Jimmie Johnson’s Anything With an Engine

Jimmie Johnson’s Anything with an Engine is racing game but different from the usual racing games. When they say “Anything with an engine”, they literally mean “anything”. Players can use the most unlikely everyday objects for racing, such as dumpsters, lawnmowers and many more. It is fun and unique racing game set in stylized tracks, with themed hazards and traps and jumps, that make the game more enjoyable. Up to 4 players can play the game in split-screen and engage in elimination-style circuits. In the online multiplayer mode, up to 8 players can play the game and race to the finish line.

Jimmie Johnson’s Anything with an Engine on demand version supports English, French, Spanish.

Microsoft points cost: 1,600 credits

Game marketplace release date: August 28, 2012
Original release date: October 25, 2011

Game type: Xbox 360
Genre: Racing & Flying
Multiplayer: Online 2-8 and Local 2-4
Trial: Downloadable
File size: 2.62 GB

Developer: Isopod Labs & Autumn Games
Publisher: Konami Digital Entertainment

Local capabilities: System link 1-4, HDTV 720p, In-Game Dolby Digital

NOTE: This game might not be available for non Xbox Live Countries

Game of Thrones

Inspired by the international bestseller, A Song of Ice and Fire fantasy series (Game of Thrones is the series’ first book title), written by award-winning author George R.R. Martin, this Role-Playing adventure video games takes you further to a new chapter of the story. Players take the role of the two former soldiers of Robert’s rebellion. The two characters reunite in order to face the deadly threat to the Seven Kingdoms. In the game, you will be interacting with several familiar faces like Lord Commander Mormont, Varys the Spider, Cersei Lannister as the game is set based on the events of the original series and some aspects of the TV adaption by HBO.

Game of Thrones on demand version supports English and French.

Microsoft points cost: 3,200 credits

Game marketplace release date: August 28, 2012
Original release date: May 15, 2012

Game type: Xbox 360
Genre: Role Playing
File size: 2.43 GB

Developer: Cyanide
Publisher: ATLUS (Index Digital Media, Inc.)

Local capabilities: HDTV 720p, In-Game Dolby Digital
Online capabilities: Content downloads

Akai Katana

Akai Katana is an arcade shooter video game set in the world similar to Taisho period in Japan. Akai Katana is the first video game from Cave that features horizontal combat in HD glory. The game takes the definition of “bullet-hell” shooter video game into a whole new level.

In the game, you will lead a band of rebels against the tyrannical empire. But you will be facing Blood Katanas. Blood Katanas are swords with great destructive powers. And these swords were used by the empire to destroy its neighboring countries. But in order to unleash the full power of these swords, human sacrifices were made. Too much blood has been shed and people have lost their family members, which in turn caused some of the swordsmen to rebel against the empire.

Akai Katana on demand version supports English.

Microsoft points cost: 2000 credits

Game marketplace release date: August 28, 2012

Original release date: May 11, 2012

Game type: Xbox 360

Genre: Shooter

Co-op: Local 2

File size: 1.16 GB

Developer: CAVE

Publisher: Rising Star Games

Local capabilities: Arcade stick, HDTV 720p, In-Game Dolby Digital

Online capabilities: Content downloads, Leaderboards

Note: May not be available to Non Xbox Live countries

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive takes the team-based gameplay, which it pioneered with Half-Life: Counter Strike years ago, into a whole new level with its new maps, weapons and characters. The game is an updated version of the classic Counter-Strike game. But like the earlier version, Global Offensive is still a multiplayer, first-person shooter game. Players will still be able to choose whether to join the Terrorist team or the Counter-Terrorist team. The game ends once the objective of the game is completed or when all the players on one side are dead. Global Offensive, however, features new modes, collectively referred to as “Arsenal mode”. The game also offers new leaderboards, improved visuals and players can earn over 165 awards.

Microsoft points cost: 1,200 credits

Game marketplace release date: August 22, 2012

Original release date: August 22, 2012

Game type: Arcade

Genre: Shooter

Multiplayer: Online 1-10

Trial: Downloadable

File size: 1.93 GB

Developer: Valve Corporation

Publisher: Valve Corporation

Local capabilities: HDTV 720p, In-Game Dolby Digital

Online capabilities: Leaderboards, Voice chat

Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3 HD Edition

Manhattan Tanker Incident and Big Shell Incident After the Shadow Moses incident, technological data on the nuclear-armed walking tank "Metal Gear" leaks onto the black market. Solid Snake and his allies form the anti-Metal Gear NGO “Philanthropy” and set out in pursuit of a tanker carrying a new Metal Gear prototype. But Snake falls into a trap set by former FOXHOUND member Ocelot, and is believed lost along with the tanker at the bottom of the Hudson River. Two years later, the Big Shell, an oil spill cleanup facility constructed on the bay, is taken over by terrorists led by a man claiming to be the long-lost Solid Snake. The government sends Raiden, a new recruit in the new FOXHOUND, to infiltrate the Big Shell and rescue the US President, who is held hostage inside... METAL GEAR SOLID 3 HD Edition 1964 - Virtuous Mission and Operation Snake Eater The origin of the Metal Gear series begins in 1964 at the height of the Cold War. Naked Snake—the man who would later become the legendary soldier known as Big Boss—heads into Soviet territory to help the scientist Sokolov defect to the West. However, the mission ends in failure when Snake’s mentor, a female soldier known as The Boss unexpectedly defects to the Soviet Union. The fate of the world hanging in the balance, Snake is forced to question the true meaning of "loyalty," as he embarks on a lone mission to kill his former mentor.

Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3 HD Edition on Demand version supports English, French, Spanish.

