Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 is now available for direct download from Xbox LIVE. To celebrate, the price for the next week will be $ 39.99. Grab it now to take advantage of the special price.
Congratulations to the team at Red Lynx for the great work on Trials Evolution which has set a record for the highest grossing day-one sales in Xbox LIVE Arcade history.
Have you tried the game yet? If not…what are you waiting for?
Content: Trials Evolution
Price: 1200 Microsoft Points
Availability: Check availability in your Xbox LIVE region
Dash Text: (Online Interactions Not Rated by the ESRB) It’s survival of the fastest with Trials Evolution! Your favorite physics-based motorcycle racer is back in a brilliant new outdoor setting. Ride in real-time multiplayer with 2-4 players, either locally or through Xbox LIVE. Enjoy a deep, rich single player career with 50 brilliant tracks, challenging unlocks, and tricky achievements. A massive, powerful track editor lets you build the track of your dreams and easily share it with the world. Or simply download top-rated tracks from around the world, using the all-new Track Central. Customize your bike and rider with awesome gear and unique parts, enjoy unique skill games, try ghost racing, beat your Friends’ scores, and more! Don’t miss the madness!
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.
| Xbox LIVE Arcade | Release Date | MS Points |
| Trials Evolution | 18-Apr | 1200 |
| Bloodforge | 25-Apr | 1200 |
| Deep Black: Episode 1 | 25-Apr | 800 |
| Game Add-ons | Release Date | MS Points |
| Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning – Teeth of Naros | 17-Apr | 800 |
| UEFA EURO 2012 | 24-Apr | 1800 |
| Deal of the Week | Discount Dates | Price |
| LEGO | April 17 – 23 | |
| LEGO Batman | 25% off | |
| LEGO Indiana Jones | 25% off | |
| LEGO Star Wars Complete Saga | 25% off | |
| LEGO Harry Potter Wand | 300 (25% off) | |
| NBA Playoffs | April 24 – 30 | |
| NBA Jam: On fire | 800 (33% off) | |
| NBA Avatar Collection "Buzzer Beater" | 80 (50% off) | |
| Games on Demand | Release Date | |
| KINECT Joy Ride | 17-Apr | |
| Cabela’s Big Game Hunter 2012 | 17-Apr | |
| NHL 12 | 17-Apr | |
| X-Blades | 17-Apr | |
| Dead Rising 2 – Off the Record | 24-Apr | |
| Avatar | Release Date | |
| Halo Universe collection updated | 17-Apr | |
| Bloodforge | 17-Apr | |
| Max Payne 3 collection updated | 17-Apr | |
| The Witcher 2 | 17-Apr | North America only |
| The Witcher 2 | 17-Apr | APAC/EMEA/Brazil |
| Ninjas collection update | 24-Apr | |
| Fable Heroes | 24-Apr | |
| Prototype 2 | 24-Apr | |
| Darksiders II | 24-Apr | |
| Atticus Collection | 24-Apr |
*As with all game related releases, dates, prices and availability are subject to change and vary by region
Content: Fez
Price: 800 Microsoft Points
Availability: Check availability in your Xbox LIVE region
Dash Text: Gomez is a 2D creature living in a 2D world. Or is he? When the existence of a mysterious 3rd dimension is revealed to him, Gomez is sent out on a journey that will take him to the very end of time and space. Use your ability to navigate 3D structures from 4 distinct classic 2D perspectives. Explore a serene and beautiful open-ended world full of secrets, puzzles and hidden treasures. Unearth the mysteries of the past and discover the truth about reality and perception. Change your perspective and look at the world in a different way.
Content: Skullgirls
Price: 1200 Microsoft Points
Availability: Check availability in your Xbox LIVE region
Dash Text: (ONLINE INTERACTIONS NOT RATED BY THE ESRB) Skullgirls is a fast-paced 2-D fighting game that puts you in control of fierce warriors in a Dark Deco world. All-new game systems test the skills of veteran fighting game fans while also making the genre enjoyable and accessible to newcomers. A modern take on classic arcade fighters with a hand-drawn high-definition twist, Skullgirls is a one-of-a-kind, action-packed competition complete with awesome combos and an intriguing backstory.
