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XBLA deals for next week are decidedly anti-alien

by Griffin McElroy on Feb 4th 2011 1:40PM

Do you hate aliens more than every single one of Will Smith's cinematic personas combined? We don't blame you: Extraterrestrials are the worst. We plan on getting some cathartic release with next week's XBLA deals, which mark down a few of the platform's more anti-alien titles.

Xbox Live Arcade Deals of the Week for February 7–13

Duke Nukem Manhattan Project -- 400 Microsoft Points ($5), down from 800 MSP ($10)
Galaga Legions -- 400 MSP ($5), down from 800 MSP ($10)
Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 -- 400 MSP ($5), down from 800 MSP ($10)
Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter -- 400 MSP ($5), down from 1200 MSP ($15)
Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter -- 400 MSP ($5), down from 1200 MSP ($15)
Space Invaders Infinity Gene -- 400 MSP ($5), down from 800 MSP ($10)

Source: Major Nelson

Tags: deal-of-the-week, duke-nukem-manhattan-project, Geometry-Wars-2, Geometry-Wars-Retro-Evolved-2, microsoft, Serious-Sam-The-First-Encounter-HD, space-invaders-infinity-gene, xbla, xblm, xbox

Reader Comments (36)

Damn alien haterz. Nice deals though.

@Dizazter i rememebr when there was only one game in the deals of the week. this is MUCHO better

If you haven't tried Galaga or Space Invaders I'd defo puck up those two. Great games.

Damn...I was trying to save my MS Points...

So i own none of this but want either geometry wars, space invaders, or galaga. Which should i grab?

@Punkrawk Bbob

Geometry Wars and it's not close.

@Punkrawk Bbob
Geometry Wars 2 is great. Space Invaders Infinity Gene is also good, but maybe not quite as good. it's a more traditional shooter, in the arcade style- than Geometry wars 2- which is a twin stick shooter in smaller stages.

Galaga Legions is awesome- but mind-bendingly difficult to master and a little harder to get into. also- Namco has announced a DX version (similar to Pacman Championship Edition DX) which will probably greatly improve upon the formula. so you might want to hear them out first before buying the existing version.

overall- i say Geometry Wars 2 :)

@Punkrawk Bbob I vote Galaga. I think Geo Wars is the most overrated arcade game on the market short of Braid. My opinion only.

@Jack Kevorkian

what?! braid is amazing.

@maveric101 Just okay for me. It also ushered in the era of $15 dl games. But it's coo.

@Jack Kevorkian

You can't necessarily blame Braid for that as Microsoft controls the price with only occasional input from developers.

True, a lot of games aren't worth the price tag (the list would be way too long), but there are a few titles worth the $15 asking price, such as Super Meat Boy, Lara Croft Guardian of Light and Limbo.

@mcnerven MS has very little control of price that is a myth created by developers to raise their prices. MS has always been comfortable in their bad guy role. Epic and Valve are the forerunners of this myth by blaming big old mean MS. And yet developers consistenly release free dlc all the time. Why did MS not force EA to charge for Burnout Paradise dlc? Battlefield? Early Red Dead?

Logic will cut through the horseshit developers try to pass off on the consumers.

All of a sudden MS forced Jon Blow to charge $15 for amounts to an indie game while other games were consistently $10? Okay

@Jack Kevorkian

In all fairness, it's been openly discussed by Devs that MS will only let them release one free DLC pack for every 3 releases. MS wants revenue. The $15 price tag I'm sure was negotiated between MS and Braid team. MS probably demanded.

@Punkrawk Bbob Then explain Burnout Paradise and Battlefield.

Don't get me wrong I don't believe for a second MS is some righteous angel in all of this but the developers are lying through their gray, rat-like teeth.

Epic were the harbringers of it when Clifford used to prattle on about the man keeping him from releasing free maps. I never read one MS response which leads me to believe there is one giant liar in the situation. Valve was worse with their TF2 promises, backpeddling, then abandonment of the console altogether. Consoles are a way of funding Gabe's pc projects.

which is fine if thats how people want to roll I just find it annoying people believe whatever they read without thinking it through.

@mcnerven

MS only has a say in the price if they are the publisher of the game in question.

If someone else publishes it then they choose how much it goes up for.

Luckily I picked up space invaders last week on psn for the same price. Looks like I can stop holding back on GW2

I hardly ever turn on my 360 anymore but when I do Geometry Wars 2 is played for a little while. Come to think of it, it's probably my favorite exclusive. $300 system for a $10 game feels a little silly...

@InDurdenWeTrust i agree. it's just a great game.

@InDurdenWeTrust

Now that I have L4D2 on my mac, I'm the same way; only it's Pac Man CE DX I play everyday. Geo wars 2 is still lots of fun though.

@InDurdenWeTrust
I use to think much the same thing the 360 came out.
HDTV, surround system and what I ended up playing was
Uno.
Started really playing it and picking up games when GTAIV came out.

Geometry Wars 2 will guarantee a boost in your sex life. Yes, GUARANTEED.

@GamingColt

i dunno, i tried the demo, but didn't like it as much as the first one.

Geometry Wars was the very first game I ever downloaded. I can't beleive I don't own GW2 yet. That will change...

"Do you hate aliens more than every single one of Will Smith's cinematic personas combined?"

Or do you love aliens like the real life Will Smith. You know, he's a Scientologist and all...

@iceKXG

Welcome to Urf, Xenu!

Aliens aren't so bad. Only some of them try to eat you. Zombies are the worst! They all try to eat you.

SERIOUS SAM: THE SECOND ENCOUNTER FOR FIVE DOLLARS

Welcome to Earf

Space Invaders Infinity Gene is highly recommended. It's my second-favorite XBLA/PSN title of last year- second to Pac-Man CE DX of course.

Kinda wish they'd mark down Space Invaders Extreme though. I think I'll definitely pick up Duke Nukem Manhattan Project at least.

I remember when Aliens where all the rage. Zombies are the new aliens now I guess.

I've heard nothing but great things about the Space Invaders remake. Couple that with Geometry Wars 2 and dang -- that's like a great B1G1 deal.

The only game I own on the list is Galaga Legions -- and I can tell you that game is pure awesome. Namco should get muchos kudos for the fantastic arcade remakes they've been putting out.

Anti-alien.

Racism.

"Do you hate aliens more than every single one of Will Smith's cinematic personas combined?"
Wait, he has more than one? j/k

I bet I am the only one super pumped to drop 400 points on Duke Nukem. hahahahaha.

Before I clicked I was hoping
Space Invaders would be included.
Missed it during the PS3 sale.
yay

Galaga huh? I can't wait to play that game from 30 years ago, I wish they made new shooters that are superior in every way, I feel like I'm back in the 70's again, I'm takin a trip back in time!

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