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[Daigoro]

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[Vert boil]

Updating at the moment, double check prices before buying. I'll update throughout the day.

DOTW

Transformers: Fall of Cybertron - 2400msp/30$ (was 4800/60$) US price, check your region
--Dinobot Destructor Pack - 400msp (was 800)
--G1 Retro Optimus Prime - 160msp (was 320)
--Massive Fury pack - 400msp (was 800)
--Multiplayer Havoc pack - 400msp (was 800)

Transformers: WFC - 800msp/10$ (was 1600/20$) US price, check your region
--Map and Character pack 1 - 200msp (was 400)
--Map and Character pack 2 - 200msp (was 400)

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Dance Central 3
--LMFAO Dance pack 01 - 160msp (was 400)

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Spring Sale (One week sale. Additional one day sale on Monday 1st April.)

Dead Rising 2: Case West - 320msp (was 800)
Dead Rising 2: Case Zero - 160msp (was 400)

Walking Dead Ep 1 - free (was 400)
--Ep 2 - 200msp (was 400)
--Ep 3 - 200msp (was 400)
--Ep 4 - 200msp (was 400)
--Ep 5 - 200msp (was 400)


Ass Creed 3 - 3200msp/40$ (was 4800/60$) US price, check your region

Dead Rising 2 - 1200msp/15$ (was 2400/30$) US price, check your region
--Skills pack: Ninja - 80msp (was 160)
--Skills pack: Psycho - 80msp (was 160)
--Skills pack: Soldier - 80msp (was 160)
--Skills pack: Sports Fan - 80msp (was 160)

Fifa 13 - 3200msp/40$ (was 4800/60$) US price, check your region

Hitman: Absolution - 1600msp/20$ (was 2400/30$) US price, check your region

Hitman: Blood Money - 800msp/10$ (was 2400/30$) US price, check your region

Just Cause 2 - 800msp/10$ (was 2000/25$) US price, check your region

L.A. Noire - 1200msp/15$ (was 2400/30$) US price, check your region
--Arson Case: Nicholson Electroplating - 160msp (was 320)
--Badge Pursuit Challenge & Button Man Suit - 80msp (was 160)
--Rockstar pass - 480msp (was 960)
--Traffic Case: A Slip Of The Tongue - 160msp (was 320)
--Vice Case: Reefer Madness - 160msp (was 320)
--Vice Case: The Naked City - 160msp (was 320)

Max Payne 3
--Deathmatch Made in Heaven pack - 400msp (was 800)
--Hostage Negotiation pack - 400msp (was 800)
--Local Justice pack - 320msp (was 640)
--Painful Memories - 400msp (was 800)
--Rockstar pass - 1200msp (was 2400)

Midnight Club L.A. - 800msp/10$ (was 1200/15$) US price, check your region
--South Central Premium Upgrade - 400msp (was 800)
--South Central Vehicle pack 1 - 120msp (was 240)
--South Central Vehicle pack 2 - 120msp (was 240)
--South Central Ultimate Content pack - 480msp (was 1000)

Resident Evil 6
--Additional 3 mode pack - 360msp (was 720)
--Onslaught game mode - 160msp (was 320)
--Predator game mode - 160msp (was 320)
--Survivors game mode - 160msp (was 320)

Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
--Echo Six Expansion pack 1 - 400msp (was 800)
--Echo Six Expansion pack 2 - 400msp (was 800)

Skyrim - 3200msp/40$ (was 4800/60$) US price, check your region
--Dawnguard - 800msp (was 1600)
--Dragonborn - 800msp (was 1600)
--Hearthfire - 200msp (was 400)

Spider Man 3 - 1200msp/15$ (was 2400/30$) US price, check your region

Spider Man: Shattered Dimensions - 1200msp/15$ (was 2400/30$) US price, check your region

Super Street Fighter 4
--Arcade Challengers pack - 160msp (was 320)
--Arcade Edition - 600msp (was 1200)
--Ultra Complete Alternate Costume pack - 720msp (was 1440)
(The Super Complete Alternative Costume pack has been reduced to 720msp as well *shrug*)

 

[NotMyUsername]

Fair chance I'll end up picking up Midnight Club and the Ultimate DLC.

