pinata242

I'll check out the demo, but I'll probably wait for a sale even if I love it. Got soooo much to play still.

Speaking of reviews, I need to get back on track...

xmiyux

You bastards and your free codes for games to review.

Decker

Xbox Live Marketplace releases for rest of August scheduled

Xbox LIVE Arcade
•August 25: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game, 800 Microsoft Points
•August 25: Shank, 1200 Microsoft Points


Xbox LIVE Deal of the Week
Week of August 23:
•BioShock 2 Rapture Metro, 400 Microsoft Points
•BioShock 2 Sinclair Solutions Tester Pack, 240 Microsoft
•BioShock Rosie Big Daddy Outfit 240 Microsoft Points (Male) (Female)
•BioShock Watchface Big Daddy Doll, 160 Microsoft Points
Week of August 30:
•Zeno Clash Ultimate Edition, 800 Microsoft Points
•Aliens vs Predator Swarm Map Pack , 400 Microsoft Points
•Alien Breed Episode 1, :400 Microsoft points
•Galaga Legions, 400 Microsoft Points


Xbox Avatar Marketplace
•August 19: WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010
•August 26: University Collection Update

Xbox Game Add-Ons
•August 25: Snoopy Flying Ace Suppertime of Destruction Pack, 400 Microsoft Points

Xbox Games on Demand
•August 18: The Outfit, $19.99
•August 18: Moto GP 08, $19.99
•August 18: Guilty Gear 2, $19.99

Decker

Shank Trailer:
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My feelings :

UncleGramps

Shank was super fun at PAX last year. I'll wait for reviews of the final game and try out the demo, but it's definitely on my radar.

pinata242

Achievement whore says 400 points is right for the extra 100 in BS2. Now to just borrow that disc again...

Oh, and new Snoopy DLC!?

slop101

As long as we're bringing up upcoming 2D side-scrolling shooters, when is this sweetness being released:

superfro

Winter 2010.

PixyJunket

Ah, I'll play with if we can get a group with the new maps running.

Decker

Man, Lara Croft & The GoL is 2GB in size. So much for me trying it out before work today. Remember when XBLA games had a cap of 50MB? Those days are clearly gone.

superfro

So in the scheme of things the price increases aren't too bad per MB of game.

Decker

Fair enough. $15 for 2000 MB seems a like a lot better deal than $10 for 50 MB.

superfro

NOW WITH MORE MBs!

Kedrix

2 GB?!!!

Seriously, would it kill them to throw this into disc form (even sans manual) with a cover & case and sell it for $20? (Don't give me any of that digital download is the future nonsense either). I agree it is a pretty good value, but they would get much better coverage (especially with the Lara name attached to it) by going disc on this one. People with bandwith limits are going to shy away from this one.

pinata242

A lot of that stuff is inflated by video. Risk was nearly 800 MB and it was mostly for the funny once but ultimately pointless campaign "story" clips. South Park is similar because it includes a whole lot of tv show clips you unlock.

Sure would be nice to offer "lite" versions of games like that if you want to opt-out and free up that hdd space.

Shagrath

People in this day and age still worry about bandwidth and hard drive space? Really?

If you still have the 20GB hard drive, you're doing it wrong.

Liver&Onions

My review went up yesterday - feel free to check it out

In short - a great little game, and should be more fun once ONLINE multi comes out.

pinata242

My 250gb is 2/3 full.

Shagrath

How many full game installs do you have on there? I've got 25GB free on my 120, and I've probably as much, if not more DLC than you (just guessing).

PixyJunket

More MBs means more fun!

pinata242

I have quite a few but that's because I'm not done with those games yet, I do delete the images as I finish them. You definitely do have more RB DLC than me, no question, but I also keep every XBLA game and other content I've ever bought on there too.

I just remember 120 being enough. And then 250 being enough. It won't be long before we need more. RB3 DLC sizes will increase going forward. RB2 export is going to be pretty big as well, maybe close to 3gb.

Shagrath

I "clean out my fridge" pretty often. Any game that I've completed 1000/200, then I delete it unless it's something I see myself going back to. If I ever want to replay, it's just a couple minutes to redownload it off the XBL servers.

I'll probably need to upgrade to a 250 before the end of the generation with all the RB stuff I've got, and will continue to get. It's just a question of whether I wanna go with just the drive or upgrade to one of those sexy new 360s.

pinata242

I think you should just get a new 360 because license transferring and redownloading 1000+ songs is just sooooooo much fun, everyone should do it!

pinata242

Setup and punchline in two words: Game Room

Check out the first week's lineup from GP009 due next Wednesday:



So we started at 6/week, then down to 5/week for the last two months, now down to 4/week. Otherwise the well would be completely dry! Checkers, pinball, tennis. Wow.

GoVegan

Yikes. Are they releasing them chronologically? Activision eventually made some of the most polished 2600 games, but Checkers and Tennis were probably two of the first three games they released.