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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
Availability: Check availability in your Xbox LIVE region
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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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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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

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Arcade: Dragon’s Lair

Content: Dragon’s Lair
Price: 800 Microsoft Points
Availability: Check availability in your Xbox LIVE Region
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

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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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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

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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

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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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