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Microsoft Details the Next Few Weeks of Xbox Live Content
Written Tuesday, March 09, 2010 By Dan Webb

Microsoft today sent out another one of their fortnightly information overload e-mails, letting us know their plans for the next couple of weeks on Xbox Live. The update included details on the forthcoming Deal of the Weeks, XBLA Wednesday titles, Avatar gear, DLC and Games on Demand.

Without further delay, here's your Xbox Live round-up for the next fortnight:

Deal of the Week

  • Fable "Originals" - March 15th - 800 Microsoft points.
  • Fallout 3: Game Add-Ons - March 22nd - 400 Microsoft points each (includes “Operation: Anchorage”, “The Pitt”, “Broken Steel”, “Point Lookout”, & “Mothership Zeta")

Xbox Live Arcade Wednesdays

  • March 10th - Scrap Metal - 1,200 Microsoft points.
  • March 17th - Perfect Dark - 800 Microsoft points.
  • March 24th - Xbox Live Game Room - free to download, prices vary.

Upcoming DLC

  • “Forza Motorsport 3 Jalopnik Car Pack” - March 9 | 400 Microsoft Points
  • “BioShock® 2 Sinclair Solutions Tester Pack” - March 11 | 800 Microsoft Points
  • “Dragon Age: Origins Awakening Expansion Pack” - March 16 | 3200 Microsoft Points
  • “Lips” - Throughout March | 160 Microsoft Points – 440 Microsoft Points (listed below):
    “Sexy Love” by Ne-Yo,
    “Don’t Know Why” by Norah Jones,
    “Breathless” with The Corrs
    Commodores Song Pack (including “Brick House,” “Three Times a Lady” and “Easy.”)
    Norah Jones Song Pack (including “Don’t Know Why,” “Come Away With Me,” and “Sunrise.”)

Games on Demand

  • Guilty Gear 2: Overture - March 9th - Japan
Lower priced Games on Demand titles include:
 
“Kameo™: Elements of Power™” (Microsoft Game Studios) | Europe
“Mass Effect™” (Microsoft Game Studios) |  Europe
“ Perfect Dark Zero™” ( Microsoft Game Studios) | Europe
“Viva Piñata™,” “Viva Piñata®: Party Animals,” and “Viva Piñata™: Trouble in Paradise” (Microsoft Game Studios) |  Europe with “Viva Piñata™: Trouble in Paradise” also reduced in the US.

Avatar Marketplace

  • March 11th - The Scrap Metal collection; The St Patrick's Day collection.
  • March 18th - The Alan Wake collection; The Perfect Dark collection.
 

User Comments
Comment #1 by Infection Ftw
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 01:13:59 PM

Do the Fallout DLC have use anymore? Since the GOTY edition became very cheap.

Comment #2 by StolenPaper18
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 01:14:33 PM

MARCH 17TH!!!!!!!!!

Comment #3 by H_Blake_H
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 01:16:09 PM

Im pretty sure the bioshock DLC is 400 points... Ive seen it say 400 points on like 3 sites.

Comment #4 by l.maciver
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 01:17:20 PM

decent list to be honest

Comment #5 by Protium38
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 01:19:34 PM

That is some pricy Dragon Age Origins DLC. It will probably be pretty short too given its $30 price tag.

May have to wait for it to be a deal of the week.

Comment #6 by H_Blake_H
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 01:19:42 PM

In fact I know its 400: http://www.joystiq.com/2010/03/05/bioshock-2s-sinclair-solutions-test-pack-coming-march-11/

Comment #7 by smacd
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 01:20:36 PM

nothing at all on that list to interest me. couple more weeks to save money. good deal

Comment #8 by work u later
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 01:20:41 PM

this is great, but wheres the Mass Effect DLC????

