Major Nelson Content Updates

Arcade: Diner Dash & Gyromancer

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:25:00 -0800

Content: Diner Dash
Price: 800 Microsoft Points
Availability: Not available in Korea
Dash Text: Ditch your desk job and serve up some grub! Help Flo™ grow her fledgling diner into a five-star restaurant in this game of skill, speed and savvy. There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts.

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Content: Gyromancer
Price: 1200 Microsoft Points
Availability: Not available in Korea
Dash Text: Gyromancer: A fusion of puzzle and RPG gaming. You are Rivel, a powerful mage who leads fearsome beasts into battle as he explores the depths of Aldemona Wood. Master a deep--and deeply addictive--battle system. Twelve stages of play against dozens of unique foes. The full version allows you to play all stages of the game. This game requires the Xbox 360 hard drive or the 512MB Memory Unit for storage. There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts.3

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Demo: Tropico 3

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:24:00 -0800

Content: Tropico 3 Demo
Price: Free
Availability: All Xbox LIVE regions
Dash Text: The time is yesterday and the Cold War is in full swing. Through means devious and dubious you have seized power in the Caribbean island country of Tropico, where you now rule as the all-powerful "El Presidente". You decide whether you want to use your army to secure your power base in the best traditions of corrupt, unscrupulous tyrants everywhere or lead your people to prosperity in your role as generous elder statesman.

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The Beatles Rock Band: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:03:00 -0800

The following songs are now available on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace for The Beatles Rock Band.

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Content: "A Day In The Life"
Price: 160 Microsoft Points
Availability: Not available in Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea and Taiwan
Dash Text: (Music Downloads Not Rated by the ESRB) Build your The Beatles: Rock Band library by purchasing this song game track: "A Day In The Life" -- The Beatles. PLEASE NOTE: The Beatles: Rock Band game disc is required to play song game tracks. Many song game tracks are available as both a multipack and as a single game track. These song game tracks are exactly the same (unless expressly noted as a special version or remix). Be aware that it is possible to download the same song game track twice so please carefully consider your purchases. For music credits, visit www.TheBeatlesRockBand.com. There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts.

Content: "Lovely Rita"
Price: 160 Microsoft Points
Availability: Not available in Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea and Taiwan
Dash Text: (Music Downloads Not Rated by the ESRB) Build your The Beatles: Rock Band library by purchasing this song game track: "Lovely Rita" -- The Beatles. PLEASE NOTE: The Beatles: Rock Band game disc is required to play song game tracks. Many song game tracks are available as both a multipack and as a single game track. These song game tracks are exactly the same (unless expressly noted as a special version or remix). Be aware that it is possible to download the same song game track twice so please carefully consider your purchases. For music credits, visit www.TheBeatlesRockBand.com. There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts.

Content: "When I'm Sixty-Four"
Price: 160 Microsoft Points
Availability: Not available in Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea and Taiwan
Dash Text: (Music Downloads Not Rated by the ESRB) Build your The Beatles: Rock Band library by purchasing this song game track: "When I'm Sixty-Four" -- The Beatles. PLEASE NOTE: The Beatles: Rock Band game disc is required to play song game tracks. Many song game tracks are available as both a multipack and as a single game track. These song game tracks are exactly the same (unless expressly noted as a special version or remix). Be aware that it is possible to download the same song game track twice so please carefully consider your purchases. For music credits, visit www.TheBeatlesRockBand.com. There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts.

Content: "Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!"
Price: 160 Microsoft Points
Availability: Not available in Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea and Taiwan
Dash Text: (Music Downloads Not Rated by the ESRB) Build your The Beatles: Rock Band library by purchasing this song game track: "Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!" -- The Beatles. PLEASE NOTE: The Beatles: Rock Band game disc is required to play song game tracks. Many song game tracks are available as both a multipack and as a single game track. These song game tracks are exactly the same (unless expressly noted as a special version or remix). Be aware that it is possible to download the same song game track twice so please carefully consider your purchases. For music credits, visit www.TheBeatlesRockBand.com. There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts.

