In a frantic battle to the checkered flag, Sonic and his friends speed around tracks all taken from the universes of Sonic and SEGA inSonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing. Each character has a specific All-Star move for a quick way to get back into the race. Collect power-ups and weapons around the tracks and use them against the opposition to ensure they’re not a threat for that number one position. Battle it out in single or multiplayer mode, with up to four friends racing in frantic split-screen action, or with up to eight players competing online in the ultimate racing showdown.

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BioShock 2: Sinclair Solutions Tester Pack is now available for download on the Xbox Live Marketplace. The DLC is available in all Xbox Live regions (except Japan) and costs 400 points.

Opportunity Awaits! Expand your BioShock 2 multiplayer experience with a rank increase to 50 with Rank Rewards including a 3rd set of weapons upgrades. Plus, enjoy 20 new Trials, 2 new playable characters and 5 new Masks. Yes! We’d thought you’d like the sound of that!

Scrap Metal is now available for download from the Xbox Live Marketplace. Scrap Metal is available in the all Xbox Live regions and costs 1200 points.

Drift around corners with guns blazing and take out legendary competitors in the fast-paced, top-down racing game Scrap Metal. Fight your way through explosive, action-packed missions and defeat cunning bosses to add their vehicles to your garage. Customize your newly-acquired cars and then return to the track to blast through more enemies. Jump online with Xbox LIVE to race against your friends and crush their cars with the wheels of your monster truck in pulse-pounding online multiplayer matches.

Xbox 360 Top Live Games

1. Modern Warfare 2
2. Halo 3
3. Call of Duty: WaW
4. FIFA 10
5. Battlefield Bad Co. 2
6. Call of Duty 4
7. GTA IV
8. Toy Soldiers
9. Gears of War 2
10. Left 4 Dead 2
11. Borderlands
12. Just Cause 2 Demo
13. Madden NFL 10
14. Forza Motorsport 3
15. Mass Effect 2
16. Halo 3: ODST
17. NBA 2K10
18. BioShock 2
19. Assassin’s Creed II
20. NHL 10

Top Xbox Live Arcade Titles (Full Versions)

1. Toy Soldiers
2. Trials HD
3. Castle Crashers
4. Battlefield 1943
5. UNO
6. Hasbro Family Game Night **
7. Marvel vs. Capcom 2
8. Magic: The Gathering
9. Worms 2: Armageddon
10. Duke Nukem 3D
11. The Misadventures of PB Winterbottom
12. Zombie Apocalypse
13. Marble Blast Ultra
14. Worms
15. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1989 Classic Arcade
16. Peggle
17. DOOM
18. A Kingdom for Keflings
19. Shadow Complex
20. Turtles in Time Re-Shelled

Top Community Titles (Full Versions)

1. Avatar Showdown
2. The Impossible Game
3. I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1
4. Avatar Drop
5. Shoot 1UP
6. Yet Another Zombie Defense
7. Curling 2010
8. Miner Dig Deep
9. Head Shot 2
10. Anger Management
11. Avatar Meet Up Live!
12. MotorHEAT
13. Avatar Golf
14. Avatar Boogie
15. Inside Lacrosse’s CL2010
16. Soulcaster
17. ZP2K9
18. Soul
19. Beat Hazard
20. Dont B Nervous Talking 2 Girls

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This eagerly anticipated title takes full advantage of the Xbox 360 system’s advanced hardware, providing intuitive controls while delivering seamless transitions between real-time gameplay and stunning in-game cinematics. The latest in cutting-edge technology has been utilized in the development of Final Fantasy XIII, thus making this newest addition to the Final Fantasy series worthy of the title “next generation.”

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Dear Xbox LIVE members,

Since the beginning, Microsoft has made an investment in the security and safety of Xbox LIVE and created tools and monitoring practices to ensure it is a fun and welcoming entertainment experience for people of all races, nationalities, religions and sexual orientations. And thanks to this investment and the enthusiasm of community members like you, we’re proud to be the strongest and most diverse online community of its kind at 23 million.

