September XBL content update: Mercury Hg, RE on Games on Demand and more

by David Hinkle on Sep 20th 2011 3:30PM

Are you ready for round two with Las Plagas? Today marks the launch of Resident Evil 4 HD on Games on Demand, along with some other goodies. In addition to the HD ~~remake~~ update of Leon's rescue mission, Major Nelson has listed some Xbox Live Arcade games and next week's deals.

Resident Evil 4 HD (XBLA/PSN)

Xbox Live Arcade

September 21: Burnout Crash (800 MS Points)
September 21: Rotastic (800 MS Points)
September 28: Mercury Hg (400 MS Points)
September 21: MLB Bobblehead Baseball Battle (800 MS Points)

Game Add-ons

September 20: Fallout: New Vegas "Lonesome Road" DLC (800 MS Points)
September 20: Dance Central three pack (240 MS Points per song)

Deal of the Week

September 20-26: 50% off Gyromancer (600 MS Points)
September 20-26: 50% off Portal: Still Alive (600 MS Points)
September 20-26: 50% off Bejewled Blitz Live (200 MS Points)
September 20-26: 50% off ilomilo (400 MS Points)
September 27-October 3: 33% off Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes (800 MS Points)
September 27-October 3: 33% off Dungeons & Dragons: Daggerdale (800 MS Points)

Games on Demand

September 20: Resident Evil 4 ($19.99)
September 20: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2 ($19.99)
September 20: MLB 2K11 ($39.99)
September 27: Resident Evil: Code Veronica X (Price TBD)
September 27: Crysis 2 (Price TBD)
September 27: Blur (Price TBD)

Avatar Marketplace

September 22: Major League Baseball Update
September 27: Nightmare Before Christmas
September 29: Dungeons & Dragons: Daggerdale
September 29: NBA 2K12
September 29: Rage
September 29: South Park Update

Game Demos

September 20: NBA 2K12
September 27: Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster

Resident Evil: Code Veronica X HD (XBLA/PSN)

Source: Major Nelson

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Reader Comments (43)

Sorry, too busy plaing Gears.

@343 Guilty Fart

I'm planning on playing Gears too, but I always have time to make another run through RE4. It's still one of the best games of all time.

@ItsameMatt03

I'll have time to run through RE4 again. After Gears3.

RE4 can go sit in the corner since I've already played him at least 12 times through on 3 different systems.

In the second picture does Leon have a large nose and three nostrills?

@Kibbles XIII

...Yes.

@Kibbles XIII i think it's a shadow.... but it completely looks like 3 holes!

It's a surgical procedure, named the snort3000™. It opens a third nasal cavity and therefore makes it easier to snort cocai... I mean, green herb powder.

@Pure Black World Tendency... Snort3000? i could have sworn it was called the Sheen procedure!

"•September 20-26: 50% off Portal: Still Alive (600 MS Points)"
Im not usually the one to complain about microsofts pricing structure but i hope they know that i can get this for free right. i mean ms surely reads game blogs and such to realize that they are giving this away now a days.

@Protege420
I think it's actually brilliant timing. The free steam copy does me absolutely no good as my computer cannot even dream about running it. I may be in the minority here but I'm sure I am not alone, so if someone like me saw Portal for free the other day, cursed their luck for having a POS computer then saw it on sale on XBLA, they may be inclined to pick it up. I already have The Orange Box and Portal: Still Alive but if I didn't I would follow that exact logic and buy it today.

@Protege420

You can currently get the PC version for free.

PC version != XBLA version.

You mean... round 4 with Las Plagas?

Eurogamer's review of RE4HD was pretty brutal. Just a quick upscaled cash-in.

That's it, I am never buying anything off sale again. I just picked up ilomilo on Friday.......

@kazD

If you aren't getting it at or soon after release, just wait. Everything goes on sale at some point. Same thing goes for retail games. If you don't want it that bad and can wait a bit, then do so because it will go down in price just weeks after it's out.

@Uncle Jesse I saw it on sale a couple months ago (i think right before Portal 2 came out) and I'm pretty sure Portal was on sale then as well because I bought that instead.This last weekend i was looking for something and I honestly thought, "it was just on sale a few months ago, no way it goes on sale again." That's what I get for thinking. Now I want to get Battlefield 2 but even if I get Ultimate I still have to buy Vietnam and I just missed that on sale.

Ooh, looks like I'm getting M&M:Clash of Heroes next week.

@Boring K
I loved it on the DS, and I am going to nab it on XBL now that it is on sale :)

Lonesome Road yesssss!