Content: The Splatters
Price: 800 Microsoft Points
Availability: Check availability in your Xbox LIVE region
Dash Text: The Splatters are acrobatic masters with a unique death wish – to blow themselves up with style! In this award winning action-puzzler, you will unlock and master a variety of stunts and perform spectacular moves to clear out each stage in the most show-stopping way possible. With its fast-paced, splattery liquid physics engine you’ll never play the same way twice. And using Splatter TV, an in-game feature for sharing game clips, you’ll pick up a ton of new moves as you watch the world’s top players perform their jaw-dropping combos. It’s a messy, vibrant show of skill and splattery destruction. Life’s short. DIE WITH STYLE.
Content: World Gone Sour
Price: 400 Microsoft Points
Availability: Check availability in your Xbox LIVE region
Dash Text: Based on the popular Sour Then Sweet® candy Sour Patch Kids®, World Gone Sour takes players on a journey from the perspective of a lost piece of candy finding its way to its ultimate destination – the human stomach. Gamers take on the role of a miniature Sour Patch Kid in a stylized human-sized world, guiding the hero through unique locations such as the sticky floors of a movie theatre and a concession stand counter. Joining forces with fellow lost Sour Patch Kids, players use a combination of jumps, twists and puzzle-solving to overcome larger than life obstacles.
Content: Sniper Elite V2 DEMO
Price: Free
Availability: Check availability in your Xbox LIVE region
Dash Text: You are elite US sniper, Karl Fairburne, sent behind enemy lines into besieged Berlin during the final moments of World War II. You uncover a horrifying plot which threatens to kill millions of civilians throughout Western Europe, and which would irreversibly change history as we now know it. Make every single bullet count or the world dies with you.
Add this free game demo and add it to your Xbox 360 download queue
Content: Anomaly Warzone Earth
Price: 800 Microsoft Points
Availability: Check availability in your Xbox LIVE region
Dash Text: The award-winning Anomaly Warzone Earth comes to Xbox Live Arcade, with loads of exclusive XBLA content! Experience the innovative Tower Offense formula where you are the attacking side. Be captivated by a new approach to strategy designed specifically for gamepad. Take on the role of the Commander whose special abilities are crucial in the quest for victory. Manage your armor squad’s tactics – choose your formation and plot your course. Gather resources for new units and upgrades. Jump into a variety of modes – story campaign and two Squad Assault Modes. Become the strategy master by solving puzzles in Xbox-exclusive Tactical Trials levels. Enjoy extraordinary mixture of strategy and action packaged in great visuals and atmospheric sound!
Content: Diabolical Pitch
Price: Microsoft Points
Availability: Check availability in your Xbox LIVE region
Dash Text: (Online Interactions Not Rated by the ESRB) An unusual, unique and wacky pitching action game is coming to Kinect and the name of the game is Diabolical Pitch. A former pitcher now outfitted with an incredibly powerful bionic arm finds himself in a run-down, dark, and twisted amusement park. The night gets strange and intense quickly as you must use your pitching skills to survive the game of your life. Charge up your diabolical pitch to wipe out all the enemies crowding towards you. Power-ups give your throwing arm insane abilities that will give you the edge against huge mobs of enemies or even the mostfearsome boss. Kinect turns your room into a playing field and your Diabolical Pitch is the main attraction.
Content: Pinball Arcade
Price: 800 Microsoft Token
Availability: Check availability in your Xbox LIVE region
Dash Text: Real pinball for your Xbox 360! The all-time greatest pinball tables from Williams®, Bally®, Stern Pinball™, and Gottlieb® are now together in one game. Every flipper, bumper, sound effect, and display pixel has been painstakingly emulated in astonishing detail. The four table launch collection includes Tales of the Arabian Nights®, Ripley’s Believe It or Not®, Theatre of Magic®, and Black Hole™. Over the next few years, downloadable classics like Monster Bash®, Medieval Madness®, Creature from the Black Lagoon®, Funhouse®, Attack from Mars®, Black Knight®, Space Shuttle®, Pin•Bot®, Circus Voltaire®, Big Shot®, (and many others!) will be added along with online tournaments and additional modes to challenge yourself and compete against your friends. The Pinball Arcade is the most realistic and comprehensive pinball game ever created. Please support us in our efforts to preserve these tables and join the indelible part of Americana that is pinball!
