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Xbox Live Deal of the Week: Fallout 3 DLC

David Hinkle — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:13:00 EST

This week's Xbox Live deal ain't too shabby, if you haven't got yourself a copy of Fallout 3: GOTY Edition or already downloaded all of the game's DLC onto your hard drive. Each of the five episodes continuing the adventures of our strong, silent hero (or villain, if you prefer to play the meanie) are half-off this week, just as anticipated.

That means the whole lot (usually setting back would-be Wasteland travelers $50 total) can be yours for $25 up until March 29 -- or 400 ($5) each. War never changes, but the cost of doing battle just got a bit cheaper.

Shortcut: Add Fallout 3's Operation Anchorage DLC to your Xbox 360 download queue [Xbox.com]
Shortcut: Add Fallout 3's The Pitt DLC to your Xbox 360 download queue [Xbox.com]
Shortcut: Add Fallout 3's Broken Steel DLC to your Xbox 360 download queue [Xbox.com]
Shortcut: Add Fallout 3's Point Lookout DLC to your Xbox 360 download queue [Xbox.com]
Shortcut: Add Fallout 3's Mothership Zeta DLC to your Xbox 360 download queue [Xbox.com]

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This Wednesday: Perfect Dark KLOBBers XBLA

Justin McElroy — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:01:00 EST

That's "This Wednesday," like, this Wednesday -- today. Sorry we waited so long to bring you this regular installment of "This Wednesday," it's just that we kind of figured this particular release would be a little hard to forget. But for those of you not paying attention, here it is: FPS classic Perfect Dark arrives on Xbox Live today for 800 ($10). If you're on the fence, check out our full review of the game.

Now, if you'll excuse us, we're going to go buy some Surge and Tato Skins off eBay and hit Felicity for some King of the Bathroom.

Gallery: Perfect Dark (XBLA)

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This Wednesday: Toy Soldiers storms XBLA

Richard Mitchell — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:19:00 EST

This week Toy Soldiers kicks off Microsoft's month-long XBLA Block Party. While a tower defense game at its core, the game adds a small twist to the genre, allowing players to take control over individual towers and units. In other words, if you think your sniper tower is focusing on the wrong units, you can snap into first-person control and do something about it.

Toy Soldiers lands this Wednesday on XBLA for 1200 ($15). In the meantime, be sure to check out our impressions of the title back from TGS.

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Xbox Live Arcade Block Party games, Game Room dated

Griffin McElroy — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:30:00 EST

March is going to be a pretty intense month for XBLA releases. So intense, in fact, that it's all being bundled under one promotional moniker: Block Party. Microsoft recently announced specific dates and prices for each of the games therein, and boy oh boy, has its saved the best for ... um, next-to-last.

We already knew March 3 would see the release of Toy Soldiers for 1200 ($15). On March 10, we'll get our hands on Slick Entertainment's brutal racer, Scrap Metal, for 1200 ($15). On March 17, we'll be stocking up on supplies, boarding up the doors and windows, and enjoying Perfect Dark, available for 800 ($10). Things will come to a crescendo on March 24, when the Game Room hub will be released at no charge. The platform's games will run you 400 ($5) for a PC and 360-friendly version, 240 ($3) for just the 360 version, or 40 ($.50) for a single play.

Xbox Live Arcade Block Party games, Game Room dated originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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X10: A perfect storm of Perfect Dark media

David Hinkle — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:00:00 EST

It's been a crazy 48 hours, thanks to all of the news coming out of X10. Attendees were greeted with various playable demos, a box full of mullets and, in the case of this post, the above trailer and gallery full of screenshots for Rare's upcoming XBLA port of Perfect Dark. Featuring graphics of up to 1080p and small grey alien sidekicks named Elvis, it's one of the more high-profile games coming to Xbox Live Arcade as part of the Block Party promotion.

Gallery: Perfect Dark XBLA (X10)

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Have a Wario Party with Rabbids at Amazon

JC Fletcher — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:40:00 EST

Filed under: News, Sales

If you've been denying yourself the opportunity to play Balance Board games from a hilarious seated position for budgetary reasons, today's Amazon "15 Days, 15 Deals" special will appeal to you. The retailer has discounted a few Wii games including Raving Rabbids TV Party. Also among the reduced-price games: Wario Land: Shake It! for $40. It may not be playable with one's bum, but it certainly shares juvenile humor with Ubisoft's silly minigame collection.

Decent price drops are also available for the Perfect Shot and Ben 10 Alien Force. And, uh, Game Party 2 and Block Party, just in case you need something to be angry about.

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GDC08: You're at the PlayStation Block Party

Andrew Yoon — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:30:00 EST

Filed under: Community

Sony's PlayStation party at GDC08 was one of the most exclusive parties to get into. Just ask MTV's Stephen Totilo, the GameTrailers crew, and the entire team at Insomniac Games. (None of these people were invited, supposedly.)
As we described earlier, "There are hula-hoop girls with really short shorts; there's a breakdancing crew getting boogaloo on the dance floor; there's a DJ mashing up 70's throwbacks; there's a barber shop upstairs (no, seriously, they're actually cutting hair)." If you didn't believe us, try watching this video: it'll be like you're there! Enjoy this, uh, VIP access to the show.

Download an HD version (for your PS3) from my Vimeo page.

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GDC08: You're at the PlayStation Block Party

Andrew Yoon — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:00:00 EST

Filed under: Culture, Sony PlayStation 3, GDC, Video

Sony's PlayStation party at GDC08 was one of the most exclusive parties to get into. Just ask MTV's Stephen Totilo, the GameTrailers crew, and the entire team at Insomniac Games. (None of these people were invited, supposedly.)

As we described earlier, "There are hula-hoop girls with really short shorts; there's a breakdancing crew getting boogaloo on the dance floor; there's a DJ mashing up 70's throwbacks; there's a barber shop upstairs (no, seriously, they're actually cutting hair)." If you didn't believe us, try watching this video: it'll be like you're there! Enjoy this, uh, VIP access to the show.

GDC08: You're at the PlayStation Block Party originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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