The big news this week on Xbox Live Marketplace is the release of the free Halo Waypoint, which (as we discussed on last week's podcast) isn't so much a game as a marketing tool to get you to buy and play more Halo games. It will feature a full-episode preview of the Halo Legends animated series this Saturday only, so you'll want to download it for that - plus you get a free Waypoint Monitor (think Guilty Spark) to hang with your avatar.
Here's what else is new on Marketplace:
Here's what else is new on Marketplace:
- Arcade: Wallace & Gromit Episodes 2-4 ($10 each)
- Brutal Legend Tears of the Hextadon Map Pack ($5) with Circle of Tears and Death's Fjord maps, plus an axe, the Blade of Ormagöden - Note: Not free on Xbox 360, only PS3 for a limited time
- Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising Skirmish Pack ($5)
- Dragon Age: Origins Stone Prisoner ($15) and Warden's Keep ($7)
- Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 Character and Mission Pack ($10) with Carnage, Psylocke, Magneto, Cable and Black Panther plus 4 missions, and Juggernaut playable character ($2) - there's also a compatibility pack (free) so you can still play friends who have the Character and Mission Pack
- Rock Band/Rock Band 2 Foo Fighters Pack 03 ($7 or $2 each) with "Best of You," "The Pretender," "Wheels" and "Word Forward," Nirvana Bleach Pack ($5.50 or $2 each) "About a Girl," "Blew" and "School" and track ($2) "Fake Friends" by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
- Lips tracks ($2 each) "Hold On" by En Vogue, "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You" by Glenn Medeiros and "I'll Stand By You" by The Pretenders
- Games on Demand: Battlefield 2: Modern Combat ($20)
- Demos: Left 4 Dead 2, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 and NCAA Basketball '10
- Indie Games (usually $1-10 each): Antigrav Racing Championship, Lodestar 1000, Mirror, Scare Me, Snaker Ace, Space Milkman, Squid Yes! Not So Octopus!, They Came From the Ground and Tiger Storm
- Game Videos: Army of Two: The 40th Day, Assassin's Creed II, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, FIFA '10, Grand Theft Auto IV The Ballad of Gay Tony, Red Faction: Guerrilla, The Saboteur, Splinter Cell: Conviction and Tony Hawk: Ride
- Themes: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 ($3 each) and History Channel (free)
- Pictures: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 ($1 each), Call to Arms (free, enters you in sweepstakes), History Channel (free; one enters you in sweepstakes) and McDonald's (free, enters you in sweepstakes)
- Avatar Items (usually priced $1-5 each): Band Hero and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
