Culdcept demo leads new XBL content

  • By Polybren, GameSpot
  • Posted Dec 4, 2007 3:31 pm PT

BioShock isn't the only Xbox 360 game to see new downloadable content surface this week. New offerings for Culdcept Saga and Rock Band, as well as the first wave of Xbox Originals are also populating the Xbox Live Marketplace this week. The Culdcept series has seen an array of installments on...

BioShock isn't the only Xbox 360 game to see new downloadable content surface this week. New offerings for Culdcept Saga and Rock Band, as well as the first wave of Xbox Originals are also populating the Xbox Live Marketplace this week.

The Culdcept series has seen an array of installments on platforms dating back to the original PlayStation in Japan, but it has only made its way to the US once: 2003's Culdcept for PlayStation 2. For those who missed out on that chance to check out Culdcept's strategic Monopoly-meets-Magic: The Gathering gameplay, Namco Bandai is currently offering a free demo of Culdcept Saga for the Xbox 360. It includes the first map of the game and allows multiplayer matches for up to four players.

As laid out by Harmonix several weeks ago, a three-pack of Black Sabbath songs is now available for Rock Band. Cover versions of "N.I.B," "Sweet Leaf," and "War Pigs" are available individually for 160 Microsoft points ($2), or as a three-pack for 440 points ($5.50). The same songs are also expected to arrive this week on the PlayStation Network for the PlayStation 3 edition of Rock Band.

Rounding out the new content on the Xbox Live Marketplace are free picture packs and themes for each game in the first wave of Xbox Originals. That wave includes Halo, Psychonauts, Indigo Prophecy, Fable, Fuzion Frenzy, Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex, and Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge.

46 Comments

  • hatieshorrer

    Posted Dec 11, 2007 5:32 pm PT

    Thoughs downloadable X-box games must take a lot of harddrive space.

  • Rooster703

    Posted Dec 8, 2007 8:37 pm PT

    Thats great, but im still waitin for some Darkside of the Moon. It would be also great if they could get some Zeppelin on there.

  • DanzigThrall

    Posted Dec 7, 2007 9:05 am PT

    when are they gonna be having the albums on the DLC?
    thats one the things they kept on saying about it
    i think it would be cool if they had constant DLC for genres (Metal,Classic Rock,alternative,punk etc ) that way every one could be getting what they want

  • DrCLos

    Posted Dec 6, 2007 3:59 pm PT

    I really like the XBox Originals idea. It's just like the Wii's Virtual Console and that isn't a bad thing. It is a good way to catch up on some old games that we may have missed out on.

  • MasterChief725

    Posted Dec 6, 2007 3:02 pm PT

    @Iamprey263

    I know what you mean. I love everything about 360, but I wish they could have given it at least a 40GB HDD, I guess I'll buy the 120GB one, at least they give us a nice upgrade!

  • lamprey263

    Posted Dec 6, 2007 12:51 am PT

    I was actually thinking of downloading one or two Xbox originals last night... but then I remembered they're a few GB each, and that 20GB HDD really only comes with 12 GB out of the box.

  • dracos9000

    Posted Dec 5, 2007 3:49 pm PT

    this game is really fun and combines both card games and monopoly property well.

  • 1upMushroomX6

    Posted Dec 5, 2007 12:32 pm PT

    war pigs is gonna be crazy at drums i hope the guitar part is more challenging since guitar hero 2

  • rbenns2

    Posted Dec 5, 2007 12:28 pm PT

    So, where are the entire album downloads we were promised for Rock Band?

  • MasterChief725

    Posted Dec 5, 2007 7:10 am PT

    yah? WAR PIGZ!

  • km1498

    Posted Dec 5, 2007 6:24 am PT

    Sounds like a nice update.

  • jcloverboy

    Posted Dec 5, 2007 6:21 am PT

    love the free themes

    the Rock band tracks need to be made available in Canada for those of us who own the game.

