Xbox Live Marketplace Updates - May 19th, 2010

There's a handful of cool things available today on the Marketplace, one of them being the new Metal Slug title. If you're looking for some fun 2D Shooting or a solid Dual-stick shooter, then this is the week for you! The much awaited Darkspawn Chronicles is available today as well. As is a new Game Pack for the Game Room, featuring such classics as Shark! Shark!, Demons to Diamonds and Time Pilot.


- Kyle K.

Xbox Live Arcade

Metal Slug XX
Developer: SNK Playmore
Publisher: SNK Playmore 
Price: 1200 Microsoft Points
Breaking onto the scene is the new Metal Slug XX! Joining the fight are the familiar four warriors Marco, Tarma, Eri, and Fio, backed by two allies from The King of Fighters, Ralf and Clark. Adding to the seven multi-path stages, this ultimate 2-D action shooting masterpiece also includes elements such as Combat School, which is loaded with more than 70 missions.
Aqua
Developer: Games Distillery
Publisher: Xbox Live Arcade 
Price: 800 Microsoft Points
Follow the story of captain Benjamin Grey and his trusted fellow engineer Polly Edison in Aqua, as they struggle to save the Aqua world from a treacherous conspiracy, pulling the strings behind a massive conflict of two rival naval empires. In this stylish naval action shooter with tactical elements, you must steer your ship into the middle of a raging naval war, where masses of enemies and allies engage in real-time operations over large, multi-screen maps, presented in a unique distinctive steampunk art style. 

Game Add-ons

Games Room - Game Pack 004
Developer: Krome 
Publisher: Microsoft Games Studios
Price: Free 
Blasting from the past, GamePack 004 is here! With 5 Arcade games from Atari and Konami, 6 Atari 2600 games featuring Activision classics and 3 Intellivision games. Time to give those thumbs a work out! 

Dragon Age: Orgins - The Darkspawn Chronicles
Developer: Bioware
Publisher: EA Games
Price: 400 Microsoft Points
Play as the darkspawn! The city of Denerim, jewel of Ferelden, girds itself for war. As a hurlock vanguard, you alone hold the power to make thralls of your fellow darkspawn and drive them into the heat of battle. Heed the archdemon's call--Denerim must burn! Includes: (1) A standalone adventure in which you command genlocks, hurlocks, shrieks, and even the mighty ogres. (2) A look at an alternate history: what if your character had died in the Joining ceremony, and the Wardens marched under Alistair's command instead?

Split/Second - Full Vehicle Unlock! / Master Unlock!
Developer: BlackRock Studios
Publisher: Disney Interactive Studios
Price: 320 Microsoft Points / 560 Microsoft Points
Instantly unlock all Split/Second vehicles and get a full garage without needing to win any credits in season mode with the Full Vehicle Unlock or unlock all vehicles, game modes & tracks for the ultimate Split/Second experience with the Master Unlock!