The big news this week on Xbox Live Marketplace is Game Room (details and confirmed launch titles). Grab the main shell app under Games on Demand (I know, it doesn't make sense to us either) and then download the two available game packs to get started with single-use 10-minute trials for each of the 30 launch titles.
Here's what's new on Marketplace:
- Mass Effect 2 Alternate Appearance Pack 1 ($2) with new looks for Garrus, Thane and Jack
- Dragon Ball: Raging Blast Ultimate Warriors Pack 2 (free)
- Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce Pack 3 (free)
- Guitar Hero 5 80s Track Pack($5.50 or $2 each) with "We Got The Beat" by The Go-Go's, "Girls, Girls, Girls" by Motley Crue and "Sister Christian" by Night Ranger
- Rock Band/Rock Band 2 X Pack 01($7 or $2 each) with "I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts," "Blue Spark," "The Hungry Wolf" and "Los Angeles" plus (free) "Am I Crazy" by Little Fish and additional tracks ($1-2 each) "Outer Space" by Ace Frehley, "Darling Dear" and "Bang Bang" by Little Fish, "Stop & Stare" by OneRepublic and "All-American Girl" by Carrie Underwood - Note: "Family friendly" tracks also work with Lego Rock Band.
- Rock Band Network tracks ($1-3; Rock Band 2 required to download and play) "Scavengers of the Damned" by Aiden, "Energy" by The Apples in Stereo, "I Know What I Am" by Band of Skulls, "Past Lives" by The Bronx, "First We Feast, Then We Felony" by Circus Circus, "Roll the Dice" by Damone, "Anything" by Kristin Dare, "Too Hot to Handle" by Carl Douglas, "I Don't Think That's OK" by Josh Freese, "I'm Alive" by Kid Beyond, "Do Not Disturb (Tell Me How Bad)" by Let's Get It, "Taking Apart a Gigantic Machine" by The Main Drag, "Gravitate" and "Not Your Enemy" by Megaphone, "A Thousand Nights" by Mile Marker Zero, "The Girl at the Video Game Store" by Parry Gripp, "Hot Sexy Girls" by Joe Sibol, "Hook, Line, and Sinner" by Texas in July, "A Little Faster" by There For Tomorrow and "Trash Candy" by Tijuana Sweetheart
- Lips tracks ($2 each) "Sugar, Sugar" by The Archies, "Do You Believe In Love" by Huey Lewis & The News" and "If You Don't Know Me By Now" by Simply Red
- Games on Demand: Avatar - The Last Airbender: The Burning Earth ($20), Game Room (free shell app, $3 per game) and Sega Superstars Tennis ($20)
- Demos: All Xbox Live Arcade and Indie games (Game Room titles offer a one-time 10-minute free play)
- Indie Games (usually $1-10 each): Are You Fast Enough?, Avatar Bumper Cars, Avatar Cannon, BlindGiRl, Falling, FlipSide, Flotilla, The Impossible Avatar Getaway, Missile Escape, Newton's New Tones, Spiders! Why Spiders?, Star Chart, Stick 'Em Up and World War Toon
- Game Videos: Blood Bowl, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, How To Train Your Dragon, Red Dead Redemption, Skate 3, Split/Second and Transformers: War for Cybertron
- Themes: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 ($3)
- Pictures: Blood Bowl ($2), Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 ($1-2 each), Two Worlds II ($1-2 each), Call to Arms 2 (free; enters you in sweepstakes) and Konsole Kingz ($2)
- Avatar Items (usually priced $1-5 each): Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Sonic & Sega All-Star Racing
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