Hydrophobia is on sale this week for the great low price of 400 Microsoft points. After debuting for $15  as the lead title in Microsoft’s Game Feast promotion last Fall, Dark Energy Digital listened to fans and reviewers and made massive adjustments to their already decent game and relaunched for only 800 MSP in December. For only $5 (67% off the original price), Hydrophobia is a must buy for any gamer, especially since Microsoft is also hosting a sweepstakes this week with a “Water themed vacation for two” as the Grand Prize, and five runner up prizes of 4000 MSP.

The Deal of the Week also includes two other water themed Xbox Live Arcade Games: Aqua for 400MSP (50% off), and Hydro Thunder Hurricane for 800MSP (33% off).

Hopefully the “surprise” daily deals will be better as there’s nothing here for me. Anyone considering The UnderGarden at 400pts should take a look at the 2010 Dream.Build.Play Grand Prize winner Lumi as an alternative. Sadly, it looks like we may have seen the demise of the 53% discount-bracket on 1200pt games. Last year’s Holiday Sales and 2010 Deals of the Week saw several $15.00 Xbox Live Arcade games discounted to $7.00 (560pts). Over the last couple months, several items have come in on sale at a $7.50 price point (600pts). There is still a glimmer of hope for future sales however, with the Million-selling Trials HD briefly on sale for 400pts back in November, a discount of 67%.

From majornelson.com:

Here is a look at some of the upcoming content scheduled for the Xbox LIVE Marketplace*

Please see the blog post I’ll make for each of these for pricing and/or regional availability and follow me on Twitter for updates.

Celebrate the countdown to the New Year on Xbox LIVE.

Get ready for your New Year’s Celebration with great entertainment and daily special offers from Xbox LIVE. From December 21 through December 31, we’ll have a new Xbox LIVE Marketplace deal every day. I’ll be posting the daily deals here on my blog and on twitter. In addition to the surprise daily offers, we’ll host 10 unique offers (see below) that will be available for the duration of the campaign.

Here is a preview of the 10 deals and their discounted price that will be available December 21 – December 31

Super Meat Boy Discounted Price: 800 Savings: 33%

Comic Jumper Discounted Price: 800 Savings: 33%

Toy Soldiers Discounted Price: 800 Savings: 33%

Banjo Tooie Discounted Price: 600 Savings: 50%

Castle Crashers Discounted Price: 600 Savings: 50%

The UnderGarden Discounted Price: 400 Savings: 50%

Risk Factions Discounted Price: 400 Savings: 50%

Afterburner Climax Discounted Price: 400 Savings: 50%

Borderland’s Claptrap New Revolution Discounted Price: 400 Savings: 50%

Carcassonne Discounted Price: 400 Savings: 50%
The above discounted prices will kick-in on December 21st. (Yes, I’ll remind you)

Xbox LIVE Deal of the Week** :

Week of December 20 – Forza Car Packs:

World Class Car Pack, 200 Microsoft Points (50 percent off)

Summer Velocity Car Pack, 200 Microsoft Points (50 percent off)

Exotic Car Pack, 200 Microsoft Points (50 percent off)

Road & Track Car Pack, 200 Microsoft Points (50 percent off)

Audi R8 LMS RC Car, 160 Microsoft Points (50 percent off)

Checkered Flags, 80 Microsoft Points (50 percent off)
**Special pricing available for Xbox LIVE Gold Members

Xbox Games On Demand:

December 21: Red Dead Redemption

December 21: Prince of Persia The Forgotten Sands

December 28: Transformers: War for Cybertron

December 28: Just Cause 2

December 28: Ghostbusters

Xbox LIVE Avatar Marketplace:

December 15: Bomberman LIVE

December 15: Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode I

December 15: Winter Wear

December 23: Disney Sidekicks

December 23: University Collection (College Football Bowl Season)

December 23: Ninjas Collection

Xbox Game Add-Ons:

December 21: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam Expansion Pack, 1200 Microsoft Points

December 29: Bomberman Live: Battlefest Bomb-Up Pack I, 240 Microsoft Points

Xbox LIVE Arcade:

Starting December 22 through January 5, Microsoft Game Studios will introduce three new downloadable hits hits as part of Games for the Holidays, exclusively to Xbox LIVE Arcade and for gamers of every level :

December 22: A World of Keflings, 800 Microsoft Points and available worldwide

December 29: Raskulls, 800 Microsoft Points

January 5: ilomilo, 800 Microsoft Points

Plus, for Xbox LIVE Members in the US:

This Saturday, December 18, Lexus will sponsor the all-night gaming marathon for Halo: Reach on Xbox LIVE in the U.S., giving gamers the opportunity to download Lexus content and enter to win prizes for playing from dusk ‘til dawn. Every hour from 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. PT, eight players will each win 4,000 Microsoft Points. Keep an eye on the Xbox 360 dashboard for more information.

