Xbox LIVE Arcade releases for April 27, 2011

Yup, a day late but check out the new releases on the Xbox Live Marketplace. There are quite a few interesting games.

NIN2-JUMP 400 MSP

A shrewd ninja named NIN-JA stands up to rescue Princess SAKURA who was kidnapped by the evil ninja named NAMAKURA. Be the greatest ninja master in the world in Adventure Mode by flying freely with jump and chain action to clear all 50 stages while following the scenario, and in Score Attack Mode by keeping on attacking enemies appearing one after another. A high-speed shadow play, NIN2-JUMP presented by CAVE Company finally begins here! Your support fuels him up, so please back him up!

Trouble Witches Neo 800 MSP

Discover « TROUBLE WITCHES NEO », horizontal shooting in which cute and comical little witches roam the skies of Xbox LIVE! Sakurako, a traditional Japanese young witch, joins the cast of the Arcade version! The "Story Mode" offers a full voice dubbing in English and in Japanese to enjoy twice the game! The Online Mode featured in "TROUBLE WITCHES NEO" will allow you to play in cooperation with players worldwide, or, at the contrary, to confront them to get the highest score! In addition to the "ARRANGE MODE" with its high quality HD graphics, you can enjoy two different types of "CHALLENGE MODE" and　the "ARCADE MODE", original version of the game, for a very low price ♪

Outland 800 MSP

In the middle of Balance and Chaos, now stands one man whose efforts may bridge the ancient divide, or doom the world to destruction. The award-winning studio Housemarque, maker of Super Stardust HD, has teamed up with Ubisoft to create an ambitious platformer inspired by epic adventures such as the Prince of Persia® series. Each player’s adventure will take him between light and darkness and force him to adapt to an ever-changing world.

Xbox LIVE Deal of the Week April 26 - May 2

Another Tuesday and another round of weekly deals for Xbox Gold members to feast upon. This week's deals center around Dead Rising 2. So if you've been meaning to pick up the DLC and related content for this fun zombie game, now is the time!

• XBLA - Dead Rising 2: CASE ZERO 200 Points 400 Points
• XBLA - DEAD RISING 2: CASE WEST 400 Points 800 Points
• DLC - Dead Rising 2 Skills Pack - Psycho 80 Points 160 Points
• DLC - Dead Rising 2 Skills Pack - Soldier 80 Points 160 Points

Moon Diver to Release on XBLA on May 4th

If you follow the psn store at all, you may have heard of this neat hack n slash game that was released back at the end of March. Good news for Xbox is the game is coming to XBLA on May 4th! Check out the video posted by Kotaku. I have to say that I am looking forward to this. Only thing is it is likely going to be 1200 MSP since the price on psn is $14.99. Is it just me or does $15 seem to be the norm for downloadable games?

Xbox LIVE Deal of the Week April 19 - 25

Ahh, spring is in the air! Easter is just around the corner. Microsoft is certainly displaying the excitement with their latest Deal of the Week. Xbox LIVE Gold members, check out their exclusive offers for April 19-25:

• XBLA - 3D Ultra™ Minigolf 400 Points 800 Points
• XBLA - Peggle 400 Points 800 Points
• XBLA - ilomilo 400 Points 800 Points
• DLC - Peggle Nights Content Pack 200 Points 400 Points
• DLC - FIFA 11 Live Season: All Leagues 400 Points 800 Points
• DLC - Your Shape : Fitness Evolved Dance Workout: Bollywood 200 Points 400 Points
• DLC - Your Shape : Fitness Evolved Toned Body 200 Points 400 Points
• Avatar - Monkey 120 Points 240 Points
• Avatar - Bunny Outfit (Men or Women) 120 Points 240 Points
• Avatar - Egg Hunt 80 Points 160 Points

50% XBLA Game Sale! One Day Only - April 15th

Today, April 15th, on the Xbox Marketplace, there are some deep discounts being offered on some of the biggest and best XBLA games! This is a one day only sale so come April 16th, the deals will be gone.

Here's a list of the games that are on sale today:

• LIMBO - 600 Points
• Castle Crashers - 600 Points
• Shadow Complex - 600 Points
• Trials HD - 600 Points
• Monday Night Combat - 600 Points

All the games above are normally 1200 Points. So what are you waiting for? Load up that Xbox and get them while they're hot!

Xbox LIVE Arcade releases for April 13, 2011

A couple new games were released on the Xbox marketplace yesterday. Both are remakes. One from ages ago and the other from not too long ago. Can you guess which is which?

Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes 1200 Points

The award-winning Might & Magic Clash of Heroes is now on XBLA! Live the epic adventure of 5 young Heroes leading their armies to save the world of Might & Magic. Discover a unique mix of RPG and puzzle battle mechanics and experience brand new online and local battle modes for up to 4 players. - Enjoy a 20 hour campaign in the rich Might & Magic universe and learn devastating combos! - Master 10 Faction heroes and spells, 40 creatures with unique abilities and more than 50 artifacts. - Challenge your friends online or offline, in 1 vs 1 or in the brand new 2 vs 2 cooperative mode. - Grow from young hero to fully fledged champion in the exclusive online ranked battle modes.

