This week's Xbox Live Marketplace update explains why Microsoft gave away Undertow as an apology for December/January downtime (they hoped to sell you an expansion!) and shows some experimentation with the price point for themes (usually $1.88 a pop, but lower for some Arcade titles tie-ins):
- Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 Co-Op Collection 2 ($5) with five co-op missions, nine adversarial maps and eight new achievements totaling 125 points
- Undertow Path of the Elect expansion ($5)
- Ace Combat 6 F-117A (free)
- Major League Baseball 2K8 Minor League Stadium Pack, Majestic Cool Base Uniforms and Card Series 2 (all free)
- Rock Band songs ($2 each; $10 for the 6-pack) "Casey Jones," "China Cat Sunflower," "Franklin's Tower," "I Need A Miracle," "Sugar Magnolia" and "Truckin'" by The Grateful Dead
- Guitar Hero III Modern Metal Track Pack ($6.25; video preview available) with "Almost Easy" by Avenged Sevenfold, "Hole In The Earth" by Deftones and "The Arsonist" by Thrice
- Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore songs ($1.50 each) "Just My Imagination" by The Temptations, "Please Mr. Postman" by The Marvelettes, "She Talks to Angels" (cover) by The Black Crowes, "I Want You Back" by The Jackson 5, "You Really Got Me" (cover) by The Kinks, "ABC" (cover) by The Jackson 5, "Beat It" (cover) by Michael Jackson, "Bizarre Love Triangle" (cover) by New Order, "Chattahoochee" (cover) by Alan Jackson, "Crazy" (cover) by Willie Nelson, "Don't Know Why" (cover) by Norah Jones, "I Hate Everything About You" (cover) by Evanescence, "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" by Marvin Gaye, "I'll Make Love To You" (cover) by Babyface, "It's the End of the World As We Know It" (cover) by REM, "Love Shack" (cover) by The B-52s, "One Week" (cover) by Barenaked Ladies, "Oops!...I Did It Again" (cover) by Britney Spears, "Rich Girl" (cover) by Hall & Oates, "Virtual Insanity" (cover) by Jamiroquai and "California Dreamin'" (cover) by The Mamas & the Papas
- Chessmaster Live Classic and Mechanica sets ($1 each)
- Xbox Live Arcade: Rocketmen: Axis of Evil ($10)
- Demo: Major League Baseball 2K8
- Game Videos: NBA 2K8 and Rainbow Six Vegas 2
- Themes: Undertow and Robot Chicken: Star Wars ($1.88), Chessmaster Live ($1), Rocketmen:Axis of Evil ($1.25), Hitman movie (free)
- Pictures: Rocketmen:Axis of Evil ($0.50 each), Best RPGs (free; downloading enters you in a sweepstakes), Robot Chicken: Star Wars ($1.25) and Hitman movie (free)
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