In addition to officially revealing next week's XBLA offerings, Major Nelson has also laid out Xbox Live Marketplace schedule for the rest of June, including the Deal of the Week, Games on Demand and Avatar Marketplace. The Deal of the Week -- or Deals of the Week, rather -- takes the spotlight, with several decent titles on sale. Darwinia+ will be marked down to 800 points ($10), while Defense Grid, PB Winterbottom, Rocket Riot and Poker Smash will all be marked down to 400 points ($5). Also, the OneBigGame charity project, Chime, will be reduced to a puny 240 points ($3).
Meanwhile, both Tomb Raider Underworld and Command & Conquer 3 will hit Games on Demand on June 29, and some Crackdown 2 Avatar items will be released on July 1.
Reader Comments (21)
Posted: Jun 26th 2010 6:09AM Beatz said
If you want an awesome reimagining of Tetris Attack, be sure to pick up Poker Smash. That game is quality.
Posted: Jun 26th 2010 9:41AM Disco Ball said
hmm, I own all of those but Rocket Riot. Is that game with a download?
Posted: Jun 26th 2010 9:42AM TheMightyEthan said
On Steam Darwinia is in a pack with Multiwinia, DEFCON, and Uplink. You can get the whole pack of four games for $10.
Posted: Jun 26th 2010 2:20PM TheMightyEthan said
@whymog You're right, that's how much I paid for it the other day too. Brain-fart.
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Posted: Jun 26th 2010 9:43AM The angry pro consumer gaming ga said
Get Defense Grid, if you like tower defense this game is for you.
Posted: Jun 26th 2010 10:04AM MowDownJoe said
Winterbottom was $5 for me on Steam... so good! If you can't get the Steam version, get this one!
Posted: Jun 26th 2010 1:41PM Grand Kerfuffle said
Damnit, I just bought Winterbottom for 800 points.
Posted: Jun 26th 2010 2:08PM meatee said
I was just thinking of getting Winterbottom a few days ago. Good thing I waited!
Posted: Jun 26th 2010 2:18PM Nolan North said
So where's WINterbottom when you need him commenting?
Posted: Jun 26th 2010 2:19PM Nolan North said
@(Unverified)
Or I guess I should say WINterfang
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Or I guess I should say WINterfang
Posted: Jun 26th 2010 3:51PM Doctor Septapus said
It's nice to see that Microsoft is finally rolling out discounts of Steam caliber. Now, as for the Games on Demand...
Posted: Jun 26th 2010 5:22PM BlackedOut said
Games on Demand needs to be more competitive. I really just ignore that section of the dashboard whenever I'm scrolling by.
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Posted: Jun 26th 2010 6:54PM D3m0sthenes said
Should I get Winterbottom? At $5 I probably will. But I'd like to know if it's good. I'm running out of space on my hard drive.
So if you have a mini review it would be greatly appreciated!
So if you have a mini review it would be greatly appreciated!
Posted: Jun 26th 2010 11:53PM Repo Man said
Darwinia+ at 800? Hooray! :D
Posted: Jun 27th 2010 2:50AM delicatessen lama said
I love Chime
Posted: Jun 27th 2010 5:19PM Liquidfingers said
Damnit this sucks. I just bought Defense Grid a couple weeks ago for 800 points. Ohhh well...still a cool game.
Posted: Jun 27th 2010 9:03PM xcornmuffinx said
Winterbottom is an awesome game. For 400 points it's a must buy. The only downside is that it's kind of short. Hopefully they'll make a sequel with twice as much stuff.





