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Demo: STEEL BATTALION HEAVY ARMOR DEMO

Content: STEEL BATTALION HEAVY ARMOR DEMO
Price: Free
Availability: Check availability in your Xbox LIVE Region
Dash Text: This all-new game revives the fan-favorite Steel Battalion series! Microsoft has joined forces with Capcom and From Software to bring you this groundbreaking collaborative project to the Xbox 360. Manhattan, 2082. In a world where computers and almost all modern technology has been lost, the greatest nations of the world continue to battle for hegemony. The American army lands in New York to begin it’s first big offensive of a long ground war. Soldiers fire from the trenches as scorched bunkers belch black smoke. As comrades continually fall to the unrelenting crossfire of bullets, the Vertical Tanks make their laborious advance… Experience the battlefield as never before with Kinect! This is what gamers have been waiting for!

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May 24th 2012 at 7:22 am | Demo, Marketplace | No comments

Sega Vintage Collection: Alex Kidd & Co and Monster World

Content: Sega Vintage Collection: Alex Kidd & Co.
Price: 800 Microsoft Points
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Dash Text: Experience a blast from past with this collection of classic Sega titles! Save kingdoms, shatter time trials, and destroy evil in Alex Kidd in Miracle World, Super Hang-on, and The Revenge of Shinobi! Now available on Xbox LIVE, Alex Kidd & Company have been updated with all new achievements, challenging new trial modes, and other goodies like recordable and downloadable game sessions, 3D mode in Super Hang-on, in game juke boxes, and the original Japanese dialogue!

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Content: Sega Vintage Collection: Monster World
Price: 800 Microsoft Points
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Dash Text: Bring peace back to Monster World in these three classic action RPG titles: Wonder Boy in Monster Land, Wonder Boy in Monster World, and for the first time outside of Japan, Monster World IV! Now available for download on Xbox LIVE, the Monster World saga features all new achievements, challenging new trial modes, Xbox LIVE Leaderboards, and recordable and downloadable game sessions!

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May 23rd 2012 at 6:44 am | Arcade, Marketplace | 14 comments

Arcade: Joy Ride Turbo

Content: Joy Ride Turbo
Price: 800 Microsoft Points
Availability: Check availability in your Xbox LIVE region
Dash Text: (Online Interactions Not Rated by the ESRB) From the Kinect Joy Ride creators comes Joy Ride Turbo, a controller-based arcade racer delivering precision handling and crazy stunts with more thrills, speed, & mayhem! In the new Stunt Park, you’re free to show off! There’s no limit to the whacky tour de force you achieve with friends. It’s a vibrant playground for your car – jump off cliffs, shoot from a cannon, & more. Plus, explore and find collectibles that unlock cars – giving you an edge for faster races and death-defying tricks. Race new tracks, old favorites and 3 modes of play: Battle Race, Pro Race & Time Trial. Challenge family & friends to local 4-player split-screen or race up to 8 on Xbox LIVE. With Joy Ride Turbo, everyone’s in the driver’s seat in this madcap kart racer.

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May 23rd 2012 at 5:58 am | Arcade, Marketplace | 28 comments

Call of Duty: MW3 Collection 2 Now Available

Today, the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Content Collection #2 is now available for download from Xbox LIVE. The four Multiplayer maps and two special ops missions, that previously were only available to Call of Duty Elite Premium Members, can now be purchased for download.

Content: Collection 2
Price: 1200 Microsoft Points
Availability: Check availability in your Xbox LIVE region
Dash Text: Modern Warfare® 3’s second “Collection” deploys with 3 Multiplayer/Survival Mode Maps, 2 Special Ops Missions, and 2 all-new “Face Off” maps. Totally new to the franchise, these super-concentrated hot spots distill all the fury of Multiplayer into a whole new breed of close combat. Scoping the Mediterranean, Hamburg, a sprawling vacation resort and even the Scottish Islands, players hungry for action will have no shortage of venues to test their Multiplayer and Special Ops skills. After this download is complete, please download the accompanying Collection 2 maps from the in-game STORE option in the MULTIPLAYER menu.

