Summer is officially here, and Xbox LIVE is bringing the heat with sizzling deals, summery duds and hot new hits!
If you didn’t have the chance to sing along to your favorite bands at summer festivals, Xbox LIVE has you covered with LIVEapalooza. From July 6 through July 12, start a dance party on Xbox LIVE where you, your Avatar and your friends from around the globe can rally for a limited time sale on top music game add-ons. We’re discounting albums, track packs and songs for “Rock Band” (MTV Games), “Guitar Hero®" 5” and “Band Hero®” (Activision Publishing Inc.) and “Lips” (Microsoft Game Studios). From Green Day to The Rolling Stones, the stage is yours.
What’s summer without a little fun in the sun? Grab your toy soldiers and watch out for monkeys as you dive into three great new downloadable games and game add-ons, coming to Xbox LIVE Arcade.
Xbox LIVE Arcade
Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck's Revenge (LucasArts)
This all-new “Monkey Island” adventure is bringing you more pirates, more adventure and more monkeys! Relive the second hilarious swashbuckling misadventure of the wannabe pirate Guybrush Threepwood as he searches for the lost treasure of Big Whoop, attempts to win back the beautiful Elaine Marley and takes on the now evil zombie pirate, LeChuck. Rating pending by the ESRB.
Release: July 7 Price: 800 Microsoft Points
Game Add-ons
Toy Soldiers “The Kaiser’s Battle” Game Add-On (Microsoft Game Studios)
“Toy Soldiers” Add-on content is here! “The Kaiser’s Battle” allows players to enter the fray as the French Army, take on a new experimental boss, earn 3 new achievements and battle into the midnight hours in new multiplayer and Survival Mode maps.
“Toy Soldiers” is a strategy-based game in whichplayers are cast into a fantastic, miniature world where antique toy soldiers fight for survival using exciting arsenal such as tanks, fighter planes and flame throwers in vintage WWI dioramas.
Release: June 30 Price: 400 Microsoft Points
Worms 2 Armageddon Battle Pack Game Add-on (Microsoft Game Studios)
Incoming! Say hello to the “Worms 2 Armageddon Battle Pack.” This Game Add-on package adds to “Worms 2 Armageddon” with the addition of six new weapons, thirty new single-player missions, an all-new game mode called “Survivor,” ten new Forts, new speechbanks, additional Achievements, Player Titles, leaderboards and much, much more! It's a package high on content and explosive goodness, a must for all “Worms” fans out there.
Release: July 7 Price: 400 Microsoft Points
Deal of The Week for June 28, 2010
Save your summer cash for sunscreen and shades thanks to awesome discounts through Deal of the Week. During the week of June 28, enjoy six Critics’ Choice titles, all with a Metacritic rating of 80 and above, at discounted prices on Xbox LIVE Marketplace. From defending your grid to rioting your rocket, you’ll have your pick of blockbuster hits at great value to you, your tan, and your wallet.
For the full list of titles featured in the Xbox LIVE Deal of the Week during the week of June 28, please visit our previous coverage here.
A pop track pack which contains three new downloadable tracks is now available to download for Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii. The new Pop 1 Track Pack Contains: Just Dance by Lady Gaga, This Love by Maroon 5 and Fireflies by Owl City. The Guitar Hero Pop 1 Track Pack will cost you 440 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360, $5.49 for PS3 and 550 Wii Points™ on the Wii.
Guitar Hero fans looking to pick up their axes, grab their drum sticks or rock the mic right are in for a treat this weekend with a trio of hit pop artists in the Pop 1 Track Pack for the Guitar Hero Music Library that will have these budding musicians rocking out with all their friends to Lady Gaga's club anthem, "Just Dance," Maroon 5's hit single, "This Love" and the Synthpop hit, "Fireflies," by Owl City.
