XBLA Deals/Deals with Gold

niallon · 11-01-2011 4:04pm #1

Figure there's no sense starting a new thread for one of these every time they happen so I'll try include the weekly deals in here:

Week Commencing Jan 10th:

ZOMBIES!!

This week, Xbox LIVE Gold members can save on the following Zombie related Xbox LIVE Marketplace items:

Normally This Week Savings

L4D Crash Course Add-on 560 240 57%
Zombie Apocalypse 800 400 50%
Dishwasher Dead Samurai 800 400 50%
Borderlands Zombie Island of Dr Ned 800 400 50%
Borderlands Zombie mask* 160 80 50%
Zombie Prop* 320 160 50%
L4D The Passing 560 240 57%

*Avatar items

These prices will be available for Xbox LIVE Gold members until Monday January 17th

niallon · 11-01-2011 4:06pm

Week Commencing Jan 11th:

ACTIVISION CONTENT

From now until January 17th, the following content published by Activision is on sale for 50% off:

Games

Arkadian Warriors Normally: 800 Sale: 400

Assault Heroes Normally: 400 Sale: 200

Assault Heroes 2 Normally: 800 Sale: 400

Carcassonne Normally: 800 Sale: 400

Golf: Tee it Up! Normally: 800 Sale: 400

Crash Bandicoot Normally: 1200 Sale: 600

Legend of Spyro Normally: 1200 Sale: 600

Add-ons

Call of Duty 2 Invasion Map Pack Normally: 800 Sale: 400
Call of Duty 2 Skirmish Map Pack Normally: 400 Sale: 200

Call of Duty 3 Bravo Map Pack Normally: 400 Sale: 200
Call of Duty 3 Valor Map Pack Normally: 400 Sale: 200

Call of Duty 4 Variety Map Pack Normally: 800 Sale: 400

Call of Duty World at War Map Pack 1 Normally: 800 Sale: 400
Call of Duty World at War Map Pack 2 Normally: 800 Sale: 400
Call of Duty World at War Map Pack 3 Normally: 800 Sale: 400
Call of Duty World at War Map Pack Bundle Normally: 2000 Sale:1000

Guitar Hero 5

Rock 1 Pack Normally: 880 Sale: 440

Megadeth Pack Normally: 440 Sale: 220

Avenged Sevenfold Pack Normally: 440 Sale: 220

Disturbed Pack Normally: 440 Sale: 220

Fall Out Boy Pack Normally: 440 Sale: 220

Guitar Hero Warriors of Rock

Soundgarden Telephantasm Album Normally: 1440 Sale:720

Linkin Park Pack Normally: 960 Sale: 480

Rocky Horror Picture Show Pack Normally: 440 Sale: 220

My Chemical Romance Pack Normally: 600 Sale: 300

Guitar Hero Warriors of Rock Pack1 Normally: 1600 Sale: 800

DJ Hero

David Guetta Pack 1 Normally: 640 Sale: 320

Jay-Z vs. Eminem Mix Pack Normally: 640 Sale: 320

DJ Hero 2

Hit Makers Mix Pack Normally: 640 Sale: 320

Electro Hits Mix Pack Normally: 640 Sale: 320

Transformers WFC
Transformers WFC Map & Character Pack #1 Normally: 800 Sale: 400
Transformers WFC Map & Character Pack #2 Normally: 800 Sale: 400

niallon · 12-01-2011 12:51pm

Starting Jan 18th there will be a similar deal to the Activision one above except this one will covere EA titles, 50% off Arcade and Add Ons. Details available next Tuesday.

Also from Jan 28th - Jan 31st Gold Membership will be free to try, worth keeping in mind for anyone on the fence regards XBL or those just looking for a free weekend of Black Ops! :P

Fol20 · 13-01-2011 5:37pm

I tried to get this going a while back,but it never really took on

Korvanica · 13-01-2011 5:45pm

Fol20 wrote: »

I tried to get this going a while back,but it never really took on

Hopefully this will, keep up the good work niallon

niallon · 13-01-2011 6:00pm

Korvanica wrote: »

Hopefully this will, keep up the good work niallon

Cheers!

