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XBOX Live Marketplace Update (Wednesday 30th April 2008) (News)

Apr 30, 2008

Despite no XBOX Live Arcade release today, the XBOX Live Marketplace has still been updated. Here's the full list for Wednesday 30th April 2008:

Name: Chessmaster Live Rayman Raving Rabbids 3D animated chess set
Price: 150 Microsoft Points
Availability: Everywhere

Name: Alone in the Dark Fire Tech Demo
Price: Free
Availability: Everywhere

Turok Gamer Pics Pack 5 - Wolf Pack
Price: 150 Microsoft Points
Availability: Everywhere

Xbox Live Marketplace Roundup - Week 16 (News)

Apr 20, 2008

Gamesite XGN posts her weekly European Xbox Live Marketplace Roundup. This week there are a great number of new demos released.

XBOX Live Marketplace Update (Thursday 27th March 2008) (News)

Mar 27, 2008

Another day, another XBOX Live Marketplace Update. Here's the update for Thursday 27th March:

Name: Chessmaster Live Egypt Chess Set
Price: 80 Microsoft Points
Availability: Everywhere

Name: Chessmaster Live Mongol Chess Set
Price: 80 Microsoft Points
Availability: Everywhere

Name: Chessmaster Live Mushroom Chess Set
Price: 80 Microsoft Points
Availability: Everywhere

Continued at the source.

Xbox Live Arcade Sales, Week Ending 3/01/08 (Triggerheart = 7.2k) (News)

Mar 1, 2008

VGChartz reports that this week, Triggerheart Excelica launched to decent numbers. Triggerheart Excelica is the 2nd ever Dreamcast game to come to the XBLA Service, with Rez HD being the first. Excelica beats previous $10 Schmup recordholder, Omega 5's debut of 6,000 units by a decent 20% increase.

However, like Omega 5, it was vastly frontloaded this week: it's debut sales on it's first day was almost 40% of the 3day week (which is rather high). Another major note: Japanese Xbox 360 users made up 40% of the entire Excelica userbase. In the case of Omega 5, it sold only to 14% Japanese users (which is well above the norm, as the JP userbase constitutes maybe 5% of the average XBLA purchase base).

Other notes:

-Sonic the Hedgehog reaches 250,000 Units
-N+ increased very well
-Rez HD finishes it's first month just shy of 100,000 units
-Chessmaster LIVE ends it's first month with almost 28,000 units.
-Poker Smash had a massive drop from last week: it shed 70% from last week. Fortunately, the game has still done very well with grossing $400,000 in 4 weeks.

Live activity for week of 1/28 (News)

Feb 7, 2008

These lists are based on global unique users connected to Xbox Live or in the case of Arcade, full versions purchased this week. Here are the top 3 for each charts, see the source for the complete top 10 list.

Xbox 360 Top Live Titles
1. Call of Duty 4
2. Halo 3
3. Guitar Hero III

Top Arcade Titles
1. Rez HD
2. Chessmaster Live
3. Metal Slug 3

Original Xbox Top Live Titles
1. Halo 2
2. Star Wars: Battlefront 2
3. Counter-Strike

Chessmaster LIVE - Xbox Live Arcade (Review)

Feb 5, 2008

Board and card games have proven pretty popular on Xbox Live Arcade, so it’s a bit surprising that we haven’t seen more of them. The latest board game to join the party is one of the most widely-known, and one of the hardest to master.And that might be the biggest thing working against Chessmaster Live - chess simply isn’t that easy to play, to the point that a lot of people just aren’t interested in investing the time ...

Xbox Live Arcade Sales Chart - 2/2/08 (News)

Feb 2, 2008

VGChartz reports that this week, Dreamcast shooter remake "Rez HD" broke all records we've had since the charts started. In just 3 days, it's already amassed $250,000 in sales, and beaten the the rest of the top-5 3 day debut games combined. Yes, it's that massive.

So what's next in store for Rez HD? Most likely alot more sales. Rez HD is well on it's way to eventually selling 500,000 units as projections would place this high of sales within it's first 18 months of sale.

Chessmaster LIVE also debuted rather strongly, despite selling in Rez HD's shadow. With almost 4,000 units sold, it's likely that a casual-selling chess game, such as CM Live could go on to do very well - even though it's at a $10 price point.

In other notable news, Undertow had a huge number of downloads activated this week. This should be the biggest week, with sales beginning to decend from now on. Expect about another 500,000 before it stops.

While Rez gets all of the fanfare, however, Metal Slug 3 finished it's first month of sale with 63,000 units. Since the charts started, this places it at #2 next to Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords, with 88,000 units. However, that record won't last very long, as Rez HD should sell over 100,000 units it's first month.

Chessmaster LIVE - Xbox Live Arcade (Screenshots)

Jan 30, 2008

XBOX Live Marketplace Update (30th January 2008) (News)

Jan 30, 2008

Console Monster give us today's XBOX Live Marketplace Update:

Name: Chessmaster Live
Price: 800 Microsoft Points
Availability: Not available in Japan and Korea
Description: [ESRB: E (Everyone)] Single Player, Xbox LIVE Multiplayer 1-2, Local Multiplayer 1-2, HD (High Definition). Chessmaster Live is the Xbox Live version of the reference chess franchise. It features multiplayer and solo modes. There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts.

Confirmed XBOX Live Arcade Releases for Wednesday 30th January (News)

Jan 28, 2008

Major Nelson confirms Rez HD and Chessmaster LIVE will be available this Wednesday for 800 points each.