  • diablusx

    Posted Dec 5, 2007 3:17 am PT

    The update is both good and bad. Good that now I can some X-Box game that I missed but bad because I keep trying to navigate through the browser and having to keep waiting in some part for 1-2 minutes for the screen to load.

  • gandalf_storm

    Posted Dec 5, 2007 12:47 am PT

    after the update, i got freezing while trying to prviate chat and send messages, lock ups until i ejected the disc, and worst of all, Cod4 just wouldnt connect to anyone last night, maybe it was the servers but the update definitely seemed to cause problems.

    The xbox games are a bit pricey as well to be honest, you cant buy 1200 points so you have to buy 2000 points, and most of the games listed you can pick up for around £5 from places like game or gamestation.

  • Chaz02787

    Posted Dec 4, 2007 11:33 pm PT

    WOOOO Pyschonauts!!

    Although next week's Rock Band release should be better..."Punk Pack" for the win!

  • hazuki

    Posted Dec 4, 2007 10:17 pm PT

    Sweat leaf and NIB aren't exactly, the greatest songs in the world. So I'll stick with war pigs. But indigo prophecy on xbl originals? That game just came out on the bc list a week or so ago. I'm surprised its on the original list already.

  • rayman17

    Posted Dec 4, 2007 10:05 pm PT

    I cant even download the new fall update!! Keeps saying error. I need my call of duty!!!!

  • PseudoFinrod

    Posted Dec 4, 2007 10:04 pm PT

    I HIGHLY recommend Indigo Prophecy to anyone who hasn't played it. It's incredible. Yes, the story gets a little whacked out in the end...but so do a lot of game stories!

  • devilscry

    Posted Dec 4, 2007 9:30 pm PT

    Rock Band is seriously kicking the Hell out of GH3 content wise!.

  • MichaeltheCM

    Posted Dec 4, 2007 9:25 pm PT

    alright Halo 1

  • Arthur_Gumby

    Posted Dec 4, 2007 8:36 pm PT

    Indigo Prophecy? Good call. Played through it once already, so I doubt I'll bother buying it, but was a fine game. Surprised they didn't announce it earlier.

  • hezbollahector

    Posted Dec 4, 2007 8:16 pm PT

    i like this update especially "inside xbox"!!!

  • gta11

    Posted Dec 4, 2007 7:54 pm PT

    Decent

  • SnuffDaddyNZ

    Posted Dec 4, 2007 7:36 pm PT

    Thats interesting Gillri.

    I imagine it means you need space for the ISO image, and space for the install.

  • VagrantChild24

    Posted Dec 4, 2007 7:03 pm PT

    Ah Culdcept, one of the best games people haven't heard of. Found it at my EB several years ago for $12. Great buy. Anyone who likes CCG's or monopoly will love it.

  • cliff122316

    Posted Dec 4, 2007 5:46 pm PT

    darn this really does ruin my 20gig. at least i already played Indigo Prophecy and Halo so i dont have to get those

  • CivicGSR

    Posted Dec 4, 2007 5:29 pm PT

    pentium4dude "They obviously have to target a much broader audience than just your console.": Actually, I don't like the majority of the songs, none of my friends like any of the songs, my brother doesn't like the majority of the songs, and none of his friends like the majority of the songs, so there goes your snide comment. BTW, my brother and I live on opposite sides of the country and have completely different tastes in music. As for being greatful, you make it sound like the songs are free. Anyways, I wish I had as broad a taste in music as you, as I could be playing 25 more songs right now (granted it would cost $50).

  • SecretWasianMan

    Posted Dec 4, 2007 5:22 pm PT

    Indigo Prophecy is such an under-recognized game.

  • pentium4dude

    Posted Dec 4, 2007 5:00 pm PT

    See, CIVICGSR, a good song to you isn't always a good song to me. They obviously have to target a much broader audience than just your console. It's practically impossible for everyone to get every song that they want, so they have to choose many different ones. Just like the DLC for GHII that had the foreign songs. Maybe you didn't like them, I did. It's hard to please everyone and we have to be grateful that they are producing any DLC at all.

