XBLA Deal of the Week features Resident Evil 5 add-ons

It’s a great time to dust off Resident Evil 5 and take advantage of Xbox Marketplace ‘Deal Of The Week’ which gives us the following add-ons until September 13, 2010:

Untold Stories Bundle – 560 Microsoft Points
Desperate Escape - 240 Microsoft Points
Lost in Nightmares – 240 Microsoft Points
Versus Mode – 240 Microsoft Points

So 1300 Microsoft points for a
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Ubisoft reveal new mp shooter - A Bloody Good Time

It started yesterday with Ubisoft sending us a pretty strange mail with cool horror movie posters and the phrase “You may not know it but everyone can make it big in Hollywood….with a glimpse of cruelty!”. It turns out that they were leading up to a new game announcement – A Bloody Good Time and
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Xbox Live...Platinum?!

Michael Pachter, Industry Analyst, is on a roll following his (correct) prediction of a $10 price hike on Xbox Live Gold in the US, and is now talking of an Xbox Live Platinum option.

In an interview with IndustryGamers, Mr. Pachter said:

“The extra $10 translates to around $100 – 150 million per year in additional
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Xbox Live Marketplace September schedule

Major Nelson, the general of all thing Xbox and Live related (TM pending), has revealed the September releases for Xbox Live Marketplace, and it’s looking like a good one.

Highlights include Sonic, Hydrophobia, Crackdown 2 DLC and Dragon Age DLC.  So start saving.  If you haven’t started yet, you might need to find a sponsor to
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The next big arcade hit - Comic Jumper hits XBLA in October

Twisted Pixel say if you like Splosion Man, then you will love Comic Jumper: The Adventures of Captain Smiley. It will be available on the Xbox Marketplace in early October.

Play as Captain Smiley and his biologically attached sidekick, Star. Together you must travel through four different comic books, each with unique drawing styles, and fix the
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Live gets a price hike

For SA gamers waiting for the official arrival of Live, any talk of price increases will send a shiver down the spine.  Heck, we don’t even know how much we’ll be paying come November, but so far, some of the rest of the world will be paying more than they have been.

So, what’s the happening
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Black Ops Beta advert surfaces

We have suspected this for awhile now.  A few weeks ago we found that signing up on the Black Ops site would take you to a page with the benefits of being a member, and one clearly pointed at a beta.

Now a google advert has surfaced which calls for testing the said beta on the Xbox 360. This
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Core gamers will be all over Kinect

…says Rare’s Nick Burton.

Burton told Eurogamer in an interview that he believes that hardcore gamers will be all over it when it gets released, despite that they may be saying to the contrary on forums. I am not sure if he was just punting his own game when he explained that he expects
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Space Invaders Infinity Gene coming to XBLA/PSN in September

Square Enix have announced Space Invaders Infinity Gene will hit the Playstation Network and Xbox Live Arcade next month.

No actual  date was announced, but they said they will announce it on the game’s official site which has gone live. The site does not contain much more than the Playstation and Xbox related logo’s, the
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Play Red Dead Redemption with ROCKSTAR today

Here’s your chance to play with the devs at Rockstar. From 4-7PM (US Eastern) you can join the team on the Social Club Multiplayer Events page. This is on Xbox LIVE.

An invitation from the devs says we can “expect plenty of the Legends and Killers Pack as well as some Outlaws to
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