The three modes for Resident Evil 6 are just multiplayer modes, right? If one of them adds in something single-player I could consider it for the low price but I don't think that was the case? I largely ignored them as they were released. And I thought some modes were added with a patch? Eh, whatever.

 

[Phonomezer]

Sale not up yet but I just checked; Australian version of Hitman: Absolution is $50 more expensive than the US version fucks sake.

 

[Nyx]

How is Spiderman Shattered Dimensions?

Better than Web of Shadows?

 

[reptilescorpio]

Sale not up yet but I just checked; Australian version of Hitman: Absolution is $50 more expensive than the US version fucks sake.

Some stuff has ticked over; Case West & Ep 3 of Walking Dead. Rest still to come here.

 

[Miles Quaritch]

How is Spiderman Shattered Dimensions?

Better than Web of Shadows?

It's good, but not better than WoS. Buy it if you have spare points. The deadpool levels are great and worth the price of admission.

 

[aku:jiki]

Cool, thank you sir.

Only thing to add would be that you can get the JP points over at Play-Asia. If you pick the one that says digital on it, you'll have the codes immediately after paying.

crazygametime. you need to have them call a phone number to verify, but its been super quick for me. like immediate.

Do they do european codes? I forgot to mention that.

Website is busted right now, not a great sign... :/

 

[Daigoro]

Only thing to add would be that you can get the JP points over at Play-Asia. If you pick the one that says digital on it, you'll have the codes immediately after paying.

Do they do european codes? I forgot to mention that.

Website is busted right now, not a great sign... :/

dont think so actually.

but Seanspeed says in the other thread the place seems shady and may be involved with stolen card info. i havent had any issues, but i withdraw my recommendation for now.

 

[Vert boil]

Coming content was posted - http://majornelson.com/2013/03/26/coming-soon-to-the-xbox-live-marketplace-19/

April 5th, Double Dragon 2 - 1200msp

Couple of sales next week as well. WWE and a MS studio sale.

Edit, The last MS Studios Sale from may last year (Starts at Castle Crashers).

 

[toythatkills]

I think I own all of the MS Studios stuff, unless they put the 5+ years old stuff on sale, and chances are slim.

Next week's DotW looks great though (assuming you don't own them all already.) Quarrel and mercury for 200pts each is basically theft.

 

[wetflame]

I already have the first four Walking Dead episodes and am 40 points short of getting the last one. Balls. No way i'm adding another 800 points or whatever to get it.

 

[Lima]

Ah yiss will buy Retro City Rampage next week.

 

[Doug Heffernan]

Hopefully the Forza Horizon rally pack is part of the Microsoft sale, I want it but it's way overpriced.

 

[toythatkills]

Ah yiss will buy Retro City Rampage next week.

Try the demo first

 

[thelatestmodel]

Coming content was posted - http://majornelson.com/2013/03/26/coming-soon-to-the-xbox-live-marketplace-19/

April 5th, Double Dragon 2 - 1200msp

Whoah, out of nowhere!

 

[Vert boil]

Whoah, out of nowhere!

Yep.
For peeps that forgot about it.

The old trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPoD0VcVfK8

 

[Jhoan]

Transformers: War For Cybertron is pretty good for 10 bucks but I imagine the multiplayer community must be dead. I did enjoy the demo when I played it. I might bite on it or wait until the April 1st one day sale stuff.

Quarrel and Retro City Rampage for 200 and 600 MSP respectively are pretty damn good. I tried Retro City Rampage and thought it was decent if a bit repetitive. It has some pretty interesting modern day mechanics. I can see the classic gaming references getting old after a while though. Almost every other game that's on sale, I got when it was on sale in February I believe so it's a sale otherwise if not because of RCR.

