Xbox Live Sale

There is a sale on the Xbox Dashboard for select Arcade Titles,Game Add-ons and Avatar Items.

"Casual Arcade Games":
Yu Gi Oh! 5D's Decade Duels - 400 pts
A Kingdom for Keflings - 400 pts
Crazy Taxi - 400 pts
3D Ultra MiniGolf 2 - 400 pts
Costume Quest - 600 pts
Monkey Island 2: Special Edition - 400 pts
Faery: Legend of Avalon - 600 pts
Gyromancer - 400 pts

"Core Arcade Games":
DOOM II - 400 pts
Quake Areana Arcade - 800 pts
Zeit 2 - 400 pts
After Burner Climax - 400 pts
Alien Breed Evolution - 400 pts
Alien Breed 2: Assult - 400 pts
Darwini+ - 400 pts
Defese Grid - 400 pts
Unbound Saga - 160 pts

"Awesome Add-Ons":
Red Dead Redemption Undead Nightmare Bundle: 1000pts
Red Dead Redemption Undead Nightmare pack: 400pts
Halo Wars Historical Battles: 400pts
Halo Wars Strategic Options: 400pts
3D Ultra Minigolf 2 Fairy Tales: 120pts
Mirror's Edge Pure Time Trials: 400pts

"Avatar Discounts":
Break Dancing - 160pts
Ninjas Black Horned Samurai Outfit - 120pts
Fantasy Pets Minotaur companion - 120pts

Check out the dashboard for more details.

Halo Reach MM Playlist Update Incoming Today

A Huge Playlist Update for Halo Reach is deploying today.

Multiplayer:

 Playlists:

Multi Team: As far as major playlist changes, the most notable is Multi Team which now features 4 teams of 3 instead of 6 teams of 2. Since Rocket Race doesn’t work with teams of 3, we’re upgrading you to Rocket Hog Race! We’ve also added 3 Ball to the lineup to replace the regular Oddball gametype.

Team SWAT: New gametype offerings are now available in the Team SWAT playlist. New gametypes include Oddball, Stockpile and 3 Plots.
Grifball: The Grifball playlist is returning for an extended stay as a Community playlist. We’ve updated to the latest gametypes and maps, as well as added the new maps Pinwheel and Oracle’s Revenge.
Community Slayer: The second round of Community Slayer is coming and with it comes 14 maps (10 new!) built by members of our very own Bungie community. Similar to the previous run, we’ll keep this playlist active for a couple weeks. Play, vote and let us know which your favorite Community maps are in the Optimatch forum!

Gametypes:

Bro Slayer: This new gametype consists of Team Slayer with co-op style spawning, featured on a variety of maps in Team Slayer, Big Team Battle and Noble Map Pack. Similar to Invasion spawning you can cycle through teammates or choose from your backfield spawns, but watch out for backfield spawn campers!

Invasion Skirmish: Think of Invasion Slayer, with no vehicles and after capturing drop zones you get instant weapon drops that alternate between Spartan and Covenant regardless of who caps the zone. You’ll still experience loadout and weapon drop progression as each tier advances. Three flavors will be available including Invasion Skirmish (SvE), Spartan Skirmish (SvS) and Elite Skirmish (EvE). These gametypes will be available on a variety of maps in the Invasion and Noble Map Pack playlists. Spartan Skirmish on Anchor 9 is my favorite, check them out and tell us what you think!

Assault: Players may no longer disarm bombs while their Armor Lock equipment is activated, this affects all Assault gametypes as well as Invasion gametypes with an Assault phase.

Maps:

* The new map variant “Uncaged” is being added alongside The Cage in the Team Slayer playlist.
* The following maps have been updated to support Bro Slayer gametypes, make sure to download the latest version after playing in matchmaking to take advantage of the changes:

o Anchor 9 o Unanchored o Sword Base o Boardwalk o Powerhouse o Countdown o Tempest o Breakpoint o Paradiso o Hemorrhage o Atom o Boneyard o Spire

* The following maps have been updated to support Invasion Skirmish gametypes, make sure to download the latest version after playing in matchmaking to take advantage of the changes:

o Countdown
o Boardwalk
o Powerhouse
o Atom
o Anchor 9
o Unanchored

Firefight:

-Firefight Playlist Removed
-Firefight Limited Brought Back
-Firefight Arcade Brought Back 

Score Attack:
But that’s not all. We’re also making some big additions to Score Attack. We’re filling out the playlist with a whopping 10 different gametypes. Some are takes on existing ideas, but others are community inspired concoctions. Of course this means the leaderboards are going to get reset, but you probably guessed that was coming. Below is the list of all the gametypes:

Score Attack: 5 second respawns, enable IWHBYD Skull.