Another bit of news this week:

Zeit² released at 800 MS Points!

Content: Zeit²
Price: 800 Microsoft Points
Availability: Check availability in your region
Dash Text: Experience the next generation of shoot ’em ups with Zeit²! Travel through time to co-op play with a copy of yourself! Pull off amazing moves to defeat 8 massive bosses! Pace the game and improve your score with the powerful fast forward feature! Discover 6 unique game modes and beat 70 challenges in this innovative and action packed arcade game!

IGN were giving this great preview buzz, sounds like a good one to pick up and a nice price at 800 points.

Download it here.

dunworth1 · 13-01-2011 6:10pm

this is great keep up the great work

would be nice if you included a link to the trail/full game on xbox market place
linke major nelson does

niallon · 13-01-2011 6:41pm

Zeit post has a link to the marketplace in it and below are the links for the Major Nelson entry on the Acitivision titles and Zombies offers:

Activision

Zombies

This may just mostly be regurgetation of Major Nelson's blog but at least here we can ge some input from thos who may already have the titles on offer as to whether or not they're worth the download.

Now i'm going back to studying Virginia Woolf, the joys of final year! :P

mgsrocks · 14-01-2011 1:00am

niallon wrote: »

Assault Heroes Normally: 400 Sale: 200

This is a really good 'pick up and play' game. Bargain for 200 points, I'd recommend it to anyone.

grimm2005 · 14-01-2011 4:35pm

There's also some other deals I found on the dashboard relating to driving games. Some avatar props and forza car addons half off but the stand out is probably Outrun Online Arcade for 400MSP instead of 800

Shiminay · 14-01-2011 7:09pm

niallon wrote: »

Week Commencing Jan 11th:
GamesCarcassonne Normally: 800 Sale: 400

THIS! Great game, made me go out and buy the actual board games it's based off

Can't recommend it enough, would love to see some of the other expansions make their way onto the XBox.

calex71 · 14-01-2011 7:56pm

Got Zombie Apocalypse last year in a sale , well worth the 400 points. Great one for playing local co-op when you have friends over.

niallon · 17-01-2011 3:59pm

Latest Deal of The Week, extremely disappointing IMO:

Plants VS Zombies

This week, Xbox LIVE Gold members can save 33% on the popular Xbox LIVE Arcade game

Plants vs. Zombies. Normally 1200 points, it’s available for 800 points until Monday, January 24th.

Download here

niallon · 17-01-2011 4:19pm

Major Nelson still hasn't announced it, but EA have! Here's the EA deals starting tomorrow for one week:

Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening
Dragon Age: Origins - The Golems of Amgarrak
Dragon Age: Origins - The Darkspawn Chronicles
Dragon Age: Origins - Witch Hunt
Dragon Age: Origins - Leliana's Song
Medal of Honor - Hot Zone Pack
Battlefield 1943
DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue
DeathSpank
RISK: Factions
Madden NFL Arcade
Hasbro Family Game Night: Battleship
Hasbro Family Game Night: Scrabble
Hasbro Family Game Night: Boggle
NHL 3 on 3 Arcade
MicroBot
Madden NFL 11 Max Pack
NCAA Football 11 - NCAA Power Pack
Tiger 11 - Favorites Course Pack
FIFA 11 - Live Season All Leagues
Fight Night Round 4 - Champions Pack II
NHL 11 - 20th Anniversary Bauer Boost Pack

All of the above will be half price! Much better than what MS are providing that's for sure!