I really hope the Microsoft Studios sale includes Banjo Kazooie and Banjo Tooie. I've been meaning to check them out, but it's been a while since they've been on sale. Also, the Forza Horizon: Rally Pack would be nice.

 

[thelatestmodel]

Yep.
For peeps that forgot about it.

The old trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPoD0VcVfK8

Aaaaaand my hopes are crushed. I had no idea it was going to be a shitty 3D remake instead of an arcade port, it looks atrocious.

I do appreciate the link and screenshots though Vert, thanks!

 

[daevv]

The second episode of The Walking Dead shows up as 400msp still on my Canadian dashboard. Episodes 3, 4, and 5 are showing as on sale for 200 though. Is that normal? Kinda defeats the purpose of the first one being free if so.

 

[Queen of Hunting]

God Mode Achievement List http://www.xbox360achievements.org/game/god-mode/achievements/

The Creature Lives 20
Enrage 10 Cyclops

Rune 10
Trigger 20 Mage seals

Them Bones 10
Decapitate 100 Skeletons

Hand of Doom 20
Kill 50 enemies using melee

Buzzkill 10
Grind 50 creatures using the Buzzsaw melee attack

God Mode 40
Reach the final level and attain God Mode

The Day I Tried To Live 20
Survive the "Death" Test of Faith

Nothing Safe 20
Complete your first Oath

Blow Up The Underworld 30
Purchase all upgrades

Burden In My Holster 10
Fully upgrade one weapon

Heaven Beside You 10
Finish any map with 3 or more active Oaths

Sweetest Curse 50
Finish any map with 6 active Oaths on hardest difficulty

The Hunter 10
Kill 100 creatures

Demon Cleaner 30
Kill 2500 creatures

Embryo 10
Destroy 50 scarab eggs before they hatch

Stairway to Hell 20
Kill 20 creatures using the Hammer ability

Born a Legend 10
Finish any map on any difficulty

Odyssey 40
Complete all maps on hardest difficulty

Badtriggerfinger 10
Purchase your first weapon upgrade

Deathbound 20
Complete any map without dying

 

[Stumpokapow]

I... thought God Mode was primarily multiplayer-based.

Edit: Retro City Rampage is $5 on Steam right now. Assume I don't care about where I get my achievement points, and assume I'll play with a wireless 360 controller regardless. Any reason to get one version over the other? I've played the demo, I know it's sort of boring.

 

[Vert boil]

Aaaaaand my hopes are crushed. I had no idea it was going to be a shitty 3D remake instead of an arcade port, it looks atrocious.

I do appreciate the link and screenshots though Vert, thanks!

Just wanted to make sure (and I completely forgot what the subtitle was when Nelson posted).

The second episode of The Walking Dead shows up as 400msp still on my Canadian dashboard. Episodes 3, 4, and 5 are showing as on sale for 200 though. Is that normal? Kinda defeats the purpose of the first one being free if so.

It happens all the time. They'll reduce it along with Spider Man: Shattered Dimensions later. They miss things sometimes, reduce the wrong or remove something by mistake and then re-add it. Once they notice they'll fix it.

 

[Stumpokapow]

