Kotaku: xbox marketplace

Amazon Selling Xbox 360 Digital Games, Wii, PS3 Incoming?

Brian Crecente — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 07:21:33 MDT

Amazon today launched the Amazon Xbox Live Store which allows people to purchase Xbox Live digital games through the online store. Rumors have it that similar stores may soon be arriving for Sony and Nintendo.

Customers purchase the games for cash, not Microsoft points, and then receive a download code which they have to enter into their Xbox 360 to download the game. You can also send the code to a friend as a gift.

The service also allows people to purchase subscription cards for Xbox Live and Microsoft Points to use on the Xbox 360 for purchasing games, shows and movies.

We've been hearing rumblings for months now that a similar service might be coming for Nintendo's Wii and DSi and perhaps Sony's Playstation 3 and Playstation Portable.

Reached for comment this morning, Amazon said they "don't comment on future plans."

Amazon Xbox Live

XNA Games Showing Up On Xbox Live

Mike Fahey — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:40:00 MDT

Several readers have emailed us to let us know that two games have appeared on Xbox Live under the XNA Creator's Club banner. A space shooter called Net Rumble and a letters game called Netters are both available for download as we speak, as I just verified, in both free demo and full versions priced at 100 Microsoft Points a pop. Unfortunately we've also verified that the two titles seem unplayable to the average users, with XNA Creator's Club launcher errors popping up even if you have the program installed. I suppose I'll just let them sit there on my hard disk until I figure out what to do with them. Lovely.

Thanks to both DerrickDS and Lucas for pointing out the new additions!

360 Expands Its Music Video Line-Up with BMG

Brian Crecente — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 09:00:10 MST

A perhaps slightly overlooked feature of this fall's Xbox 360 update is the fact that Microsoft is now selling Sony BMG music videos on Live for 160 points a pop. The download-to-own videos will be hitting Canada later this month with a different launch lineup.

The first wave of videos hitting the U.S. features 40 videos from a diverse sampling of artists including Chris Brown, OutKast, Michael Jackson and Foo Fighters.

I was already on the line about buying videos through the 360, so I'm not so sure I'm up for music videos on the system. But then again I don't really watch many music videos these days. Hit the jump for the full list of vids now available.

Alice In Chains
Man In The Box

Alicia Keys
No One

Audioslave
Original Fire

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Berlin (Tess Angus Edit)

Boys Like Girls
The Great Escape

Calle 13
Pa'l Norte

Chris Brown
Kiss Kiss

Chris Brown
Wall To Wall

Dave Matthews Band
Crush

Editors
An End Has A Start

Foo Fighters
Long Road To Ruin

Foo Fighters
Low

Franz Ferdinand
The Dark Of The MatinŽe

Good Charlotte
I Don't Wanna Be In Love

Incubus
Make A Move

Jessica Simpson
These Boots Are Made For Walkin'

Kings Of Leon
Charmer

Korn
Freak On A Leash

Michael Jackson
Thriller

Mudvayne
Death Blooms

OutKast
Hey Ya!

Ozzy Osbourne
I Don't Wanna Stop

Pearl Jam
Jeremy

R. Kelly featuring Ludacris and Kid Rock
Rock Star

Rage Against The Machine
Born Of A Broken Man

Rage Against The Machine
Vietnow

Red
Let Go

SAY ANYTHING
Baby Girl, I'm A Blur

Shakira
Hips Don't Lie (featuring Wyclef Jean)

System Of A Down
Hypnotize

T-Pain Featuring Yung Joc
Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin')

T-Pain featuring Akon
Bartender

Tenacious D
Classico

Tenacious D
POD

The Fray
Over My Head (Cable Car)

The Offspring
(Can't Get My) Head Around You

The Pack
In My Car

Three Days Grace
Animal I Have Become

Three Days Grace
Never Too Late

Velvet Revolver
The Last Fight

DLC Bioshock Themes and Pictures

Kim Phu — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:40:00 MDT

ARE YOU READY TO FREAK OUT?! We are literally months away from the release of Bioshock (August 21st for the US, and August 24th for Europe) but today, through the sheer benevolence of Microsoft, new content will be available for download at the Xbox Marketplace for the introductory combined low price of 310 points:

Name: BioShock Theme
Price: 150 Points
Availability: Not available in Asia
Dash Details: The official theme to the first person shooter BioShock

Name: Character Picture Pack
Price: 80 Points
Availability: Not available in Asia
Dash Details: A picture pack to the first person shooter BioShock. This pack contains five gamer pics focusing on the characters of BioShock.

Name: Artist Picture Pack
Price: 80 Points
Availability: Not available in Asia
Dash Details: A picture pack to the first person shooter BioShock. This pack contains five gamer pics focusing on the environmental and character design of BioShock

Thanks, Mircrosoft! You're just going to nickel and dime us all the way to the bank, huh? Kim Phu

Bioshock Theme and Pictures [Major Nelson]