XBL Deals - Jan 6 - Sep 4, 2014

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  • 9/2 - Deals with Gold, Spotlight Activision, Misc Markdowns
  • 8/28 - Sept GwG announced, Misc Markdown
  • 8/27 - NFS Rivals XB1 added to Deals with Gold, Ascend server shutdown
  • 8/26 - Deals with Gold, Summer Binge, Spotlight Shadow Complex, Misc Markdowns
  • 8/23 - Castlevania: LOS2 Misc Markdown
This thread will maintain a list of all current and upcoming sales and markdowns on the Xbox Live Marketplace / Xbox Games Store for the USA.  YMMV in other regions.  If non-US sales are listed, they will be marked with their applicable region(s).
 
Please note:

  • You cannot currently buy any Xbox 360 content on xbox.com using your account balance, you can only use an active credit card or PayPal. To use your balance, you must make purchases on your console.  Unfortunately, even "purchasing" free content through the web site like trials requires an alternative method of payment tied to your account, though adding an empty MasterCard / Visa gift card that is registered for online purchases will work.  Xbox One games can be purchased on the web site with your account balance, but DLC cannot.
  • Some sales are intended for Gold subscribers only, as noted within each section.  This requires being a paid subscriber or within a console-activated "1 month complimentary Gold trial" account.  Neither 48 hour trials, 14 day trials nor free weekends qualify.
  • All known sales and information on sales should make their way into the OP. Major Nelson usually updates his blog with new sales information every other Tuesday.
  • ALL OFFERS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE! No information within this thread can or should be construed as accurate (or still valid), therefore ...
  • Always verify Xbox Live Marketplace prices before your purchase!
  • Spend wisely, have fun, and enjoy!
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Deals with Gold
Gold subscription required
 

9/2 - 9/8 - Misc


[*]Persona 4 Arena - $9.98 - 67% off - xbldb
[*]Resident Evil 4 - $6.59 - 67% off - xbldb
[*]Resident Evil Revelations - $13.59 - 66% off - xbldb
[*]Rock of Ages - $4.99 - 50% off - xbldb
8/26 - 9/1 - NFS Rivals DLC / KI Sabrewulf


[*]Need for Speed Rivals - $19.79 - 67% off - xbldb - base game part of Summer Binge Sale below

8/19 - 8/25 - Call of Duty / Trials Fusion

  • XB1 - Trials Fusion - $13.39 - 33% off (free price on web site is a trial version)
  • XB1 Call of Duty: Ghosts (console only)
    Season Pass - $24.99 - 50% off
  • Legend Pack - CPT Price - $1.99 - 50% off
  • Legend Pack - Makarov - $1.99 - 50% off
  • Snoop Dogg VO Pack - $1.49 - 50% off
  • Squad Pack - Extinction - $1.99 - 50% off

[*]Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - $14.99 - 50% off - xbldb
[*]Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - $19.99 - 60% off - xbldb

[*]Call of Duty: Black Ops - $19.99 - 50% off - xbldb
[*]Call of Duty: Black Ops II - $29.99 - 50% off - xbldb

[*]Call of Duty: Ghosts

8/12 - 8/18 - Square Enix, Fight Night

8/5 - 8/11 - Misc


[*]Terraria - $4.94 - 67% off - xbldb
7/29 - 8/4 - EA sale

  • XB1 - Battlefield 4 DLC - console only purchase
    Premium - 33% off
    China Rising - 33% off
  • Naval Strike - 33% off
  • Second Assault - 33% off

[*]Ultimate Shortcut Bundle - 33% off

[*]Battlefield 4 DLC

[*]Ultimate Shortcut Bundle - $33.49 - 33% off - xbldb

[*]2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil - $17.99 - 70% off - xbldb
[*]FIFA 14 - $29.99 - 50% off - xbldb
[*]Madden NFL 25 - $24.99 - 50% off - xbldb
[*]NHL 14 - $24.99 - 50% off - xbldb
7/22 - 7/28 - Superhero sale


[*]Marvel vs. Capcom: Origins - $7.49 - 50% off - xbldb
[*]Mortal Kombat vs. DCU - $9.99 - 50% off - xbldb
[*]Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - $19.99 - 50% off - xbldb
[*]Young Justice: Legacy - $4.99 - 75% off - xbldb
7/15 - 7/21 - PvZ: Garden Warfare XB1, BioShock


7/8 - 7/14 - Titanfall XB1, Serious Sam and various DLCs


[*]The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

[*]The Walking Dead: Season Two - Season Pass - $7.49 - 50% off - xbldb
[*]WWE 2K14 Season Pass -  $9.99 - 50% off - xbldb
7/1 - 7/7 - Thief XB1, Ubisoft XBLA and others

6/24 - 6/30 - Ryse / Diablo / Fable / Payday

  • XB1 - Ryse: Son of Rome - $49.99 - 17% off
    Season Pass - $9.99 - 50% off - console only

