The guys over at Xbox 360 Rally have done a fantastic job and gone to all the effort of writing up a Complete List of FREE Xbox 360 Live Marketplace Downloads..
Kudo's must go to the guys for putting in such a great effort..
Please remember that this is a US-based list! If you live in, say, Canada or the EU and see items on here that are region specific.
The Xbox LIVE Marketplace is a true cornucopia of stuff. Whether it be classic arcade games like Paperboy, Time Pilot and Contra, or downloadable content for your favorite games, like Santa Claus outfits for Saints Row and expansions for Oblivion, Xbox LIVE is chock full o’ stuff for just about everyone. If you have the MS Points, you can open the door to all the world’s delight and joy.
But what if you’re broke? Are you just left outside in the snow, to stare in the window from behind the bushes to see all the joyous boys and girls playing with their horse armor and their extra Crackdown skins? Of course not! There’s stuff for you, too, cheap ass!
In fact, there is a LOT of free stuff for you. Whether it be extra content for your favorite game, or the most worthless of things (*coughgamerpicscough*), there is a surprisingly large amount of free stuff for your downloading delight on Xbox LIVE.
Best buy has reduced pricing for Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas, and Chromehounds.
It was brought to my attention that best buy online’s store has slashed the pricing of both of these games. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas by one third, and Chromehounds by two thirds.
Retail you pay $59.99 USD for Rainbow six, best buy is selling for $39.99 USD.
As far as Chrome hounds go, retail for Chrome hounds is 59.99, but has bee as low as 29.99. But best buy’s list price is just 19.99, perhaps from the lack luster scoring of the game.
If you dislike purchasing online, or are impatient you can look for them at your local best buy.
Those wondering if EA's behemoth could remove Halo 2 as the all time top game, you can quit worrying now as Halo 2 is still the most played game on Xbox Live. Texas Hold'em is not only the top XBLA game, but as you can see it also placed on the top 10 Overall Xbox 360 titles.
Speaking at its GameFest event in Seattle, Microsoft has talked candidly about its Xbox Live service, specifically the Xbox Live Marketplace, which makes both free and premium content available for download for Xbox 360 users, and has been a notable success since launch.
Specifically, Microsoft's Marketplace Business Manager Rohan Oommen sketched out a detailed GameFest presentation on the Marketplace, which covered what has been accomplished since the service went live in November 2005 with the launch of the Xbox 360, as well as where Microsoft envisions it heading in the months to come.
According to an analyst report by Wedbush Morgan's Michael Pachter, the NPD has officially released its North American game sales figures for July 2006, showing the market up 22% to $386 million.
The analyst had originally predicted a market of $365 million, up 15% compared to last year, but North American sales outstripped even his positive outlook, as handheld and particularly Nintendo DS titles took off, following the launch of the DS Lite.
However, the chart itself was led by Electronic Arts' NCAA Football, which gained three of the four top spots if separating out by SKU, with Nintendo's New Super Mario Bros for DS also a major seller for the month, and some surprisingly high entries for Xbox 360 title including Chromehounds, Prey, and Battle For Middle-Earth II.
Gamers can upload, download and share GameFace 360 faceplate designs that feature pictures, drawings, photos or their own creations with thousands of users on the Nyko GameFace 360 Community site.
The new site promotes countless trading options for Nyko's popular GameFace 360 product available for Microsoft's latest console. Users can upload a new Xbox 360 faceplate design to the site, download faceplates created by others or send their favorite designs to a friend. The free site gives Xbox 360 owners endless options, allowing them to browse through hundreds of faceplate designs hosted on the GameFace 360 Community site. Nyko plans to sponsor regular GameFace 360 design contests with webmasters, editors and message board moderators, assuring that there will never be a shortage of artistic expression on the site.
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