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You’ll need a copy of Call of Duty: MW3 to use this content

May 22nd 2012 at 3:56 am | COD, Game Add-on, Marketplace | 5 comments

Arcade: Dragon’s Lair

Content: Dragon’s Lair
Price: 800 Microsoft Points
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Dash Text: Dragon’s Lair, one of the most beloved arcade games of all time can now be enjoyed from the comfort of your couch. This fully arcade authentic version is fully playable with Kinect or the Xbox 360 controller so you can really show how well you wield Dirk’s sword. Included with this ultimate edition are bonus Avatar items, Gamerpics and even a full watch feature to sit back and enjoy Don Bluth’s stunning animation. In Dragon’s Lair, you play the heroic Dirk the Daring, a valiant knight on a quest to rescue the fair princess from the clutches of an evil dragon! Find your way through the castle of a dark wizard, who has enchanted it with treacherous monsters and obstacles. Lead on adventurer. Your quest awaits!

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Note: You can use a Kinect sensor or a controller to play this game

May 18th 2012 at 5:57 am | Arcade, Marketplace | 22 comments

Arcade: Sonic The Hedgehog 4 Episode II

Content: Sonic The Hedgehog 4 Episode II
Price: 1200 Microsoft Points
Availability: Check availability in your Xbox LIVE region
Dash Text: The Sonic 4 Saga continues in Episode II with the return of a beloved side kick and fan-favorite villains! Following the events of Episode I, Metal Sonic has returned to form an alliance with Dr. Eggman! To face this new evil, Sonic will have to call upon an old friend to help him save the day! Now joined by Tails, race across four new Zones and take down fearsome new badniks with deadly combination moves in order to put an end to this dastardly duo’s plans! Experience the Sonic 4 saga as never before with the addition of a brand new engine; bringing you gameplay with updated physics and zones in stunning HD graphics! Also new to Episode II is the addition of online/local collaborative play where players can team up with a friend to take control of Sonic and Tails as they battle against Dr. Eggman! BONUS! Owners of both Episode I & Episode II will unlock Episode Metal! Play as Sonic’s greatest rival in this exclusive zone and experience the untold story behind Metal Sonic’s revival!

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May 16th 2012 at 6:00 am | Arcade, Marketplace | 15 comments

Content coming soon to the Xbox LIVE Marketplace

Here is a look at some of the upcoming content scheduled for the Xbox LIVE Marketplace.*

See the blog post I’ll make for many of these for pricing and/or regional availability and follow me on Twitter for updates.

*As with all game related releases, dates, prices and availability are subject to change and vary by region

Update: Corrected the Forza Porsche Pack

May 15th 2012 at 6:00 am | Avatar Marketplace, Deal, Game Add-on, Marketplace | 78 comments

Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition Breaks Digital Sales Records *UPDATED*

It’s official: Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition has has broken all previous Xbox LIVE Arcade digital sales records, selling more than any other title in the first 24 hours on Xbox LIVE Arcade. I just looked at the leaderboards and there are over 400,000 people playing…so that will give you an idea at how well it is doing.

Congrats to 4J Studios, Mojang  and Microsoft Studios for all the great work.

Update Monday, May 14th: In less than one week on the market, Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition has sold more than 1,000,000 units globally .

A few other fun facts about Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition that I though you’d like:

• Total Online Hours: 5.2M
• Multiplayer sessions: 4M
• Total Multiplayer gaming hours: 2.4M

May 10th 2012 at 12:36 pm | Arcade, Marketplace | 77 comments

Arcade: Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition

Content: Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition
Price: 1600 Microsoft Points
Availability: Check availability in your Xbox LIVE Region
Dash Text: (Online Interactions Not Rated by the ESRB) Imagine it, build it! Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition lets you create worlds from the comfort of your sofa. Play alone or play with your friends. Explore, build and conquer! At night monsters come out, so make sure to build a shelter before that happens. After that, your world is your imagination. Turn your hours into minutes with Minecraft!