[*]Diablo III - $29.99 - 50% off - xbldb
[*]Payday 2 - $12.94 - 63% off - xbldb
[*]Fable II - $4.99 - 75% off - xbldb
[*]Fable III - $4.99 - 75% off - xbldb
[*]Fable Heroes - $3.39 - 66% off - xbldb
[*]Fable Anniversary DLC

6/17 - 6/23 - Rockstar Sale, part Umpteen, plus Deadfall & XB1


[*]Midnight Club: LA - $3.74 - 75% off - xbldb
[*]Red Dead Redemption - $7.49 - 75% off - xbldb
6/10 - 6/16 - Hodgepodge, Part II, or "Oh shit, we forgot to schedule a sale"


[*]Forza Horizon - $10.19 - 66% off - xbldb
[*]Resident Evil Revelations - $13.59 - 66% off - xbldb
[*]Terraria - $4.94 - 67% off - xbldb
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Games with Gold
Gold subscription required, Xbox One games are only playable while Gold is active, but can be added to your account with a Gold trial
 
Free Games


[*]Sep 1-15 - Monaco: What's Yours is Mine - xbldb
[*]Sep 16-30 - Halo: Reach - xbldb
[*]Sep XB1 - Games can be purchased without requiring an Xbox One console


[*]Jul 1-15 - Gotham City Impostors - xbldb
[*]Jul 16-31 - BattleBlock Theater - xbldb
[*]Jul XB1 - Games can be purchased without requiring an Xbox One console
Related sales ** END DATES UNKNOWN **

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Sales & Specials

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Spotlight Activision Sale - 9/2 - 9/8

Spotlight Shadow Complex- 8/26 - 9/1

Summer Binge Sale - 8/26 - 9/1 - Both Gold only and Silver discounts


[*]Far Cry 3 - $9.99 - 50% off - xbldb
[*]Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon - $4.94 - 67% off - xbldb
[*]Forza Horizon - $9.89 - 67% off - xbldb
[*]Guardians of Middle-earth - $4.94 - 67% off - xbldb
[*]Left 4 Dead - $4.99 - 75% off - xbldb
[*]Lego The Lord of the Rings - $4.99 - 75% off - xbldb
[*]Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga - $14.99 - 50% off - xbldb
[*]Mafia II - $3.99 - 80% off - xbldb
[*]Murdered: Soul Suspect - $29.99 - 40% off - xbldb
[*]Need for Speed Rivals - $19.79 - 67% off - xbldb
[*]NFL Blitz - $4.94 - 67% off - xbldb
[*]Plants vs. Zombies - $4.94 - 67% off - xbldb

[*]Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare - $20.09 - 33% off - xbldb
[*]Rayman Legends - $13.19 - 67% off - xbldb
[*]Ridge Racer Unbounded - $4.99 - 75% off - xbldb
[*]Sniper Elite 3 - $26.79 - 33% off - xbldb
[*]SoulCalibur V - $3.74 - 75% off - xbldb
[*]Spec Ops: The Line - $4.49 - 85% off - xbldb
[*]Star Trek - $7.49 - 75% off - xbldb
[*]State of Decay

[*]Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows - $4.94 - 67% off - xbldb
[*]Twisted Pixel Games Bundle - $9.89 - 67% off - xbldb
[*]The Walking Dead: Season Two - Season Pass - $10.04 - 33% off - xbldb
[*]The Wolf Among Us - Season Pass - $10.04 - 33% off - xbldb
Spotlight Rockstar - 8/19 - 8/25


[*]Grand Theft Auto V - $29.99 - 50% off - xbldb
[*]L.A. Noire - $7.49 - 75% off - xbldb

[*]Max Payne 3 - $4.99 - 75% off - xbldb

[*]Midnight Club: LA - $3.74 - 75% off - xbldb
[*]Red Dead Redemption - $7.49 - 75% off - xbldb

[*]Rockstar Table Tennis - $3.74 - 75% off - xbldb
Spotlight Just Dance - 8/12 - 8/18 - Gold only


N64 Banjo Bundle - 7/9 - 8/8


Spotlight XB1 Ghosts (aka, the new Risk Factions) - 8/5 - 8/11

Spotlight Capcom - 8/5 - 8/11


[*]Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara - $5.09 - 66% off - xbldb
[*]Dustforce - $4.99 - 50% off - xbldb
[*]Final Fight: Double Impact - $3.99 - 60% off - xbldb
[*]Lost Planet 2 - $4.99 - 75% off - xbldb
[*]Lost Planet 3 - $13.59 - 66% off - xbldb
[*]Mega Man 9 - $4.99 - 50% off - xbldb
[*]Mega Man 10 - $4.99 - 50% off - xbldb
[*]Puzzle Fighter HD - $4.99 - 50% off - xbldb
[*]Remember Me - $9.99 - 75% off - xbldb
[*]Resident Evil Code: Veronica X - $6.59 - 67% off - xbldb
[*]Resident Evil 4 - $6.59 - 67% off - xbldb
[*]Resident Evil 5 - $6.59 - 67% off - xbldb