Comment #9 by Protium38
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 01:21:33 PM

* I mean $40 price tag (wow that is some expensive DLC)

Comment #10 by Sonnenberg
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 01:22:41 PM

i wish i had two more thumbs...


so i could give this list 4 thumbs down

Comment #11 by VladimirK
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 01:22:42 PM

Lame DotW's imo.
Could buy a copy of Fallout 3 GotY for cheaper than buying them and you could buy Fable for Xbox cheaper than that.

And are you sure about Bioshock 2 stuff being 800?
Seems steep for MP crap.

Comment #12 by BIG SH0RTY
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 01:24:12 PM

Don't forget about Mega Man 10 coming out on March 31st!

Comment #13 by mksystem74
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 01:26:58 PM

I want my pot of gold

Comment #14 by Turkfinn
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 01:27:18 PM

@5 @9 The Dragon Age DLC is really more of an old school expansion pack and not your typical DLC that you see all the time nowadays.

Comment #15 by Webb
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 01:28:00 PM

@#3 & 6 - This is straight from MS. Our news says 400 as well... so well, we'll have to wait on that one. I'll ask MS tomorrow.

Comment #16 by jtr1gg3r
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 01:29:53 PM

"sexy loveee, and the things you dooooo.... oh baby baby"

lol, Im probably getting Fallout 3 GOTY edition on saturday so............ JARRRRRG ORRRRRRRN! =P

Comment #17 by warnuke
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 01:30:15 PM

Dragon Age: Origins Awakening FTW

Comment #18 by Shipley0110
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 01:31:11 PM

For the games on demand do they come with the dlc or do you have tobuy it seperate e.g. with Mass effect

Comment #19 by StephenJ360
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 01:31:31 PM

The Alan Wake collection will also be in the collector's edition of the game, so I'll just wait for some more Avatar gear from there.

Comment #20 by Its Fooga
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 01:34:07 PM

Can't wait for Perfect Dark.

Comment #21 by xbfrittsox360
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 01:35:41 PM

Anyone know the date for when Fallout 3 DLC becomes deal of the week again? It's the only thing on the list missing a date. I finally will buy it this time around since I can't find a kind person with the GOTY disc.

Comment #22 by zinadine76
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 01:38:20 PM

@15 Webb

what happened to the streetfighter avatar stuff that was ment to come out march 3rd as mentioned in the last list???

I sent you a PM but you didn't reply

Comment #23 by Doctor Mandrake
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 01:39:21 PM

@18 - The Games on Demand thing are usually just the regular editions - no extra DLC. Mass Effect does not come with Pinnacle Station or Bring Down the Sky.

Comment #24 by Webb
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 01:42:51 PM

@#21 - I'll edit it in now! Apologies on that one.

@#22 - Not sure dude. This is a list we get from MS, so I can only assume it's been delayed.

Comment #25 by Shipley0110
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 01:47:50 PM

@23 - Thanks for that.

They really are overpriced then (£19.99 in UK), assumed the high cost was due to them including the dlc but guess we are just been ripped off.

Comment #26 by Kyanite
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 01:52:25 PM

Though there's nothing here that hasn't been announced already, but it's nice to see everything in one place. Perfect Dark is a day one purchase, and the Dragon Age expansion looks promising. I may hold off on that since I'm still going through the original game.

Comment #27 by Desmondo2000
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 01:53:10 PM

anybody any idea when the street fighter 4 avatar items will be out?

Comment #28 by OKHorrific
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 01:53:38 PM

Scrap Metal...1,200 Points!? What the hell?

Comment #29 by Elit3 m0nkey
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 02:01:06 PM

So Perfect Dark is 800 MSP. Wow talk about a good deal. Which makes it even more unusual because it is coming from MS. Maybe more games will be 800 MSP again?

Comment #30 by blackout529
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 02:04:32 PM

Nice rick James impression @10

Comment #31 by spunyun
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 02:08:31 PM

@5 get the disc release of Awakening so you aren't paying $40 for a download.

Comment #32 by evokazz
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 02:11:54 PM

What happened to the SF4 Avatar gear???

