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.

Game description taken from: http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/MGS-PW-HD/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d8024b4e083c

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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