Link here

Korvanica · 17-01-2011 4:26pm

Id recommend NHL 3on3 Arcade.. Got it a few weeks ago and a group of about 7 of us played it for 4 hours straight... Great fun... Anyone else got and recommendations?

niallon · 17-01-2011 5:33pm

I believe DeathSpank is quite good, have the trial set to download and it'll be 600 points in the sale.

djkeogh · 17-01-2011 6:11pm

yea i've been on the fence with Deathspank for awhile now myself. Might pick them both up for 600points apiece and play them during the downtime between games over the next few months

Shiminay · 17-01-2011 7:21pm

Both DeathSpank games are great fun. Action "hack & slash-'em-up" with some RPG elements, but mostly it's about killing Greems... The humour was good. They're actually the only 2 games I've managed or been bothered about getting 100% achievement completion

I played Microbot at the big press event EA had in November, it's fun. Top down shooter with upgradable parts. You're wandering around the human body as a medical nano-bot fighting infection and viruses. Ikaruga meets R-Type meets Inner Space

The 2 player works well too.

calex71 · 18-01-2011 1:00am

AH yes finally, deathspank at a price i'm willing to pay

Cheers for the heads up OP

celtic723 · 18-01-2011 1:12am

what time do these reduced prices for EA add on content kick in at?

calex71 · 18-01-2011 1:19am

celtic723 wrote: »

what time do these reduced prices for EA add on content kick in at?

Marketplace usually refreshes lunch time on tuesdays so 1pm at the latest I'd say. Check the price before committing to a buy though !!!!

Wolverine359 · 18-01-2011 1:47am

Is Plants vs Zombies worth the 800 points? Got it on the iPhone couple of months ago and love it, just wondering about the 360 version now that it's on offer.

niallon · 18-01-2011 4:40pm

Major Nelson doesn't seem to want to tell us about the EA titles but they have reduced on the marketplace. Also the Activision titles from last week were due to go back up yesterday but are still reduced at the moment so anyone who missed out there's still a day left.

Adamcp898 · 18-01-2011 6:12pm

Anyone know if Risk Factions is still active?

niallon · 18-01-2011 6:15pm

Only started today, active for the next week:

http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-IE/Product/RISK-Factions/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d80258410a13?cid=search

Adamcp898 · 18-01-2011 6:17pm

niallon wrote: »

Only started today, active for the next week:

http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-IE/Product/RISK-Factions/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d80258410a13?cid=search

No I mean if anyone still plays it

niallon · 18-01-2011 9:09pm

Adamcp898 wrote: »

No I mean if anyone still plays it

Ah! This is the most recent info there I can find

dunworth1 · 18-01-2011 9:19pm

major nelson has posted the details here they are

From now until January 24th, the following content published by EA is on sale for 50% off:

Add-ons

Dragon Age: Origins:

Awakenings Normally: 2400 Sale: 1200 Discount: 50%

Warden’s Keep Normally: 560 Sale: 280 Discount: 50%

Return to Ostagar Normally: 400 Sale: 200 Discount: 50%

The Darkspawn Chronicles Normally: 400 Sale: 200 Discount: 50%

The Golems of Amgarrak Normally: 400 Sale: 200 Discount: 50%

Witch Hunt Normally: 560 Sale: 280 Discount: 50%

Leliana's Song Normally: 560 Sale: 280 Discount: 50%

Medal of Honor Hot Zone Pack Normally: 800 Sale: 400 Discount: 50%

FIFA 11 Live Season All Leagues Normally: 800 Sale: 400 Discount: 50%

Madden 11 Max Pack Normally: 800 Sale: 400 Discount: 50%

Tiger 11 Favorites Course Pack Normally: 1600 Sale: 800 Discount: 50%

NCAA Football 11 Powerpack Normally: 2400 Sale: 1200 Discount: 50%

NHL 11 20th Anniv. Bauer Boost Pack Normally: 560 Sale: 280 Discount: 50%

Fight Night Round 4 Champions Pack II Normally: 800 Sale: 400 Discount: 50%

Games

Madden NFL Arcade Normally: 800 Sale: 400 Discount: 50%

NHL 3 on 3 Arcade Normally: 400 Sale: 200 Discount: 50%

RISK: Factions Normally: 800 Sale: 400 Discount: 50%

MicroBot Normally: 800 Sale: 400 Discount: 50%

Battleship (Hasbro FGN) Price: 800 Sale: 400 Discount: 50%

Scrabble (Hasbro FGN) Normally: 800 Sale: 400 Discount: 50%

Boggle (Hasbro FGN) Normally: 800 Sale: 400 Discount: 50%

DeathSpank Normally: 1200 Sale: 600 Discount: 50%

DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue Normally: 1200 Sale: 600 Discount: 50%