[*]Resident Evil 6

[*]Resident Evil Operation Raccoon City - $11.59 - 71% off - xbldb
[*]Resident Evil Revelations - $13.59 - 66% off - xbldb
[*]Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix - $5.09 - 66% off - xbldb
[*]Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online Edition - $3.74 - 75% off - xbldb
[*]Street Fighter X Tekken

Spotlight Splatters - 7/29 - 8/4

Spotlight Deep Silver - 7/22 - 7/28

Spotlight Nordic - 7/22 - 7/28


[*]Destroy All Humans! Path of the Furon - $3.99 - 80% off - xbldb
[*]Frontlines: Fuel of War - $3.99 - 80% off - xbldb - Unobtainable achievements (servers offline)
[*]Jeopardy! - $7.49 - 75% off - xbldb
[*]MX vs. ATV Alive - $4.99 - 75% off - xbldb
[*]Painkiller Hell & Damnation - $5.99 - 80% off - xbldb

[*]The Raven - Legacy of a Master Thief Episode 1 - $2.49 - 75% off - xbldb

[*]Red Faction: Armageddon - $7.49 - 75% off - xbldb

[*]Red Faction: Guerrilla - $9.99 - 50% off - xbldb

[*]Zombie Driver HD - $4.99 - 50% off - xbldb
Spotlight Bethesda QuakeCon Sale - 7/17 - 7/20

Ultimate Games Sale - 7/8 - 7/14
Same DLC also on sale on XB1 through console with same discount


[*]July 9

[*]July 10

[*]July 11

[*]July 12

[*]July 13

[*]July 14

[*]All week

[*]The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition - $9.89 - 67% off - xbldb
[*]Trials Evolution - $5.09 - 66% off - xbldb
[*]Trials Fusion - $13.39 - 33% off - xbldb

Spotlight Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag DLC - 7/1 - 7/7
Same DLC also on sale on XB1 through console with same discount


Spotlight Pro Evolution Soccer - 7/1 - 7/7


FIFA World Cup Brazil - 6/26 - 6/30

Spotlight Sega - 6/24 - 6/30

Spotlight Lego - 6/24 - 6/30

Spotlight? - 6/17 - 6/23 - Saints Row passes & KI Sabrewulf

Pseudo Deals with Gold - 6/10 - 6/16 - GTA


[*]Grand Theft Auto V - $29.99 - 50% off - xbldb
Xbox One Sales

  • XB1 Xbox Fitness - FREE until January 2015
  • Feb 27-? - Zoo Tycoon - $39.99 - 33% off (360 version also, see below)
Skullgirls characters

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Misc. Markdowns / Recently Reduced
[customspoiler=Notes]May be permanent mark downs, may be temporary pricing errors. Items marked with a * have been confirmed as permanent reductions either on the console dashboard, on Xbox.com's Recently Reduced page or corroborated from other sources (PSN, dev/pub, etc)[/customspoiler]
 
September 2014

August 2014


[*]8/5 - Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance - $19.99 - 50% off - xbldb
[*]8/5 - NHL 14 - $39.99 - 20% off - xbldb
[*]8/5 - Madden NFL 25 - $29.99 - 40% off - xbldb
[*]8/5 - 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil - $39.99 - 33% off - xbldb
[*]8/5 - NCAA Football 14 - $29.99 - 40% off - xbldb
[*]8/5 - NBA 2K14 - $39.99 - 33% off - xbldb
[*]8/4 - South Park: The Stick of Truth - $39.99 - 33% off - xbldb
[*]8/4 - Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag - $29.99 - 25% off - xbldb
July 2014


June 2014

May 2014
April 2014

March 2014

February 2014
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[*]2/10 - Far Cry 3 - $19.99 - 33% off - xbldb
[*]2/6 - Ruby Soho by Rancid - $0.99 - 50% off - xbldb - Guitar Hero World Tour
[*]2/6 - Death Blossoms by Rise Against - $0.99 - 50% off - xbldb - Guitar Hero World Tour
[*]2/6 - Guitar Hero Track Pack 4 - $3.49 - 44% off - xbldb - Guitar Hero II
[*]2/4 - XB1 - Lococycle - $9.99 - 50% off * - Confirmed permanent by Major Nelson
[*]2/4 - Armored Core: Verdict Day - $19.99 - 33% off - xbldb
[*]2/3 - Metro: Last Light - $39.99 - 20% off - xbldb
[*]2/3 - Zumba Fitness Core - $29.99 - 25% off - xbldb * Confirmed on Dashboard