The Guitar Hero Pop 1 Track Pack will be available on Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft for 440 Microsoft Points, on the PlayStation®Store for the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system for $5.49 and for Wii™ for 550 Wii Points™. All songs in the track pack will also be released as downloadable singles for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft for 160 Microsoft Points, PLAYSTATION 3 system for $1.99 and Wii for 200 Wii Points each.
Pop 1 Track Pack Contains
- Just Dance by Lady Gaga
- This Love by Maroon 5
- Fireflies by Owl City
All songs in are also available as downloadable singles on PS3 and Wii.
Hulu is an online video service that offers HD movies, tv shows and clips in the US and is now expanding its service to Xbox 360 and the PS3 with Hulu Plus. Hulu plus provides high definition content for a monthly fee of $9.99. Hulu Plus will be available for US Xbox LIVE Gold Members only.
We are happy to announce that Hulu will be coming to Xbox LIVE as part of their Hulu Plus experience. In the announcement today, Hulu announced a preview of their Plus service, along with a series of partners of which Xbox LIVE is one of them. We’re working hard on creating customized experience for Xbox LIVE members, which means that Hulu Plus will be coming to Xbox 360 in early 2011. We are taking the time to ensure that the Hulu Plus experience for Xbox 360 is the best on TV and like our other entertainment experiences it will not be a port, but rather a custom experience that leverages the Xbox LIVE community features.
About Hulu Plus
Hulu Plus is not a replacement for Hulu.com. Hulu Plus is a new, revolutionary ad-supported subscription product that is incremental and complementary to the existing Hulu service. For almost all of the current broadcast shows on our service, Hulu Plus offers the full season. Every single episode of the current season will be available, not just a handful of trailing episodes. Now there’s never a bad time to jump in on a hot new show like Modern Family (which I recommend highly). From Family Guy to Glee, from The Office to 30 Rock, from Grey’s Anatomy to Desperate Housewives, from Parks & Recreation to Parenthood, from House to Saturday Night Live, and dozens of other hits, the best time to jump in on any series is any time, and with any episode, that’s right for you.
As a Hulu Plus subscriber, you’ll now also have access to back seasons or full runs of some of TV’s greatest shows. All nine seasons of The X-Files. All three seasons of Arrested Development. Ten seasons of Law and Order: SVU. All five seasons of Ally McBeal. Seven seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and three seasons of Roswell. Every episode ever of Grey’s Anatomy and Desperate Housewives. Classic skits from the first five and most recent five seasons of Saturday Night Live. The list goes on. This is all on top of hundreds of shows already on Hulu.com today. It’s a treasure chest in the cloud for TV lovers.
How can someone watch all these TV shows? The only possible way is if someone could pull up these shows wherever they were, on whatever device they happened to have available. That’s why we’re excited to announce that Hulu Plus subscribers can now watch their favorites through more than just the browser on their Mac or PC.
Hulu Plus will be available for US Xbox LIVE Gold Members only.
This week Xbox LIVE Gold subscribers have 6 XBLA games to choose from and save during the Xbox LIVE Deal of the Week. This weeks discounted content includes: Defense Grid, The Misadventures of P. B. Winterbottom, Rocket Riot, Darwinia+, Chime, and Poker Smash.
As an Xbox LIVE Gold member, you get an Exclusive Gold Only Discount on a piece of content each week. It could be your favorite arcade game, a classic Xbox original, or even that map pack or that new song you have been looking to buy. With your favorite content going on sale each week just imagine how much you can save!
If you're already a Gold member, grab this week’s deal right here, right now.
Defense Grid (400 MS Points)
Defense Grid: The Awakening™ is the definitive tower defense game experience designed specifically for Xbox LIVE Arcade. This action-strategy game is created by the lead designer of Age of Empires II and uses the same Gamebryo engine as used in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and Civilization IV. With an involved storyline and 20 levels of game play, Defense Grid™ finally brings compelling tower defense game play to the Xbox 360 this summer.
Place your defenses in this hi-tech tower defense game, now 50% off for Gold members.