Content: "She's Leaving Home"
Price: 160 Microsoft Points
Availability: Not available in Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea and Taiwan
Dash Text: (Music Downloads Not Rated by the ESRB) Build your The Beatles: Rock Band library by purchasing this song game track: "She's Leaving Home" -- The Beatles. PLEASE NOTE: The Beatles: Rock Band game disc is required to play song game tracks. Many song game tracks are available as both a multipack and as a single game track. These song game tracks are exactly the same (unless expressly noted as a special version or remix). Be aware that it is possible to download the same song game track twice so please carefully consider your purchases. For music credits, visit www.TheBeatlesRockBand.com. There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts.

Content: "Fixing A Hole"
Price: 160 Microsoft Points
Availability: Not available in Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea and Taiwan
Dash Text: (Music Downloads Not Rated by the ESRB) Build your The Beatles: Rock Band library by purchasing this song game track: "Fixing A Hole" -- The Beatles. PLEASE NOTE: The Beatles: Rock Band game disc is required to play song game tracks. Many song game tracks are available as both a multipack and as a single game track. These song game tracks are exactly the same (unless expressly noted as a special version or remix). Be aware that it is possible to download the same song game track twice so please carefully consider your purchases. For music credits, visit www.TheBeatlesRockBand.com. There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts.

Content: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Album)
Price: 1080 Microsoft Points
Availability: Not available in Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea and Taiwan
Size: 141.36 MB
Dash Text: (Music Downloads Not Rated by the ESRB) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. This includes 8 tracks: all of the songs from the The Beatles’ album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, except "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band/With A Little Help From My Friends," "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds," "Getting Better," and "Good Morning Good Morning" found on The Beatles: Rock Band game disc. PLEASE NOTE: The Beatles: Rock Band game disc is required to play song game tracks. Many The Beatles: Rock Band songs are available as both a multipack and as a single game track. Be aware that it is possible to download the same song twice so please carefully consider your purchases. For song credits, visit www.TheBeatlesRockBand.com. There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts.

Content: "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)"
Price: 160 Microsoft Points
Availability: Not available in Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea and Taiwan
Dash Text: (Music Downloads Not Rated by the ESRB) Build your The Beatles: Rock Band library by purchasing this song game track: "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)" -- The Beatles. PLEASE NOTE: The Beatles: Rock Band game disc is required to play song game tracks. Many song game tracks are available as both a multipack and as a single game track. These song game tracks are exactly the same (unless expressly noted as a special version or remix). Be aware that it is possible to download the same song game track twice so please carefully consider your purchases. For music credits, visit www.TheBeatlesRockBand.com. There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts.

Content: "Within You Without You"
Price: 160 Microsoft Points
Availability: Not available in Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea and Taiwan
Dash Text: (Music Downloads Not Rated by the ESRB) Build your The Beatles: Rock Band library by purchasing this song game track: "Within You Without You" -- The Beatles. PLEASE NOTE: The Beatles: Rock Band game disc is required to play song game tracks. Many song game tracks are available as both a multipack and as a single game track. These song game tracks are exactly the same (unless expressly noted as a special version or remix). Be aware that it is possible to download the same song game track twice so please carefully consider your purchases. For music credits, visit www.TheBeatlesRockBand.com. There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts.

Deal of the Week: 3 on 3 NHL Arcade

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:10:00 -0800

Xbox LIVE Gold Members can save 50% this when they purchase 3 on 3 NHL Arcade. Normally 800 points, this week it’s only 400 points.

Arcade: Encleverment Experiment, 0D Beat Drop, Encleverment Experiment and NBA Unrivaled

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:20:00 -0800

Content: Encleverment Experiment
Price: 800 Microsoft Points
Availability: All Xbox LIVE regions
Dash Text: [ESRB: E (Everyone)] Unlock the full game to offer your assistance in Professor Ivor Question's Encleverment Experiment! He's looking for people just like you to play his 16 exciting minigames, collect 60 available Mascots and create new challenges in his Home-made Game editor! Featuring support for the Big Button Controller and Live Vision Camera, the Encleverment Experiment also includes full Avatar support and LIVE play for up to four players! Unlock the full game now and massage those mental muscles! There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts.

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Content: 0D Beat Drop
Price: 800 Microsoft Points
Availability: All Xbox LIVE regions
Dash Text: Are you ready to Beat Drop? The fusion of "rhythm" and "puzzle" created a completely new kind of battle! Drop Pieces along with the beat and go for the win with our explosive chains! If you purchase the full version, you can play over 10 modes and 100 stages! Also, it has the unique "Beat-O-Matic" function where you can analyze your own songs and use them in the game! The ways you can have fun with Beat Drop is endless! Feel the rhythm of battle! There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts.

