Console Monster writes: "If you've been kept in the house because of the 'poor' weather conditions and are looking for new content to download then look no further as the Xbox Live Marketplace update for Thursday 4th December 2008 is here:

Name: Race Driver GRID 8-Ball Pack
Price: 800 Microsoft Points
Availability: All Xbox Live Regions

Name: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Jedi Temple Mission Pack
Price: 800 Microsoft Points
Availability: All Xbox Live Regions

Name: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Costume Pack #2
Price: 400 Microsoft Points
Availability: All Xbox Live Regions.."
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Console Monster writes: "The big releases are definitely coming and this is shown throughout today's Xbox Live Marketplace update. With Gears of War 2 releasing tomorrow (or some lucky people have it today, including me!), a 'Welcome to Gears of War 2' trailer is now available. There's also Left 4 Dead and Call of Duty: World at War trailers; Vigilante 8 Theme packs and Guitar Hero: World Tour songs. The 'Bond' single looks interesting. Here is the full Xbox Live Marketplace update for Thursday 6th November 2008:

Name: Left 4 Dead Intro Video
Price: Free
Availability: All Xbox Live Regions except Germany

Name: Call of Duty World at War - Fire and Destruction Trailer
Price: Free
Availability: All Xbox Live Regions except Germany

Name: Call of Duty World at War - Zombie Trailer
Price: Free
Availability: All Xbox Live Regions except Germany..."
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"This week, take the wheel of one of eight 70's road hogs and blow up other cars as you race across the American Southwest.

With new features like customizable car colors, new arenas, new off-road car physics and most importantly, new obliteration effects.

Take out everyone on your own or take on your friends locally and on Xbox LIVE in multiplayer.

Vigilante 8 will be 800 MS Points and is rated T for Teen by the ESRB."
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GamersPlatform Reports: "Activision has officially announced today the release date of the smash hit Vigilante 8..."
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Console Monster writes: "We have just added the Achievements for Vigilante 8 Arcade on the Xbox 360. The achievements confirm the game contains eight vehicles, 'alien' icons and salvage points and rewards players for completing the single player Quest mode on Easy, Medium and Hard.

The list contains 12 achievements worth 200 GamerScore:

Learner's Permit - 5 GamerScore
Defeat any vehicle in any mode.

Charge-Up Trainee - 5 GamerScore
Fire 10 Charge-Up Attacks.

Whammy Master - 10 GamerScore
Achieve 100 Whammies..."
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From v8arcade.com:

"We've received the magic word: "PASS"

Yup, our second submission to Microsoft's certification went through without a hitch! In other words, the game is now APPROVED for release on XBLA!"
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Stuart Houghton of Kotaku writes: "Last month Isopod were all smiles when they sent their game off to XBLA, but sadly the game has run into some problems. Microsoft found a couple of bugs in one of it's own code libraries and the game has had to be changed and then resubmitted for more tests."
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V8: Arcade, the XBLA re-imagining of the Vigilante 8 series, has finally been submitted to Microsoft for certification, which means the game should arrive in late summer or early autumn.
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XBF Writes: "It's another typical Monday full of bad news. We just dished out the bad news about Prototype, and now we find out that Isopod's Xbox LIVE Arcade remake of Luxoflux's Vigilante 8 has also been delayed thanks to a heads-up on the developer's blog."

*It should be noted that as late as this past weekend, the developers had stated the game was on track for a June release.
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After the new shots of the game that appeared lat week, Vigilante 8 Arcade was looking quite finished. In a dev update on their website, it was revealed that the game is in pre-certification and that the devs are expecting an early June release date, but that the final date will be up to Microsoft. Also, while there were no details at all given, it was confirmed that V8 Arcade will have some form of DLC in it's future. Given the type of game that this is it's almost a guarantee that the Marketplace will play host to new characters and cars, allowing for even more vehicular insanity.
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