This Week and Next Week on Xbox Live

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Richard Walker

Your Xbox Live update is here once again, and over the next couple of weeks there's more than a few treats coming your way, with Serious Sam 3: BFE and Zombie Driver HD heading up a one-two of monster mash mayhem on the Xbox Live Arcade from tomorrow, while the following week sees Guilty Gear XX punching its way onto the Marketplace.

Also, be sure to keep an eye out for Borderlands 2's Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate's Booty DLC, which brings 8-10 hours of treasure hunting and sandy anarchy as you head to Oasis in search of Captain Blade's lost treasure. Read our preview here for more.

There's also new World of Keflings DLC coming this week too, while next week sees Forza Horizon speeding in with its Season Pass and Launch Day Car Pack. There's also a dose of Max Payne 3 multiplayer DLC to look out for. Meanwhile, there's some Batman deals to check out, followed by Bioshock content.

Check it all out right here:

Xbox Live Arcade

  • Serious Sam 3: BFE - 17-Oct - 1200 MSP
  • Zombie Driver HD - 17-Oct - 800 MSP
  • Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus - 24-Oct - 1200 MSP

Game Add-Ons

  • Borderlands 2: Captain Scarlett & Her Pirate’s Booty - 16-Oct - 800 MSP
  • A World of Keflings: The Curse of the Zombiesaurus - 17-Oct - 320 MSP
  • Forza Horizon: Season Pass - 23-Oct - 4000 MSP
  • Forza Horizon: Launch Day Car Pack - 23-Oct - 400 MSP
  • Max Payne 3: Hostage Negotiation Pack - 23-Oct - 800 MSP

Deal of the Week

Batman - 16-Oct to 22-Oct

  • Batman Arkham City - Varies by Region
  • Catwoman Bundle Pack - 400 MSP (50% off)
  • Arkham Bundle - 600 MSP (50% off)
  • Arkham City Skins Pack - 200 MSP (50% off)
  • Challenge Map Pack - 120 MSP (50% off)
  • Nightwing Bundle Pack - 280 MSP (50% off)
  • Robin Bundle Pack - 280 MSP (50% off)

Bioshock - 23-Oct to 31-Oct

  • Bioshock - Varies by Region
  • Bioshock 2 - Varies by Region
  • Minerva’s Den - 400 MSP (50% off)
  • The Protector Trials - 200 MSP (50% off)
  • Rapture Metro - 400 MSP (50% off)
  • Sinclair Solutions Tester Pack - 200 MSP (50% off)

Special Sales

  • THQ Publisher Sale - 16-Oct to 22-Oct - Up to 75% off
  • Kinect Central: Wreckateer - 16-Oct to 22-Oct - 400 MSP (50% off)
  • Kinect Central: Leedmees - 23-Oct to 29-Oct - 400 MSP (50% off)
  • Shocktober Discounts - 23-Oct to 31-Oct - 50% off

Scratch & Match

  • Hydrothunder Hurricane - 600 MSP (Save 600)
  • Wrecked: Revenge Revisited - 600 MSP (Save 600)
  • Scrap Metal - 600 MSP (Save 600)

Games on Demand

  • Men in Black: Alien Crisis - 16-Oct
  • Sonic Generations - 16-Oct
  • Lord of the Rings: War in the North - 16-Oct
  • Bakugan Battle Brawlers 2: Defenders of the Core - 23-Oct
  • Ben 10 Ultimate Alien: Cosmic Destruction - 23-Oct

Avatar Marketplace

  • Dark Creatures Update - 23-Oct
  • WWE '13 Update - 23-Oct

[Via Major Nelson]

