The big news this week was the Xbox 360 price drop that starts Friday: Xbox 360 Elites for $300 and Pros for $250, though truth be told the Pros are being phased out so really we'll be stuck back at the $300 price point before long, albeit with a bigger hard drive and HDMI on board. Also, The Guild Season 3 launched this week with Xbox 360 Gold members getting the first in the series a week before non-paying Xbox Live members and MSN.
Here's what's new on Xbox Live Marketplace this week (hint: lots of demos!):
Here's what's new on Xbox Live Marketplace this week (hint: lots of demos!):
- Arcade: Invincible Tiger: The Legend of Han Tao ($15), NBA 2K10 Draft Combine ($5), Watchmen: The End Is Nigh Part 2 ($15) and Castle Crashers Necromantic Pack ($2) with two characters, plus weapons and animal orbs
- Mass Effect Pinnacle Station ($5) with a landable space station, 13 combat scenarios, and approximately 2-3 hours gameplay for players who have achieved Spectre status
- The Force Unleashed Tatooine Mission Pack ($10)
- Transformers 2 Character and Map Pack Plus ($10) with 11 characters, 3 maps, added achievements and Expert mode
- Tiger Woods PGA Tour '10 Wolf Creek Golf Course ($7.50)
- Fight Night Round 4 Champions Pack ($5) unlocks Oscar De La Hoya, Vitali Klitschko, Wladimir Klitschko, James Toney and George Foreman and includes new gear
- Brady Games Batman: Arkham Asylum video guides (one free, the rest $1 each)
- Rock Band/Rock Band 2 tracks ($2 each) "Don't Stop" and "World Turning" by Fleetwood Mac, "Mony Mony" and "Rebel Yell" by Billy Idol, "She's a Genius" by Jet and "I Won't Back Down" and "Runnin' Down a Dream" by Tom Petty
- Games on Demand: Burnout Revenge ($20) and Need for Speed ProStreet ($20)
- Demos: Dirt 2, F.E.A.R. 2: Reborn single-player expansion, Fight Night Round 4 Ali vs. Tyson & Buttons, Lost Planet 2 co-op, Mini Ninjas, NHL 10 and Wet
- Indie Games (usually $1-$10 each): Arrow Run, BallsAndBlocks, Bed Time Nursery Rhymes, Dodge These Balls, Hotel Danger, LOLCats, Nasty, Octagon, Puzzle?, Shellblast HD, Storage Inc., Streets of Fury, Track Architect, Zombies 2.0, ダウンタウン激凸ドッジボール！ (loosely translated: Convex Dodgeball Downtown Geki!) and デッドラGO! (Deddora Go!)
- Game Videos: Batman: Arkham Asylum, Blur, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, Family Game Night, Halo 3 ODST, Mass Effect 2, NBA 2K10 Draft Combine, Section 8, Watchmen: The End Is Nigh Part 2 and Wet
- Themes: Batman: Arkham Asylum Villains (free), Mass Effect Pinnacle Station ($3), Rocket Riot Premium ($3) and McDonald's (free)
- Pictures: The King of Fighters XII ($1 each), McDonald's Rock Band (free; enters you in sweepstakes), McDonald's food (free) and I Love You Man (free)
- Avatar Items (usually priced $1-$5 each): Mass Effect gear including helmets and armor, Normandy Crew shirts and hats and logo tees
MASS EFFECT EXPANSION! Hmmm, where did I leave my last Shepard? Hopefully, 1 save is before the final mission. Or a good excuse to start again, this may delay the PS3 buy...