POP, Brothers in Arms and Skate 2 on GOD

By Robert Purchese Published 5 May, 2010

Xbox Live download service swells.

Three more titles have been added to the Xbox Live Games on Demand Service. They are Prince of Persia, Skate 2 and Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway.

Skate 2 costs £15 to download; the other two cost £20.

Skate 2 is the best of the three and remains the genre-leader for skateboarding games, at least until Skate 3 comes out. Skate 2 earned 8/10 on Eurogamer. You can queue it for download from the Xbox.com website.

Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway is a strategic World War II shooter. Adequate but uninspiring: 7/10, said Eurogamer. You can queue Hell's Highway for download on the Xbox.com website.

Prince of Persia was supposed to be Ubisoft's big IP revival, with a sumptuous stylised visuals, co-op and an emphasis on climbing and exploration. Turned out to be a bit monotonous and boring, although some people liked it. Nevertheless, a sequel using the same engine could be a triumph, in much the same way that Assassin's Creed II now towers over AC1.

Catch up with Eurogamer's Prince of Persia review to find out more. You can queue the game for download from the Xbox.com website.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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Comments (13) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • justice-ste #1 2 years ago

    Skate 2 isn't bad for £15, it's still pretty much £15 used wherever I go

  • Eraysor #2 2 years ago

    Plus, Skate 2 is basically Skate 3. Having tried the Skate 3 demo I couldn't tell the difference except for the obligatory HUD and environment tweaks.

  • TeaFiend #3 2 years ago

    Blah, blah, cheaper of Dodgy John down the market. I can get it cheaper in certain shop/pre-owned/ebay/the moon, etc.

  • metalangel #4 2 years ago

    The £20 is to buy Princess Whatsername in POP some shoes.

  • Doctor_What #5 2 years ago

    I quite liked POP's gameplay - it was rather soothing! Unfortunately the writing was awful and I really wished the characters would never open their mouths. I think I'd prefer Ubi to leave that direction alone for future games and return to the more earthly middle eastern setting.

  • GamesConnoisseur #6 2 years ago

    People have posted in EVERY GOD release update 'you can get it cheaper via second hand'

    That is true and that wont change in future GOD updates article!

    Also what is true is that you dont have to buy them, thank god for that. However what is interesting is that there must be a market for it for MS and publishers to agree to put their games on XBL GOD service. Yes we would hope MS and Publishers would agree to price reduction or discounts of the week.

    Perhaps that will happen and I m sure that if GOD becomes permanent feature of X360/X720 then we will see the price varies more suitably?

    Times will tell.

  • Moogrose #7 2 years ago

    Folks whoever haven't got it already really ought to give brothers in arms a go. I thought it was fantastic.

  • groovychainsaw #8 2 years ago

    When in PC land digital distribution gives you fantastic one-day or one-week offers (like GTA4 recently for £3.95, for example). If microsoft started something similar, I'd go for some of these on demand games. I'd like to play brothers in arms (especially after gearbox knocked borderlands out of the park, I'd like to try their previous game), and I'd pay £10-£15 for the convenience of a direct download, knowing full well that I could get it cheaper if i really shopped around. £15 for skate 2 is pretty good though, maybe a step in the right direction?

  • wizlon #9 2 years ago

    If we all bought Skate 2 will MS recognise that people are willing to by GoD games, but at a lower price and knock all the prices down? Or are they more likely to think, brilliant, people are loving GoD, lets up the prices to take advantage?

  • RobertFoster #10 2 years ago

    £20 translates to €30 and £15 translates to €20 it seems.

  • BBIAJ #11 2 years ago

    I still need to complete Hell's Highway, had it since the Wednesday before release, just got distracted by other releases.

  • EmiliasHorse #12 2 years ago

    I am very much in favour of GOD when the price is right. £15 for Skate2 is just about right.

  • rodpad #13 2 years ago

    I'll hear no bad mouthing of the platforming and art in PoP. Grr.