IVG writes : The Defiant map pack marks a pretty interesting moment in the Halo series. It’s here, with DLC rather than a full game that the torch officially passes from Bungie to 343 Industries. It’s not the first time a Halo game has had DLC made by people outside of Bungie (Certain Affinity, who worked on this map pack alongside 343 Industries also made DLC maps for Halo 2), but it is the first time 343 has worked on game content that is Halo related. And with them stepping in, its very likely that we will not see any further Reach-related content from Bungie themselves, although they are still managing the playlists and tweaks to the multiplayer maps, so this is the first glance we get into the talents of the future developers of Halo.
The Xbox LIVE Countdown to New Year's Eve Special Promotion has been expanded to include retail offerings from Best Buy, Games for Windows Phone and PC Digital Downloads, and a new selection of Avatar Kit and games for Tuesday, December 27, 2011.
Check out the updated offerings for some rather tasty deals, and any gamer planning on replacing or upgrading their Xbox 360 to the newer 250GB Slim Model may want to get in on the $75 in free money being offered by Best Buy, with a console bundle deal for the standard version as well as the Call of Duty and Gears 3 Special Bundles.
This Week on XBLA brings us Dungeon Defenders, some more Bejeweled with Bejeweled 3 and The Missing Link DLC for Deus Ex. Of course if dungeon defending, missing links and bejeweled aren't your things, then you've got some DLC for The Sims 3 Pets, Batman: Arkham City Catwoman DLC, and demos for Need for Speed The Run and Dance Central 2 among others. There are also some great deals on Halo: Reach map packs courtesy of the Deal of the Week.
There has been a lot of video game sales going on recently. This one, ends today, but has a lot of first party (Microsoft Game Studios) content up to 50% off.
well this is good news for my buddy, cause he only had 800 msp and couldnt decide which of the map packs to get before
There is actually quite a few good DLC deals on XBL right now. Fable 3, Crackdown 2, Mass Effect 2 and Halo reach all have really good deals right now.
