Pros, Joes, crazy Ivans head to Video Marketplace

By Tim Surette, GameSpot
Posted Feb 1, 2007 11:56 am PT

Video releases for the week include ER, TNA: Impact, and funny girl Sarah Silverman.

The videos keep pouring onto Xbox Live Video Marketplace, and Xbox Live director of programming Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb posted details on this week's releases on his blog. While only one new movie is hitting Xbox Live, the week offers a few free episodes of new TV shows and two seasons of one of the most popular hospital dramas of all time.

"Well, as long as the collar and cuffs match..."

While gamers wait for Midway's upcoming game based on the TNA wrestling property, they can catch up on all the suplexes, flying elbows, and clotheslines of season one and four episodes of season two of TNA: Impact. For a different show full of fake injuries, Xbox 360 owners can also download the first two seasons of ER.

While the above will cost gamers a few bucks, Video Marketplace is also offering a few free downloads this weekend. Episode one of season two of Spike TV's Pros vs. Joes and the series premiere of Comedy Central's The Sarah Silverman Program (on Marketplace tomorrow) will be free to download through Monday.

Gamers old enough to remember that Tom Clancy wasn't always just about Splinter Cell, Ghost Recon, and Rainbow Six can rent the week's sole movie offering, The Hunt for Red October. And for music buffs, this week's music artist of the month is Good Charlotte, who is represented with a video and making-of-the-video featurette for "Keep Your Hands Off My Girl."

For more information on Xbox Live's Video Marketplace, head over to the service's official Web site.

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SavoyPrime
Posted Feb 1, 2007 8:14 pm PT

Since when does wrestling have seasons?
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nynthninja
Posted Feb 1, 2007 8:10 pm PT

Sarah Silverman Project looks hilarious i only saw one commercial
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Valen_Ca
Posted Feb 1, 2007 7:41 pm PT

Good Charlotte as artist of the month, that is not cool, especially since Xbox is sponsoring a tour by the infinitely better Billy Talent at the moment.
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anarchicgoth
Posted Feb 1, 2007 7:03 pm PT

cool about the free downloads! But good charlotte? IDK about that! ;P
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Re_ensurer
Posted Feb 1, 2007 5:14 pm PT

I won't buy any.
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Igwababa
Posted Feb 1, 2007 3:13 pm PT

cool the future is bright
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comthitnuong
Posted Feb 1, 2007 2:25 pm PT

nice hunt for red october...it was a good movie
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JSharpe_187
Posted Feb 1, 2007 2:11 pm PT

Son!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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BetMonty
Posted Feb 1, 2007 2:11 pm PT

I have a friend who calls Good Charlotte "bad Greenday." I really don't think that's fair...

...to Greenday. Even at their worst, they're not as bad as Good Charlotte.
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vaejas
Posted Feb 1, 2007 1:33 pm PT

Baldwin.. er.. for the win?
Love Red October. "Thingsch in hear dohn't reacht well to bulletsch!
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QuantumFusion
Posted Feb 1, 2007 1:32 pm PT

who the hell still listens to Good Charlotte/
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zymase
Posted Feb 1, 2007 1:10 pm PT

Everyone take notice: this is the first and only time Sean Connery and Good Charlotte will appear together in a news story. Let's keep it that way, we don't want to tarnish a legend, though Sir Connery is doing a bit of that himself with movies like The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
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Generic_Dude
Posted Feb 1, 2007 12:56 pm PT

Good Charlotte is horrible... just sugary pap from the Corporation's fist right into the back of your throat.

That being said, Sean Connery FTW... speaking of which, any chance we'll get some Bond up there? Little 007 action?
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XlpranksterlX
Posted Feb 1, 2007 12:51 pm PT

I'll take the free episodes on principle, but Sarah Silverman is not the slightest bit funny. I think shes a loser but I'm of the morally strong so I'll take it and quickly delete. Glad to see the market place expanding though.
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chaduma
Posted Feb 1, 2007 12:45 pm PT

I'd like more variety with the music section. All I ever see being offered up is Pop/Top40 stuff. Can we get some other genres please! Hip Hop, Metal, Alternative, etc etc etc.
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MangyForestCat
Posted Feb 1, 2007 12:39 pm PT

This is news about game consoles... Zero_Beat, just because you're a Sony fanboy doesn't mean the rest of us don't wanna hear what might be coming over to the 360 Marketplace. They reported this like how they reported the news and weather channels for the Wii. I'm sure GameSpot will start reporting the new content stuff Sony releases on their Sony Online Store when they get their act together, and I'm also sure you won't be complaining then... fanboys are stupid...
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Zero_Beat
Posted Feb 1, 2007 12:30 pm PT

Stick to news about games, please Gamespot.
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Proman84
Posted Feb 1, 2007 12:29 pm PT

What a strange mix of content.
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gwilo007
Posted Feb 1, 2007 12:25 pm PT

so far I found these free downloads..: Pros vs. Joes, Skyland, the naked trucker show... they are all the first episode of each series...
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mjwickstrom1
Posted Feb 1, 2007 12:25 pm PT

I expected some better stuff to be released, but oh well!
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BigC43
Posted Feb 1, 2007 12:22 pm PT

Interesting...
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jayree05
Posted Feb 1, 2007 12:22 pm PT

yep... download all that crap... and save it all where?
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Yuck_Too
Posted Feb 1, 2007 12:19 pm PT

This is nice an all...but WTF about CANADA.

We're just unarmed Americans with healthcare...don't be hating cause of that.
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gokunj2
Posted Feb 1, 2007 12:18 pm PT

I def want to watch the Sarah Silverman Program. She's pretty funny.
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Hoopin4thelove
Posted Feb 1, 2007 12:15 pm PT

hater below hahahah
i have ps3 and i cant dl videos so i will watch american idol right? azisback right?

any ways im down for some pros vs joes
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AZisBack
Posted Feb 1, 2007 12:13 pm PT

I'll just watch my TV instead.
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Xa31nov1s
Posted Feb 1, 2007 12:04 pm PT

Nifty!
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