Xbox LIVE Updates October 4 to October 17 2011

 

Xbox LIVE Arcade Release Date Price Microsoft Points
Orcs Must Die (Microsoft Studios) October 5 1200
NBA JAM: On Fire Edition (Electronic Arts) October 5 1200
Space Channel 5 (SEGA) October 5 800
Sega Bass Fishing (SEGA) October 5 800
Guardian Heroes (SEGA) October 12 800
Real Steel (Yuke’s Co., Ltd.) October 12 800
Game Add-ons Release Date Price Microsoft Points
Kinectimals Bear Island Add-on (Microsoft Studios) October 11 1200
Dragon Age II: Mark of the Assassin (Electronic Arts) October 11 800
Crimson Alliance: Vengeance Pack (Microsoft Studios) October 12 240
Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet: Shadow Hunters (Microsoft Studios) October 12 400
Sales  & Specials Discount Date Price
Bethesda Publisher Sale – Games, Add-ons, and Avatars (Bethesda Softworks) October 4 – October 10 50% off
Deal of the Week Discount Dates Price Microsoft Points
Never Be Board Again
Catan (Big Huge Games) October 4 – October 10 400 (50% off)
Magic The Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012 (Microsoft Studios) October 4 – October 10 400 (50% off)
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s (Konami) October 4 – October 10 400 (50% off)
Hasbro Family Game Night – Battleship (Electronic Arts) October 4 – October 10 400 (50% off)
Saints and Shadows
Shadow Complex (Microsoft Studios) October 11 – October 17 600 (50% off)
Saints Row® 2 (THQ) October 11 – October 17 (25% off)
Saints Row® 2: Corporate Warfare (THQ) October 11 – October 17 280 (50% off)
Saints Row® 2: Ultor Exposed (THQ) October 11 – October 17 400 (50% off)
Perfect Dark (Microsoft Studios) October 11 – October 17 400 (50% off)
Games on Demand Release Date
Crysis (Electronic Arts) October 4
WWE® All Stars™ (THQ) October 11
Avatar Marketplace Release Date
Batman Arkham City (WB Games) October 4
Guardian Heroes (SEGA) October 5
The Walking Dead October 6
Just Dance® 3 (Ubisoft) October 7
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Softworks) October 10
Kinectimals Now with Bears (Microsoft Studios) October 13
Saints Row®: The Third™ (THQ) October 13
Zombie Apocalypse: Never Die Alone (Konami) October 13
Game Demos Release Date
Forza 4 (Microsoft Studios) October 3*
*Available to Xbox LIVE Gold members October 3.

 

Xbox Live updates announced at Gamescom

The following four features are newly announced updates to Xbox Live on your Windows Phone that will be released with the launch of Windows Phone 7 Mango later this year.

1 – Download add-on game content. New updates will allow you to download game add-on content for your mobile games through Xbox LIVE to extend the gaming experience.

2 – Play with friends. From one Windows Phone to another, play games with friends, using the Fast Async multiplayer feature in select titles.

3 – Show off achievements. Like earning an achievement, but wearable! Tout your mad skills on the sleeve of your Avatar by unlocking Avatar Awardables in select titles.

4 – Control access. Manage and access mature rated content with Parental Controls, which are easily accessible on Xbox.com, Xbox LIVE Zune PC Software and Zune.net.

New Xbox Live Windows Phone games coming out later this year:
· “Toy Soldiers Boot Camp” (Microsoft Studios)
· “Chickens Can’t Fly” (Microsoft Studios)
· “Twist Text 2” (GameHouse)
· “Beards & Beaks: Cave Area” (Microsoft Studios)
· “Kinectimals” (Frontier Developments, Microsoft Studios)
· “MUSH” (Microsoft Studios)
· “Farm Frenzy 2” (Microsoft Studios)
· “Fight Game Rivals” (Microsoft Studios)
· “Orbital” (Microsoft Studios)
· “Burn the Rope” (Big Blue Bubble)
· “COLLAPSE!” (GameHouse)
· “Gravity Guy” (Miniclip SA)
· “Bug Village” (Glu Games)
· “IonBallEX” (Ironsun Studios Limited)

Xbox Live Events Aug 9- Aug 22 2011

Xbox LIVE Arcade Release Date Price Microsoft Points
Fruit Ninja Kinect (Halfbrick/Microsoft Studios) August 10 800
Toy Soldiers: Cold War (Signal Studios/Microsoft Studios) August 17 1200
Game Add-ons Release Date Price Microsoft Points
Mortal Kombat Freddy Krueger character (Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment) August 9 400
Dance Central songs (Harmonix):
  James Brown, Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine, Pt 1 August 16 240
  Lloyd, Get It Shawty August 16 240
  Sean Paul, Get Busy August 16 240
Deal of the Week Discount Dates Price Microsoft Points
Festive Fiesta with Rock Band
Metallica Pack 01 (Harmonix) August 9 – August 15 320 (27% off)
Blink 182 Pack 02 (Harmonix) August 9 – August 15 320 (27% off)
Lady Gaga Pack 01 (Harmonix) August 9 – August 15 400 (29% off)
Bon Jovi’s Greatest Hits Rock Band Edition (Harmonix) August 9 – August 15 1200 (25% off)
Queen Pack 01 (Harmonix) August 9 – August 15 960 (25% off)
Originals
Fable (Microsoft Studios) August 16 – August 22 800 (33% off)
Black (Electronic Arts) August 16 – August 22 800 (33% off)
Crash Bandicoot: Wrath of Cortex (Activision) August 16 – August 22 800 (33% off)
Legend of Spyro: The New Beginning (Activision) August 16 – August 22 800 (33% off)
Games on Demand Release Date
YOU DON’T KNOW JACK® (THQ) August 9
World of Outlaws: Sprint Cars (THQ) August 9
Avatar Marketplace Release Date
MTV Ugly Americans August 9
Dumbo (Disney) August 11
Warhammer® 40,000®: Space Marine® (THQ) August 16
Toy Soldiers: Cold War (Microsoft Studios) August 17
Kinect Disneyland Adventures (Microsoft Studios) August 18
Game Demos Release Date
Madden NFL 12 (Electronic Arts) August 9
Driver® San Francisco Single-Player (Ubisoft) August 9
Driver® San Francisco Multi-Player (Ubisoft) August 16
Additional Content Release Date Price Microsoft Points
Season Ticket (EA SPORTS) August 2 2000