Xbox Live Marketplace Updates - July 7th, 2010

It's been almost a month since we bothered to do one of these, but since we're going to get back on track, we might as well start. There are a pair of rather fantastic downloadable titles available in the arcade today, Especially the multiplayer-heavy Blacklight: Tango Down.  Check em out!


- Kyle K.

Xbox Live Arcade

Blacklight: Tango Down
Publisher: Ignition Entertainment
Price: 1200 Microsoft Points
Unlock the full version of Blacklight: Tango Down and experience the bleeding edge of advanced warfare. Fight tomorrow’s conflicts with or against your friends in the gritty Blacklight universe. Make your stand across seven game modes with 12 different maps in intense online battles supporting up to 16 players. Or fight through four intense Black Ops missions co-operatively or alone; all the while gaining experience, collecting stats, and unlocking items. Earn new weapon attachments and items, improve your abilities, and engage your Hyper Reality Visor to locate enemies and take them out. Customize your character and weaponry from among millions of combinations to become the soldier you always wanted to be.

Monkey Island 2: Special Edition
Publisher: LucasArts
Price: 800 Microsoft Points
More Pirates! More Adventure! More Monkeys! Relive the second hilarious swashbuckling misadventure of the wannabe pirate Guybrush Threepwood as he searches for the lost treasure of Big Whoop, attempts to win back the beautiful Elaine Marley and takes on the now evil zombie pirate, LeChuck! Monkey Island™ 2 Special Edition: LeChuck’s Revenge™ faithfully re-imagines the original classic in signature special edition detail. Plus, interact with the world of Monkey Island™ like never before with new direct-character controls, an interactive object highlight system, behind the scenes art viewer and creator commentary featuring the original developers of Monkey Island™ 2: LeChuck’s Revenge™!

Games on Demand

Frontlines: Fuel of War
Publisher: THQ
Price: $29.99


Ski-Doo Challenge
Publisher: Valcon Games
Price: $24.99 

Game Add-ons

Dragon Age Origins - Leliana's Song
Publisher: EA Games
Price: 560 Microsoft Points
A standalone adventure in which you play as Leliana during the mission--and betrayal--that changed her forever. It is years before the Blight, and Leliana is a young bard whose curiosities run more to passion than to the Chant of Light. Her mentor, Marjolaine, is determined to inflict the Orlesian game of intrigue on Ferelden. It is a time of adventure and excitement. And it cannot last.

Record of Argarest War - Breeder Packs
Publisher: Aksys Games
Price: 160 Microsoft Points Each

Mass Effect 2 - Aegis Pack
Publisher: EA Games
Price: 160 Microsoft Points
he Aegis Pack adds the M-29 Incisor sniper rifle and the Kestrel armor to Shepard’s armor locker. The Incisor sniper rifle is a burst-fire weapon that excels in destroying enemy shields. The Kestrel armor comes in five pieces: The Kestrel Helmet adds weapon damage, shield strength, and headshot damage. The Kestrel Torso Sheath adds melee and weapon damage and shield strength. Kestrel Arm Sheathing adds melee and weapon damage and shield strength. Kestrel Shoulder Pieces adds shields and melee damage. The Kestrel hip-mounted Power Pack ups shields and heavy weapon ammo capacity.