Microsoft Outlines April's Deal of the Week Specials

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Dan Webb

Microsoft today outlined what we'll be seeing in April as part of its ongoing Deal of the Week promo.

"Beginning April 6, Xbox LIVE Gold members can experience the crazy dialogue and outrageous enemies of the Xbox LIVE Arcade smash hit “Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode One,” for only 800 Microsoft Points – 50 percent off the regular price! In this full version of “On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode One,” Gold members will see the mystery unfold as they enjoy Gabe and Tycho bantering in classic Penny Arcade style, leaderboard ranking and achievements-a-plenty."

"Hopping along to the week of April 13, Xbox LIVE Gold members can trade painted eggs for hand grenades as they lock and load, “Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter® 2 Co-op Collection,” Game Add-on for a mere 320 Microsoft Points, a 20 percent discount."

"On April 20, tee-off with “Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® 09,” and the “Spyglass Hill Golf Course” Game Add-on for only 400 Microsoft Points, a 33 percent discount; and hit the hardwood on April 27 with the NBA LIVE 365 Subscription Game Add-on for 560 Microsoft Points, a 30 percent discount."

Remember folks, the Xbox Live Deal of the Week is only available to Xbox Live Gold Members. Anything there that takes your fancy?

Comments
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  • Nothing for me.
  • I just bought 2 of those...
  • april 6 ok, the rest is a big fail
  • Same for me. But thanks for the info.
  • I've wanted to check out Penny Arcade, but not for 1600MSP. Guess I've got a good reason now. :P
  • Notta!
  • April showers Bring May flowers. Maybe May will be better.
  • The Pennny Arcade and GRAW2 deals are the only 2 that I might pick up this month.
  • @#1 I agree completely. I'm all over the Penny Arcade deal like Nicholas Cage to a horrible movie scripit, but BIIIIIIIIIIIIG fail on the rest. Still not as bad as that Battlestations deal, a game I'm pretty sure only 17 people played.
  • Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode One, sign me up
  • Penny Arcade sounds good. The rest is all crap, as far as I'm concerned.
  • Agree. Penny for sure, nothing else...
  • Um no Microsoft see we want a "Deal" not a "lets give all our consumers shitty prices for shitty things that are way overpriced anyway".
  • All of the DotW's are fail. They should be available to Silver members
  • Nothing special this month...
  • PA is hood but besides that...
  • I already bought the GRAW 2 pack. Nothing else "strikes my fancy"
  • Maybe Penny for me
  • I can only think of one word. Meh
  • penny arcade was a great game that was worth the 1600 when I got it a year or so ago. I highly recommend you guys to jump on this deal if you have been debating on picking it up, it is an excellent XBLA game that is well worth ten bucks. do it!
  • Penny arcade is still overpriced even at 800
  • penny arcade. yay
  • nothin, already have the graw 2 pack
  • Who cares what you think #13 !!!!!! comme F%$K!
  • Already have penny arcade :|
  • Ugh... Deal of the Week, Shmeal of the Week. Throw in some midgets and a rabid aardvark and we'll talk...
  • Already have penny arcade too, can i get some points back? ^^
  • http://www.xbox.com/ja-JP/live/marketplace/dealoftheweek/ The last one on Apr 28 will be for NBA Live 09. funny how the american version of that page doesn't disclose the deals past this week (http://www.xbox.com/ja-JP/live/marketplace/dealoftheweek/) trying to get the sucker purchases by not revealing them in advance?
  • sorry. american version is http://www.xbox.com/en-US/live/marketplace/dealoftheweek/
  • I don't mind this week with Alien Hominid considering i was going to get it eventually, but the rest of these are terrible.
  • Getting Penny Arcade. Nothing else. Saving the rest of my points for RB DLC.
  • wow MS u guys rock...not..it took u losers a month to gave me a replacement code for my MS Points...sorry for going off topic there
  • I just bought the Ghost Recon one, the others Blah!!!!!
  • Picking up Penny Arcade for sure.... 50% off? Yes please.
  • @27 You do realise that the April 28th one is mentioned in the post, right? =P
  • Man, why does everyone have a stick up their asses about Arcade games? "MAN! ALL THIS DLC AND LIVE ARCADE GAMES SHOULD BE FREE!" lol, you guys need to get jobs so you can afford a 10 dollar game. :p
  • NOx3
  • I'll grab Penny Arcade... :)
  • I already bought PA about a year ago. great game but anyone that wanted it probably already got it. Rest is bumpkis.
  • suckfest april 09
  • Nothing there for me :(.
  • I bought penny arcade like 3 weeks ago. I'm pissed about that...Nothing else bites at me though.
  • I will pick up the arcade game, anyone know if the GRAW 2 stuff has achievements?
  • All are crappy deals IMHO
  • lol @ 36 for missing the point I'd love MS to give us something worth buying. At a price that isn't just something like 100 points off. I mean, PA is fine, that's great, but did they just run out of ideas or something after that brainstorm?