*Current schedule. Subject to change. All content may not be available in all Xbox LIVE regions.

PM Studios mixes Bemani, Anime, Fan Service and Vinyl for the DJMax Portable 3 Limited Edition for Playstation Portable.

PM STUDIOS REVEALS THE SPECIAL BUNDLE EDITION
FOR ‘DJMAX PORTABLE 3’

Los Angeles, CA, September 17, 2010 – PM Studios, Inc., an innovative publisher of
video games for the mass market, today reveals the DJMAX Portable 3 Special Bundle
Edition. The Special Bundle Edition will be released on October 14, 2010 and will be
exclusive to Bemanistyle.com. The Special Edition will come with a special art book,
soundtrack, casing, and alternate coversheet. Due to the high request demand from the
previous press release, the SBE will now come with both coversheets and each copy will
be signed by the production/development team. The prize vouchers will also be included
inside the box and not the actual UMD case so you will not need to open the game to
receive your prize voucher.

To accommodate the Special Bundle Edition, the North American version will have a
special contest for all SBE purchasers. PM Studios will be throwing a contest with
random vouchers in all packages. The prizes will vary in each package.

Prizes:
Grand Prize (5) Winners: Technika Championship Card (Only 30 Made), Technika
Platinum Crew Card (Only 30 Made), Technika Limited Edition Panda Card, DJMAX
Portable Black Square Limited Edition, DJMAX Trilogy Limited Edition, DJMAX Fever,
DJMAX Black Square and Clazziquai Edition Combo Pack, Technika Limited Edition
Soundtrack, Technika 2 Limited Edition Soundtrack.

First Tier (300) Winners: Free PSN Version of DJMAX Fever.

Second Tier (100) Winners: Free PSN Version of Strikers 1945 Plus.

Third Tier (20) Winners: Free Technika Championship Card

Third Tier (20) Winners: Free Technika Platinum Crew Card

Fourth Tier (50) Winners: Random Technika Card

For more information on the SBE, please visit http://www.bemanistyle.com/djmp3/

For more information, please visit www.pm-games.com and contact customer service.

PM Studios, Inc. the Company

PM Studios, Inc. is a newly found publisher of video games for the mass market. Hot on
the trails of the newly released DJMAX Technika for the arcades, PM Studios continues
to bring innovative products into the market. PM Studios, Inc. is located and
headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Redlynx realizes that you’ve made a snack out of last Christmas’s Trials HD Big Pack, and are serving up a full 40 course meal…

And by 40 course meal, I mean 40 new tracks handcrafted by Redlynx. You will also be able to gorge yourself on 10 delectable appetizers, in the form of 10 player-made, contest winning tracks which will be included in the Big Thrills DLC for everyone to play! Contest ends August 18th, 2010 and winners will be chosen on November 15th, 2010. Trials HD Big Thrills DLC is slated for a Q4 2010 release.

To enter, create an amazing track using Trials HD’s built-in track editor (the same editor that Redlynx used to create all the official levels), then send a friend request to one of the following Gamertags: TrialsContest1, TrialsContest2, TrialsContest3, or TrialsContest4 before August 18th, 2010. Act quickly as the contest is open only to the first 10,000 entrants.

Because You Demanded More Trials HD!
Trials HD – Big Thrills lets gamers put their tracks into the game – literally.

July 20, 2010 (Helsinki, Finland) — Gamers demanded it, and today RedLynx delivered, finally revealing Trials HD – Big Thrills, the hotly anticipated next expansion pack for its best-selling, award-winning Xbox LIVE Arcade game.

“Ever since we released the first Trials HD expansion, gamers have demanded more,” said Antti Ilvessuo, the game’s lead designer and creative director of RedLynx.

“They email us every day, they post on our message boards, and lately they’ve started calling my house and chasing me down the street,” he said. “With this announcement, I can now emerge from hiding and get back to making games.”

Forty new levels

With forty new professional tracks lovingly crafted by RedLynx’s level designers, the new expansion will bring a whole new world of obsessive challenge and bone-crushing gameplay to the game’s large and loyal fan base.

User-Created content

Unique with this release, RedLynx will also include ten user-created tracks, fully credited and featured right alongside the professional levels created by RedLynx. Everyone whose track is included will in addition receive cash or prizes, as well as in-game credit.

“We’re thrilled – no pun intended – to present this contest with our partners at Microsoft,” said Tero Virtala, CEO of RedLynx. “We couldn’t think of a better way to give back to our fans than to give them the opportunity to have their work featured right alongside ours in the next expansion of the legendary Trials HD game.”

Cash prizes

Gamers can visit BigThrillsContest.com to view the rules, the prizes, and the process for submitting a track for inclusion in the Trials HD – Big Thrills expansion pack.

Trials HD – Big Thrills is scheduled for a Q4 release.

