Trailers, map packs on XBL

By Tom Bramwell Published 20 September, 2006

First day's TGS 360 haul.

Content going on Xbox Live Marketplace today includes a trailer for Half-Life 2: Episode Two, another for Tenchu Senran and a Tokyo Game Show picture pack.

You'll also be able to get your hands on a couple of Battle for Middle-Earth II map packs - the first, Aragorn's Journey, will be free between today and 29th September, while the second, Northern Badlands, will set you back 350 Microsoft points.

Today's update will also add Xbox Live Vision camera support to Spades, Hearts, Backgammon and Bankshot Billiards on Xbox Live Arcade.

Meanwhile, Japanese Xbox 360 owners will be able to download the Dead or Alive X2 E3 trailer, a Project Sylpheed trailer and a playable demo of Tenchu Senran.

That's all according to Xbox Live's Major Nelson, who also reveals that a five-minute cut of the Tokyo Game Show briefing delivered earlier will make it onto Live Marketplace later today.

Microsoft's planning to release a lot of content between now and 29th September to mark the passage of Tokyo Game Show and X06.

And in Europe, Xbox Live Gold access will be available to everyone for free between now and 8am GMT on 30th September.

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Comments (23) Latest comment 5 years ago

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  • philantropy #1 5 years ago

    Tenchu Senran just went up.. Awesome Trailer!

  • penhalion #2 5 years ago

    But only Japan get the demo?!

  • korky #3 5 years ago

    Aragorn's Journey (LoTR:BfMEII map pack) is currently listed at 350 points rather than free :(

  • escapedape #4 5 years ago

    Think yourself lucky - Aragorn's Journey was on at 700 points for ages!

    It was reduced last week...to no fanfare at all. And I downloaded it. And it annoys me that it is supposedly going to be free now. Grrrr.

    EDIT: Reduced last week to 350 points.
    Edited by 1 at 20/09/06 @ 11:26

  • coojam #5 5 years ago

    If we create a Japanese gamer profile, can we download the Jap demos?

  • Fatnick #6 5 years ago

    yes you can.

    Demos can be region locked though. I'll let you know if it works

  • DrDamn #7 5 years ago

    Tenchu screens on XBoxyde looked awful to be honest. Is the trailer pre-rendered or game footage?

    linky

  • neil_likes_bums #8 5 years ago

    Now if only my hard drive wasn't full :D

  • absolutezero #9 5 years ago

    Getting the Tenchu demo, Doa trailer and the Sylpheheed trailer the now. I wonder if they'll work. Ah well you never know.

    Its worth setting up a Jap account for the fun of it, that and to see some trailers that are'nt on the rest of the Marketplace.

  • Fatnick #10 5 years ago

    The tenchu demo works...but its all a bit PS2-tastic. The control scheme is a little odd (remember chaps, Left trigger and X if you want to draw the sword), the graphics and animation is terrible, and the gameplay doesn't appear to have changed much from Tenchu 1. Still.

    The character creation seems quite nice, if a little basic.

  • CrunchinJelly #11 5 years ago

    I think everyone's just waiting for the Blue Dragon stuff, aren't they?

  • absolutezero #12 5 years ago

    I can see alot of people hating Tenchu but yeah I can see me buying it pretty easily. Theres some nice additions and it finally feels like the hardware has caught up with what Tenchu was trying to do, you finally feel a little like a ninja and not someone running in slow motion.

    I just spent the better part of 35 minutes in one area, staking everything out and then slowly moving through killing everyone.

    The create a ninja that you have to go through will hopefully be fleshed out alot more because its seriously lacking at the moment, some of the control mapping could be a little better aswell.

    Oh and the DOA trailer is exactly the sameone we already have. BAH.

    The Sylepheed trailer is made of lol, melodrama and nice looking in-game visuals. oh and LAZORS! We don't get it because its full of spoken Japanese and itll take awhile to subtitle.
    Edited by 2 at 20/09/06 @ 13:46

  • Fatnick #13 5 years ago

    "I can see alot of people hating Tenchu but yeah I can see me buying it pretty easily. Theres some nice additions and it finally feels like the hardware has caught up with what Tenchu was trying to do, you finally feel a little like a ninja and not someone running in slow motion. "

    It's still a nice game, but they really couldn't justoify a £50 price tag. The series simply hasn't evolved in the same way as, say, Hitman has. It's an improvement on the last tenchu game, for sure, but its a PS2 game at heart - and they haven't even bothered to disguise that fact in the same way the developers of Tomb Raider of Just Cause have.

  • absolutezero #14 5 years ago

    Aye but if it it was on the PS2 theres not a chance you could stand on top of one of the central buildings and see all the way to the end and all the way back to the start.

    The visuals might not be uber, but they work.

    Ill also add I wont be paying £40 for it. If its Region Free than itll be imported, if not Ill wait for it to drop in price.

  • jonsaan #15 5 years ago

    So the one new Arcade game each week until the end of the year after Texas hold 'em was total bullshit then? Cheers.

  • RipleyUK #16 5 years ago

    If only I could figure out how to get onto the JXBL T.T~

    As for the comments on Tenchu,
    I can't really hold any judgement, considering I've only seen the stills and CG - however, I most likely WILL end up buying it, so long as there's enhanced AI. Seriously, is it me, or were the previous games' AI worse than headless chickens in a marching parade?

  • CrunchinJelly #17 5 years ago

    Jonsaan -- Dig Dug was down for today but it looks like it's been put back.

    Probably to try and lighten the load on the Arcade and allow more room for Marketplace downloads, what with them doing all this Bringing It Home thing this week.

  • optimusprym8 #18 5 years ago

    Lumines Lumines Lumines, that's all I care about

  • Beano #19 5 years ago

    "Aragorn's Journey (LoTR:BfMEII map pack) is currently listed at 350 points rather than free :( "

    Yes, the banner says it's free for a limited time but it's listet as 350 points... maybe only free for UK and US players ... that sucks, MS!

  • Hugundo #20 5 years ago

    "Japanese Xbox 360 owners will be able to download the Dead or Alive X2 E3 trailer"



    All 5 of them

  • escapedape #21 5 years ago

    So where's Dig Dug?

    Don't we get a Live Arcade game today? Damn it! I love my Arcade Wednesdays!

  • Beano #22 5 years ago

    "Aragorn's Journey" is now available for free.. but can't download it. Guess they still have problems.

  • Fatnick #23 5 years ago

    "The visuals might not be uber, but they work. "

    After playing it again last night, i'm not having that. I'm sorry, but resolution and viewing distance aside, the PS2 has games with more detailed environments/better character models. The animation is still appaling, and the engine still doesn't seem to be able to cope very well with your character gripping an angular surface. I'm not saying that every game has to look like GRAW or Gears of War or anything, but it really would be nice if they'd made an effort and disguised the fact that im playing a glorified PS2 games, perhaps with some simple filtering or lighting or something. Its not as if the power is being used in other areas - the AI still feels like its been largely borrowed from Tenchu I. I know that graphics don't make the game, but Tenchu feels like a PS1 game upgraded for the PS2 and then released on the 360.