  • lukw_95_80423

    Posted Dec 4, 2007 4:50 pm PT

    yay new themes

  • lukw_95_80423

    Posted Dec 4, 2007 4:48 pm PT

    war pigs is already on gh2 (dumb):

  • CivicGSR

    Posted Dec 4, 2007 4:46 pm PT

    When are they gonna start releasing good songs for Rock Band? I was all excited about the downloadable content until I realized that the only good songs you can download were on the older Guitar Hero's. Everything else is 2nd rate crap from big name bands (other than Blackened by Metallica). And the one song I did download (Creedence) is SO EASY it's rediculous. Get your act together EA... there is a TON of revenue potential in DLC that could be going on your books as we speak, if you were able to secure good songs. The only explanation I can think of is that the bands are charging higher royalties for their more popular songs, and EA wants to wait until Rock Band has a strong user base which will result in higher revenues for those popular songs. Awareness of the fact that you can download songs will be increased by then as well, further increasing sales. Capitalism at it's finest; the least you can do is give us a 1:10 ratio of good to bad songs, EA.

  • niptuckSean

    Posted Dec 4, 2007 4:39 pm PT

    Yay for free picture packs and themes!

  • ChickenHounk911

    Posted Dec 4, 2007 4:37 pm PT

    Crap! With the full downloadable games, I am gonna NEED the 120 GB Hard Drive.... The update should have given us a price cut on that too. "Indigo Prophecy" was underrrated, it was an awesome (weird) experience. I also wanna give "psychonauts" a try. Now on to ebay for the Hard Drvie....

    I like the idea of all Jeff supporters changing their icons to a Jeff pic...

    Viva la Jeff!

  • MasterChief725

    Posted Dec 4, 2007 4:36 pm PT

    WAR PIGZ!!

  • respessz

    Posted Dec 4, 2007 4:35 pm PT

    someone who loves Sabbath possibly? who cares if its a cover all of the Guitar Hero people dont mind a cover verson of a song why not a few cover songs for Rock Band?

  • Dunnie91

    Posted Dec 4, 2007 4:29 pm PT

    who would want cover versions of those sabbath classics?

  • DrinkDuff

    Posted Dec 4, 2007 4:15 pm PT

    That's a good point Super Steve. Still, I wish they could have squeezed in one more song into the "pack"

  • SuperSteve120

    Posted Dec 4, 2007 4:11 pm PT

    @DrinkDuff

    The Songs are all made for the four differenent instruments on all difficulties, unlike GHIII whose songs are only made for the guitar and yet are still more expensive that Rock Band's songs. Go figure.

  • sweet1234

    Posted Dec 4, 2007 4:03 pm PT

    5 dollars for three songs is dirt cheap.... come on they gotta develop the songs and when you but them off itunes it costs 0.95$ like comeon its not so bad

  • HumanTorch101

    Posted Dec 4, 2007 4:00 pm PT

    I may get the free stuff but not much else.

  • Pete5506

    Posted Dec 4, 2007 3:53 pm PT

    I like the new update

  • DrinkDuff posted Dec 4, 2007 3:50 pm PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    DrinkDuff

    Posted Dec 4, 2007 3:50 pm PT (hide)

    isn't $5 a little much for 3 songs?

  • theclaw135

    Posted Dec 4, 2007 3:46 pm PT

    Yay. Free pictures and themes. I find it silly to charge for them...

  • venomdeo

    Posted Dec 4, 2007 3:44 pm PT

    Ok,thats cool and all ,but what about GH 3 Song packs.

  • gillri

    Posted Dec 4, 2007 3:42 pm PT

    good stuff, although psychonauts stopped after %50, and then said i needed to clear another 5.3g!! dunno whats going on

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