What's going on in the world of Xbox Live Marketplace moving into next week? Unless you're big on The Peanuts, Modern Warfare 2, or have been waiting to catch Prince of Persia Classic on the cheap, the answer to that question is somewhere in the area of "not much."

As outlined by Microsoft's Xbox Live dude, Major Nelson, the Deal of the Week is different than usual, this time incorporating several downloadables at a 50-percent reduced price. The aforementioned Prince of Persia Classic, the Xbox Live Arcade release Watchmen: The End is Nigh, and Transformers 2's Character and Map Pack Plus will all go on sale May 31 courtesy of a "Movie Mania" promotion operating within the Deal of the Week. I'm pretty sure you get why they would brand it as such, but do remember these deals will cease to exist after next week.

What's going on in the world of Xbox Live Marketplace moving into next week? Unless you're big on The Peanuts, Modern Warfare 2, or have been waiting to catch Prince of Persia Classic on the cheap, the answer to that question is somewhere in the area of "not much."

As outlined by Microsoft's Xbox Live dude, Major Nelson, the Deal of the Week is different than usual, this time incorporating several downloadables at a 50-percent reduced price. The aforementioned Prince of Persia Classic, the Xbox Live Arcade release Watchmen: The End is Nigh, and Transformers 2's Character and Map Pack Plus will all go on sale May 31 courtesy of a "Movie Mania" promotion operating within the Deal of the Week. I'm pretty sure you get why they would brand it as such, but do remember these deals will cease to exist after next week.

Cool!
 
That snoopy game looks like it could be ok...Peanuts has such charm.

None, just bought Alan Wake and RDR.

snoop!

I'll pass on this week

Those map-packs are still very expensive.

Whooo. Another overpriced MW2 map pack!

Too bad I already have classic PoP, cool that its on sale.  Classic PoP, the only one that matters.

maps

Dear Activision/Infinity Ward, 
I don't care that your map pack contains two "classic" maps from CoD4, $15 is still a lot of money for DLC for a game. I also don't care that it comes out to $3 a pop, saving me 33 cents compared to three at $10. Can you seriously tell me that you invested $3 worth of time bringing three-year-old maps into a game in the same franchise made by the same people?
 
Oh, who am I kidding. This thing will sell 2.5 Million; just like the last one.

if i wanted to play the COD4 maps, i'd play COD4, simple as that

Loved the Snoopy game at PAX East. Will at least demo. 
 
The MW2 maps I'll almost certainly download, as my friends that I always play with will. Gotta love how the peer pressure creates sales with Activision not having to do anything. :\

I didn't even know Classic PoP existed.  I've been spending years explaining I'd only played the first first PoP game.  Everybody seems to think it started with Sands of Time.

I'm gonna wait out the maps until there's a 2-for-1 deal or something.

Lord knows how many GB members bought the first map pack... not me; even though CoD:MW2 is the only multiplayer game I have that's still relevant and it would of only cost me $12 since I bought MSP on sale, plus Overgrown and Crash were my favorite maps from CoD4:MW and I still didn't buy in.

The Snoopy game sounds very interesting. I read some impressions on another site (Joystiq, I think?) that compared it very favorably to Crimson Skies.

FUNHAUS

That Snoopy game looks kinda quirky actually. I might just get that...

Why, Mr. Nicholsen, why do we need this news? It hasn't been a feature before, as I recall it.

The snoopy game looks good, and it has 16 player multiplayer.

The Snoopy flying sections reminded me of Sly Racoon

None for me either, just bought Alan Wake, Mass Effect 2 (finally), and am jetting off to Tokyo with my new DS soon.

" None, just bought Alan Wake and RDR. "

" Whooo. Another overpriced MW2 map pack! "

What am I going to download? None of it, it all looks bad.

" @Fullmetal216 said:

" None, just bought Alan Wake and RDR. "

Make good use of RDR by selling it and buy some fun stuff :) "

Dam wheres Monkey island 2 im guessing that will be in the summer of arcade bummer

So, Bad Brad, you gonna do this type of thing for PS updates too?

1200 Points for a Map Pack is just a travesty.

" @sofacitysweetheart said:

" @Fullmetal216 said:

" None, just bought Alan Wake and RDR. "

Make good use of RDR by selling it and buy some fun stuff :) "

I really hope you are being sarcastic. "

no "dog" fighting puns...............I'm so proud.

I hope you guys that still play MW2 don't buy that map pack...FIGHT THA POWER

" Why, Mr. Nicholsen, why do we need this news? It hasn't been a feature before, as I recall it. "

" @Fullmetal216 said:

" @sofacitysweetheart said:

" @Fullmetal216 said:

" None, just bought Alan Wake and RDR. "

Make good use of RDR by selling it and buy some fun stuff :) "

I really hope you are being sarcastic. "

OMG. I can hear the pitchforks being lit as I type... "

I dunno, those pictures you've selected made all three items look promising, and I hadn't known they were out/coming out (that Carnival level looks AMAZING), so this seems like a decent week to me.

Also, as always, there's Rock Band DLC next week too; P.O.D.'s "Alive" and four songs by Spoon, who I'd never heard of but who are also apparently "kind of a big deal."

Hooray reduced priced XBLA games. Boo over priced map packs.

PoP for me

If the Snoopy game uses the same mechanics as the PSP version, It should be pretty good. Certainly better than the license would lead us to believe. Between that and the fact my GF loves Snoopy, I may actually pick this one up.

None of the above :( 
 
PoP Classic - No thank you. Unless it is actualy oldschool PoP, all PoP games are DO NOT WANT's for me. 
 
Snoopy - Looks ok, but, I have Afterburner Climax and Doom 2 to get through :) 
 
MW2 Maps - Don't play MW2 multiplayer, never have never will. So... Nope.

Awesome. I've been wanting to get POP Classic for a long time now. So I will DEFINITELY be picking it up. :D

I'm really impressed by how often Mr. Nicholson updates the site with breaking news. Keep up the great work man!

Snoopy game looks cool.

nicholson is doing a kickass job on the news front, never seen so much stuff get posted on the site until now, keep up the good work!

Might check them out.

Snoopy Flying Ace looks sick. Maybe I can get a couple of my friends to play that with me...

The Watchmen game is on sale?! SWEET! I loved the demo of that game but i didn't wanna pay the full price back then.. I'll surely get it now..!

" None, just bought Alan Wake and RDR. "