XBL Games on Demand adds Vanquish, DiRT 2, more

by Richard Mitchell on May 12th 2011 10:30PM

Xbox Live's Games on Demand service gains several new games today. Most notable among the four titles is probably Vanquish, which can be had for a steep $40. DiRT 2 is also available for $30, while either Velvet Assassin or Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising can be had for $20.

Vanquish $40 [Xbox.com]
DiRT 2 $30 [Xbox.com]
Velvet Assassin $20 [Xbox.com]
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising $20 [Xbox.com]

Tags: dirt-2, games-on-demand, microsoft, operation-flashpoint-dragon-rising, vanquish, velvet-assassin, xbox, xbox-live

Reader Comments (22)

I wouldn't mind picking up Vanquish, is it any good?

@Dukk420 Get it somewhere else. Save money.

http://product.half.ebay.com/Vanquish-Xbox-360-2010/80827456&tg=info

@Arsenic13

Apply this statement to EVERY GOD game.

....hm..XBL G.O.D. I bet that wasn't a mistake on MS's part.

@Dukk420 Vanquish is really good. At least I think it is. It is a decent mix of a cover based shooter with a little flavor of traditional old school Japanese hardness.

I was about 3/4 of the way through when my PS3 finally died. I would highly recommend picking this up.

@Dukk420 It's not bad. But I wouldn't spend $40 on it.

Thanks for the heads-up, that's a hell of a better deal!!!

Vanquish is worth a hundred dollars because it's fantastic, but you can probably find a physical copy for less than what they're asking.

Hurray, another round of games that I can buy physical copies of on Amazon for less money!

@Koenn

B-b-but convenience fees!

@Koenn

Just be thankful that you have a system capable of downloading stuff.

@A Sandwich

...so that you can avoid downloading stuff?

@eat it

Damn it, eat it, can't we just all be grateful!? This is why we can't have anything nice around here!

Uhh these were added a couple days ago...

Not everyone likes to buy discs - Some people would rather to download them onto a console just in case their xbox breaks like they always do.
Some like it for many other various reasons that I can't be arsed to list off.

I'll admit that there are a couple times where I strongly thought about buying a game off XBL. They were $20 games so I didn't feel it was so bad.

Speaking of Velvet Assasin, whatever happened to JoystiQuitter?

I've been wanting to get Vanquish for a while, but $40? I haven't checked what it is here in the UK, but I'd guess £30. It's around £12-15 on disc, delivered, just about everywhere I've looked. I'm waiting for it to drop under £10!

Honestly, if these Games-On-Demand games were reasonably priced I'd have picked up quite a few right now but they're almost always double the price of your favourite online retailer and I can't justify that in this financial climate.