Battlefield 1943 Normally: 1200 Sale: 600 Discount: 50%

links to each games in the link below

from http://majornelson.com/archive/2011/01/18/1-2-off-popular-ea-published-content.aspx

Lordhogo · 18-01-2011 9:28pm

Do many people still play battlefield 1943 or is their any type of singleplayer as I have been looking at this for a while.

Cherry_Cola · 18-01-2011 10:17pm

Bought Battlefield 1943 just the other day, balls!

Moiph · 19-01-2011 5:52am

I can't stress enough about how good Battlefield 1943 is. It's essential.

Wolverine359 · 19-01-2011 6:21am

Who is Major Nelson?

(sorry if this is a stupid question, it probably is...)

Mr E · 19-01-2011 7:04am

Larry Hryb (Director of Programming for Xbox Live).
His gamer tag is Major Nelson, and runs a blog on majornelson.com.

Great weekly xbox podcast too - you can listen via the site or download to your ipod.

voxpop · 19-01-2011 12:10pm

Lordhogo wrote: »

Do many people still play battlefield 1943 or is their any type of singleplayer as I have been looking at this for a while.

yeah - was on the other night playing 8v8 on iwo-jima for about 2 hours

djkeogh · 19-01-2011 12:17pm

I have to say that Deathspank is a pretty funny game. caught me off guard and had me laughing a few times in the hour I played it last night.

niallon · 19-01-2011 7:14pm

New Release: Spare Parts

Content: Spare Parts
Price: 800 Microsoft Points

Description: Spare Parts tells the story of courageous robots Mar-T and Chip, who find themselves dumped out with the rubbish on a strange planet. Working together in co-op mode (either local or online), the mechanical duo must find a way to repair an abandoned space ship and escape the planet before evil Lord Krung can dispatch his henchmen to destroy them. Searching the hostile environments for ship parts and currency, Mar-T and Chip will also collect upgradable action parts – such as Rocket Boots – to unlock new abilities that will aid them as they rescue other stranded robots, and battle countless enemies including the relentless Krofax troopers, hostile spider monkeys and even a Super Huge Mega Laser! Can our heroes rescue their stranded robotic friends and unearth all of the spare parts they need to make their escape?

Demo available here

Opinions seem to be that it's essentially a remake/rip off of Metal Arms, anyone have any opinions on this title?

Wolverine359 · 19-01-2011 8:56pm

Mr E wrote: »

Larry Hryb (Director of Programming for Xbox Live).
His gamer tag is Major Nelson, and runs a blog on majornelson.com.

Great weekly xbox podcast too - you can listen via the site or download to your ipod.

Cheers!

I'll have to keep an eye on his updates from now on.

Mr E · 19-01-2011 9:12pm

Wolverine359 wrote: »

Cheers! I'll have to keep an eye on his updates from now on.

No probs.

niallon wrote: »

Opinions seem to be that it's essentially a remake/rip off of Metal Arms, anyone have any opinions on this title?

That's not a bad thing at all. I liked that game. Downloading the demo now (970mb), so I'll let you know later. Joystiq put up a video of their impressions. They were not blown away, but it looks pretty fun.....

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/01/19/xbla-in-brief-spare-parts/

Mr E · 19-01-2011 10:21pm

Its not bad at all. I'll wait and read some reviews before deciding if it's worth 800 points.

Breaks my heart to hear a funny guy like Simon Pegg reading a script which is trying (and failing) to be funny.

calex71 · 20-01-2011 12:37am

Wow playing deathspank tonight , what a bargain that was for 600 points. Bought the other one too but kind of rue that now that I hear there is a game breaking bug that might never get patched according to the devs :mad:

WHo knows I might get lucky and not have it bug out on me , but with my track recored of hitting bugs I am not optimistic

niallon · 20-01-2011 12:44am

Death Spank...is just not doing it for me! What's wrong with me?!?!

