Stay for the entire XBLA Block Party and receive parting gifts

Microsoft has announced more details about its Xbox Live Arcade "Block Party," which is ... right around the corner. Next month's lead-up to the launch of the Xbox Game Room will see a promotion similar to the one offered during last year's Summer of Arcade, and then some.

For Xbox Live Silver members that purchase all three Block Party titles released next month -- Toy Soldiers, Perfect Dark and Scrap Metal -- and then download the free Game Room "client," Microsoft will credit your account 400

($5). So, 3200

($40) spent on the participating XBLA titles will get you back five bucks. If you're a Gold member, though, the deal gets a little sweeter: Purchase the three titles, download Game Room, and you'll get the 400

refund and a free month of Xbox Live Gold service (worth $4 and change if you're an annual subscriber) credited to your account.

A free "everyone's a Gold member" (no, not that Goldmember) weekend is also scheduled, permitting Silver members to play the three Block Party releases online (but only the Block Party releases) from 12pm ET on Friday, March 26 through 12pm ET on Monday, March 29.

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I got excited by the title, and then I read the details. Kind of heard the sound in my mind from when Stewie is following the dude with the tuba and then just falls over, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bohK2Zyh1D8

Not really *that* compelling. I have incredibly fond place in my memory for Perfect Dark and sunk an astronomical amount of time into it back in the day, but playing it now it feels super slow like my character is running through molasses.

In comparison to the TimeSplitters games I fell in love with on GC, absolutely.

Man, Tribes 2 is molasses next to Sonic the Hedgehog!

Maybe you should tick the "fast movement" option. Although I personally don't like that because it makes it a bit too easy to run away from fly-by-wires and laptop sentries. Unless you play on one-hit-kill.

I really don't know how anyone could call PD slow. And "running through molasses". You have to be joking. It is quite frenetic. Maybe you just haven't mastered the art of strafe-running.

Also, PD remake at $10 is the best deal in video games ever, even without this deal. I bet if Goldeneye was released it would cost at least $15, and probably $20 to cover the license BS. Yet Perfect Dark is the better game, improved in every way, and now even enhanced with online play and Goldeneye weapons in multiplayer. *drool*

did anyone get their MS point for the EA promo in January yet?

I was wondering that as well. I have not

Still waiting

Come on guys, buy our games! We'll pay you!

You do realise this is effectively what every sale - or hell, reduction in price - is?

I love goooooooooooold.

Or, I could just buy Perfect Dark and save thirty bucks...

This. I like this idea.

Wasn't it $10 or $15 last year?

$10 after spending $65.

All the games look good at least. Definitely getting Perfect Dark and Toy Soldiers day one. On the fence about Scrap Metal, but it looks alright so far. And there's no harm in downloading the Game Room client considering its free, and it would just be extra incentive to actually buy a Game Room game with the free points - there's bound to at least be one classic coin-op title in there I fancy.

At least we don't have to buy the worst remake of all time again in order to get in on the deal (Turtles in Time ReShelled), but that one also came with three of the very best XBLA games.

Man, I had 4 of the games from that Summer, and TMNT was the incentive for me to buy 'Splosion Man. I LIKED 'Splosion Man, I just wasn't sure if I should buy it... then I realized that buying it was like getting a refund for TMNT. Insta-buy.

At least they're good games, but it's not that great of a deal.

Spend a lot of money on maybe 1 out of 3 games you'll like and get a back very little money. Great deal!

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/16/comments/25544870/
/Shameless self promotion

Two 1200 points games is what makes this deal luke warm. It's easier to justify spending more that way.

i've been eyeing scrap metal for a while, so that and perfect dark makes this a somewhat tempting package. $5 back and a month of XBL gold isn't too shabby.

Sooo spend 40$ and get back 5$ eh? Not a bad deal if you had planned on buying all 3 games... but...nowhere near worth doing otherwise. Even the free month of live isn't that great a deal.

Now... if they threw in 3 mo of XBL gold for free THAT would be a deal... I mean thats 20$ value and it would cost them nothing in the way of actual goods. And would add to the hook to stay on XBL gold.....

yeeeaahhh-still not biting...

*cough*...bullshit...*cough*.....

i still havnt gotten my 800ms points from buying 3 EA titles over the holidays, just like everyone else

but i will still be buying scrap metal and downloading the free game room

I'll only be getting Perfect Dark.

LAME. Why not give away a free game like PSN did with Flow?? That was AWESOME.

MS has given away a few games free like Aegis Wing, Dash of Destruction, Tinker on GFW and limited time free games like flow would be Carcassonne and Undertow.

MS's promotions have been incredibly weak lately.

Stay for the entire XBLA Block Party and receive parting gifts

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