Comment #33 by DustinEC
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 02:17:52 PM

Wtf??? I expected Perfect Dark to be 1200 points!!
What a deal!

Comment #34 by rad fad
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 02:25:49 PM

anyone know what the PD avatar apparel looks like?

Comment #35 by B Rock3232
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 02:33:05 PM

Does anyone know what Fable Originals means?

Comment #36 by macd
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 02:48:00 PM

£27 for the DA:O expansion...

Game was good, but I got it for like £18 in Tesco, and I'm not sure I'm willing to pay that and a half again for this expansion

Comment #37 by CunningFox
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 02:48:07 PM

Even 1200 would have been a bargain for Perfect Dark!
I need to get some points....

Comment #38 by Topsnot GPF
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 02:54:47 PM

@32 I want to know too. Come on MS sort it out

Comment #39 by SuperWoody64
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 03:02:06 PM

#8, Not marketplace dlc, haven't you been paying attention?

Comment #40 by Pooly93
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 03:05:01 PM

Only interested in the reduced Fallout 3 DLC as I only have Broken Steel and Point Lookout, and I don't see the point in buying the GOTY edition for the other 3 pieces of DLC.
And Perfect Dark arcade, was looking for the SFIV avatar clothes, but looks like were not getting them till SSFIV comes out.

Comment #41 by hestar
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 03:19:13 PM

Is zeno clash still coming out the 31st or has it been pushed back,anyone know?.

Comment #42 by SP4ce93
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 03:28:06 PM

GAH SINCLAIR SOLUTIONS IS 800 MSP... screw that, I'm only gonna consider buying that if somebody whacks me round the head with a blunt object.

Also, nice about the Fallout 3 DLCs. After buying Perfect Dark, I'll have enough to buy another one.

Still, kinda annoying as I did buy point lookout only four days ago.. -.-

Comment #43 by BelatedHero
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 03:31:26 PM

@35 Fable Originals is Fable 1 for the original xbox.

Comment #44 by BelatedHero
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 03:32:37 PM

Does anyone know if the fallout 3 DLC will be that price on PC as well?

Comment #45 by heatedGAZZMAN
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 03:44:32 PM

Only perfect dark for me this month.
Where is DOOM 2 microsoft? we need some answers!!!

Comment #46 by The Globalizer
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 03:49:55 PM

If I get Awakening it'll def be on retail disc. I'd be downloading it for a week. lol

Comment #47 by G34RZ22
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 03:50:14 PM

Perfect Dark!!! 17th March FTW yaa

Comment #48 by i got squeezed
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 03:52:58 PM

Not a good week in that. Was hoping for something better.

Comment #49 by Grey Delta
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 04:39:25 PM

What the hell happened to Street Fighter Avatar items.... >.

Comment #50 by SoBeRxFTW
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 05:28:57 PM

and still no mw2 dlc

Comment #51 by WhIpLaSh 014
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 05:54:39 PM

Holy shit! 3200 MS' for Dragon Age Awakening!!??!!?!?! And I thought All Fronts was expensive!

Comment #52 by Brambledamble
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 06:00:27 PM

OMG still no Halo Wars DLC as Deal of the Week? Major facepalm!

Comment #53 by yamayamayaamaa
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 06:26:11 PM

Trash.

Comment #54 by Earth Djinn
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 06:35:24 PM

I'll buy PD and probably some PD avatar items too.

Comment #55 by BurntToast
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 07:14:02 PM

I have an idea make it the deal of the week when it 1st comes out, nothing pisses me off more than them marking stuff down after I paid full price for it.

Comment #56 by BurntToast
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 07:16:09 PM

WAIT WTF?? I just read some more.. I hope this is a typo "BioShock® 2 Sinclair Solutions Tester Pack” - March 11 | 800 Microsoft Points" I thought it was supposed to be 400 not 800

Comment #57 by Fakan
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 07:21:36 PM

Dying here waiting for PD. Wondering what the avatar gear will be, but I don't expect anything worth shelling money for.