  • 20% discount off the GRAW 2 Co-Op Collection? LMAO A savings of a whole 80 points! For as long as that has been on the marketplace, that's the best they could do? And what about the 2nd Co-Op Collection? Too much to get 80 points off that one as well? Microsoft is hilarious. Not being cheap, I just find this shit funny.
  • I'll actually get GRAW2!
  • The GRAW2 pack was on an oxm disc. This isn't a bad price though.
  • Gonna get Penny Arcade, been looking at getting that for a while.
  • I will grab penny arcade though, now I guess the wait is on for episode to to be discounted.
  • i'll take for sure penny arcade. waited for this moment long time.
  • Once again...a waste. I already bought the Penny Arcade game for full price, and personally thought it was lacking.
  • @27 yeah i missed that. the version of the story I wrote was a lot better written and easy to find the specific item by date. Whatever.
  • ^ er that was @35
  • how about stuff that isnt ancient that people will play.. even though i have banjo kazooie think they should make that like 30% off.
  • More money more money... that's all Microsoft cares about...
  • 1) when they drop the prices, people checkout those games again. it's like a second release. same with the content. 2) weather or not you buy it your all talkin bout it,and word of mouth is the best advertizement.
  • not good deals for me. I.m sure for someone else though. I.d like to see some Rock Band discounts Microsoft.
  • "From the hottest Xbox LIVE Arcade games to the best selection of Game Add-ons" It got to be a joke.
  • Nadda!!! In fact i've not really fancied anything since this promotional tool kicked off - very disappointing microsoft!
  • Yay for Penny Arcade! I'm considering Spyglass Hill for Tiger Woods, too.
  • ....wow nothing for me then...
  • big thanks for the info ... but too bad thre wasn't anything interesting
  • aint intrested in these at all
  • Can't I get a good deal for something useful on my birthday? (April 28th)
  • this is always the case, i spent 1600msp to get penny arcade just before it goes cheaper. needless to say it grates a little.
  • nothing for me at all.
  • Will be Penny Arcade for me. I've waited for this price lowering since a while, now is the time. The rest is useless...
  • Of course Penny Arcade goes on sale just a few weeks after I buy it...CRAP.
  • gay
  • Epic fail in my book
  • Bought the brilliant Penny Arcade game when it came out, rest of the list is a pretty big pile of Meh
  • who cares about any of this not me fail
  • GRAW pack is cool, but $5 for like 10 maps isn't that big of a deal, so getting it for $1 less isn't much to cheer about.
  • 50% off deals (especially XBLA games) are my favorite.
  • nothing i will buy I like how they announce the whole month
  • The half price Oblivion stuff kicks the dust into these deals.
  • a 20 percent discount wow omg someone shoot me thats lods you all relise if they didnt do this you wouldnt think about buying it its just the fact they make it look good just another way to make money. I kinda thought they were alreaddy making enuf money doin all these DLC scams confirming DLC one week after the bloody games come out its a god dam joke.
  • Don't M$ realise they'd get a lot more money and sales if they actually reduced the price of GOOD marketplace content.
  • "Anything there that takes your fancy?" Nope. But thanks for asking. ;)
  • Nice. I'll grab Penny Arcade and Spyglass Hill (tho I wish they'd discount Firestone too!).
  • Oh well. Here comes the wait until May.
  • Sweet always wanted to get Penny Arcade and now I'm going to definitely get it. But like the others say fail, nothing really interesting and plus not that good of discounts really.
  • Ive yet to figure out for the life of me just who these are supposed to deals for. Thanks for nothing as usual MS.
  • Okay if I buy Penny Arcade ep 1 then I'll want 2. Nice and tricky MS. Got GRAW2 stuff. Don't play golf, have 07 for the PS3 which is actually a decent version. How about making it so I can actually download Lost Cities again? http://forums.xbox.com/2/26612002/ShowPost.aspx#26612002
  • anytime an arcade game is on sale i pick it up...unless i own it already. im getting penny arcade, you guys would be crazy not to.
  • I'll buy Penny Arcade, but that means I'll also buy ep 2 right away because I have a problem with waiting for things lol.
  • i like this weeks deal of 400 points for alien hominid. thats a deal.
  • The third one is shit
  • Just to clarify, some deals are shit. But, iunno, what games are you guys expecting? Hopefully you're not expecting Knothole Island (or whatever), Operation Anchorage, Street Fighter 4 costumes, and anything RECENT to be discounted. That'd just be bad marketing on those people's parts. Not EVERYONE has the additional content or even owns the games that this additional content is available for. Some people are currently getting their old x-boxes. I view the "deal of the week" as something for the newbies who have a gold account or those who never buy anything at all. All of the pros with their 40k+ gamerscores probably own half the crap for the games that they own/enjoyed. That's just the way it works. Don't begrudge Microsoft for dropping prices on old games, that's how it'll always be
