Voltron suit. I mean, that's just plain awesome.

-Ancient Times (July 28)
-Peggle (July 28)
-Bastion
-Voltron
-Call of Juarez: The Cartel

[Scruffychicken]

Re: Xbox Live Marketplace and Live Arcade discussion Part III

I'm disapointed with the sales they've shown so far. Aside from Forza 3, there's not really anything on there that I'm interested in. I guess they're (MS) just trying to sell some of there older title's DLC. With Forza 4 coming out in a few months though, I'll pass.

[Altimus]

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Good time to get the Halo Reach Defiance map pack I suppose.

[bkfount]

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I wish they priced the Games on Demand stuff better. I would like to buy some, but will never buy anything off there that's over $20.

It's supposed to help fight the used market and drive impulse buys, but I can find NFS Hot Pursuit for like $25 used easily. Plus I'd wouldn't have to eat up like 7 GB's of internet bandwidth.

[Mo]

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ESPN on XBL is getting splitscreen, Kinect voice control, and more.

http://www.cinemablend.com/games/ESPN-Xbox-Live-Receive-Split-Screen-Kinect-Voice-Control-33819.html

If you have ESPN3 in your area this is pretty sweet. I'm especially eager for the split screen feature.

This update will go live on August 25th.

Blerg, guess I have go renew my sub now.

[The GIGGAS]

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Looking forward to the updates. It's a pretty cool app as it is. Just gonna get better, I see.

[mrclutch]

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I wish they priced the Games on Demand stuff better. I would like to buy some, but will never buy anything off there that's over $20.

It's supposed to help fight the used market and drive impulse buys, but I can find NFS Hot Pursuit for like $25 used easily. Plus I'd wouldn't have to eat up like 7 GB's of internet bandwidth.

I would like to meet the idiots that buy games on demand. It's hard for me to believe they sell enough to pay the intern to post them up.

I would love to see the units sold on that stuff. It would have made for a great paper back in the ol' Economics class.
Hey after I wrote the paper on the data and I could post it for sale for $39.99.

[st67]

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Magic is pretty fun from the arcade. I only wish they'd give more cards and allow you to create decks from scratch.

[Scruffychicken]

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I saw a Indie game titled "M2AF (Message to All Friends)", it's basically an app that allows you to send one message to multiple friends in one click. Sounds cool, but I never have any need to send a "M2AF".

[CaptainZombie]

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This week's XBL update:

XBLA Games

Summer of Arcade approaches its finale next week, but in the meantime we've got the fourth offering with Fruit Ninja Kinect.

-Fruit Ninja Kinect (800 MP)

-More Fruit Ninja Kinect Videos

Game Demos

Ever wanted to drive while in a coma or get knocked over by a 300-pound man? Then this week's demos are the ones for you.

-Driver: San Francisco – Single Player
-Madden NFL 12

Discounts

Save some cash purchasing Rock Band packs (Gold Members only).

-Rock Band 3 – Metallica Pack (320 MP) 27% Off
-Rock Band 3 – Blink 182 Pack (320 MP) 27% Off
-Rock Band 3 – Lady Gaga Pack (400 MP) 29% Off
-Rock Band 3 – Bon Jovi's Greatest Hits Pack (1200 MP) 25% Off
-Rock Band 3 – Queen Pack (960 MP) 25% Off

Recently Reduced

Check out these permanent reductions to the XBLA library.

-Blacklight: Tango Down (800 MP) 33% Off
-Bejeweled Blitz LIVE (400 MP) 50% Off
-Gatling Gears (800 MP) 33% Off
-Swarm (800 MP) 33% Off

Freddy Krueger's Fatalities

Downloadable Content

Add some claws to your Mortal Kombat lineup as well as some additional action packs for your favorites.

-Mortal Kombat – Freddy Krueger (400 MP)
-Deadliest Warrior Legends – Joan of Arc DLC (240 MP)
-Rock Band 3 – Various Tracks (160 MP Each)
-YooStar 2 – Various Scenes (80 - 160 MP Each)
-Dynasty Warriors Gundam 3 – Kshatriya Pack (480 MP)
-Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon – Jet Armor Weapons Pack (240 MP)
-Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon – Pounds of Pain! Pack (240 MP)
-Red Faction: Armageddon – Commando and Recon Packs (80 MP Each)

Games on Demand

Four new titles hit Games on Demand. Maybe you've been waiting for them all along.

-YOU DON'T KNOW JACK ($29.99)
-World of Outlaws: Sprint Cars ($19.99)
-Adrenalin Misfits (Kinect) ($39.99)
-Record of Agarest War ($29.99)

Avatar Items

Get some MTV and Disney digs for your Avatar this week.

-MTV Ugly Americans
-Dumbo (Available August 11)

[aukevin]

I got Fruit Ninja, it's fun. I like the Challenge Mode, I tried a few times to beat EG's scores unsuccessfully... Hopefully it wasn't his kid that set then, lol.

Sent from my HTC Thunderbolt

[ExtremeGamer]

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I got Fruit Ninja, it's fun. I like the Challenge Mode, I tried a few times to beat EG's scores unsuccessfully... Hopefully it wasn't his kid that set then, lol.

Sent from my HTC Thunderbolt

LOL, no the kid has his own gamertag..

I love the leaderboard aspect of it, it's a blast to play. Wife was playing it a lot last night too (has her own tag too! LOL)

[CaptainZombie]

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This week's update

XBLA Games

Summer of Arcade ends today with Toy Soldiers: Cold War. Pew, pew, pew!

-Toy Soldiers: Cold War (1200 MP)
-Toy Soldiers: Cold War Video Review

Game Demos

One new demo is available today for the upcoming shooter Bodycount. Peeeeewwww!

-Bodycount

Discounts

If you're a Gold Member you can save some cash on Xbox Originals this week. Please to enjoy.

-Fable (800 MP) 33% Off
-Black (800 MP) 33% Off
-Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex (800 MP) 33% Off
-The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning (800 MP) 33% Off

Downloadable Content

The usual suspects have extra content for you this week along with a free update from Test Drive Unlimited 2.

-Dance Central – Various Tracks (240 MP each)
-Rock Band 3 – Various Tracks (160 MP Each)
-YooStar 2 – Various Scenes (80 - 160 MP Each)
-Dynasty Warriors Gundam 3 – New Mission Packs (80 MP each)
-Dynasty Warriors 7 – New Weapon, Stage & Costume Packs (80 - 320 MP)
-Test Drive Unlimited 2 – Explorer Pack (FREE)
-Dead Block – New Map Pack (240 MP)

-Dance Central 2 - Improvements to Break-It-Down Mode

Games on Demand

A couple new titles are available today on Games on Demand. I hear MegaMind is great for farming Achievements.

-CSI: Fatal Conspiracy ($29.99)
-MegaMind: Ultimate Showdown ($29.99)

Avatar Items

There are lots of new game-related Avatar items this week, so check them out.

-Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine
-Toy Soldiers: Cold War
-Kinect Disneyland Adventures (Available August 18)

[bkfount]

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Gatling Gears is 400 points for Gold members. It released at 1200 not too long ago and already permanently dropped to 800.

http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/Gatling-Gears/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d80258410b32

[Sandman42]

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Anyone try out Renegade Ops. It's a top down, dual-stick vehicle shooter made by the Just Cause guys. Definitely has a 90's arcade game feel to it with the way it plays; it reminds me of Jackal and Jungle Strike. There's 4 player co-op online also, definitely a fun game to play with other people. Got through the first 3 chapters last night playing split screen with my friend.