Rocksmith, the game that attempts to make real rockers out of gamers, is adding free DLC in celebration of the holiday season. The content is available now on the Xbox Live Marketplace and PlayStation Store.
Rocksmith's holiday DLC includes "Carol of the Bells" by Seth Chapala, "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" by Brian Adam McCune, and "We Three Kings" by Versus Them. Santa Claus shaped fireworks are not included.
Microsoft has kicked off its holiday sale on the Xbox Live Marketplace with a so-so selection of big savings. You can get 3 months of Live Gold membership for $9.99, while there's 50% off XBLA games including Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet and Renegade Ops, and rotating daily deals starting with Bastion for 600 Microsoft Points ($7.50).
As sure as "Cyber Monday" is a loathsome name, Microsoft is running a tasty discount or two on the Xbox Live Marketplace for today only, to celebrate the virtual salesfest of Monday after Thanksgiving. Beyond Good & Evil HD is a bargain $3, if you've yet to pick it up, plus there's half off the Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection, and a few more savings.
If you've got Microsoft Points burning a hole in your pocket this Black Friday, you'll be pleased to hear Microsoft has rolled out some special one-day discounts on Xbox Live Arcade titles. You'll be slightly disappointed when you realise how few they are, but still, the big 'Fan Appreciation' sale it launched on Tuesday has plenty more for you.
The new sale additions, available today only, are Full House Poker, Marvel vs. Capcom 2, and Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team.
Microsoft has kicked off a new promotion today, thanking its fans with a laundry list of discounts on a wide variety of content. Some of the highlights include reduced prices on Xbox Live Arcade titles such as Super Meat Boy and Magic the Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012 for 400MS points ($5) a piece, and much more.
'Tis the season for hot new game releases, but that doesn't mean other choice software is bowing out of the the competition for your dollars and cents during the industry's busiest time of the year. To whet your appetite for fresh experiences, demos for Disney Universe, Yoostar on MTV, and Let's Cheer have appeared on the Xbox Live Marketplace.
Disney Universe looks like a fun platform title, but we're not completely familiar with the other titles. Yoostar on MTV is of particular interest to us, however. In the game, players can insert themselves into MTV shows and music videos (if you can find any of those on MTV, that is). If you could somehow inject yourself into the MTV corporate offices and cancel The Jersey Shore, then this would clearly be front runner for Game of the Year.
With Mass Effect 3 approaching quickly (but not quickly enough), chances are you may need to catch up with some of Shepard's supplemental material. Luckily, this week's Xbox Live deals include various space-faring adventures at 50% off for Gold members.
This week's Xbox Live 'Deal of the Week' promotion brings a quintet of zombie-related discounts to Gold subscribers until July 18, head ghoul Larry 'Major Nelson' Hryb has announced.
The sale brings discounts on full games Dead Rising 2: Case West, Xbox Live Indie Games title Twin Blades: The Reaping Vanguard, and vintage Xbox release Stubbs the Zombie. Downloadable content's also included, with Red Dead Redemption's zombie-tastic DLC bundle 'Undead Nightmare Collection' and Left 4 Dead 2's crossover DLC 'The Passing' both on sale. Read more »
Microsoft has announced this week's Xbox Live discount deals, all centered around a mutant theme. The sale ends July 4, so you can ring in Independence Day with monsters and martial arts reptiles, just like the founding fathers intended. It's in the Constitution somewhere, look it up.
Each of the titles is 50% off, but the prices vary. The sale on Turtles in Time Re-shelled supposedly lasts through July 4, but previous reports claim that an expiring license means the game will be pulled on June 30. If you're interested in "kicking some shell," you might want to jump on that discount toot sweet. Read more »
Microsoft has detailed the content coming for the next couple of weeks on the Xbox Live Marketplace.
This week's Xbox Live Arcade titles include Backbreaker Vengeance ($15 / 1200 MSP), Half-Minute Hero Super Mega Neo Climax ($10 / 800 MSP), and Galaga Legions DX ($10). Next week will bring a bounty of Deadliest Warrior: Legends ($10). Read more »
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[Update 10:40 am] The Xbox Live Marketplace has been restored according to a tweet from Xbox Support. The status page still shows a service alert for now, but that should be changing soon.
[Original Story] The Xbox Live Marketplace has been experiencing outages this morning, though the problem doesn't seem to extend to other Live features like online play and matchmaking. The Microsoft status notification (via Joystiq) states that users might experience a problem with browsing Indie Games on the Xbox 360 or PC, browsing Games for Windows Live Marketplace on a PC, or browsing the Games Marketplace on a 360 or PC. Read more »
The next few weeks of Xbox Live Marketplace content have been detailed by Microsoft's Larry Hryb, including some anticipated XBLA games and discounts on 2K titles.
The twin-stick shooter Gatling Gears will be up tomorrow for $15 (1200 MSP), and Sega Rally Online Arcade will go up next week for a cool $10 (800 MSP). Hryb also tweeted separately that Star Raiders will be up this week as well. Read more »
Moon Diver--the feelplus-developed downloadable action title from creator Koichi Yotsui--is finally headed to the Xbox Live Arcade. Today, publisher Square Enix announced the game will launch on May 4 for the XBLA, priced at 1200MS Points ($15).
Already available on the PlayStation Network, Moon Diver pays homage to Yotsui-san's famous Strider series, pitting players against enormous bosses in a side-scrolling world. On both the Xbox 360 and PS3, Moon Diver supports drop in and out local and online co-op for up to four players. Read more »
Once again, Microsoft has outlined its next fortnight of Xbox Live Marketplace content. As previously reported, the Gears of War 3 beta begins April 18 for Bulletstorm purchasers, April 25 for everyone else, and ends on May 15.
Grab your wizard hat and robe, ladies and gentlemen, because Fable 3 has a release date for the PC.
Xbox Live's Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb revealed that the PC version of the Lionhead-developed role-playing game will launch on May 17. Read more »
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