Xbox Live Arcades Deal Of The Week "Heat Up Your Summer"
July 5th - July 11th
This week kicks off the "Heat Up Your Summer" Xbox Live Deals Of The Week. The selection, as usual, is hit and miss. Compared to last weeks loosely themed deals, at least this one follows a trend. There is also a deal on Double Fine's "Stacking". All details below:
Torchlight - 800MP (33% off)
Runic Games
Single Player
MetaCritic Score: 81
User Score: 79
In the fantasy world that serves as the setting of Torchlight, Ember is a mysterious ore which has the power to imbue people and items with magical power. The mining boomtown called Torchlight is built above a rich vein of Ember, and adventurers are drawn there seeking the magical substance and the enchanted items it creates. However, as the player character explores the dungeons below Torchlight, they discover that Ember has a corrupting influence which led to the fall of past civilizations and endangers those who use it in the present.
The player character arrives in town and is recruited by Syl, a sage who is searching for her mentor, an alchemist named Master Alric who has disappeared in the nearby mine. At the bottom of the mine tunnels, the player finds a passage into older, crypt-like chambers below, eventually discovering that the entire dungeon is a "layer cake of ruined civilizations."Alric ambushes the player and reveals he has become evil due to the corrupting influence of Ember. After fighting a series of monsters and henchmen, the player reaches the bottom of the dungeon and must face Alric and an ancient creature named Ordrak who is the source of the Ember's corruption.
Medal of Honor - Hot Zone DLC - 400MP (50% off)
Danger Close
Online Multiplayer
MetaCritic Score: 74
User Score: 68
The gameplay is designed to be realistic, and to this end EA had hired several consultants from the United States military in order to give inspiration to the developers. Typical in-game objectives are similar to those issued in real life such as raiding terrorist hideouts, hostage rescues and undercover operations. The game is loosely based on parts of Operation Anaconda; specifically, the events surrounding the Battle of Roberts Ridge.
The single player campaign takes place in Afghanistan, in 2002. For half of the game, players assume the role of a DEVGRU operator codenamed "Rabbit", of AFO Neptune. For the remainder, the player alternates between the roles of a Delta Force sniper code-named "Deuce", of AFO Wolfpack, as well as Army Ranger Specialist Dante Adams of the 75th Ranger Regiment, and AH-64 Apache gunner Captain Brad "Hawk" Hawkins.
Dantes's Inferno - Dark Forest Pack DLC - 200MP (50% Off)
Visceral Games
Single Player
MetaCritic Score: 73
User Score: 78
Rock Band - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik Album - 1200MP (33% Off)
Harmonix
Multiplayer
MetaCritic Score: 93
User Score: 80
TNT Racers - 400MP (50% Off)
Keen Games
Multiplayer
MetaCritic Score: 64
User Score: XX
*Family Pack Deal*
Stacking - 600MP (50% Off)
Double Fine
Single Player
MetaCritic Score: 84
User Score: 84
