Xbox Live update: what's new this week?

Brainy game sale, Warlords, Black Ops 2 Season Pass

A quiet week for Xbox Live Marketplace this week, with all eyes firmly fixed on the high street. The inevitable Black Ops 2 Season Pass (Call of Duty: Elite is now a free - and DLC-free - service) leads the charge of add-ons, followed by a Deal of the Week that's sure to please fans of 20-sided dice.

Warlords and Planets Under Attack are your Xbox Live Arcade additions. The first looks like a blend of Hungry Hungry Hippos and Happy Wars. The second is... well, I'm not sure. Planets appear to be a feature. Catch trailers down the page. Also of note: Microsoft appears to be selling a number of Kinect Sports mini-games separately, for 240 MP each.

Xbox LIVE Arcade

Warlords, 14th November, 800 MP

Planets Under Attack, 14th November, 1200 MP

Kinect Sports Gems: Ski Race, 20th November, 240 MP

Kinect Sports Gems: Darts vs. Zombies, 20th November, 240 MP

Kinect Sports Gems: 3 Point Contest, 20th November, 240 MP

Game Add-ons

Black Ops 2: Season Pass, 13th November, 4000 MP

Wreckateer: Aldamont Level Pack, 14th November, 160 MP

Fruit Ninja Kinect: Flower Power, 14th November, 160 MP

Deal of the Week

Board, card and puzzle game sale, 13th-19th November

Carcassonne, 400 MP (50% off)

Catan, 400 MP (50% off)

Magic The Gathering, 400 MP (50% off)

Magic 2012, 400 MP (50% off)

Super Puzzle Fighter HD, 400 (50% off)

Puzzle Quest 1, 400 MP (50% off)

Puzzle Quest 2, 400 MP (50% off)

Ubisoft

I Am Alive, 20th-26th November, 800 MP (33% off)

Sales & Specials

Xbox LIVE 10 Year Anniversary Sale, 15th-22nd November, varies

Kinect Central: Sonic Free Riders, 13th-19th November, varies by region

Tiger 13 - 11 Course Pack, 20th-26th November,1600 MP (50% off)

Games on Demand

Darksiders 2, 13th November

Ben 10 Galactic Racing, 13th November

Twister Mania, 13th November

X-Men: Destiny, 13th November

Victorious Time To Shine, 20th November

Sleeping Dogs, 20th November

Comments

13 comments so far...

  1. X-Men Destiny added to GoD? Is that right considering Silicon Knights are in the process of recalling and destroying any and all copies, code and related gubbings?

  2. I am wondering the exact same thing as CunningSmile.

  3. You'll have to ask Uncle Microsoft. Actually maybe I should ask Uncle Microsoft. Hold on, I'll ask Uncle Microsoft.

  4. You'll have to ask Uncle Microsoft. Actually maybe I should ask Uncle Microsoft. Hold on, I'll ask Uncle Microsoft.

    It would be better if you did. Uncle Microsoft still isn't speaking to me after what I said about Aunty Zune at last years Christmas.

  5. Hey, isn't x-men...either I'm having deja vu, I'm in the matrix or I just read what's written above. I'm in the matrix again aren't I.

    What comes under the 10 year anniversary sale, old xbox games?

  6. I'm wondering about X-men Destiny as well actually, Amazon still seem to have it up for sale. Trying to get a hold of a copy for cheap myself, before the price goes sky high anyway.

    Edit: Section 8: Prejudice is 600 MSP on the Scratch and Match thing. The two DLC packs are 160 MSP each as well.

  7. I'm wondering about X-men Destiny as well actually, Amazon still seem to have it up for sale. Trying to get a hold of a copy for cheap myself, before the price goes sky high anyway.

    Edit: Section 8: Prejudice is 600 MSP on the Scratch and Match thing. The two DLC packs are 160 MSP each as well.

    From what I've heard you really shouldn't bother with it, think it's more akin to E.T than a disappearing gem.

  8. I've never liked E.T, so I've thankfully never played the game. :D

  9. I picked up a new copy of X-Men for just under £9, if I play it anytime soon I'll let you know what it's like. I'm wondering the same as everyone else, though, in addition to wondering why Warlords is listed too. It's been out for ages - see the trailer with "Coming Summer 2011".

  10. Super Puzzle Fighter is a great, if slightly mystifying, puzzle game with Street Fighter and Darkstalkers characters. It's sort of Tetris meets Columns and the cutesified characters fight as you break the blocks. It's worth a try for 400MSP. :D

    It does seem strange timing that the Silicon Knights game got released on GoD now, when retailers have to send back physical copies, but it was probably sent to MS weeks ago.

  11. Carcassone and Catan are both great little games actually, well worth the points.

  12. According to the Japanese Xbox Live site (http://bit.ly/UE42YW) the promo is as follows:

    Wreckateer (Free only on 16-17th)
    Castle Crashers (600MSP)
    Battlefield 1943 (600MSP)
    Fruit Ninja Kinect (400MSP)
    Geometry Wars (200MSP)
    Bastion (600MSP)
    Peggle (400MSP)
    Full House Poker (400MSP)

  13. It seems really early to be able to buy the Black Ops 2 Season Pass - especially as the DLC is not due for release until 2013...