Comments
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  • some good sme bad and sme jus plain ugly zombie drive for me and possibly serious sam
  • shocktober discounts?
  • Still no Crimson Dragon on XBLA :(
  • Still can't believe that the season pass for F Horizon is 4000MSP :( Some deals look ok, some not....same as always really then LOL ;)
  • Does anybody know what happened to Pool Nation? was due on Friday 12th but nothing... seems odd.
  • I swear I see zombies in every freaking game now...
  • @6: No, not at all. Fucktard.
  • Might grab Nightwing to finish off Batman. 280 is a steal yet those challenges are boring.
  • What happened to 'Pool Nation' that was mentioned on last week's arcade releases?
  • Yay, have been waiting for discount of nightwing and robin and thats batman done.
  • Looks like the discounts are jacked up right now. I see Batman in the DOTW window, click-in and it's last weeks rummage sale. I'm just guessing that the update rolling out may be part of the issue. I just want Metro 2033 to go on sale already.
  • @5 & 10 It failed cert and should be out on the 31st of October. Isn't the Dark Souls DLC meant to be out next week?
  • If anyone doesn't have the BioShock DLC yet, you should be shot. It's been available so many times it's ridiculous. But, it'll be interesting to see what those sales include. I've purchased so many arcade games the last couple weeks. Goodness...
  • WTF why didn't they put Harley Quinn's Revenge up for sale for B: AC?
  • Batman Arkham City GOTY out soon. Just gonna buy that
  • Honestly, Batman's gotys still save you more.
  • Where's the "Deal's of the week" tab gone on the new dashboard??
  • Bioshock DLC should be 75% off or more at this point. Seriously.
  • @16 Batman AC - GOTY has been out for awhile now. Why put MIB on demand? I'm a fan of the Series but that game was unplayable. Bet it's going to be charged $60 for it also like at the stores e___e not worth it.
  • Danmagpie the "Deals of the Week" tab should be on a tile in the upper right after you select browse games under the main windows selection. That is select games, then select browse games. Of course the the tile is generally slower to update over the Sales app for the deal of the week. However the app doesn't contain the special publisher sales and the window deals tile does.
  • That BioShock 2 Metro Pack should just be free. Nothing but maps that no one will pay for, so you can't play them. The only way to see them is to boost.
  • Looks like my points are waiting until next week for Guilty Gear
  • thanks Kitsune Goth will check it again later tonight, only had a quick 5 min look a little whille ago ^_^
  • Three things I can't find. Sales and specials. THQ sale and Facebook
  • SERIOUS SAM 3!!!
  • What about doom 3 bfg edition that is coming out on friday?
  • wonder what's in the "Shocktober Discounts"??
  • hopefully it won't be too long before guilty gear ends up on DotW. that will be a great game for 600 points.
  • hoping that resi 4 and code: VX will be in the shocktober sale =)
  • Fozki Razormaid the THQ sale hasn't been posted yet. They usually put it under the Sales and Specials tab. That tab can be found by going to the games window, select browse games, then look at the upper right. Personally I think the Sales and Special should have a much larger window. Instead it is regulated to the size of their annoying advertisements.
  • Not sure if anything tickles my fancy. THQ and Shocktober might have something fun in them. I think there is a LEFT4DEAD 2 packs I don't have that isn't the newest one, which might be in shocktober. (Just a guess)
  • @13. What do you mean by failed cert?
  • Anyone happen to know what the THQ deals are?
  • Batman sale isn't showing up. Prices are still regular.
  • DLC for older games like bioshock should be permanently reduced. Digital distribution keeps the cost high despite it getting. When all games come as download, you will see old games and dlc same price as day 1 unless MS/sony and publishers decide to throw some old dlc out half price for a week. Its like being offered some old pizza half off (or something)
  • don't know about anyone else, but the sales and specials tab went awol on my xbox a week after the app was released, which is amusing as the app only includes DOTW and it's own self contained deals, never anything like the publisher specials or anything i need to sell some body parts or something, i got no money to buy points for serious sam also @rich serious sam 3 DLC is also out this week, it is also 1200 points, the thing everyone was moaning about last week when the date & price was announced
  • I'll pick up Wreckateer later. I enjoyed the Demo & was waiting for it to it DOTW.
  • DotW still missing on my dashboard but I found the rest.
  • @39 - If you download the Sales and Specials app, everything is available in one spot and on time.
  • DotW and specials/sales are missing on my xbox. GG microsoft. GG.
  • I'll be Picking up Metro 2033GoD, Bioshock2GoD & Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus
  • @40 Which is only possible to do if you live in the US or UK, since Microsoft as usual don't do anything convenient for anyone else.
  • I can't find the deals of the week anywhere and there is no sales and specials app that some people posted about.
  • I love how there's a picture of Saints Row 3 with the text "THQ Publisher Sale", yet Saints Row 3 dlc isn't there.
  • As #43 said in Canada we see nothing of the Sales and Specials app or some features of Live Rewards. They almost never update the sales tile (mine STILL reads Babel Rising and I've been in the beta. They also seem to have completely removed the recently reduced section of the marketplace as well. Why aren't any of these sales live?
  • BioShock 2 DLC on sale again? Jeez give it a rest, why not just reduce the prices permanently?
  • Nothing interesting here, I can't count how many times Bioshock was on sale either. Old deals are just that, old. Come MS, Christmas is around the corner, you better step up your game or I will be giving all of my money to Steam again=P
  • I know this is off the topic, by the way, is there any of you received new system update in north america ?
  • The season pass for Forza is almost as expensive as the game. You would hope to get some bloody good savings.
  • I'm with #13 Thought the Artorias of the Abyss DLC for Dark Souls was released on the 24th?
  • So what is the scratch and match? I wanted to pick up a couple of those games last week but I didn't see the sale reflected in the xbox.com prices. US gamer here.
  • @ 52 Part of the app called "Sales and Special +", basically a scratchcard minigame where you can win various weekly prizes (games, gamerpics, avatar props, etc); and when your done scratching (losing, most of the time) you get 3 bonus offers for content.
  • Just bought Metro 2033 for $9.99 been waiting for the sale to kick in all day. It looks like most of the marketplace has been updated.
  • Europe does not have the possibility to use the app Sales & Specials... :-( We are paying the most to get less... It's getting real frustrating... Please give us also the possibility to enjoy xbox live !!!
  • THQ Publisher Sale: http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/promotion/Special-Sales
  • There doesn't appear to be anything worthwhile in the THQ sales for me apart from Nexuiz which I already bought last time. I'm just really gutted that I missed out on Double Fine's deals; only just remembered last night around 10pm and they were still showing up on the 360 and the site but wouldn't let me buy them because they updated the deals early...something I wasn't too happy about.
  • so the thq sale is US only?
  • Is it me, or did the DotW section on XBox Live Marketplace not update properly? The entire week it showed Batman DLC on the DotW picture, but the deals were last week's stuff.
  • Wow i bought the complete bioshock 2 game for 10 bucks...
  • I think that it would be cheaper to buy the special edition of batman instead of purchasing all the DLC, even at 50% off.
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