Yar's Revenge 800 Points

Assassin turned revolutionary, you are a lone Yar left to die by your enslavers, the Quotile race. Now is the time to fight and begin a quest of peril, a chance for your race, and revenge. Gain experience to upgrade and expand your armor and weapons. Remember to choose wisely – as the fate of your species and home world hangs in the balance. Download Yar’s Revenge now

Check these games out!

Xbox LIVE Deal of the Week April 12 - 18

If some of you were unaware, the Xbox LIVE Marketplace has a Deal of the Week promotion where Xbox LIVE Gold members are offered large discounts (typically from 33% to 50% off) on anything from XBLA titles, full Xbox or Xbox 360 games, DLC, and avatar items. Check out there offers for this week!

• XBLA - Marvel vs. Capcom 2 600 Points 1200 Points
• XBLA - MEGA MAN 10 400 Points 800 Points
• XBLA - Final Fight: Double Impact 400 Points 800 Points
• XBLA - Bionic Commando: Rearmed 400 Points 800 Points
• XBLA - Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix 600 Points 1200

20 Free and Easy Microsoft Points per Month

If you've joined Xbox LIVE Rewards, you might have noticed they have a small survey in the upper right area of the web site. Filling this survey will net you a quick and easy 20 Microsoft Points. Sure, 20 isn't very many and can't buy you anything on the Microsoft Marketplace, but think back to those times when you were actually buying something and were just a few points short. Well, it may not fix that anytime soon either since the surveys are only monthly and you have to accumulate 100 Microsoft Points overall before they are paid out. But hey, it's fast and simple so why not?

Need Help with the Xbox Gamer IQ Trivia Questions?

If you're not big on the Gears of War, Call of Duty, or Halo franchises those Gamer IQ questions are pretty difficult. Sure we could spend our time looking up the answers, but why bother? We have better things to do like playing video games! Anyway, I'm aiming to help you other gamers maximize your time by posting up the answers saving you those precious video game minutes. I want to help you earn that 40/40 score for the day!

Anyway check it out it! Gamer IQ Trivia Answers/Solutions

Xbox LIVE Rewards Current List of Reward Opportunities

Have you joined Xbox LIVE Rewards and looking for a few ways to start earning Microsoft points? Here's a list of the current opportunities to start banking those points.

• Renew Gold Membership for a Month and earn 10 points.
• Renew Gold Membership for 3 Months and earn 30 points.
• Renew Gold Membership for 1 Year and earn 200 points.
• Make your first purchase or renewal and earn 100 points.
• Renew or Upgrade Gold Family Pack and earn 400 points.
• Earn 100 points for your first Netflix use.
• Take the Monthly Survey (only on the Rewards Web site)
• Stay Gold and earn 5% back on all your April Marketplace purchases

April 5% Points Back Promotion on Xbox Marketplace Purchases

Now through the end of April and as long as you are an Xbox Gold Member (through the month of April) you will earn 5% back on all purchases in the Xbox Marketplace. For big spenders like myself that is quite the nice offer. Time to pick up some Dragon Age II DLC!

Don't forget you have to join Xbox LIVE Rewards to receive the 5% back.

Win 10,000 Microsoft Points from Xbox Live Rewards!

Microsoft is currently running a trivia challenge for those registered for the Xbox LIVE Rewards program. The grand prize is 10,000 Microsoft points. That is a lot of XBLA arcade titles! They call it the Gamer IQ Trivia Challenge. Basically you are given 4 questions per day. For each correct answer you earn a drawing into the sweepstakes for the grand prize of 10,000 Microsoft Points. So each day you can earn up to 4 entries. In addition there are instant prizes which is pretty cool. The Daily Instant Win Prizes are 1000, 800, 400, and 100 Microsoft Points. There are several of each instant prize per day though I'm not really sure how many of each.

But remember to participate in the Gamer IQ challenge you need to be part of the Xbox LIVE Rewards program.

Welcome to the Xbox LIVE Rewards Blog!

Welcome to the Xbox Live Rewards blog. The purpose of this blog is to inform you about all the latest offers and deals from Microsoft's Xbox LIVE Rewards program. If you haven't heard about it check it out! Microsoft began the program several months ago. It rewards Xbox LIVE members with Microsoft Points for doing everyday Xbox stuff like purchasing XBLA games, subscribing to Xbox LIVE Gold membership, enabling Netflix, and much more. Personally I think it's about time Microsoft started giving back to the user. I've accumulated a nice chunk of Microsoft Points over the past few months. Mainly from renewing my Xbox Live Gold membership.

The only downside, which isn't too bad considering you're getting free points, is that you have to earn at least 100 Microsoft Points before they will credit them to your account. So even if you earn points you may not get to use them until several months later. So if you can live with that you should definitely check out the Xbox LIVE Rewards program and join.