This week to celebrate The Simpsons 500th episode, Konami have ported and released 90's classic arcade game The Simpsons via the Xbox Live Arcade on Xbox 360 and PlayStation Network for PS3. It's priced at 800 Microsoft Points ($10) and weighs in at 18MB.
In The Simpsons™ Arcade Game, play as your favorite Simpsons character as you chase down Smithers and Mr. Burns on an epic quest to save Maggie. Featuring four-player online and offline cooperative play as well as eight classic Springfield locations, players can participate in several different game modes for varied gameplay experiences. Quarters Mode recreates the feeling of the original coin-op classic for a more challenging experience. Survival Mode tests players' skills with only one life at their disposal.
Content:The Simpsons Arcade Game Price: 800 Microsoft Points Availability:Check availability in your Xbox LIVE region Dash Text: The long-awaited home console port of the classic Simpsons arcade game is finally here! Join three of your friends as you chase down Smithers and Mr. Burns on the epic quest to save Maggie. Battle your way through 8 classic Springfield locations in this hilarious blast from the past!
Browse through all of 360-HQ's upcoming coverage of "The Simpsons Arcade Game" including achievements, screenshots, trailers and cheats by visiting the games database/hub linked below.
Double Fine's latest Kinect game, Double Fine Happy Action Theater, is now available for download via Xbox LIVE Arcade, it's priced at 800 MSP ($10).
Content:Double Fine Happy Action Theater Price: 800 Microsoft Points Availability:Check availability in your Xbox LIVE region Dash Text: Are you annoyed at how little magic you are able to shoot from your fingers? Have you ever tried to get grandma to do the worm, but all she would do is just stand there? Have you ever noticed how your living room doesn’t have any hot lava in it? And who designed this living room anyway?! It doesn’t even have any buildings to smash! Well, Double Fine Happy Action Theater can solve all of these problems and more! You will also be able to clone yourself or hang out in a plate of jelly if you want. And when you’re done with that, maybe you will want to feed some pigeons or have a snowball fight. There are 18 amazing ways that Double Fine Action Theater will enhance your life! And up to 5 of your friends’ lives too! (ages 2 to 102)
Microsoft and Konami Digital Entertainment have announced that Rhythm Party, an all-new dance title developed exclusively for Kinect on the Xbox 360, is now available for download via Xbox LIVE Arcade.
Content:Rhythm Party Price: 800 Microsoft Points Availability:Check availability in your Xbox LIVE region Dash Text: "Rhythm Party" is a rhythm action game developed exclusively for Kinect on Xbox LIVE Arcade! Brought to you by the "Dance Masters" development team, it transforms your entire body into a controller. No need for choreography anymore. You’re the choreographer and the dancer! When your body appears at the center of the screen, just dance! Game play is simple: Use your arms and legs to hit the Ripples in time with the rhythm while you create an original performance. Your performance skills are the key! With a soundtrack recorded largely in collaboration with top international artists, and different special effects for every song, this game is guaranteed to get your body moving and your blood pumping!
A free multi-player demo for Syndicate, a re-imagination of the classic 1993 game, is now available for download via Xbox LIVE for the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation Network for PS3.
"Syndicate" blends fast paced action and futuristic settings with innovative chip breach gameplay to provide a unique and brutal sci-fi first person shooter experience. The downloadable demo features 4-player co-op mode and weighs in at 723.61 MB. Check out some of our previous coverage for Syndicate by visiting the 360-HQ games hub linked below.
Content:Syndicate (Co-op Demo) Price: Free Availability:Check availability in your Xbox LIVE region Dash Text: Syndicate is a cyber punk FPS set in a dystopian world where large Syndicates rule and Business is War. In the 4-player co-op demo, team-up to take down rival Syndicate Cayman Global. Blast your way in and utilize your military grade DART6 chip to breach enemies and the environment as you battle for market dominance and your life. Some takeovers are more hostile than others.
A Free Playable Demo for Kinectimals: Now With Bears is now available for download via the Xbox LIVE Marketplace. The demo weighs in at 1.55 GB.
Content: Kinectimals: Now With Bears (demo) Price: Free Availability:Check availability in your Xbox LIVE region Dash Text: “Kinectimals Now with Bears!” adds to the original five feline cubs, now with 5 additional cuddly bear cubs as you solve a mystery on the undiscovered islands of Lemuria and Mira! Meet the new bear cubs and share adventures as you build a bond that grows each time you play!
The Call of Duty Elite DLC may be more "elite" than intended. Users on the Call of Duty forums are complaining that the DLC maps can only be played by one account per console.
That means that only the person who bought it can play the maps -- not other users of the same game on the same console, unless they share a single Xbox Live profile.
"I just tried on my other account and you are right, I cannot use the maps on the same Xbox with another gamertag even though it's all on the same xbox," notes forum user HalfericTuck, just one of many complaining fans. Reader Aaron, who alerted us to this issue, told Joystiq, "My girlfriend, whom I live with, cannot play the maps. My friend's teenage sons cannot play the maps."
This restriction does not square with the stated terms on the download. When users download the add-on, they are told, "You can use this item on the first Xbox 360 console you downloaded it to. Access to this item will also be granted to all users on this first console."
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