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Platform(s): Xbox 360
Genre: Hardware
Publisher: Microsoft
Developer: Microsoft

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Xbox Live Block Party Coming in March, Bringing New Titles Every Week

by Rainier on Feb. 12, 2010 @ 2:35 p.m. PST

Xbox 360 is a video game and entertainment system that is home to video games, an on-demand library of movies and TV shows connected to the television. The Xbox 360 blends its content with the largest online social network of 20 million members on Xbox Live to create an entertainment experience that can be shared at home or across the globe.

This March, Xbox Live is delivering four weeks of the best games of the season in Block Party. Microsoft's bringing the fun back for you and your friends with nostalgic hits like Game Room, classic franchises like Perfect Dark, a new take on WWI action in Toy Soldiers and redefined racing with Scrap Metal.

Toy Soldiers (Signal Studios/Microsoft):
March 3 | 1200 Microsoft Points
T (Teen)

Put your foot soldiers, snipers, cavalry and fighter pilots to the test. Poised to be a smash hit on Xbox LIVE Arcade, “Toy Soldiers” is an intense action game in which players are cast into a fantastic, miniature world where antique toy soldiers fight for survival using an extensive arsenal of tanks, fighter planes and flame throwers in vintage WWI dioramas. Developed by Signal Studios exclusively for Xbox 360, now you can commandeer the action and watch as your assembled troops defend the area battlefield before the enemy storms over the top! Integrating multiple game genres and world-class visuals, “Toy Soldiers” is a unique and action-packed entertainment experience!

Scrap Metal (Slick Entertainment Inc./Microsoft)
March | 1200 Microsoft Points 
E10+ (Everyone 10+)

Drift around corners with guns blazing and take out legendary competitors in the fast-paced, top-down racer, 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. Next, jump online with Xbox LIVE® to race against your friends and crush their cars with the wheels of your massive monster truck in pulse-pounding online multiplayer matches.

Perfect Dark (4J Studios/Microsoft)
March | 800 Microsoft Points
M (Mature)

Agent Joanna Dark brings her epic tale of galactic conspiracies in future America to Xbox LIVE Arcade, your primier destination for the best downloadable assets. With remastered visuals, LIVE-enabled multiplayer modes, leaderboards, achievements and Avatar awards, it's a package not to be missed. Fire up your Farsight and prepare for assignment—the Dark returns this March!

Game Room (Krome Studios Pty Ltd./Microsoft)
March | Free to download, 240-400 Microsoft Points for individual titles, 40 Microsoft Points to play a single game
 E10+ (Everyone 10+)

Remember pumping quarters into your favorite video games at the classic arcade or passing the joystick between friends on the couch after school? “Game Room” on Xbox LIVE lets you relive the glory days of classic arcade games in their original forms. Your avatar will take part in the original sights, sounds and gameplay that will make these retro games come alive on your Xbox 360 and Windows-based PC in one fast, fun experience.


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