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Game marketplace release date: August 21, 2012

Original release date: November 8, 2011

Game type: Xbox 360

Genre: Action & Adventure

File size: 7.35 GB

Developer: Kojima Productions

Publisher: Konami Digital Entertainment

Local capabilities: HDTV 720p, In-Game Dolby Digital

Left 4 Dead

Left 4 Dead is a cooperative, first-person survival horror game. There are 4 characters in the game, the survivors of the world overrun by zombies. The game is designed for co-op play. Up to 4 players can play the game, who must work together to find their way out and escape from the outbreak. Players can lend each other artillery support, share ammo and rescue each other when they are outnumbered by zombies. If only one player is player, the other 4 players will be Al-controlled bots. Players have the option to play as humans or as the other 4 players amongst the zombies. If you play as zombies, you may even become one of the 4 mutant “boss” zombies with unique power and abilities.

Left 4 Dead on demand version supports English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Potuguese, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese.

Microsoft points cost: 1,600 credits

Game marketplace release date: August 21, 2012

Original release date: September 28, 2009

Game type: Xbox 360

Genre: Action & Adventure, Fighting, Shooter

Multiplayer: Online 2-8

Co-op: Online 2-4

File size: 3.78 GB

Developer: Valve

Publisher: Electronic Arts

Local capabilities: HDTV 1080, System Link 1-2, In-Game Dolby Digital

Online capabilities: Hard drive required, Content downloads, Leaderboards, Voice chat

Ratatouille

Missed Remy and his adventures as he pursues his life-long dream of becoming a chef? You can relive all the thrilling and hilarious moments you loved in the film in the Ratatouille video game. The plot of the game is similar to that of the movie. Players will take the role of Remy, who dreams of becoming a great French chef with one obvious problem--- he is a rat. The journey begins in the farm, just like in the movie and you will run, glide and slide through underground sewers, bustling streets of Paris, and key locations you are familiar with through the film. Players will also be able to enjoy a series of head-to-head multiplayer mini-games you can play together with your friends, cooking challenging and unique mini-games.

Ratatouille on demand version supports English.

Ratatouille Microsoft points cost: 1,600 credits

Game marketplace release date: August 21, 2012

Original release date: January 1, 2008

Game type: Xbox 360

Genre: Action & Adventure, Family, Platformer

Trial: Downloadable trial

File size: 3.12 GB

Developer: Heavy Iron Studios

Publisher: THQ

Local capabilities: HDTV 1080, In-Game Dolby digital

Resident Evil Operation Raccoon City

Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City is a third-person, team-based video that that features a unique shooter experience. Players can choose from 12 characters in the game. Players can play solo in the single player mode or up to 4 players in the co-operative Raccoon Mode. This game is quite different from the usual team-based shooter video games. Other than zombies and Bio-Organic Weapons (B.O.W’s), players will also be battling against government ‘Spec Ops’ unit.

The story of the game centers on Raccoon City after the release of the deadly T-virus biological weapon, which caused the entire population of the city to die or turn into zombies. Players will be playing as soldiers for Umbrella’s crack paramilitary unit, Umbrella Security Services (U.S.S.).

Resident Evil Operation Raccoon City on demand version supports different languages including, English, French, German, Dutch, Italian and Spanish.

Microsoft points cost: 2,320 credits 

Game marketplace release date: August 21, 2012

Original release date: March 20, 2012

Game type: Xbox 360

Genre: Action & Adventure, Shooter

Multiplayer: Online 2-8

Co-op: Online 2-4

File size: 3.94 GB

Developer: Slant Six

Publisher: Capcom

Local capabilities: HDTV 720p, In-Game Dolby Digital

Online capabilities: Content downloads, Leaderboards, Voice chat

The Expendables 2 Videogame

Can’t get enough of the Expendables movie? Fans of the action film will surely be delighted with the Expendables videogame, where they will get to experience the explosive moments all over again. Up to 4 players can play in the Co-op action mode, where fans can get to play as their favorite stars. The 4 Expendables, namely Barney, Caesar, Gunnar and Yin-Yang, have a mission to rescue the Chinese billionaire, who has been kidnapped. But this rescue mission gets more complicated as the explosive mix of testosterone and kerosene explodes and causes a massive fireball that never lets up. This is where the relentless action concludes but also where the new movie begins. If you want to relive the action, then this game is surely something you don’t want to miss.

Microsoft points cost: 1,200 credits

Game marketplace release date: August 17, 2012

Original release date: August 17, 2012

Game type: Arcade

Genre: Shooter

Co-op: Online 2-4 & Local 2-4

Trial: downloadable

File size: 969.51 MB

Developer: Zootfly

Publisher: Ubisoft

Local capabilities: HDTV 720p,  In-Game Dolby Digital

Online capabilities: Content downloads, Leaderboards, Voice chat

Dust: An Elysian Tail

Dust: An Elysian Tail is a 2D action RPG video game that has gained mostly positive reviews from game critics. It was originally intended in the Indie Games channel of the Xbox 360, but because of its success, the game has been released for Xbox 360 Live Arcade.

In the game, you will be playing the role of the mysterious warrior, Dust. Dust will journey through the wonderful, meticulously hand-painted world, to rediscover his past while liberating an oppressed village along the way. Dust will be aided by an ancient sword Ahrah, and his sidekick, Fidget, in battling enemies as you take on different quests. The game features an intuitive combat system that rewards skilled gamers.

Microsoft points cost: 1,200 credits

Game marketplace release date: August 15, 2012

Original release date: August 15, 2012

Game type: Arcade

Genre: Action & Adventure, Platformer

Trial: downloadable

File size: 592.68 MB

Developer: Humble Hearts LLC

Publisher: Microsoft Studios

Local capabilities: In-Game Dolby Digital

Online capabilities: Content downloads, Leaderboards