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.
| Xbox LIVE Arcade | Release Date | MS Points |
| Diabolical Pitch | 4-Apr | 800 |
| The Pinball Arcade | 4-Apr | 800 |
| Anomaly: Warzone Earth | 6-Apr | 800 |
| The Splatters | 11-Apr | 800 |
| World Gone Sour | 11-Apr | 400 |
| Fez | 13-Apr | 800 |
| Game Add-ons | Release Date | MS Points |
| Kinect Sports: Season Two Basketball Add-on | 3-Apr | 400 pts |
| Forza Motorsport 4 April Alpinestars Car Pack | 3-Apr | 560 pts |
| Deal of the Week | Discount Dates | Price |
| SNK | April 3 – 9 | |
| King of Fighters 98 | 400 (50% off) | |
| King of Fighters 2002 | 400 (50% off) | |
| King of Fighters Sky Stage | 400 (50% off) | |
| Metal Slug 3 | 400 (50% off) | |
| Metal Slug XX | 600 (50% off) | |
| Trouble Witches | 400 (50% off) | |
| Activision | April 10 – 16 | |
| Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Package | 800 (33% off) | |
| Modern Warfare 2 Resurgence Pack | 800 (33% off) | |
| Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack 1 | 400 (50% off) | |
| Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack 1 Germany Only | 300 (50% off) | |
| Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack 2 | 400 (50% off) | |
| Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack 2 Germany Only | 300 (50% off) | |
| Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack 3 | 400 (50% off) | |
| Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack 3 Germany Only | 300 (50% off) | |
| Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack Bundle | 1200 (40% off) | |
| Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack Bundle Germany Only | 960 (40% off) | |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops RC-XD | 160 (33% off) | |
| Modern Warfare 3 Recon Drone | 160 (33% off) | |
| Special Sales | Discount Dates | Price |
| Max Payne Sale | April 3 – 9 | 33% off |
| Games on Demand | Release Date | |
| FIFA 12 | 3-Apr | |
| Game Party: In Motion | 3-Apr | |
| Kinectimals | 10-Apr | |
| Air Conflicts Secret Wars | 10-Apr | |
| Jurassic Park The Game | 10-Apr | |
| Avatar | Release Date | |
| Sonic 4 Episode 2 | 3-Apr | |
| Kinect Rush | 3-Apr | |
| MLB Update | 3-Apr | |
| adidas Performance 4 Update | 10-Apr | |
| NHL Update | 10-Apr | |
| Most Wanted | 10-Apr |
*As with all game related releases, dates, prices and availability are subject to change and vary by region
Update: Added Anomaly and World Gone Sour in the XBLA section
Content: South Park: Tenorman’s Revenge
Price: 800 Microsoft Points
Availability: Check availability in your Xbox LIVE region
Dash Text: Scott Tenorman is back and he wants revenge! Help Cartman, Kyle, Stan and Kenny take on Tenorman and his army of Ginger robots before they destroy South Park! Suit up as the boys’ superhero alter-egos to track Scott and his evil forces through time and space in this exciting platformer. It’s the ultimate fight to save South Park!
Content: Wrecked Revenge Revisited
Price: 1200 Microsoft Points
Availability: Check availability in your Xbox LIVE region
Dash Text: From the creators of MASHED comes the next evolution of explosive battle racing fun! It’s time to unleash your rivalries again and make a few new ones in the process. Revenge is sweet when it’s a rocket through your rival’s back window! Using weapons or just your kick ass driving skills, unleash your fury, cause absolute carnage, and send your ‘friends’ to a very humiliating defeat!