Can't wait to get my hands on once upon a monster

Does RE4 support achievements / trophies?

@Johnnynumber5 is powered by cell Good question! I would like to know as well

@DiscoStick J81 Yes it has a full 1000 on Xbox, not sure about Platinum on PS3.

@Johnnynumber5 is powered by cell

Looks like it.

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/game/resident-evil-4-hd/achievements/

@kazD
Need and edit button. Here's proof so you know I'm not just talking out of my ass.
http://www.xbox360achievements.org/game/resident-evil-4-hd/achievements/

@kazD No Platinum on PS3, which has made the RE4 talkbacks on the Playstation Blog pretty ugly.

@milespieri
I thought I saw something about that, but couldn't remember, so I just said "not sure." Thanks for clearing that up.

@Johnnynumber5 is powered by cell

It's got 1000 points of achievements but you can tell it was originally planned to be an XBLA title because it only has 12 achievements. Code Veronica X is the same.

$20 is pretty nuts for a barebones port of a nearly 7 year old game. It was $20 on Wii 4 years ago. On disc $30 would've been reasonable for both of them together. As downloads they should be even cheaper.

No RE4 demo available WTF! I wanna see how the HD transfer looks before I purchase

@DiscoStick J81

Yeah for sure. One of the best games ever made but I need more details before I plunk down $20.

@DiscoStick J81 Eurogamer say it's an upscaled 480i version (basically a direct port of the Gamecube model) which is pretty disappointing. The usual Capcon cash-grab then.
Still, I've never played it and it's only $10 for PS+ subscribers so I'm waiting for the store to update and getting it right away.

Ouch - $20 for Resident Evil 4? It's one of my favorite games of all time but no way I'm plopping that kind of money for some improved HD visuals... I'll stick with my Gamecube and PS2 versions.

I was hoping the Major was going to announce a date for Iron Brigade / Trenched on XBLA. Double Fine were aiming for a September launch, I guess they missed the window.

Burnout crash is compatible with kinect, but it doesn't REQUIRE kinect. Am I correct?

@ARKeDGE
You can play it the old fashioned way ;)

"why do they call it resident evil 4?"

"because capcom rereleased it 4 times"

But no seriously it does look a lot easier on the eyes.

Resident Evil isn't XBLA. Please get it right.

Hm... I wonder when MS deceides to finally release Tre... um... Iron Brigade in Europe. The coming weeks look rather bland, arcade-wise, and I could do with some tower defence/mech action.

I am taking a pass on RE4 as I beat it on my Wii and also have the Iphone version. Gonna definitely buy RE Code Named Veronica next week as it is the only RE game I have never played.

will Resident Evil 4 Resident Evil: Code Veronica X be sold on disc NTSC/PAL or is it only japan getting Resident Evil 4 Resident Evil: Code Veronica X on disc?

Avoid this so-called HD Resident Evil 4. Contrary to some reviews, this is NOT the Gamecube or Wii version. It's the PS2/PC version. There is a huge difference.

The PS2/PC textures are lower resolution than Gamecube/Wii. With a higher res they are okay in the distance but pretty hideous up close. ALL of the lighting effects are missing in this version, effects present in the Wii and Gamecube versions in favor of basic lighting. The polygon models are lower on this HD version than on Wii.

What is different over the PC/PS2 version is the cutscenes. In the PC/PS2 version they are all pre-rendered SD video which was different from Wii/Gamecube which used the in-game engine. This HD version appears to have SOME cutscenes using the in-game engine and SOME cutscenes using the same old SD videos as on the PS2/PC version. Very odd indeed.

The lack of lighting effects is disappointing. An HD Wii port would look a lot better than this. On the PS2 version you can mod the textures to higher-resolution (or the Wii ones) and replace the cutscenes with 1080p versions (made using the dolphin Wii/cube emulator).

Sad..... Lazy port.

@arrrdawg
That's disappointing to hear... I was wondering how they were going to get the PS2 content on there with the GC version of the game. Guess that answers my question: they didn't.

The PS2 version was still decent enough, but it looked horrible compared to the gamecube version.

What control scheme does RE4 have? The same as RE5 or the tank-controls of previous entries? I've googled around and can't find an easy answer.

Resident Evil 4 HD

September XBL content update: Mercury Hg, RE on Games on Demand and more

Resident Evil 4 HD (XBLA/PSN)

Resident Evil: Code Veronica X HD (XBLA/PSN)

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