January 2014

[*]1/21 - Borderlands 2 - $19.99 - 33% off - xbldb  *
[*]1/21 - BioShock Infinite - $29.99 - 25% off - xbldb *
[*]1/21 - The Bureau: XCOM Declassified - $29.99 - 50% off - xbldb *
[*]1/17 - Warlords - $4.99 - 50% off - xbldb - Previously delisted, relisted at lower price, unknown if it will remain
[*]1/16 - Rayman Origins - $14.99 - 25% off - xbldb
[*]1/14 - Armored Core: Verdict Day - $29.99 - 40% off - xbldb
[*]1/9 - Aqua - $4.99 - 50% off - xbldb
[*]1/8 - Phineas and Ferb: Quest for Cool Stuff - $19.99 - 50% off - xbldb
[*]1/7 - Assassin’s Creed IV Illustrious Pirates Pack - $6.99 - 30% off - xbldb
[*]1/6 - Saints Row IV - $39.99 - 33% off - xbldb
[*]1/1 - Hydrophobia - $2.99 - 40% off - xbldb *

December 2013
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Misc. Promotions

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Xbox Live Rewards
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Cross Buy Promotions
 
Between Xbox 360 and Xbox One :

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Microtransaction Deals [customspoiler=Note]Not tracked by xbldb, use playXBLA for blog updates for these deals.[/customspoiler]


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Delisting / Server Shutdown Watch


[*]Capcom Gamespy server shutdown - expected 5/31
  • Age of Booty - 2 achievements become unobtainable with loss of online play
  • Flock! - level editor sharing disabled, no achievements affected

[*]Rockstar games affected by Gamespy server shutdown - expected 5/31

[*]Ubisoft online server shutdown - expected 8/8
  • America's Army: True Soldiers
  • James Cameron's Avatar
  • Motionsports Adrenaline
  • PowerUp Heroes
  • Pure Football
  • Shaun White Snowboarding
  • Tom Clancy's EndWar
  • Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
  • Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent

[*]Rock Band tracks - expected 8/26
  • Fleetwood Mac - "World Turning"
  • Fleetwood Mac - "Don’t Stop"
  • Spinal Tap Pack 01 - $1.00 - 71% off - xbldb
    Back From The Dead
  • Rock ‘n’ Roll Nightmare
  • Saucy Jack
  • Warmer Than Hell

[*]Spinal Tap’s Tap Ten - $1.00 - 89% off - xbldb
  • (Funky) Sex Farm
  • (Listen to The) Flower People (Reggae Style)
  • America
  • Big Bottom
  • Cups and Cakes
  • Gimme Some Money
  • Heavy Duty
  • Hell Hole
  • Rock N Roll Creation
  • Stonehenge
  • Tonight I’m Gonna Rock You Tonight

[*]Official forums announcement

[*]Doritos Crash Course 2

[*]Ascend: Hand of Kul


[*]Rock Band Track - Journey's "Don't Stop Believing" - expected Apr 30, gone Apr 28

[*]BurgerTime World Tour - $4.99 - 50% off - xbldb - expected Apr 30

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Thanks to reddjoey, tylerh1701, BobbyTastic and Necrozilla for maintaining prior versions of this thread, and to all those who have posted deals and made Wiki edits.  This thread is truly a collaborative effort built from the contributions of the community.
 

 
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Wow that Xbox Originals name misled me too. I got excited for a second.

I'm curious how much of an improvement the ME trilogy would be on the XB1. I might be a big enough fan to purchase it on sale. Same with the TellTale games.

Anyone else excited for Child of Light? Most reviews are in the 80 range. I think I'll bite even though it's Ubisoft who pumps out sales. I want to support the game with its female protagonist in an RPG with awesome graphics.

If Dust is the first GWG I continue my streak of owning the games. I have no hope left.
 
Cleaner7 said:
I'm curious how much of an improvement the ME trilogy would be on the XB1. I might be a big enough fan to purchase it on sale. Same with the TellTale games....
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If nothing else, ME trilogy will let people double-dip on achievements to boost their gamerscore... :roll:

 
CaseX said:
If nothing else, ME trilogy will let people double-dip on achievements to boost their gamerscore... :roll:
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Opinions :roll:.........that said, I shall weigh in on the Star Wars talk with my own two cents.

The books are great. Heck, Episode III is a masterpiece. And I really like Michael Crichton and Dean Koontz books. That said, George Lucas did a HORRIBLE job translating those to the big screen. All the magic was completely lost. Minor Epsiode II book spoilers *SPOILER* Epsiode II started with the whole backstory of Shmi Skywalker getting captured by the Tusken Raiders so Cliegg Lars and like 30+ farmers took off to get her back. They were all slaughtered in an awesome way as they were decapitated by a wire line as they flew by on their speeder bikes. Cliegg managed to see the line and jumped off his bike, but his leg got severed * END SPOILERS. Sorry, not familiar with how to create spoliers :whistle2:

Dust is a great GwG freebie if proven true. I am bracing for repeat DotW items from the past with a deeper discount 75%+

 
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Cleaner7 said:
Wow that Xbox Originals name misled me too. I got excited for a second.

