The big Xbox Live Marketplace release this week was the Halo 3 Legendary Map Pack, plus a bunch of other stuff including a ton of songs (mostly for that American Idol karoake game). It's worth noting that next week Rock Band will (finally!) debut its first full album after wimping out last month with one song short on the Boston pack. No, it's not Nevermind or Who's Next as promised eons ago. You'll be getting Screaming For Vengeance by Judas Priest. Future releases will include The Cars eponymous debut record in May and Doolittle by The Pixies in June. And there's no sign of Nirvana or The Who.
Anyway, here's what you can get now on your Xbox 360:
Anyway, here's what you can get now on your Xbox 360:
- Halo 3 Legendary Map Pack ($10) with new and reimagined classic maps Avalanche, Ghost Town, Lockout and Sidewinder
- Samurai Warriors 2 XL expansion ($30)
- Rock Band tracks ($2 each or $5.50 for the 3-pack) "Call Me" by Blondie, "Simple Man" by Lynyrd Skynyrd and "Message In A Bottle" by The Police
- Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore cover songs ($1.50 each) "Takin' Care of Business" by Bachman Turner Overdrive, "Flashdance... What A Feeling" by Irene Cara, "Against All Odds" by Phil Collins, "Respect" by Aretha Franklin, "Let's Get It On" by Marvin Gaye, "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, "Alone" by Heart, "Do I Make You Proud" by Taylor Hicks, "Just The Way You Are" by Billy Joel, "If I Ain't Got You" by Alicia Keys, "Ladies Night" by Kool and the Gang, "It's Your Love" by Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, "Who Can It Be Now?" by Men at Work, "Always Something There To Remind Me" by Naked Eyes, "On the Road Again" by Willie Nelson, "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" by Poison, "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" and "You're My Best Friend" by Queen, "I Got You Babe" by Sony and Cher, "My Girl" by The Temptations and "Here I Go Again" by Whitesnake
- Kane and Lynch: Dead Men - The Dope Bag (free) adds Clean Cut, Hookers’ Trail, Flying High and Hasta la Vista scenarios to Fragile Alliance
- Arcade: Rocky and Bullwinkle ($10), Battlezone ($5) and Chessmaster Live Fork My Fruit mini-game (free)
- Demos: Condemned 2: Bloodshot, Iron Man and Universe at War: Earth Assault
- Game Videos: Army of Two, Football Manager 2008 and Kane & Lynch: Dead Men - The Dope Bag
- Themes: Halo 3 Legendary Map Pack (free, but you have to be a Gold subscriber and get it from an ad rather than New Arrivals), plus MLB 2K8, NBA Ballers: Chosen One, Anime Fighter, Assy McGee and Bakugan ($1.88 each) and Underoath (free)
- Pictures: Halo 3 Legendary Map Pack (free; enters you in a sweepstakes), NBA Ballers: Chosen One ($1.25), Bakugan ($1) and Underoath (free)