The Misadventures of P. B. Winterbottom (400 MS Points)
Create your own paradox … for the love of pie. Enter a macabre and comical silent world filled with mischief, time travel and delicious pie in The Misadventures of P. B. Winterbottom. Record yourself and harness your time-bending abilities to cooperate, compete against, and disrupt your past, present, and future selves. Winterbottom’s debut misadventures present a whimsical spin on the notions of time, space, and play. Join Winterbottom as he travels through over 75 “movie” levels, causing mischief and mayhem in pursuit of the mysterious and elusive Chronoberry Pie on his spectacular journey through space-time.
Create your own paradox for the love of pie at 50% off for Gold members, only 400 points.
Rocket Riot (400 MS Points)
Strap on your bazooka soldier, and get ready for the awesome action-packed side-view shooter Rocket Riot™. In this highly stylized eight-bit era style game, blast your way through the environment against enemies or multiplayer foes online. Navigate through a completely destructible environment, uncover special power-ups, or even burrow into different areas of the map. The map regenerates, keeping the action fast-paced, but time doesn't heal all wounds.
Strap on your bazooka in this stylized side-view shooter, now half off for Gold members.
Darwinia+ (800 MS Points)
Over thousands of generations the peaceful Darwinians have been evolving in a beautiful digital world, but now their whole way of life is under threat from a devastating computer virus that has infected their world and decimated their numbers. Without your protection they don't stand a chance, and it’s up to you to lead them into battle to recapture their lost world in Darwinia+! Once you've proven your command ability, take your Darwinian army online and challenge your friends to strategic combat, as tribes of Darwinians slaughter one another in a desperate struggle for supremacy.
Lead the peaceful Darwinians into battle to reclaim their lost world, 50% off for Gold members.
Poker Smash (400 MS Points)
Poker Smash™ is an action-packed puzzle game with a poker twist. Poker Smash expands on the traditional match-three puzzle mechanic with elements of one of the world's most popular card games: poker. Make vertical and horizontal matches by forming poker hands, and play in seven different game modes, including multiplayer. Fast and fluid controls paired with radical features such as super-slow motion and card-blasting bombs make this game a whole new puzzle experience!
This action-packed puzzle game with a poker twist is now 50% off for Gold members.
Chime (240 MS Points)
Chime is a unique block puzzle game fused with music creation elements and contributions from a number of famous musicians. Me: unique, compelling, creative and demanding. You: quick-witted and open-minded with sharp reactions and a deep love of music. Let’s get together and play something beautiful. Featuring music by Moby, Paul Hartnoll (Orbital), Philip Glass, Fred Deakin (Lemon Jelly) and Markus Schulz. No less than 60% of the purchase price of Chime will go to charity.
Place blocks against the clock for only 240 points, a 40% discount for Gold members.
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Microsoft have announced via twitter that you can now drop in to one of the following participating Microsoft Stores and try Kinect.
From the official tweet "Can’t wait to play Kinect? Try it at Microsoft Stores nationwide! No store in your area? You can pre-order online!"
If you live in one of the areas listed below you can drop into the store and try it out.
- Scottsdale, AZ
- Mission Viejo, CA
- San Diego, CA
- Long Tree, CO
Duke Nukem is back in "Duke Nukem Manhattan Project" for the Xbox 360. This is the second release via Xbox LIVE Arcade this week, and is now available to download for 800 MSP. The game weighs in at 247 MB and is available in All Xbox LIVE regions except Asia.
Content: Duke Nukem Manhattan Project Price: 800 Microsoft Points Availability: All Xbox LIVE regions except those in Asia Dash Text: Duke Nukem is back! New York City is being overrun by a mutant menace and it’s time to de-worm the Big Apple. This explosive 3D action game features Duke Nukem defending the city that never sleeps, and its babes, from the evil Mech Morphix across 24 levels from Chinatown to Space. A super-sized collection of weapons, enemies and bosses await. As Duke would say, “Babes, Bullets, Bombs. I love this job!”
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