Available right now on Xbox Live is the newly released demo for Batman: Arkham Asylum and so far, it looks to be something you’re not going to want to pass up when it hits the shelves on August 25th.
The demo is a pretty sizable one, coming in at a hefty 2GB, but is well worth the wait. So don’t waste any more time, go see it for yourself!
Add it to your Xbox 360 download queue here
A part of the new Dashboard update coming to Xbox Live on August 11th is going to be a new feature called “Games on Demand” which will act much like the Xbox Originals feature did in the NXE update. This new component to Xbox Live will contain a library of already released Xbox 360 titles available for digital download whenever you so desire.
There are currently 21 games on the launch roster thus far, and according to Joystiq, they will be priced from anywhere between 1600-2400 MS Points ($20-$30 US) and will have the option of a credit card purchase rather than the good ol’ “rape-you-in-the-butt-with-a-stick-and-break-it-off” method of buying far more MS points than you actually needed.
And that list is as follows:
- Assassin’s Creed
- Burnout Paradise
- Call of Duty 2
- Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
- Fight Night Round 3
- Kameo: Elements of Power
- LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
- Mass Effect
- Meet The Robinsons
- MX vs. ATV Untamed
- Need for Speed Carbon
- Need for Speed: Most Wanted
- Perfect Dark Zero
- Prey
- Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis
- SEGA Rally
- Test Drive: Unlimited
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas
- Tomb Raider: Legend
- Viva Pinata
- Viva Pinata 2: Trouble in Paradise
So now comes the bad part…
You can find most of these games for much cheaper in any used bin at your local Gamestop/EB Games, eBay, or Amazon. Not to mention that each game will be a 4-6 GB download; leaving those without a hard drive out completely. And for those of you with a hard drive? You may have room to purchase around 10-20 games assuming that you have a brand new 60GB or 120GB hard drive with nothing on it; but if you’re like me, just looking at another save file might just make it explode. So this whole thing just sounds a bit ridiculous, right?
Can you really see yourself taking advantage of this new feature? Leave a comment below and let me know what you think.
Major Nelson has confirmed the release of the newest Call of Duty: WaW add-on today. Map Pack 3 is available right now on the Xbox Live Marketplace for 800 MS Points and includes 4 all new muliplayer maps; “Battery”, “Revolution”, “Breach”, and “Der Riese” and also adds an additional 10 achievements with a total of 250 points for your gaming pleasure.