2X Score Attack: Based on Score Attack, 5 second respawns, Weapon Drops and Hazards enabled, 2x Overshield, 200% Damage and Melee Modifier, 2 each grenade count, Boss Wave is Elite Spec Ops, Grunt B-Day, Cowbell, enable IWHBYD Skull, Update Loadouts so Grenades are set to Unchanged.

Gruntpocalypse: 5 second respawns, Weapon Drops enabled, enable IWHBYD Skull.

Skirmigeddon: Based on Gruntpocalypse, 5 second respawns, every wave is Skirmishers, added evade and hologram, enable IWHBYD Skull.

Sniper Attack: Hazards enabled, 5 second respawns, Updated Loadouts to include Sprint and Evade, 2x each grenade count, enable IWHBYD Skull.

Rocket Attack: Based on Sniper Attack, Hazards enabled, 5 second respawns, Rocket and Magnum starts, 2x each grenade count, update Boss Wave to be Hunter Kill Team, enabled Cowbell Skull.

FRG Attack: Based on Sniper Attack, Hazards enabled, 5 second respawns, FRG and Needler secondary, 2x each grenade count, enable Cowbell Skull.

Crashsite: Melee Modifier also 200%, enable IWHBYD Skull.

Mythic Attack: 5 second respawns, enable IWHBYD Skull.

Fiesta Attack: Based on 2X Score Attack, 5 second respawns, Random Primary and Secondary weapons, enable IWHBYD Skull."
 

Playlist Updates usually go live between 10am PST and Noon PST.

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Upcoming Xbox Marketplace Content

Want to know whats coming up on the Xbox LIVE marketplace? Check out below:

  Xbox LIVE Deal of the Week :
Week of February 7 – Retro Shooter:
Duke Nukem Manhattan Project, 400 Microsoft Points (50 percent off)
Space Invaders Infinity Gene, 400 Microsoft Points (50 percent off)
Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2, 400 Microsoft Points (50 percent off)
Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter, 400 Microsoft Points (67 percent off)
Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter, 400 Microsoft Points
Galaga Legions, 400 Microsoft Points (50 percent off)

Week of February 14:
Blacklight: Tango Down, 600 Microsoft Points (50 percent off)
Risk Factions, 400 Microsoft Points (50 percent off)


Xbox LIVE Avatar Marketplace:
February 16: Hard Corps: Uprising collection
February 16: Beyond Good & Evil HD collection
February 16: Full House Poker collection
February 16: Bejeweled Blitz LIVE collection
February 16: Torchlight collection
Xbox LIVE Game Add-ons: February 8: Mass Effect 2 Alternate Appearance Pack 2, 160 Microsoft Points
February 8: The Biggest Loser: Ultimate Workout Pilates, 400 Microsoft Points
February 15: Marvel Super Hero Squad Thanos Throwdown, 400 Microsoft Points
Xbox LIVE Arcade:
February 9: TNT Racers, 800 Microsoft Points and available worldwide
February 9: Stacking, 1200 Microsoft Points and available worldwide (except Japan)
Xbox 360 Games on Demand
February 8: Darksiders
February 8: Mini Ninjas
February 15: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
February 15: Rapala Tournament Fishing!
February 15: Aliens vs. Predator

Thanks Major Nelson.

DLC Daily Wrap up

I will post some DLC and Indie Games that have been posted today, here. I may miss a day or a week. This may not be everything that has been released today.

Indie Game: Burning Fist of Rage

Arcade: Magic: The Gathering
-Hands of Flame
-Eyes of Shadow
-Ears of the Elves
-Cries of Rage
-Thoughts of the Wind

Demo: Iron man 2

Arcade: Rocket Knights

Arcade: Things on Wheels