Rhythm Party: This is a Kinect dancing game made by Konami. It's terrible. Why is it terrible? Well, we'll start with the menus which are basically arranged nonsensically. There's a left-right scrolling set of options (and like every left-right set of scrolling options you can only see a few choices at a time, which is why left-right scrolling is inferior to top-down scrolling). You use your right hand to scroll. You put your left hand out to say cancel or back, and your left hand vertically up to say accept. The songs suck. There appears to be only 10 or so songs, and they all look terrible. The example song was some Vanilla Ice b-side remix featuring what sounded like a j-pop woman. Yes, seriously. So you select a song and you're promptly met with 6 or 7 walls of text about how the game works. Do they show you with video or animation? Nope. So, what is the game? You see a silhouette of yourself (you can switch to an abstract geometrical model if you're too sheepish). Circles appear on screen and you need to hit those circles with any body part. The game rewards you for using a wide variety of body parts, so it's basically just gibberish. In the background, a variety of trippy effects fire off--something sort of close to Happy Action Theatre/Kinect Party but inside a game. Half-way through the song my body turned into a dancing robot. Oh, and when you earn an achievement in the demo it pops up with this really low rate knockoff of the Achievement Unlocked prompt to remind you to buy the game to get the demo. Made the whole thing feel like a Hong Kong Bootleg. Nonsense.

 

[aku:jiki]

Coming content was posted - http://majornelson.com/2013/03/26/coming-soon-to-the-xbox-live-marketplace-19/

Ooh, I guess my MSP shop helped me dodge a bullet by delaying my delivery... I almost bought Winterbottom last night!

I, too, hope Banjo Kazooie is in the MS sale, since I've somehow ended up owning Tooie and want to do them chronologically. And since MS is the publisher of any game that doesn't really have one, there's lots of games that could potentially be in that sale. Would be rad if I didn't have to pay 1200 for stupid Death Tank...

The second episode of The Walking Dead shows up as 400msp still on my Canadian dashboard. Episodes 3, 4, and 5 are showing as on sale for 200 though. Is that normal? Kinda defeats the purpose of the first one being free if so.

Same on the euro dashboard.

 

[Nelo Ice]

Does Walking Dead have any major problems? Was goin to buy it on PC but that version has a save bug so I want to make sure the 360 version works properly.

 

[toythatkills]

Does Walking Dead have any major problems? Was goin to buy it on PC but that version has a save bug so I want to make sure the 360 version works properly.

Walking Dead on 360 has bugged saves too, but it's fine if you play each episode start to finish

 

[SAB CA]

Yep.
For peeps that forgot about it.

The old trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPoD0VcVfK8

As a companion piece to NEON, I'm pretty cool with this releasing.

It's definitely not my prime way to make a Beat 'em Up, but I'll gladly accept something that feels kinda Gekido / Urban Reign like, if it's a GOOD take on those games.

Spotty hit detection doesn't look like it'll exist too much, as the game's "auto lock" for punch combos seems fairly generous. There's throwback music in there. Perfect Guarding will add some kinda gameplay depth. Never saw a throw... This one has a playable Marian, so that's... something. And a crammed in VS mode, just like in the 90s

Will be sure to give the Demo a try.

 

[Stumpokapow]

Qix++: Perennial candidate for worse value on XBLA. Qix is a pretty cool arcade game that basically presents you with a big square playing field. Your character moves around the outside. Enemies move around the inside. To beat the level you need to move your character in a way that draws a line from one part of the outside grid to another. The section enclosed by the line you drew will be locked off. You need to lock off 75%+ of the level to win. You die if an enemy touches you or your line while you're drawing it, or if an enemy spawns around the outside and touches you. It's an arcade classic. It inspired Jezzball (Windows 3.1), Capcom's Cacoma Knight (SNES), Fortix (on Steam for $1), and countless others.

So with Qix++ you get a whopping 16 levels (so we're talking <10 minutes of gameplay) for $10. And you can spend another $6 to get some bonus levels. The demo is two levels and takes less than 60 seconds to complete. The game doesn't include the original, there are no perks of bonuses.

Fortix 2 ($5, Steam) by comparison has something like 200 levels, includes the original game, has a totally separate second game mode, has great presentation, deeper mechanics, more of a score attack element... you'd basically be crazy, as a Qix fan, to choose Qix++. Oh and it's never been put on sale, ever.

(296)

 

[Alx]

Rhythm Party: This is a Kinect dancing game made by Konami. It's terrible. (...).