The newest “Forza Motorsport 4” Car Pack will be available for download starting Tuesday, April 3 on Xbox LIVE Marketplace, adding a new crop of cars for Forza players to collect, drive, and customize. Available for 560 Microsoft Points, the April Alpinestars Car Pack will feature ten amazing rides, including precision-tuned German race cars, rotary engine masterpieces, and classic late-50s American style, as well as a few surprises along the way.
The April Alpinestars Car Pack features the following 10 cars:
Content: Forces of Nature Map Pack
Price: 800 Microsoft Points
Availability: Check availability in your Xbox LIVE region
Dash Text: If you own Gears of War 3 Season Pass DO NOT purchase this content here as you will be charged again. This pack adds five new multiplayer maps, each featuring unique weather conditions: Aftermath (Flooding City), Artillery (Tornado), Cover (Fog), Jacinto (Rainstorm and Imulsion), and Raven Down (Snowstorm). Also included are 250 Achievement Points and four new multiplayer characters; the Savage Hunter, and new variants of Commando Dom, Mechanic Baird, and the Savage Grenadier Elite.
Purchase this game add-on and add it to your Xbox 360 download queue
Spring’s most anticipated Xbox LIVE Arcade games are headed to your living room with “Arcade NEXT” from Microsoft Studios and Xbox LIVE. Beginning April 18, a new downloadable title will launch on Xbox LIVE Arcade from Microsoft Studios every Wednesday, through May 9. Also, starting in April, all new Xbox LIVE Arcade games (like these) will include up to 400 Gamerscore, with up to 30 Achievements available to unlock.
TRIALS EVOLUTION, April 18 for 1200 Microsoft Points
“Trials Evolution” is on every front, the next dimension of the smash-hit, award-winning “Trials HD.” Bust out of the warehouse into an outdoor world of night and day, curved driving lines, and spectacular scenery. Multiplayer comes alive in your living room or on Xbox LIVE. Build your own tracks with the in-game editor or download those of any other player from the new Track Central. Customize your bike and rider with awesome gear and unique parts, enjoy innovative skill games, try ghost racing, beat your friends’ scores and more! Don’t miss the madness!
BLOODFORGE, April 25 for 1200 Microsoft Points
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.
FABLE HEROES, May 2 for 800 Microsoft Points
“Fable Heroes” is an action-packed, hack-and-slash adventure built for Xbox LIVE Arcade. It delivers a fresh spin on the “Fable” franchise with a unique art style and gameplay that takes playful competition to the next level. Whether on the couch or using Xbox LIVE, up to four players work together to defeat enemies while also competing with one another to collect gold coins and level up. Precious gold collected in Fable Heroes can be imported into the forthcoming Kinect title, Fable: The Journey, providing players with a valuable head start from day one.
MINECRAFT: XBOX 360 EDITION, May 9 for 1600 Microsoft Points
The infinite possibilities in “Minecraft” just got bigger. “Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition” brings the global phenomenon to console gamers for the first time. The Xbox LIVE Arcade version of the game features an innovative new crafting interface, natural controller movements, a full Tutorial mode to teach the basics and for the first time in “Minecraft,” split-screen multiplayer as well as over Xbox LIVE.
Update: Here is the official Arcade Next trailer:
Each week, Xbox LIVE Gold members can save with our Deal Of The Week program. This week we’ve got a special list of savings that both Gold and Free Xbox LIVE Members can take advantage of, as well as our Gold only offers.
Content: Blades of Time DEMO Version
Price: Free
Availability: Check availability in your Xbox LIVE region
Dash Text: Experience Time-Rewind gameplay, allowing the beautiful sword-wielding heroine Ayumi, to turn back time and produce a clone of herself to help solve puzzles, tackle hordes of enemies and more! With a host of intriguing characters, monstrous fiends, eye-popping visual appeal, tons of treasure and a huge variety of combat skills to master, Blades of Time will satisfy gamers’ hunger for an entertaining yet deep action game, that even gamers new to the hack-and-slash genre will enjoy.