  • Woohoo, looks I'm getting Penny Arcade 1 :)
  • Halo 3 Legendary, Fable DLC and Fallout 3 DLC for half price, would be perfect
  • @90 i know it's a long shot to have recent stuff to be discounted but there's nothing wrong with hoping something good appears. personally, im hoping they look through xbla and perhaps metacritic then reduce games that are either rated low or older games which only gets a few downloads. i'll use games such as war world and triggerheart exelica respectively as examples. if a bad game is reduced, i'll be more likely to part with my money than if it was priced the same as the recently released dishwasher or i'll impulse buy if it's around the 200 mark, as that is usually a good deal regardless of the game. for the older games like someone said earlier, it will act like a second release, garnering more attention and if a game has good multiplayer but no players, it could hopefully revive a
  • oops meant 91, made a long post but messed up the start, oh dear :(
  • everything on the list is a big fail -.-
  • wow epic fail after april 9th. half price arcade games ftw
  • Still waiting for them to slash the price of fable 2's shithole island.
  • I need to get a card for AH before that sale is over. I'll use the rest of my points to grab Penny Arcade. Alien Homonid, and Penny Arcade: OTRSPOD from the same 1400 points card? YES!
  • ill get the penny arcade, and i have the graw coop collection the rest i cba to get lol maybe they should give a break on braid or lost and the damned or the stranglehold map pack
  • Not interested in Penny Arcade, the others aren't anything special. Alien Hominid is fantastic though, anyone who hasn't picked it up should do so now while it's still cheap.
  • I thought the GRAW2 stuff was already free? I have an old OXM disc with a lot of maps on it.
  • lame
  • It's shockling to hear ppl complain about them marking "anything" off. Guess lets just go back to the days of Horse Armor.
  • At the end of the day, discount is discount. Some people will buy them, some won't. Kudos to MS for discounting anything IMO, being that usually they are looking to nickel and dime us for anything they can. @ #14 sorry mate but I disagree. I pay good money for my Gold Membership, why should I not get exclusive deals for subscribing?
  • They're (somewhat) good deals, but I hate the selection. Is it too much to ask for 40 percent off GeoWars 2? (Of course it is, I know.)
  • i been after penny arcade 1 for ages and its finally cheaper, hopeing castle crashes i snext on the list
  • Nothing interests me.
  • wow! why even have deals of the week if all they discount is stuff that nobody would even buy if it was free.
  • nout for me here
  • april fools right??
  • EPIC FAIL
  • I have penny arcade the graw2 maps so I really can't comment on those two but the NBA live 365 discount...are u serious the basketball season is over in a few weeks so there wouldn't be any need for that anymore
  • None for me,thanks!
  • @94 - You are aware that the legendary pack is going to be free in about 4 days? Honestly nothing on there which I would want. Have to agree with everyone else and say that Microsoft should do it something people play on. Not necessarily the newest add-ons or arcade games, but atleast quite recent ones. GRAW 2 has been out for a while, but it is a good game. I remember playing with my friends on co-op and it is great fun. The best co-op fun i've had.
  • "On April 20, tee-off with “Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® 09,” and the “Spyglass Hill Golf Course” Game Add-on for only 400 Microsoft Points, a 33 percent discount;" This is something that should've been no more than 200MSP to begin with. Still a total rip off. @115 Have they actually confirmed that? Last I heard Legendary would never be free. Although it will come with ODST, as will every other Halo 3 map. Still, that's not free.
  • Not the best stuff you could want, I'd like to see castle crashers have a discount before I just give up and buy it.
  • Nothing interesting yet.
  • no thanks rip off
  • All of the above listed are nothing short of garbage
  • finally penny arcade ep 1 is lower to bad I bought it when it first came out sigh
  • Here's hoping to May
  • lame...
  • I've been wanting to check out Penny Arcade for a while...now that it's not a ridiculous price I will. :)
  • Nothing exciting this month.
  • Maybe Penny Arcade, but nothing else. I'll keep my points for RB DLC.
  • hmmm graw 2 may be worthy.
  • What a load of crap. Only good one is Graw2 and i have them already.
  • deals what deals? it's still a rip off
  • With Alien Hominid and then Penny Arcade, I had high hopes for the upcoming Monday morning announcements. Eh, maybe May will be better.
  • @115 are you aware that Bungie made it pretty clear that the Legendary maps would NEVER be free. :)
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