RockstarNetwork.net reports: "Rockstar just announced that GTAIV is now available for Games on Demand. Check out the press release below. You can download it from On Demand for only $29.99! If you haven’t got a copy of it yet, now is your time to buy!"
Major Nelson’s Blog writes:
"Here is the current schedule for upcoming content coming soon to the Xbox LIVE Marketplace*
Xbox LIVE Deal of the Week:
Feb. 15: Battlefield 1943, 800 Microsoft Points
Xbox LIVE Games on Demand:
Feb. 9: Street Fighter IV
Feb. 9: Halo Wars (Europe, Australia and New Zealand)
Feb. 16: Resident Evil 5
Feb. 16: Beautiful Katamari
Feb. 16: Viva Piñata: Party Animals (Japan)
Xbox LIVE Arcade:
Feb. 10: Darwinia +, 1200 points
Feb. 17: The Misadventures of PB Winterbottom, 800 points
Xbox Avatars Marketplace:
These are just a few of the collections scheduled for the Xbox LIVE Avatar Marketplace.
Feb. 11: Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising
Feb. 16: Resident Evil 5
Feb. 18: Metro 2033"
Sony talks about a possible ‘Games on Demand’ type feature and backwards compatibility as to how Sony will treat PS2 titles for new Sony adopters.
Slashgamer Writes: There has hardly been any news since the first reveal of OnLive to the world at GDC 2009 in San Francisco. When Steve Perlman, the CEO of the games-on-demand service and one of the inventors of Apple’s QuickTime technology, took center stage at the press briefing to introduce the gaming community to his newest project OnLive – he was met with both praise and criticism. Some people thought this ambitious "cloud-gaming" service was the future of gaming, while many others thought there is no way this technology will work with the functionality of today’s Internet capabilities. But with all these questions, most people always seem to ask the same one; how much will the consumer have to spend in order to use the service?
A few days ago, a video of Perlman was uploaded onto youtube, where he went back to his old school Columbia University and discussed his next endeavor. While nothing to new was unveiled, he did briefly mentioned something interesting about the MicroConsole."
Well, at least console domination. In a press release, the gaming giant speaks to it’s new commitment to downloadable distribution. They plan on making available new games, classic games and bestseller games (duh) via what’s being called “digital distribution,” a misnomer if we’ve ever heard one. Ah, well. Here’s what’s planned for now on the XBox 360 system:
Xbox LIVE Games on Demand
• Ridge Racer® 6, E for everyone, now available for 1600 Microsoft Points
• Beautiful Katamari™, E for everyone, available Q1 2010
Additional plans for an expanded PSOne Classics and PSP presence are also in the works. For more details, see sister site, The Portable Gamer
It was announced last week that the PC videogames client from Microsoft, Games for Windows – LIVE, would be receiving a Games on Demand service similar to that launched earlier this year in Xbox 360 prior to the year’s end. And now, Electronic Theatre can bring you the full details on the launch line-up, and a freebie offered to early birds.
"Microsoft Points are the fantasy currency that must be used on the Xbox Live Marketplace to buy things such as themes, games on demand, movies, and game add-ons. MS points have gotten a lot of negativity because many gamers feel Microsoft only uses them in an attempt to try to mask the prices of their content so that it feels like you aren’t spending as much as you are and then they end up milking you for all you’re worth.
MS points are actually a pretty neat system when you don’t think about them in such a pessimistic way."
Microsoft announced three new additions to its Xbox Classics series in Europe. From 09 October, you’ll be able to wander into a store and pick up Midnight Club Los Angeles: Complete Edition, the sublime Bioshock, and the vast Grand Theft Auto IV.
Given that “The Ballad of Gay Tony” has just been released to the best ever reviews for any DLC, this seems like a cracking time to drop the price. With Bioshock 2 also just around the corner, it gives me even more of a reason to pick it up for next to nothing and mop up those last few achievements in time for the sequel…
Remind us again, Microsoft: what exactly was the point of Games on Demand?
