Console Monster writes: "As we approach the time where you can count the days till Christmas on one hand, the Xbox Live Marketplace is packed full of some brand new treats. From a new game demo to new tracks from Guitar Hero 5 and Rock Band – including a free Christmas track, there is something for everyone on the Xbox Live Marketplace this Christmas. Here is the full Xbox Live Marketplace update for Tuesday 22nd December 2009:
Game Demos
MX vs. ATV REFLEX – Demo
Price: Free (Gold Exclusive offer)
Size: 814 MB
Playable with either MX or ATV. 6 tutorial lessons, 1 National event, 1 Freestyle event.
Games on Demand
Lost Planet Colonies
Price: £19.99
Size: 7 GB
This game supports English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Korean. Download the manual for this game by locating the game on http://marketplace.xbox.com and selecting "See Game Manual". LOST PLANET has been enhanced with new maps and gameplay modes. Re-visit the great online action! There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts..."
These groundbreaking video games changed gaming forever and drew in scores of fans in the process.
The Guitar Hero franchise died in the wake of Activision's lust for Call of Duty, but we should be dusting off those plastic guitars for a new Guitar Hero game.
Guitar Hero was good. The problem was Activision started creating many versions. Guitar Hero had the every one year cycle like COD and people felt they were being robbed.
Why in the hell would one want to spend time to learn a button mashing order when you can lean to play a real guitar in the same time frame.
As the world reels from the shockwaves of the seismic news that Microsoft is acquiring the proverbial swamp of the video-game landscape, Activision Blizzard King, it only seems natural that our minds should now shift towards what the fallout will be for presumably years if not decades to come.
Another Prototype would be awesome.
As for Singularity, I don't necessarily need a sequel, I just want to see Raven be able to flex their creative muscle again; not just be relegated to assisting with CoD. A lot of the old guard is still with the company.
That's part of what I'm hoping to see come from this acquisition. Revive teams like Vicarious Visions and Ravem to actually allow them to work on their own new projects again.
I'd like to see Activision get the Transformers license again and continue the War and Fall of Cybertron games. the movie games were crap and the game that combined both movie and Fall and War of Cybertron sucked a new Prototype would also be good as well.
Re-imagining of River Raid and the original adventurer Pitfall. Oh Zork is also a great game.
Duh.