This week on Xbox Live Marketplace, 360 owners can download video coverage and marketing crap from South by Southwest - the highlight of which is a Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay movie trailer and the promise of an eventual cast interview. Or you can buy the new Mass Effect expansion if you don't mind that it makes you start in the middle of the game (sucks to be you if you already beat it). Here's what's new:
- Mass Effect Bring Down the Sky expansion ($5) which adds a few hours of new storyline if you haven't finished the game (if you have, you'll have to backtrack to earlier save or start over)
- The Darkness DM_Haunt multiplayer map (free)
- Two Worlds Tainted Blood Pack 1 ($7.50) with four multiplayer co-op maps, a town, new skills and some 45 quests
- Dark Messiah of Might and Magic - Elements Maps, Classes and Weapons ($5) with Paladin and Warlock classes
- Guitar Hero III St. Patrick's Day track pack (free) - "Famous for Nothing," "Flannigans Ball," "Johnny," and "I Hardly Knew Ya" by Dropkick Murphy's
- Rock Band songs ($1 each) "Shockwave" by Black Tide, "CrushCrushCrush" by Paramore and "Beethoven's C***" by Serg Tankian
- Arcade: Bliss Island ($5) and Brain Challenge ($10)
- Videos: Alone in the Dark, Condemned 2, Frontlines: Fuel of War, Lost Planet Colonies, NBA Ballers: Chosen One, Race Driver: Grid, Soul Calibur IV Yoda, Supreme Commander and Viking: Battle for Asgard
- Themes: Bully and Viking: Battle for Asgard ($1.25 each), Condemned 2, Frontlines: Fuel of War, Mass Effect Bring Down the Sky, Universe at War: Earth Assault, Afro Samurai, Classic Camoflauge, Easter, Fractal Rainbows, Ghost in the Shell Uncensored, Killshots, Liquid Light Renders, Saw IV and St. Patrick's Day ($1.88 each) and Verizon and Drillbit Taylor (free),
- Pictures: Condemned 2 ($1.50 each), Frontlines: Fuel of War ($1), Universe at War: Earth Assault ($1.25), Viking: Battle for Asgard ($1), Drillbit Taylor (free), Afro Samurai ($1), Easter ($1.25), Ghost in the Shell Uncensored ($1), Killshots ($1), Saw IV ($1), St. Patrick's Day ($1) and Verizon (free)
I don't usually have my console hooked up to the internet. But I really enjoyed Mass Effect and I plan on purchasing the expansion to it. I was wondering if you guys have some must buy Xbox live arcade games I should get while I have my console connected.
Here are some of my fave Arcade titles (I'm a little behind on trying out the newest titles):
Puzzle Quest - Match-3 RPG
Boogie Bunnies - goofy casual game, but oddly addictive (try the demo first to be sure you can stand the cute bunnies)
Poker Smash - card puzzle game
N+ - old-school style ninja puzzle platformer (I haven't bought it yet but I'm about to)
Switchball - timed marble puzzle game
Lumines Live - addictive puzzle game (I suck at this but GrrlGotGame is awesome at it)
Prince of Persia - update to the classic
Mad Tracks - arcade racer with fun game modes
Eets Chowdown - puzzle game with game mechanic similar to the Incredible Machine
Pinball FX - nice pinball game with three tables and, if they still offer it, another you can download for free
Luxor 2 - similar to Zuma only you shoot from the bottom
Worms - worms battling with grenades, guns and jetpacks
Cloning Clyde - amusing platformer with puzzles solved by creating clones of yourself