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May 9th 2012 at 6:00 am | Arcade, Marketplace | 86 comments

Demo: Spec Ops: The Line

Content: Spec Ops: The Line Demo
Price: Free
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Dash Text: The demo begins with a Delta Force recon team, led by Captain Martin Walker, infiltrating Dubai six months after a cataclysmic sandstorm destroyed the city and left it buried in ruin. Chaos ensues as Delta is pulled into the middle of a civil war. Walker and his team must fight their way through the unpredictable war-torn city to find the man at the heart of its madness – Colonel John Konrad.

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May 8th 2012 at 6:12 am | Demo, Marketplace | 5 comments

Win It Before You Can Buy it: Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition

The highly anticipated title Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition comes to Xbox LIVE Arcade this Wednesday and I have your chance to win a copy first and free. All you need to do is leave a comment below (Sign in using your Twitter account – OR leave your twitter user name in the comments) and let me know what you are looking forward to building in Minecraft. THEN be sure you are following me on Twitter. (Click the button below to be sure)

Follow @majornelson

After 6p ET/3p PT on Tuesday, May 8th I’ll randomly choose 10 Winners and DM them a code for a free copy of Minecraft:Xbox 360 Edition that you can download and play immediately before it goes on sale Wednesday morning.

That’s it. Pretty simple. Good luck!

TL;DR
Comment below (not on Twitter) with what you want to build in Minecraft
(Use your Twitter account + be sure to follow me on Twitter)
(Maybe win and) Play Minecraft:Xbox 360 Edition before everyone else
Watch your friends be jealous

May 7th 2012 at 8:22 pm | Arcade, Marketplace | 3,991 comments

Demo: Kinect Star Wars

Content: Kinect Star Wars
Price: Free
Availability: Check availability in your Xbox LIVE region
Dash Text: Step into Star Wars and experience a new galaxy of physical gameplay. Pilot a starfighter, race speeder bikes and even become the ultimate Jedi. Stomp, roar, grab and throw Stormtroopers as a powerful Rancor Monster, or speed past rivals to become a Podracing champion. Even dance for your life as you entertain Jabba the Hutt and other characters, and enjoy more adventures by yourself or with friends.

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Note: You’ll need a Kinect sensor to play this demo

May 7th 2012 at 6:22 am | Demo, Marketplace | 13 comments

Arcade: Awesomenauts

Content: Awesomenauts
Price: 800 Microsoft Points
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Dash Text: It’s the year 3587; conflict spans the stars. Huge robot armies are locked in an enduring stalemate. In their bid for galactic conquest they call upon the most powerful group of mercenaries in the universe: the Awesomenauts! Play as one of several Awesomenauts and storm the online arenas alone or with friends. Each Awesomenaut can be upgraded with their own unique items to suit different strategies. Expect new items and Awesomenauts to be added regularly! You like Awesomenauts? Also check out TNT Racers and Crazy Machines Elements.

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May 2nd 2012 at 6:11 am | Arcade, Marketplace | 31 comments

Arcade: Fable Heroes

Content: Fable Heroes
Price: 800 Microsoft Points
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Dash Text: (Online Interactions Not Rated by the ESRB) Fable Heroes is a fresh spin on the beloved Fable franchise in which up to four players play both cooperatively and competitively in this hack-and-slash adventure. Work together as heroes of Albion to defeat familiar foes and new enemies while collecting as many gold coins as possible to unlock upgrades, characters, and items in both this game and Fable: The Journey for Xbox 360.

