On Xbox Live Arcade today: Penny Arcade Adventures Episode 1 and Rock Band songs
From today, at 9AM GMT (2AM PDT), you can play Hothead Games’ Penny Arcade Adventures Episode 1 on Xbox Live Arcade for Xbox 360. Penny Arcade Adventures Episode 1 will be available worldwide for 1600 Microsoft Points (that’s US$20 / €9.60 / £13.60 / CAN$24.80 / AU$26.40).
Want more crazy dialogue and outrageous enemies? Get Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness - Episode One, based on the famous online gamers comic Penny-Arcade, to see the mystery unfold and Gabe and Tycho banter in classic Penny Arcade style. Plus, there are leaderboard rankings and achievements to earn and the critical pair rated their own game a solid 8 with its 5 to 10 hours of gameplay, so get started now!
Key game features include:
* Create-A-Player system: Create and develop your very own character to participate in the adventure.
* Episodic content: Penny Arcade Adventures keeps the fun going with new material released regularly, with pick up and play capabilities from any episode, and the ability to carry over your character’s appearance, stats, and inventory from episode to episode.
* Dynamic combat: The turn-based combat system features over-the-top animations and team-up moves during enemy battles.
* Role-playing adventure: The classic adventure-style gameplay combines with RPG elements for a mysterious and puzzling good time.
* Twisted goodness: The crazed geniuses behind Penny Arcade promise a thrilling and wild ride, with story and dialogue written by written by Jerry “Tycho” Holkins and art by Mike “Gabe” Krahulik. Working with Gabe and Tycho of the Startling Developments Detective Agency, it will be your job to resolve the chaos and solve the mysteries of New Arcadia.
Like every week, there were also various downloadable Rock Band tracks released for the Xbox 360 version of the game in addition to 2007’s downloadable Rock Band content. Below’s listing shows various new tracks.
The following content is now available on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace in North America. With Rock Band on sale in Europe this week, these tracks are already on the European discs so they will not appear in the European Markeplace.
Content: “Beetlebum”*
Price: 160 Microsoft Points
Availability: North America
Dash Text: [ESRB: T (Teen) LYRICS,MILD SUGGESTIVE THEMES] Build your Rock Band library by purchasing this song game track. *”Beetlebum” is a cover version of a song made famous by Blur.
Content: “New Wave”
Price: 160 Microsoft Points
Availability: North America
Dash Text: [ESRB: T (Teen) LYRICS,MILD SUGGESTIVE THEMES] Build your Rock Band library by purchasing this song game track: “New Wave”–Pleymo.
Content: “Monsoon”
Price: 160 Microsoft Points
Availability: North America
Dash Text: [ESRB: T (Teen) LYRICS,MILD SUGGESTIVE THEMES] Build your Rock Band library by purchasing this song game track: “Monsoon”–Tokio Hotel.
Content: “Rock ‘N’ Roll Star”
Price: 160 Microsoft Points
Availability: North America
Dash Text: [ESRB: T (Teen) LYRICS,MILD SUGGESTIVE THEMES] Build your Rock Band library by purchasing this song game track: “Rock ‘N’ Roll Star”–Oasis.
Content: “Hysteria”
Price: 160 Microsoft Points
Availability: North America
Dash Text: [ESRB: T (Teen) LYRICS,MILD SUGGESTIVE THEMES] Build your Rock Band library by purchasing this song game track: “Hysteria”–Muse.
Content: “Manu Chao”
Price: 160 Microsoft Points
Availability: North America
Dash Text: [ESRB: T (Teen) LYRICS,MILD SUGGESTIVE THEMES] Build your Rock Band library by purchasing this song game track: “Manu Chao”–Les Wampas.
Content: “Perfekte Welle”
Price: 160 Microsoft Points
Availability: North America
Dash Text: [ESRB: T (Teen) LYRICS,MILD SUGGESTIVE THEMES] Build your Rock Band library by purchasing this song game track: “Perfekte Welle”–Juli.
Content: “Countdown to Insanity”
Price: 160 Microsoft Points
Availability: North America
Dash Text: [ESRB: T (Teen) LYRICS,MILD SUGGESTIVE THEMES] Build your Rock Band library by purchasing this song game track: “Countdown to Insanity”–H-BlockX.
Content: “Hier Kommt Alex”
Price: 160 Microsoft Points
Availability: North America
Dash Text: [ESRB: T (Teen) LYRICS,MILD SUGGESTIVE THEMES] Build your Rock Band library by purchasing this song game track: “Hier Kommt Alex”–Die Toten Hosen.
* PLEASE NOTE: Many Rock Band song game tracks are available as both a multipack and as a single game track. These song game tracks are exactly the same (unless expressly noted as a special version or remix). Be aware that it is possible to download the same song game track twice so please carefully consider your purchases. For music credits, visit www.RockBand.com.