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Content: NBA Unrivaled
Price: 1200 Microsoft Points
Availability: Not available in Australia, Hong Kong, Korea, New Zealand and Taiwan
Dash Text: Paying homage to the old school look and feel of the arcade classics, NBA UNRIVALED™ brings back all of the intensity and pulse pounding action—AMPLIFIED! Featuring the 2009-2010 NBA season's team and player rosters with current stats, logos and jerseys. Ball your way up to the top of the league with unthinkable slams and outrageous plays to get the crowd pumped for momentum on your side! There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts.

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Demo: NCAA Basketball 10

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:25:00 -0800

Content: NCAA Basketball 10 Demo
Price: Free
Availability: Canada and United States
Dash Text: Get your hands on the most authentic college basketball experience ever, in NCAA® Basketball 10. Enjoy ultimate control over your team’s strategy and style of play, including real Motion Offensive Systems including the Dribble Drive, Princeton and Flex to name a few. See the game like it has never been seen before, with authentic broadcasting presentations from the all-star announcing crews of Dick Vitale, Brad Nessler, and Erin Andrews of ESPN, and Gus Johnson and Bill Raftery of CBS Sports. From the broadcast table to the hardwood - it’s all there in NCAA® Basketball 10.

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Demo: Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:55:00 -0800

Content: Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 Demo
Price: Free
Availability: All Xbox LIVE regions
Dash Text: The Largest Army of Super Heroes is back! Mercenaries are attacking the Capitol in Washington D.C. and it is up to you and your team of Super Heroes to defend it. Thwart the enemy offensive with immensely destructive powers and new fusion combinations. Select your team of four from an exciting array of Super Heroes, including Captain America, Iron Man, Spider-Man, Wolverine, Hulk, and more. Test your mettle as you enter the world of Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2! For all levels, deeper RPG action and the entire roster of over 24 playable heroes and villains, buy your copy in September 2009! Download the demo.

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Demo: Left 4 Dead 2

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:56:00 -0800

Content: Left 4 Dead 2 Demo
Price: Free
Availability: All Xbox LIVE Regions
Dash Text: The sequel to the best-selling and critically-acclaimed co-operative multiplayer smash from Valve®, Left 4 Dead™ 2 promises to become one of 2009's top-selling games and set a new benchmark for co-operative action games. Left 4 Dead 2 takes place at roughly the same time as the original, and leads four new “Survivors” through the southeastern United States -- from Savannah, Georgia to New Orleans’ French Quarter. The title adds melee combat, new monsters and weapons, the AI Director 2.0, and more to create a larger game than the original. Visit www.l4d.com for more information.

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Xbox 360 Games on Demand: Battlefield 2: MC and Far Cry 2

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:50:00 -0800

The following Xbox 360 games are now ready for direct download from the Xbox LIVE Marketplace:

Content: Battlefield 2: MC
Price: Check pricing for your region
Availability: North America and Asia
Dash Text: (Download the manual for this game by locating the game on http://marketplace.xbox.com and selecting “See Game Manual". Battlefield 2: Modern Combat explodes onto Xbox 360, bringing the field of battle to life like never before. Bullets whiz by and score the environments around you, spent minigun shells rain down from hovering helicopters, and explosions shatter your field of vision. Delivering the over-the-top action of the award-winning Battlefield™ franchise, Battlefield 2: Modern Combat lets you wage modern war your way. Battlefield 2: Modern Combat delivers the Battlefield franchise’s trademark multiplayer action on Xbox Live, delivering ferocious 24 player online battles. Fighting for one of 4 sides – the US, the European Union, the Chinese, or the newly formed Middle East Coalition – and armed with the latest modern weaponry, you are given full control over the 30+ vehicles in the game.

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Content: Far Cry 2
Price: Check pricing for your region
Availability: Not available in North America
Dash Text: Download the manual for this game by locating the game on http://marketplace.xbox.com and selecting “See Game Manual". Far Cry® 2 is a true open-world FPS where every decision you make affects the outcome of the game. The first sequel to the award-winning franchise takes you to one of the most beautiful and hostile environments in the world - AFRICA. You are a gun for hire, trapped in a war-torn African state, stricken with malaria and forced to make deals with corrupt warlords. Your mission is to hunt down and kill The Jackal. This evil arms dealer has been perpetuating this conflict for years, wreaking havoc on the land an all of its innocent people. Run, swim, drive, fly, shoot, fight and smash your way through over 50km² of open world. Beware though, sometimes the hunter can become the hunted. There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts.