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May 2nd 2012 at 6:00 am | Arcade, Marketplace | 12 comments

Demo: DiRT Showdown

Content: DiRT Showdown Demo
Price: Free
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Dash Text: (Online Interactions Not Rated by the ESRB) Welcome to the DiRT Showdown demo! Experience full-impact confrontational racing in the 8 Ball event in San Francisco. Boost and barge your way to the finish but watch out for your opponents on the brutal cross-overs. Challenge a friend to play online and unlock the multiplayer Rampage event to satisfy your appetite for destruction in a chaotic demolition derby!

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May 1st 2012 at 6:20 am | Demo, Marketplace | 10 comments

Content coming soon to the Xbox LIVE Marketplace

Here is a look at some of the upcoming content scheduled for the Xbox LIVE Marketplace.*

See the blog post I’ll make for many of these for pricing and/or regional availability and follow me on Twitter for updates.

*As with all game related releases, dates, prices and availability are subject to change and vary by region

Update: The Wolfenstein collection data has changed. I have updated the table above to accordingly.

May 1st 2012 at 6:00 am | Arcade, Deal, Game Add-on, Marketplace, Xbox 360 Games On Demand | 73 comments

Arcade: The Walking Dead

Content: The Walking Dead
Price: 400 Microsoft Points
Availability: Check availability in your Xbox LIVE region
Dash Text: Episode one of a five-part game series set in the same universe as Robert Kirkman’s award-winning series. Play as Lee Everett, a convicted criminal, who has been given a second chance at life in a world devastated by the undead. Experience events, meet people and visit locations that foreshadow the story of Deputy Sheriff Rick Grimes. A tailored game experience – actions, choices and decisions you make will affect how your story plays out across the entire series. Additional episodes available as downloadable content.

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April 27th 2012 at 6:00 am | Arcade, Marketplace | 45 comments

Arcade: Bloodforge

Content: Bloodforge
Price: 1200 Microsoft Points
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Dash Text: With a brutal combat system, stunning art style, and a deeply compelling story, Bloodforge empowers you to slaughter hordes of demonic soldiers, deformed worshippers, and the gods themselves, using ferocious Rage Kills, devastating Rune attacks, and furious Weapon Combos. Help seal Crom’s fate – and the fate of the rest of the world – in this dark, visceral story of revenge, betrayal, and destiny.

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April 25th 2012 at 6:00 am | Arcade, Marketplace | 25 comments

Arcade: Deep Black – Episode 1

Content: Deep Black – Episode 1
Price: 800 Microsoft Points
Availability: Check availability in your Xbox LIVE region
Dash Text: A Sci-fi project featuring detailed, action-packed underwater combat which will introduce a new trend in the TPS genre. An Exciting game play that features the dynamic use of both environments for combats: land and underwater. An original multiplayer mode with underwater battles that offer the player a totally different and new experience! Players will descend the murky depths in pursuit of enemies armed with a selection of underwater equipment that range from a specialized suit with jet pack and integrated harpoon as well as other high tech equipment. With the majority of the game play taking place below the water’s surface, action-adventure fans will need to master new skills to fight hostile enemies and to infiltrate enemy bases. The story line takes place in the nearest future in a world of unsteadiness, chaos, espionage, terrorism and the desperate fight for world supremacy and possession of sophisticated biological weapon.

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April 25th 2012 at 5:48 am | Arcade, Marketplace | 23 comments

Demo: Dragon’s Dogma

Content: Dragon’s Dogma Demo
Price: Free
Availability: Check availability in your Xbox LIVE region
Dash Text: Whet your appetite with a taste of the high fantasy, open world action that Dragon’s Dogma has to offer in this demo. Battle as an Arisen of the past or rid the countryside of a fearsome magickal beast — the choice is yours. Use the robust character creation tool to customize your Arisen and main pawn, play them in the Countryside Quest now, and import them into the full game later. From height to hairstyle, eye color to nose shape, mold your heroes as you see fit.

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April 24th 2012 at 6:26 am | Demo, Marketplace | 22 comments