Hey, I love Rhythm Party ! Sure it's a Konami Dancing game, so you have to like their j-pop music (although there is more diversity than in Dance Masters), but the gameplay and general humor is really fun, and unlike other dancing games, it lets you go crazy and hit the "balls" with any limb you like, with additional points for complex motions.
The default song selection is a bit limited, but there is a big choice of DLC content at a reasonable price (plus the base game itself is rather cheap)

 

[Nelo Ice]

Walking Dead on 360 has bugged saves too, but it's fine if you play each episode start to finish

Sounds like it's avoidable at least unlike the PC version. Well guess I'll consider picking up the other episodes after I play through episode 1.

 

[Vert boil]

Released today,

Terraria - 1200msp, 33MB.


Also,

Darkstalkers Resurrection
--18 Skins - 80msp each (Customise the cabinet view mode)
--2 Themes - 160msp each (Customise the room)

 

[Vert boil]

An odd boxart popped up over night,

If it is an xbla title it would have to be just a hub since Comic Jumper is 1.9GB, Ms. Splosion Man is 1.9GB, Splosion Man is 339MB and The Maw is 147MB.

http://download.xbox.com/content/images/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802584113fa/1033/screenlg7.jpg
http://download.xbox.com/content/images/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802584113fa/1033/screenlg8.jpg
http://download.xbox.com/content/images/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802584113fa/1033/screenlg9.jpg
http://download.xbox.com/content/images/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802584113fa/1033/screenlg10.jpg
http://download.xbox.com/content/images/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802584113fa/1033/screenlg11.jpg

edit,
Since no one has posted yet.

Probably worth noting that when previous games have been repackaged on xbla as a new game or dlc, the previous versions have been de-listed.

Pinball FX 1 content became dlc for Pinball FX 2 and was de-listed.
Happy Action Theater became dlc for Kinect Party and was de-listed.

 

[daevv]

Probably worth noting that when previous games have been repackaged on xbla as a new game or dlc, the previous versions have been de-listed.

Pinball FX 1 content became dlc for Pinball FX 2 and was de-listed.
Happy Action Theater became dlc for Kinect Party and was de-listed.

Would the DLC for The Maw be de-listed as well I wonder? They may put all DLC as a bonus. I've been waiting for the Maw DLC to go on sale but it never has.

 

[Vert boil]

Would the DLC for The Maw be de-listed as well I wonder? They may put all DLC as a bonus. I've been waiting for the Maw DLC to go on sale but it never has.

Normally when games are pulled the dlc goes as well but that's normally due to the company going tits up or licensing ending. If they include the DLC with the new package then I would expect they'd be removed along with the game (if they actually remove the games). Once TP or MS officially announce it they should be asked about it so people can buy individual bits before it would be too late.

 

[pacman85]

Released today,

Terraria - 1200msp, 33MB.

Lol at only 33MB but 1200 msp. I know you can't judge the value of a game by its size/cost ratio but it feels like we haven't seen a game under 50MB (or even 100MB) in a LONG time.

 

[Vert boil]

Lol at only 33MB but 1200 msp. I know you can't judge the value of a game by its size/cost ratio but it feels like we haven't seen a game under 50MB (or even 100MB) in a LONG time.

Retro City Rampage was 43MB. 10 better than Terraria.

Spoiler

jk

And not directly related but I'm going to force it in here because caring about not including unnecessary bloat is nice. I finally got around to playing Battlefield 1943. I always thought that the people that said it still had an active community were smoking the crackabis but I've been getting full matches every evening I've played it.
The swiftness of booting up the game and actually getting to run around in game is very impressive. Tips hat to dice.

 

[toythatkills]

Not sure if this was posted, but go into Happy Wars before April 1st and you get 40 free Happy Tickets (the premium currency).

 

[keit4]

If you are interested in a free Toy Soldiers and a free The Maw, just go to this website and fill the gaps with this info (it's hidden):

 

[theRizzle]

Sweet! Thanks!