Comment #58 by Chazzi27
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 07:23:27 PM

The only things somewhat interesting this month are Perfect Dark and Mega Man 10...well at least I get to save a bunch of money on MSP this month.

Comment #59 by Mrosnwo
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 07:31:17 PM

They got alot of nerve offering an Xbox Originals game on deal of the week in the wake of all the servers going bye-bye, whether the game had online support or not. They gave up on the old system and now they're asking us to support it?

Comment #60 by Devil Sora
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 07:38:59 PM

Huh. . .awakening is gonna be download eh? well I'll just do the acual disc expansion. . . its better to have a more material thing.

Comment #61 by FatalFlaw810
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 07:59:30 PM

Nothing for me as far as DotW, still waiting for that Mirror's edge DLC to be on sale haha. Perfect Dark is what I will be getting and maybe the avatar clothes if they're any good.

Comment #62 by sonicdevron
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 09:16:49 PM

Hey uh..anyone know what the deadline is on the Block Party deal for the 400 msp free? I want Toy Soldiers, and if perfect dark is good as everyone says then I'll be getting that (Never played it before), but scrap metal I'm on the fence about.

Comment #63 by sunburntpenguin
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 09:28:52 PM

didn't see the March 30th date for MW2 maps?
www.mapathy.com

Comment #64 by xtye
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 09:44:55 PM

Great I don't see the L4D2 DLC that was promised at the end of March...

Comment #65 by smartguy
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 10:17:33 PM

what does it mean that mass effect is going to be discounted? does anyone know how much it'll be priced at?

Comment #66 by dementedlullaby
Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 11:43:45 PM

Okay if Bioshock 2 DLC is 800 that will suck =/, I really hope not. I'll hold off a day from buying Smash Cars because I only have 1760 points..

And what's up with these lists MS releases. There's already AvP DLC announced but not on the list. I've noticed DLC often just sort of gets announced and comes out a few days later recently. The lists MS releases always seem incomplete.

Comment #67 by Blue Thunder28
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 01:18:54 AM

Perfect Dark FTW

Comment #68 by samjustsam
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 02:12:54 AM

its good to know that the dragon age expansion will be availible as dlc. i thought it was gonna be retail disc only. still 40 dollars is alot for it tho. hope its worth it. the best news is still PD on the 17th for 800pts tho.

Comment #69 by samjustsam
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 02:15:00 AM

o yes i forgot...what did happen to the street fighter 4 avatar stuff?

Comment #70 by VladimirK
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 02:22:53 AM

That's a point about avatar stuff.
There was supposed to be Operation Flashpoint avatar stuff quite a while ago and that has never showed up.

Not that I would buy it tbh, just odd how there was about 4 new avatar clothing styles and they haven't surfaced.

Comment #71 by quartzlcc
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 03:23:04 AM

@64 Yeah, weird. I'm guessing that's (hopefully) because it doesn't have a concrete date yet..? Bleh. Yeah, it's a bit concerning.

The Passing... =)))))

Comment #72 by Aussie27Legend
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 03:52:22 AM

Hellz yeah, I need those DLC as I can't be arsed to buy the GotY ed.

Also with Perfect Dark and the Passing (plus Battlefield and FF13), this week is gonna be sweeeet.

Comment #73 by [Waggly Bean]
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 03:57:49 AM

Just Perfect Dark for me then! :)

Comment #74 by Webb
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 06:16:33 AM

Two things:

1. This is not ALL the content, only some of it. Expect more DLC than what's listed.

2. The BioShock 2 price according to Major is still 800 (he said he would check and update his blog if it was incorrect... he hasn't), so not sure what to tell you. We'll go with, we'll have to wait and see =P

Comment #75 by Mystrytrky
Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 12:06:16 PM

Darkness killing flashlights and flares for every Avatar!

Comment #76 by MilkyBear
Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 08:31:49 PM

Perfect dark is looking great, and so is the game room, cant wait!


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