I'm curious how much of an improvement the ME trilogy would be on the XB1. I might be a big enough fan to purchase it on sale. Same with the TellTale games.

Anyone else excited for Child of Light? Most reviews are in the 80 range. I think I'll bite even though it's Ubisoft who pumps out sales. I want to support the game with its female protagonist in an RPG with awesome graphics.

If Dust is the first GWG I continue my streak of owning the games. I have no hope left.
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I'm hoping with ME and TellTale games that they'd be able to fix graphical issues. I bought ME1 from a recent sale, but I'm still afraid to play it because the first time I rented disc of it, 360 broke. Only game that broke my 360 that I played again was Far Cry Instincts Predator.

I'd be more interested in Child of Light if it had real co-op (and it was more than local). Still looks interesting and the reviews look promising, but definitely waiting for a sale if it doesn't get a retail release.

 
May tonight's deals force us to plunder our cash and lay waste to our left over points in pursuit of a heftier backlog....this I doth pray.
 
Well, since May the Fourth is coming, maybe we'll get a Star Wars deal or maybe free Force Unleashed? Id love that. Never got to finish the first game or play the second.
 
I want the force unleashed DLC on sale. $10 per level Is wayyy too much.
And the sequels to the movies. They could have easily done 2 more trilogies with the expanded universe. First trilogy being Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising, and Last Command, second being Spectre of the Past, Vision of the Future, and Survivors quest. Then even after that, they could have made an entire trilogy based on KOTOR. They are just shooting themselves in the foot.

 

 
Backlog's down to the last 25 or so games, and a lot of them are kind of blah.  Any games on this list you guys think I really should play before selling my 360?

Bangai-O HD
Catan
Darwinia+
MOON DIVER
The UnderGarden
WRC Powerslide
DefJam Rapstar
Crazy Machine Elements
Duke Nukem 3D
Fire Pro Wrestling
Flashback
Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime
Happy Tree Friends
Mars War Logs
Panzer General
Pid
Sonic & Knuckles
South Park: Tenorman
Unbound Saga
Worms
Worms 2
Devil May Cry 4
DJ Hero 2
Fable III
 
Rip44 said:
Well, since May the Fourth is coming, maybe we'll get a Star Wars deal or maybe free Force Unleashed? Id love that. Never got to finish the first game or play the second.
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For whatever reason the prints of Force Unleashed my brother and I bought both had disc issues.

...Still waiting for a refund from Microsoft for our Halo Reach discs way back when. They never even sent our replacement ones!
 
tylerh1701 said:
Backlog's down to the last 25 or so games, and a lot of them are kind of blah. Any games on this list you guys think I really should play before selling my 360?

Bangai-O HD
Catan
Darwinia+
MOON DIVER
The UnderGarden
WRC Powerslide
DefJam Rapstar
Crazy Machine Elements
Duke Nukem 3D
Fire Pro Wrestling
Flashback
Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime
Happy Tree Friends
Mars War Logs
Panzer General
Pid
Sonic & Knuckles
South Park: Tenorman
Unbound Saga
Worms
Worms 2
Devil May Cry 4
DJ Hero 2
Fable III
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I Actually liked DJ Hero 2 alot, long as you got the turntables and such for it though, but the soundtrack was well done and for the most part it did away with alot of the gripes I had with the first.

 
stevocbk24 said:
For whatever reason the prints of Force Unleashed my brother and I bought both had disc issues.

...Still waiting for a refund from Microsoft for our Halo Reach discs way back when. They never even sent our replacement ones!
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That blows. Had no idea those had issues.
 
tylerh1701 said:
Backlog's down to the last 25 or so games, and a lot of them are kind of blah. Any games on this list you guys think I really should play before selling my 360?

Bangai-O HD
Catan
Darwinia+
MOON DIVER
The UnderGarden
WRC Powerslide
DefJam Rapstar
Crazy Machine Elements
Duke Nukem 3D
Fire Pro Wrestling
Flashback
Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime
Happy Tree Friends
Mars War Logs
Panzer General
Pid
Sonic & Knuckles
South Park: Tenorman
Unbound Saga
Worms
Worms 2
Devil May Cry 4
DJ Hero 2
Fable III
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Well I had quite a good time with Darwinia+

The optic might be...deterring...but the gameplay and story were quite fun!

(Also Worms 2 and Fable III are worth giving them a shot before you sell the console)

 
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@tyler DJ Hero 2 is lots of fun. I recently reinstalled the disc on my HDD so I could play it again. It's one of my favorite game soundtracks. I'm a huge fan and recommend giving it a shot.

Also, I'm a huge board and card game fan so I recommend Catan, but playing against the AI will probably be boring.

