A downloadable expansion pack for Undertow (X360) will arrive in the Xbox 360's online Xbox Live Marketplace tomorrow, developer Chair Entertainment has announced. Titled Path of the Elect, the new content brings a new playable race, five campaign levels and four multiplayer maps to the side scrolling underwater shooter. It will sell for 400 Microsoft Points ($5)

There will be no new Xbox Live Arcade game released this week, Microsoft has revealed. However, as previously announced, all Xbox Live members will be able to download a free copy of Chair Entertainment's Undertow from 2AM PST on Wedenesday, January 23 until 11:59PM PST on Sunday, January 27.

Despite the lack of a new title, Wednesday will see the debut of new downloadable content for PomPom Games' Mutant Storm Empire, though no additional details were provided.

Those who have already purchased Undertow are urged to contact Xbox customer support at 1-800-4MY-XBOX for some type of reimbursement.

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Microsoft has announced the details of the free Xbox Live Arcade game that was promised by Xbox Live general manager Marc Whitten in response to the service's recent online troubles.

According to Microsoft's Gamerscore Blog, the peace offering will come in the form of Chair Entertainment's side scrolling shooter Undertow. The title will be available for free to all Xbox Live members from 2AM PST on Wedenesday, January 23 until 11:59PM PST on Sunday, January 27.

"If you have already purchased the game, you can contact support and they will take care of you," wrote Xbox Live programming director Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb. Xbox customer support can be reached by calling 1-800-4MY-XBOX.

Released last November, Undertow normally sells for 800 Microsoft Points ($10). For more on the game, which was inspired by creative director Donald Mustard's childhood drawings, check out our interview with Chair Entertainment.

Chair Entertainment's first release, Undertow, is due out on Xbox Live Arcade tomorrow. To find out more about the underwater shooter, which is based on the childhood drawings of creative director Donald Mustard, I spoke with the man himself about bringing his doodles to life, the chances of an Advent Rising resurrection, and just what happens when you marry your publicist.

Donald Mustard: Undertow is one of those games that we thought was just perfect for Live Arcade and would allow us to distill something to its core essence of fun and fast gameplay, but still have a lot of depth there. And that kind of all sprang from those little drawings of guys getting their heads shot off and sharks swallowing grenades.
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Undertow, the Unreal Engine 3-powered underwater shooter from Chair Entertainment, will arrive on Xbox Live Arcade on Wednesday, November 21 and sell for 800 Microsoft Points ($10).

Based on the childhood drawings of creative director Donald Mustard, the game features four different playable units, each with their own attributes. As previously announced, it also allows up to 16 players to battle in its online component.

Undertow marks the first release from Chair Entertainment, a studio mainly comprised of Advent Rising (PC, Xbox) veterans from GlyphX. It is also developing Empire, a multi-medium project created by novelist Orson Scott Card.

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