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Deal of the week: COD4 Variety Map Pack for 50% off

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:13:00 -0800

This weeks Xbox LIVE Gold Members deal of the week is the Call of Duty 4 Variety Map Pack for 400 points. Normally 800 points, Gold Members can grab it now and save 50%.

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GTA IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:20:00 -0700

Content: Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony
Price: 1600 Points
Availability: Not available in Japan
Dash Text: (ESRB: M (Mature) BLOOD AND GORE,INTENSE VIOLENCE,PARTIAL NUDITY,STRONG LANGUAGE,STRONG SEXUAL CONTENT,USE OF ALCOHOL,USE OF DRUGS,ONLINE INTERACTIONS NOT RATED BY THE ESRB) The Ballad of Gay Tony injects Liberty City with an overdose of guns, glitz, and grime. As Luis Lopez, part-time hoodlum and full-time assistant to legendary nightclub impresario Tony Prince (a.k.a. “Gay Tony”), players will struggle with the competing loyalties of family and friends, and with the uncertainty about who is real and who is fake in a world in which everyone has a price. There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts.

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or If you do not have GTA IV, you can purchase Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City which contains both The Ballad of Gay Tony and The Lost and Damned as stand alone games that do not require the original Grand Theft Auto IV game to play.

Arcade: Inferno Pool

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:05:00 -0700

Content: Inferno Pool
Price: 800 Microsoft Points
Availability: Asia and North America
Dash Text: Inferno Pool is a revolutionary, simultaneous multi-player Pool action game. There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts.

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Arcade: RAINBOW ISLANDS: TOWERING ADVENTURE

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:04:00 -0700

Content: RAINBOW ISLANDS: TOWERING ADVENTURE!
Price: 800 Microsoft Points
Availability: Not available in Australia, Korea and New Zealand
Dash Text: Rainbow Island returns as an XBLA remake, with completely new features added! Use your Rainbow Magic to shoot out rainbows to defeat your enemies as well as climb them towards the top in this platform gaming classic! Use your Avatar to personalize the colorful action! Play cooperatively with a friend with 2 Xbox 360 Controllers or race to the top against other players over Xbox LIVE. Conquer all 10 Areas in 4 different game modes! A range of quirky costumes can be acquired in the game to customize game character's outfit. All Areas are seamlessly connected as you climb from the earth to the far reaches of space! There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/Live/accounts.

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Xbox 360 Games on Demand: Dead Space and DiRT

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:04:00 -0700

The following Xbox 360 games are now ready for direct download from the Xbox LIVE Marketplace:

Content: Dead Space™

Price: Check pricing for your region
Availability: Not available in Japan
Dash Text: (Online Interactions Not Rated by the ESRB) Download the manual for this game by locating the game on http://marketplace.xbox.com and selecting “See Game Manual". When an immense mining ship, the USG Ishimura, comes into contact with a mysterious alien artifact in a remote star system, its communications with Earth are mysteriously cut off. Engineer Isaac Clarke is sent to repair the Ishimura's communications array, but he arrives to find a living nightmare-the ship is a floating bloodbath, the crew unspeakably mutilated and infected by an ancient alien scourge. Clarke's repair mission becomes one of survival as he fights not just to save himself, but to return the artifact to the planet ... at any cost. There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts.

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Content: DiRT
Price: Check pricing for your region
Availability: Not available in Japan
Dash Text: (Online Interactions Not Rated by the ESRB) Download the manual for this game by locating the game on http://marketplace.xbox.com and selecting “See Game Manual". DiRT™ is an off-road racing game. The player’s role is to race their way through the world of off-road motor sport, increasing their fame and prestige on their way to becoming the ultimate Off-Road Champion of Champions. There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts.

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Call of Duty World at War Map Packs now 50% off

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:32:57 -0700

For the next week (until November 1) all three of the Call of Duty: World At War map packs are 400 point each, a savings of 50%. Get ‘em now!

Deal of the Week: Fable II Pub Games 50% off

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:16:00 -0700

This weeks Xbox LIVE Gold Members deal of the week is Fable II Pub Games. Normally 800 points, Gold Members can grab it now for 400 points and save 50%.

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