Otherwise, your list is filled with a lot of mediocre games that you can probably skip or play on PC if the need arose.
 
stevocbk24 said:
...Still waiting for a refund from Microsoft for our Halo Reach discs way back when. They never even sent our replacement ones!
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The beta discs? They sent out digital download codes to everybody because some of the discs weren't working. I probably still have mine somewhere.

I predict a Skullgirls sale

 
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Rip44 said:
That blows. Had no idea those had issues.
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I'm not sure if it was a printing problem or if our discs were ruined through shipping or what. We each beat it at Toys R' Us back when it came out and for whatever reason it won't load up one of the levels. I ended up just borrowing my buddy's copy and beating that one.

TFU2 on the other hand had no problems, other than the game itself being average.
 
I'm predicting a f*cking sh*tty sale, full of games and DLC we all, already own....just a guess.

Any news on the next GWG? I haven't been online in a while.
 
tylerh1701 said:
Backlog's down to the last 25 or so games, and a lot of them are kind of blah. Any games on this list you guys think I really should play before selling my 360?

Bangai-O HD
Catan
Darwinia+
MOON DIVER
The UnderGarden
WRC Powerslide
DefJam Rapstar
Crazy Machine Elements
Duke Nukem 3D
Fire Pro Wrestling
Flashback
Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime
Happy Tree Friends
Mars War Logs
Panzer General
Pid
Sonic & Knuckles
South Park: Tenorman
Unbound Saga
Worms
Worms 2
Devil May Cry 4
DJ Hero 2
Fable III
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Maybe it's a painful remainder of your situation but you could try the omani WRC powerslide and Mars war log. Powerslide is surprisingly enjoyable although the real fun comes with multiplayer. Mars is a sci-fi adventure, a 'melee rpg' fits better. Good story, good mechanics and pretty long campaign. I'd definitely give it a try. I also liked Pid, one of the toughest puzzle platformers out there if you choose hardcore difficulty, but maybe it's not your type of game right now: you look like in a speed run to put an end on last gen :p

Edit: And thanks for trying to redirect the thread to a game discussion, anyway:

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To celebrate the unearthing of the ET cartridges (among others), I predict a 75% sale on all Atari 2600 games in the Game Room.

 
Bloomy said:
To celebrate the unearthing of the ET cartridges (among others), I predict a 75% sale on all Atari 2600 games in the Game Room.
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I soooooooooooo wish this would happen :D/ But I know it's going to be shit like GTA repeats for the umpteenth time :wall:

 
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I am ready for the backlashing from fans, but SW VI is a half-disaster compared to the previous 2 episodes (not going to make comparisons with 1-3, it would be unfair for many reasons). The lenghty rescue part may be historical, memorable and quite funny, but it's also lacking plain logic, sense, and drags on for too long (did they forget they have jedi powers and shit?). It's an hour or so where you are just wondering, why are they complicating things so much? It's like cartoons where the main characters find the most complicated ways to pull off the simplest tasks. It is a fun part but no logic at all.

Also, those twists? The Darth Vader twist was not foreshadowed originally, Lucas pretty much admitted they pulled out that twist out of their asses, hence the no hints to this in the previous movies (if we don't count retcons). Same for the brother-sister story with Skywalker and Leia: again, that is something they admitted was just done out of nowhere, and it is rather obvious, since they almost went for the love story between them in Ep4 (swiftly forgotten by the twist in Ep6, where they don't even go EWW for the fact they actually considered a shag or two).

Nostalgia can make Ep6 great, but it's a movie that lacks logic. Plain and simple. Hate me all you want but you all know this deep down :p

And now, back to the deals: I almost hope there won't be any amazing deal this time around, as I'm waiting for Peggle 2 to drop on X360 at this point.

 
shulamm said:
Maybe it's a painful remainder of your situation but you could try the omani WRC powerslide and Mars war log. Powerslide is surprisingly enjoyable although the real fun comes with multiplayer. Mars is a sci-fi adventure, a 'melee rpg' fits better. Good story, good mechanics and pretty long campaign. I'd definitely give it a try. I also liked Pid, one of the toughest puzzle platformers out there if you choose hardcore difficulty, but maybe it's not your type of game right now: you look like in a speed run to put an end on last gen :p
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I got about half way through Pid a while ago, it is quite difficult and I kind of just got frustrated and stop playing. I just started up WRC for about 5 minutes and didn't really like the feel of it. I am kind of burnt out on race car games having played Joy Ride Turbo and Motocross Madness recently. And you're right, I'm kind of in a rushed mode. I may check out Mars War Logs.

As for the other suggestions, I think I will still give Darwinia+ a shot and see how much I like it. DJ Hero 2 I may play as well, but I just got through all of the original DJ Hero just a couple months ago. I enjoyed the game quite a bit, just not sure I need any more of it right now. Fable 3 will probably be a pass because I've beat both Fable and Fable 2 within the last month and had enough, I really didn't have that good of a time with Fable 2, though I loved the original. Catan I'll try, I usually don't mind playing the computer AI as long as I can find a decent difficulty that's not too tough or too easy. Worms...I'm not sure why I bought those.