To be honest, it feels too much like a N64 game, I'm talking Conkers and Banjo here, and seeing as how I still have a perfectly good working N64 that still gets regular play I can't justify forking out the points, the demo is enough!

itsnotmyfault · 20-01-2011 1:28pm

calex71 wrote: »

Wow playing deathspank tonight , what a bargain that was for 600 points. Bought the other one too but kind of rue that now that I hear there is a game breaking bug that might never get patched according to the devs :mad:

WHo knows I might get lucky and not have it bug out on me , but with my track recored of hitting bugs I am not optimistic

I guess from what you are saying that it is the second Deathspank game that has the bug. Thanks for the warning. Can't think why they wouldn't fix the bug

Mr E · 20-01-2011 9:39pm

Ooohhh... some good stuff on the way (copied from Major Nelson).

From January 25 through January 31, enjoy special one-time savings of up to 50 percent on more than 25 pieces of exciting content from Rockstar Games and 2K, including Add-ons for GTA IV, Red Dead Redemption, Borderlands, Bioshock 2 and more! For details, please check your Xbox LIVE Dashboard on January 25.

From January 28 (12:00 p.m. EST / 9:00 a.m. PST) through January 31 (12:00 p.m. EST / 9:00 a.m. PST), all Xbox LIVE members will be able to try Xbox LIVE Gold for FREE!

Xbox LIVE Deal of the Week** :

Week of January 24 – Dance Central:
Dance Central 4 song add-ons – 160 Microsoft Points for each song (33 percent off)
Janet Jackson “Control”
Sean Paul “Temperature”
Ne-Yo “Because of You”
Cameo “Word Up”

Week of January 31 – Get Wet!

Hydro Thunder Hurricane, 800 Microsoft Points (Save 33 percent )
Aqua, 400 Microsoft Points (Save 50 percent )
Hydrophobia, 400 Microsoft Points (Save 50 percent )

**Special pricing available for Xbox LIVE Gold Members

Xbox Games On Demand:

January 18: Red Dead Redemption, Permanent price reduction in the US and Canada
January 25: The Chronicles of Riddick Assault on Dark Athena
February 1: Dark Void

Xbox LIVE Avatar Marketplace:

January 20: Cool Moves collection (Kung Fu moves, flipping, jumping, and more!)
January 20: Dead Space 2
January 27: Military collection
February 1: Call of Duty: Black Ops
February 3: World Sports

Xbox LIVE Game Add-ons:

January 26: Castlevania Harmony of Despair Playable Character Simon Belmont, 160 Microsoft Points
January 26: Castlevania Harmony of Despair Origins Stage Pack , 240 Microsoft Points
January 26: Bomberman Live: Battlefest Bomb-Up Pack III , 240 Microsoft Points
February 1: Call of Duty: Black Ops First Strike , 1200 Microsoft Points
February 2: Castlevania Harmony of Despair The Legend of Fuma Stage Pack 240 Microsoft Points
February 2: Castlevania Harmony of Despair Playable Character Getsu Fuma, 160 Microsoft Points

Xbox LIVE Arcade:

January 26: Breach, 1200 Microsoft Points
February 2: Bionic Commando Rearmed 2, 1200 Microsoft Points

calex71 · 25-01-2011 2:49pm

Wow the deals just keep coming !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Been a bargaintastic start to the year, all the big names seem to be having a blow out sale, this time Take Two.

Deals run until Jan 31st double check price before buying.