The Xbox LIVE Terms of Use and Code of Conduct are designed to create a place where people can safely enjoy all of the ways to interact on our service, be it online multiplayer gaming, photo sharing, Netflix parties, or social games such as 1 vs. 100, without fear of discrimination or harassment. As the service evolves and our customers provide us with feedback, these rules evolve to incorporate new features or changes in how people wish to interact.

With that in mind, I’d like to announce an update to the Xbox LIVE Terms of Use and Code of Conduct which will allow our members to more freely express their race, nationality, religion and sexual orientation in Gamertags and profiles. Under our previous policy, some of these expressions of self identification were not allowed in Gamertags or profiles to prevent the use of these terms as insults or slurs. However we have since heard feedback from our customers that while the spirit of this approach was genuine, it inadvertently excluded a part of our Xbox LIVE community. This update also comes hand-in-hand with increased stringency and enforcement to prevent the misuse of these terms.

I truly believe that our diversity is what makes us strong: diversity in gaming and entertainment options, and diversity in the people that make up this amazing community. I look forward to seeing you on LIVE soon.

Jump in,

Marc Whitten

Gamertag – Notwen

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Battlefield Bad Company 2 brings the Battlefield gameplay to the forefront featuring best-in-class vehicular combat with unexpected “Battlefield moments.” New vehicles like the ATV and a transport helicopter allow for all-new multiplayer tactics in the warzone. With the Frostbite-enabled Destruction 2.0 system you can take entire buildings down, and create your own fire points by blasting holes through cover.

Compete in four-player teams in two exclusive squad-only game modes, fighting together to unlock exclusive team awards and achievements. Battles are set across eight expansive sandbox maps, each with a different tactical focus. The game also sees the return of the B Company squad in a more mature single player campaign.

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Just Cause 2 demo is now available for download on the Xbox Live Marketplace. The demo is available in all Xbox Live regions.

On the island nation of Panau, rival gangs wage war in the streets while the ruthless dictator Baby Panay exercises a system of oppression and corruption against his own people. Somewhere on the island, your friend and mentor Tom Sheldon has disappeared with top-secret intel and millions in Agency cash. As Rico Rodriguez, the Agency’s most dangerous weapon, you must infiltrate the island and locate Sheldon, setting off a violent chain of events that will set Panau ablaze in Just Cause 2™.

Harness the game’s unique parachute and grapple combination to create your own unbelievable, high-speed aerial stunts. Whether free falling from thousands of feet, hijacking enemy fighter jets in midair, or blasting through security checkpoints on the ground, use your imagination to create maximum chaos. With hundreds of weapons, vehicles, missions and Rico’s trademark parachute and grapple, experience vertical freedom unparalleled in the third-person action genre.

MotoGP 09/10 demo is now available for download on the Xbox Live Marketplace. The demo is available in all Xbox Live regions.

Get the new MotoGP 09/10 demo now and test ride the 125cc, 250cc and GP class bikes AND experience the challenge of three different game modes , including; ‘Championship’, ‘Time trial’ and ‘Arcade’. Racing on the world famous Mugello circuit this impressive demo gives you a chance to sample the best MotoGP game to date and the best racing action on two wheels.

Block Party items and clothing are now available for download for your avatar on the Xbox Live Marketplace. Variuos items and clothing are available from 80 points to 160 points and is available in all Xbox Live regions.

• Block PartyBlock Party Tee
• Block PartyGamer Tee
• Block PartyI Would Date Me! Tee
• Block PartyJelly Shoes
• Block PartyPlaid Shorts
• Block Party’Pwned’ Tee
• Block PartySoda Hat
• Block PartyStereo Prop
• Block PartySundress
• Block PartyWhat’s your gamerscore? Tee
• Block PartyZombie Lover Tee

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