 
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Oh god, what have I started?

odd mr t said:
Can we just go ahead and make episodes 1-3 non-canon while we're at it? Please?
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But how will they introduce Jar Jar' hip great great grandson, the interstellar rapper, Jim Jam Binkz?

Groo The Wanderer said:
Can I please have faith that Abrams will save Star Wars? Please?
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I don't know why anyone is trusting someone who worked on Star Trek to work on Star Wars. You fools, he's trying to destroy the enemy from within! :whee:

bardockkun said:
Patton Oswalt said it best about the Star Wars prequels...
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Wow, I've seen that stand-up special so many times that I pretty much had it down word for word. What's worse, a nerd or someone who's a nerd for a nerd?

tylerh1701 said:
Backlog's down to the last 25 or so games, and a lot of them are kind of blah. Any games on this list you guys think I really should play before selling my 360?

Bangai-O HD
Catan
Darwinia+
MOON DIVER
The UnderGarden
WRC Powerslide
DefJam Rapstar
Crazy Machine Elements
Duke Nukem 3D
Fire Pro Wrestling
Flashback
Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime
Happy Tree Friends
Mars War Logs
Panzer General
Pid
Sonic & Knuckles
South Park: Tenorman
Unbound Saga
Worms
Worms 2
Devil May Cry 4
DJ Hero 2
Fable III
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Bangai-O HD, Catan, Moon Diver, The Undergarden, WRC Powerslide, Mars: War Logs, Pid, Sonic & Knuckles, Unbound Saga, Worms 2, Devil May Cry 4, DJ Hero 2, and Fable 3 are all worth trying.

The rest aren't that good or are found dirt cheap for PC.

 
Baboy said:
I am ready for the backlashing from fans, but SW VI is a half-disaster compared to the previous 2 episodes (not going to make comparisons with 1-3, it would be unfair for many reasons). The lenghty rescue part may be historical, memorable and quite funny, but it's also lacking plain logic, sense, and drags on for too long (did they forget they have jedi powers and shit?). It's an hour or so where you are just wondering, why are they complicating things so much? It's like cartoons where the main characters find the most complicated ways to pull off the simplest tasks. It is a fun part but no logic at all.

Also, those twists? The Darth Vader twist was not foreshadowed originally, Lucas pretty much admitted they pulled out that twist out of their asses, hence the no hints to this in the previous movies (if we don't count retcons). Same for the brother-sister story with Skywalker and Leia: again, that is something they admitted was just done out of nowhere, and it is rather obvious, since they almost went for the love story between them in Ep4 (swiftly forgotten by the twist in Ep6, where they don't even go EWW for the fact they actually considered a shag or two).

Nostalgia can make Ep6 great, but it's a movie that lacks logic. Plain and simple. Hate me all you want but you all know this deep down :p
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Pretty much yeah. I have somewhat rose tinted glasses on when watching Ep. 6(logicical stuff) and for that matter other movies that I remember fondly from the 70's/80's (no movie inserted so as not to start another off topic discussion). Heck, you can extend that to certain games that are "remembered fondly" but when you actually play them today, I think, "man, this game has not aged well. Or, I remember it being sooo much more fun when I was a teenager fifteen years ago."

 
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Pretty much yeah. I have somewhat rose tinted glasses on when watching Ep. 6(logicical stuff) and for that matter other movies that I remember fondly from the 70's/80's (no movie inserted so as not to start another off topic discussion). Heck, you can extend that to certain games that are "remembered fondly" but when you actually play them today, I think, "man, this game has not aged well. Or, I remember it being sooo much more fun when I was a teenager fifteen years ago."
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Star Wars, as many old movies, is remembered fondly because of the age, but with today's eyes things aren't that amazing. Ep4 and Ep5 are really good movies even by today's standards as far as I'm concerned, but Ep6 is the weakest link of the entire saga as far as I'm concerned (well, besides Ep1, but that's a trainwreck of epic proportions). They pretty much needed to make the new trilogy just to make a sense of the apparently pointless twists and turns of Ep6, that for 20-25 years or so made no sense at all. It did introduce many memorable scenes and characters, but it's an exercise of bad ideas really. I think the massive disappointment of Ep1 made people forget that Ep6 already lost the ball quite a bit, and made them also overlook the fact that Ep2 and Ep3 are pretty solid (specifically, Ep2 is okay and Ep3 is pretty good). It's never a good thing when you need a new trilogy of retcons and explanations to make sense of one movie, but that is what happened, and we forget that because the new trilogy disappointed many. But hey, it's J.J.Abrams for the next trilogy, I have a reasonable amount of faith in him. They also just made nearly all novels, comics and games non-canon, so we'll see where this goes.

 
thwdylm said:
Is 2k14 worth spending $30 on?
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BobbyTastic said:
No.
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Really? I have 2k13 right now and I played it a lot until the online was recently cut. So even though the price isn't great, the deal was still somewhat tempting to me. Also because I have a pretty good amount of MS cash on my account.