 

[LorDjidane]

If you are interested in a free Toy Soldiers

Thank you so much! Took Toy Soldiers, heard some good about it.

There was also a 2 weeks gold subscription that I won't be using, if anyone wants the code, it's been donated.

 

[REMEMBER CITADEL]

If you are interested in a free Toy Soldiers and a free The Maw, just go to this website and fill the gaps with this info (it's hidden)

Worked like a charm, thanks a lot!

 

[pot]

I already have the first four Walking Dead episodes and am 40 points short of getting the last one. Balls. No way i'm adding another 800 points or whatever to get it.

You can add in increments of 400 points now. At least on xbox.com

 

[Cheshire_Buddha]

If you are interested in a free Toy Soldiers and a free The Maw, just go to this website and fill the gaps with this info (it's hidden):

Thank you! Input the codes twice and was able to get both of these. Much appreciated.

 

[TimmiT]

How is Spiderman Shattered Dimensions?

Better than Web of Shadows?

It's pretty different from Web of Shadows, it's much less dark and more comedic (for example, there's a Deadpool level). It's also level-based instead of open world. I thought it was alright, but it's not great. It's certainly worth getting if you're a Spider-Man fan, cause it has a lot of fan-service.

 

[Stumpokapow]

Okay, so, I know this is the XBLA thread, but we don't really have an active Windows 8 games thread and since I don't much like the OS I'd probably be shot on site if I set foot in the OS / Off-Topic thread.

I'm not sure if anyone here has played Gunstringer: DMR, but basically it's a pretty crummy auto-runner like Temple Run that has the Gunstringer license slapped on. It's developed by Other Ocean Interactive, not Twisted Pixel.

It's got a number of huge design flaws, but the biggest is the monetization system. Basically, unlike all other Endless Runners, there are segments of the game that are impossible to survive. Thus, to get a high score in the Endless mode, you need to buy extra lives. Like any endless runner, you can restart whenever you die for no cost, but it's continuing after you die that needs the extra lives. Extra Lives until recently costed Diamonds, which are the pay-to-get currency. There was essentially no way to get diamonds without buying. There's a coin doubler, but it costed $7 (now $5) versus the $1-1.99 in other Endless Runners. About half the achievements are locked behind 1000+ hour gameplay walls or paywalls.

The recent version update changed the money system a little bit, offering discounts on bulk life purchases and offering coin options to buy extra lives.

So the game includes a mode where you play through fixed levels besides the randomized endless runner mode. Obviously the best way to get coins is to replay the levels rather than taking a chance with the endless runner mode. Hypothetically, someone could use AutoHotkey to record a script of them successfully playing through the level with the most coins, and setting it on infinite repeat. So overnight they should make a fucking enormous amount of coins. Cha-ching.

It blurs the line with cheating to some extent, but I view that as a logical side effect of a game where success is entirely determined by unheard of grinding and/or spending hundreds of dollars.

 

[jbug617]

An odd boxart popped up over night,

Twisted Pixel Bundle announced for XBLA. No price yet.
http://playxbla.com/twisted-pixel-games-bundle-coming-soon/

 

[pot]

If you are interested in a free Toy Soldiers and a free The Maw, just go to this website and fill the gaps with this info (it's hidden):

Woot ty!

 

[jlh]

Twisted Pixel Bundle announced for XBLA. No price yet.
http://playxbla.com/twisted-pixel-games-bundle-coming-soon/

Wow! I didn't even know they could bundle games together like that on XBLA. I will definitely get this if the price isn't too outrageous.

 

[Shotgun Kiss]

I already have the first four Walking Dead episodes and am 40 points short of getting the last one. Balls. No way i'm adding another 800 points or whatever to get it.

Don't worry; you'll be able to afford it in just two years, thanks to Microsoft's generous birthday allards!