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Yoyoma207:

With the new Avatar T-shirts that cast a vote as to whether Carmine should live or die in Gears of War 3----which should I buy? ...

OXM SAYS:

Well, personally, we'd love to see some blood spill, so we're tempted to say you should just buy the "Carmine Mu...MORE

ThePainTrain567 says:

"Something really irks me about people who own a major console and buy maybe a few big-name games a year and that's IT...then call themselves serious gamers. "

Posted on: Dec 15, 2010

Hump 360 Day — Dec. 15

WORDS BY: Scott Reyburn

Greetings, OXM readers! Welcome back to “Hump 360 Day,” our Wednesday blog highlighting the week’s releases of Xbox-related content and more. Without further ado … it’s hump day, everybody! That means new games have arrived at retailers, and Xbox Live Arcade games and downloadable game content are landing on Xbox Live Marketplace. Here you can learn more about the new titles available in all three realms.

Plus, you’ve always wanted to know which games we’re currently playing and what up-and-coming games we’re excited about, right? Well, “Around the Water Cooler” fills that void, giving you insight as to what each OXM staffer is currently playing and which future releases we’re champing at the bit to play.

Well, absolutely nothing came out at retail this week, so let’s just move on to Live Arcade releases before I get all depressed. Two re-releases made their way to XBLA — first-person shooter Quake Arena Arcade and six-player arcade classic X-Men Arcade.

My favorite decade of Saturday Night Live was its golden age in the '90s. Now you can see how fantastic SNL used to be thanks to Netflix adding the latter five seasons of the decade (’95 to ’99) to its streaming service.

STONE-COLD LEAD-PIPE LOCK OF THE WEEK

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WHAT’S IN THE BOX?

NEW RETAIL GAMES

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NEW XBOX LIVE ARCADE GAMES

The Path of Go

What’s in the box?: Play the over-2,500-year-old ancient Chinese board game “Go” on XBLA using your Avatar.

Price: 400 black/white stones ($5)

Quake Arena Arcade

What’s in the box?: After three years in the making, patented id Software FPS action comes to the Xbox 360.

Price: 1,200 lightning guns ($15)

X-Men Arcade

What’s in the box?: Bring the double-screened arcade cabinet to your living room with this beat-’em-up re-release starring Professor X’s best and brightest.

Price: 800 Wolverine claws ($10)

NEW GAME DLC

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II — Endor Game Add-on

What’s in the box?: Take the battle to Endor, where the Apprentice is ordered to crush Rebel opposition. Can anyone who liked Force Unleashed II really resist a DLC pack that's a mere dollar?

Price: 80 speeder bikes ($1)