Capcom has released a new addition to the Dead Rising 2 story with today’s release of Dead Rising 2: Case West on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace. Dead Rising 2: Case West is available here from the Xbox LIVE Marketplace for 800 Microsoft Points ($10). If you missed the original Dead Rising’s Frank West, and taking photographs in-game, Dead Rising 2: Case West brings back the memorable character as players explore the Phenotrans Facility outside of Fortune City.
As a co-op team, Frank and Dead Rising 2′s Chuck have new arsenal of weapons and combos to create. Players can go at it in solo play as Chuck (so make sure to co-op for playing as Frank). Snap up evidence and survive zombie hordes in Dead Rising 2: Case West, available exclusively on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace. Just like the previously released Dead Rising 2: Case Zero, Dead Rising 2: Case West is a standalone game and does not require Dead Rising 2 to play. A demo is also available for download here.
Microsoft is offering up some great deals on Xbox LIVE Arcade games, throughout December 31, 2010. Below are the XBLA games on sale, starting today.
Super Meat Boy Discounted Price: 800 MSP, Savings: 33%
Comic Jumper Discounted Price: 800 MSP, Savings: 33%
Toy Soldiers Discounted Price: 800 MSP, Savings: 33%
Banjo Tooie Discounted Price: 600 MSP, Savings: 50%
Castle Crashers Discounted Price: 600 MSP, Savings: 50%
The UnderGarden Discounted Price: 400 MSP, Savings: 50%
Risk Factions Discounted Price: 400 MSP, Savings: 50%
Afterburner Climax Discounted Price: 400 MSP, Savings: 50%
Carcassonne Discounted Price: 400 MSP, Savings: 50%
Borderland’s Claptrap New Revolution (Borderlands game DLC) Discounted Price: 400 MSP, Savings: 50%
In addition to those deals that are running through the end of the year, keep a lookout for special deals on the Xbox 360 Dashboard’s daily “Xbox LIVE Countdown to New Year’s Eve” deals. Today’s deals (12/21/10) feature discounts on Red Dead Redemption DLC, discounted from 25% to 50%. Watch your Xbox 360 dashboard for some good deals, which will likely include XBLA games, game DLC, and Avatar times!
Source – xbox.com
Today, Activision is releasing two new demos on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace to give you a sampling of their upcoming music games, DJ Hero 2 and Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock. Here is what you’ll find in the demos:
The DJ Hero 2 demo includes various gameplay tutorials, QuickPlay and a sampling of multiplayer game modes, Accumulator and DJ Battle. Mixes included in the demo of DJ Hero 2 are:
- Pussycat Dolls Featuring Busta Rhymes “Don’t Cha” Mixed With Pitbull “I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)”
- Lady Gaga Featuring Colby O’Donis “Just Dance” Mixed With Deadmau5 “Ghosts N Stuff”
- MSTRKRFT Featuring N.O.R.E. “Bounce” (Battle Mix)
- Estelle Featuring Kanye West “American Boy” Mixed With Chic “Good Times”
The Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock demo includes a sampling of the following tracks:
- Black Sabbath “Children of the Grave”
- Foo Fighters “No Way Back”
- Slash featuring Ian Astbury “Ghosts”
- Dethklok “Bloodlines”
Xbox LIVE Gold Members can download the demos from the Xbox LIVE Marketplace. The Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock demo is now available, here from xbox.com. Watch for the DJ Hero 2 demo sometime today. Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock will be available later this month, starting September 28th (see available bundles here). DJ Hero 2 will be available starting October 19th (see available bundles here).
Get ready for a taste of Vanquish, from SEGA and Platinum Games, with the “Velocity Attack” demo. Xbox LIVE Gold Members can now download the Vanquish Velocity Attack demo here from Xbox.com, released today. The demo will also be available for the PlayStation 3 from the PlayStation Network later today in North America (arrives in Europe on September 1st and Australia on September 2nd).
The Vanquish demo gets you prepped with an optional Tutorial mode, showing you this ins and outs of the AR Mode, CQC, and more. Experience the thrill of speed sliding and slow motion precision of the ARS battle suit! Details on what you’ll find in the Vanquish demo, from SEGA:
“The VANQUISH Official Demo: Velocity Attack, allows players to choose one level from the two levels of difficulty (Casual or Normal) available. Taking on the role of Sam, a United States government agent kitted out with a futuristic ARS battle suit, players are vying for ownership of the planet’s remaining energy resources against Russia on board a huge space station. On entering the third port lobby of the space station, numerous enemy robots are being brought in by dropships. Players have a huge arsenal of weaponry and upgrades at their disposal, as well as the ability to hijack “Walkers”, or use the suits unique Boost and AR mode to take down the robots. ”
Vanquish will be available for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in North America on October 19th (Australia on October 21st and Europe on October 22nd).
Disney Interactive and Black Rock Studios have released an Xbox 360 demo for the destructive racing game, Split/Second. Xbox LIVE Gold members can now download the demo (about 808 MB) from Xbox LIVE. Queue up the Split Second demo to your Xbox 360 from this link on xbox.com.
What can you expect in the demo? You’ll hit the Airport Terminal track as an trial run of the game. It’s a single-player demo that will introduce you to the basics of the Power Bar and Power Plays as well as maneuvering through the danger filled tracks. As a stunt driver in a TV show setting, you’re also a demolition man, creating havoc on the tracks to gain the lead. By your third lap, the track will look like a flaming wasteland of debris and fire, so expect some intense action.
See the action in a video below from the demo, featuring some of the crazy Split Second Power Plays.
The demo will be available for the PlayStation 3 in the second week of May 2010. The retail release of Split/Second, for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, is May 18, 2010. For more details on Split/Second visit the official website at disney.go.com.
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