Any ideas on this week's deal (besides this Star Wars speculation)?

 
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thwdylm said:
Really? I have 2k13 right now and I played it a lot until the online was recently cut. So even though the price isn't great, the deal was still somewhat tempting to me.

Any ideas on this week's deal (besides this Star Wars speculation)?
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If you're a basketball fan, like me, and you're going to play the game a lot, it is definitely worth $30 in my opinion.
 
TheLerm said:
If you're a basketball fan, like me, and you're going to play the game a lot, it is definitely worth $30 in my opinion.
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That's why I've been considering it. I played 2k13 a lot, and I am a basketball fan, but I've heard that it's overall very similar to 13.

 
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thwdylm said:
Really? I have 2k13 right now and I played it a lot until the online was recently cut. So even though the price isn't great, the deal was still somewhat tempting to me. Also because I have a pretty good amount of MS cash on my account.

Any ideas on this week's deal (besides this Star Wars speculation)?
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They cut 2K13's online already?

Had no idea. My mistake. Must have been within the last month or so.

If that's the case, and you play a lot, then yeah $20 - $30 is okay, especially if you're sitting on a bunch of credit. I'd wait until next week's deals post tonight though, before making a purchase.

 
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lol well this is old hat, shit I just went through all that SW nerd boner talk. (Oswalt's Angelina Jolie segment was hilarious)  :rofl:

http://youtu.be/8jHpOsJQaHM

 
BobbyTastic said:
They cut 2K13's online already?

Had no idea. My mistake. Must have been within the last month or so.

If that's the case, and you play a lot, then yeah $20 - $30 is okay, especially if you're sitting on a bunch of credit. I'd wait until next week's deals post tonight though, before making a purchase.
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Yeah, pretty bad of 2K if you ask me, not even EA cuts games this early.

But if I waited, wouldn't the deals be posted too late for me to buy this weeks deal?

 
thwdylm said:
Yeah, pretty bad of 2K if you ask me, not even EA cuts games this early.

But if I waited, wouldn't the deals be posted too late for me to buy this weeks deal?
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This next weeks deals should start showing up soon. You will be able to check them out tonight and make your decision before the 2k14 sale ends.
 
Well.....
my post for Burger Time was p/u by xbldb on 4-25. Not sure it was posted here or not so sorry for the huge edit>< (Burger Time World Tour @ 50% off)

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thwdylm said:
Yeah, pretty bad of 2K if you ask me, not even EA cuts games this early.

But if I waited, wouldn't the deals be posted too late for me to buy this weeks deal?
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Yeah, 2K seems to cut the servers kinda quick for the sports games, thought they might have learned with the last backlash, guess not. :p

It's not like 2K13's online wasn't still active or anything. But that's what they do, they cut the servers after they get all the sales they can, so they can get the stragglers before the next instalment. Disgusting.

But yeah, I didn't think there were enough changes between 13 and 14 to warrant spending more than $20, but who knows how long it'll take to hit $20 now..

thwdylm said:
Oh, nice. Thanks, I thought the upcoming sale would immediately replace the current one.
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That used to be how it worked, but as of the past couple of months they changed it for whatever reason. The new deals should post in about an hour or so, so just hang around until then.

sk8ordie said:
This just in:

*Burger Time World Tour*

http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/BurgerTime-World-Tour/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d80258410b90?cid=SLink

Edit: Forgot to wrap it&gt;&lt;
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It's not a DotW item, it's a game that's on sale until it's delisted at the end of the month.

 
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Baboy said:
I am ready for the backlashing from fans, but SW VI is a half-disaster compared to the previous 2 episodes (not going to make comparisons with 1-3, it would be unfair for many reasons). The lenghty rescue part may be historical, memorable and quite funny, but it's also lacking plain logic, sense, and drags on for too long (did they forget they have jedi powers and shit?). It's an hour or so where you are just wondering, why are they complicating things so much? It's like cartoons where the main characters find the most complicated ways to pull off the simplest tasks. It is a fun part but no logic at all.
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Baboy said:
. I think the massive disappointment of Ep1 made people forget that Ep6 already lost the ball quite a bit, and made them also overlook the fact that Ep2 and Ep3 are pretty solid (specifically, Ep2 is okay and Ep3 is pretty good).
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and wait, what are you talking about "they forgot they had Jedi powers and shit"? Only Luke had any Jedi powers, and he was still just a learner. Its not like he had complete mastery over the Force at that point. Are you sure you've even seen Episode 6 or are you just a shitquel I MEAN prequel apologist in disguise?

 
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