Game Add-Ons
• Red Dead Redemption - Undead Nightmare Collection - 1600 MSP 1000 MSP
• Red Dead Redemption - Undead Nightmare - 800 MSP 400 MSP
• Red Dead Redemption - Liars and Cheats - 800 MSP 400 MSP
• Red Dead Redemption - Legends and Killers - 800 MSP 400 MSP

• GTA IV - The Lost and Damned - 800 MSP 400 MSP
• GTA IV - The Ballad of Gay Tony - 1600 MSP 800 MSP

• Mafia II - Jimmy's Vendetta - 800 MSP 400 MSP
• Mafia II - Joe's Adventure - 800 MSP 400 MSP

• BioShock 2 - Minerva's Den - 800 MSP 400 MSP
• BioShock 2 - Rapture Metro - 800 MSP 400 MSP
• BioShock 2 - Sinclair Solutions Tester - 400 MSP 200 MSP
• BioShock 2 - Protector Trials - 400 MSP 200 MSP

• Borderlands - The Zombie Island of Dr Ned - 800 MSP 400 MSP
• Borderlands - Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot - 800 MSP 400 MSP
• Borderlands - The Secret Armory of General Knoxx - 800 MSP 400 MSP
• Borderlands - Claptrap's New Robot Revolution - 800 MSP 400 MSP

• Midnight Club: Los Angeles - South Central Ultimate Content Pack - 1000 MSP 500 MSP

XBLA Games
• Axel and Pixel - 800 MSP 400 MSP
• The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom - 800 MSP 400 MSP

Xbox Originals
• GTA: San Andreas - 1200 MSP 600 MSP
• Max Payne - 1200 MSP 600 MSP
• Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne - 1200 MSP 600 MSP

Avatar Clothing & Props
• Borderlands - Bandit Mask - 160 MSP 80 MSP
• Borderlands - Moxxi's Hat - 160 MSP 80 MSP
• BioShock 2 - Prototype Big Daddy Outfit (male) - 320 MSP 160 MSP
• BioShock 2 - Prototype Big Daddy Outfit (female) - 320 MSP 160 MSP
• Mafia II - Vito's Outfit (male) - 240 MSP 120 MSP
• Mafia II - Vito's Outfit (female) - 240 MSP 120 MSP
• NBA 2K11 - Slam Dunk Prop - 240 MSP 120 MSP
• NBA 2K11 - Boston Celtics Jersey (male) - 240 MSP 120 MSP
• NBA 2K11 - Boston Celtics Jersey (female) - 240 MSP 120 MSP
• Red Dead Redemption - Lasso Prop - 240 MSP 160 MSP

corcaigh07 · 25-01-2011 9:31pm

damn, i sold mafia 2 about 2 weeks ago, the Joe's Adventure DLC sounds alright...the gta DLC is also an amazing bargain for anyone that hasnt got it yet.

Smoggy · 25-01-2011 11:07pm

The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom - This is awsome, bought it a few hours ago. well worth 400.

grimm2005 · 25-01-2011 11:11pm

sweet! been waiting for ballad of gay tony to drop to a sensible price before gettting it. Also got Mafia 2 a while ago but have yet to play it, is it worth getting the DLC?

calex71 · 26-01-2011 12:39am

Smoggy wrote: »

The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom - This is awsome, bought it a few hours ago. well worth 400.

I dig that funky music in the early levels

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWXACG5Ct4Y

Nephew · 27-01-2011 12:43am

Is Max Payne 2 worth buying? I enjoyed the first one on the pc years ago and I have 600 points left over.

grimm2005 · 27-01-2011 1:10am

Nephew wrote: »

Is Max Payne 2 worth buying? I enjoyed the first one on the pc years ago and I have 600 points left over.

Definitly, I loved it, more of the same really but a bit nicer looking and imo it holds up well. Would be buying them both if I didn't already own them!

Jayd0g · 27-01-2011 11:50am

grimm2005 wrote: »

Definitly, I loved it, more of the same really but a bit nicer looking and imo it holds up well. Would be buying them both if I didn't already own them!

Just had to chime in and second Grimm's opinion, the story is brilliant in Max Payne 2. If I didn't already own it for the PC I'd get it for the 360. In fact I was tempted simply for the convenience of playing it on the xbox but in the end sense prevailed.

Great game.

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