About Trials HD

Trials HD for Xbox LIVE Arcade is a full-featured, physics-based motorcycle racing game with more than 50 tracks, amazing HD graphics, and dozens of hours of challenging gameplay. It offers two unique game modes, customizable riders, unlockable bikes, global rankings, in-game friend scores, and more. Trials HD has been named the best Nordic Game of 2010 among the Best Downloadable Game by the Xbox LIVE Community, among other awards.

About RedLynx

RedLynx Ltd. is a multiplatform game developer and publisher based in Helsinki, Finland. Since its founding in 2000, it has published more than 100 games on many platforms, including Xbox™ Live Arcade, Nintendo DS™, Sony PSP®, Apple iPhone®, Apple Macintosh®, PC, web, interactive TV, and mobile phones.

RedLynx and Trials HD are trademarks of RedLynx. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Visit BigThrillsContest.com for more information on this amazing opportunity.

Heres the deal we got a code for one copy of Snoopy Flying Ace for the Xbox Live Arcade. Simply Post a quote from the Peanuts tv show in the comments section and for an extra entry Re-Tweet this tweet http://twitter.com/LMGamers/status/15286763249. We will assign each entry a number and we will use random.org to pick a random number whatever number random.org picks is the winner. Please post your twitter account name in your comment and follow @LMGamers. You must post a comment here to win. The contest ends at 12:00 PM PST on Sat the 5th.

2K Sports Announces NBA® 2K10 All-Star Challenge Presented by Nike Basketball Featuring $10,000 Grand Prize

Grand prize winner to also design one of the colorways of Kobe Bryant’s signature shoe

December 23, 2009 – Virtual athletes ready to test their skills against the best players in the country can now sign up to participate in the NBA® 2K10 All-Star Challenge Presented by Nike Basketball. The All-Star Challenge, driven by 2K Sports, will be available exclusively on the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft through the Xbox LIVE® online entertainment network. After the qualification period, and advancing through the online playoffs, two finalists will be flown to Dallas, Texas to compete in the championship tournament held during the 2010 NBA All-Star Weekend, February 12-14. The two finalists may bring a guest to the championships, and will also have special access to Nike VIP events in Dallas. The NBA All-Star Challenge champion will walk away with the incredible grand prize of $10,000, along with the exclusive opportunity to design one of the colorways for Kobe Bryant’s signature shoe, the Zoom Kobe V, through NIKEiD (subject to NBA approvals). The Zoom Kobe V that the winner designs will be worn by Kobe in an actual Los Angeles Lakers game, and the virtual version of the design will appear in next year’s NBA® 2K11. Interested participants can sign up and view the official rules starting today at http://www.2ksports.com/allstarchallenge.

After registering for the tournament, participants must qualify and check-in to participate in the online playoffs. During the qualification period, all ranked games played online will count towards an entrant’s qualification ranking. The leaderboard will track player rankings, which will be displayed and updated daily on the dedicated tournament website. The 60 tournament participants with the highest ranking, as determined by 2K Sports, who have checked-in and played at least 15 completed games during the qualification period, will advance to the online playoffs. For more information on rules and other details, please visit the dedicated tournament website at http://www.2ksports.com/allstarchallenge.

Following are the key dates for the NBA 2K10 All-Star Challenge Presented by Nike Basketball:

* 12/23/09 Registration & Qualification Period Open
* 1/16/10 Registration Ends (11:59 p.m. EST)
* 1/17/10 Qualification Ends & 24 Hour Check-In Period
* 1/23/10 Playoffs, Round 1 (10 a.m. – 5 p.m. EST)
* 1/24/10 Playoffs, Round 2 (10 a.m. – 5 p.m. EST)
* 1/30/10 Playoffs, Round 3 (10 a.m. – 5 p.m. EST)
* 1/31/10 Playoffs, Round 4 (9 a.m. EST start)
* 1/31/10 Playoffs, Round 5 (TBD, Based on Round 4 Winner Availability)
* 2/13/10 Championship Finals (Champion Crowned)

This season, NBA 2K10 delivers the most realistic, stylistic, and feature-rich simulation experience ever available in the NBA 2K franchise – from gameplay to graphics, presentation and online features. Developed by 2K Sports’ Visual Concepts studio, NBA 2K10 is rated E for Everyone by the ESRB and now available for Xbox 360, WiiTM, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, and Windows PC. For more information about NBA 2K10, please visit www.2ksports.com/games/nba2k10.

cdv Software is going all out promoting their upcoming action-rpg, Divinity II: Ego Draconis, with no less than three different contests! Win Divinity II swag, themed controllers, speakers, even a wicked custom built PC! Read on for all the details….

cdv Announces the Divinity II – Ego Draconis “Game Demo Treasure Hunt” Contest!

Download the Divinity II demo and begin your quest for treasure!

Cary, North Carolina – December 22, 2009 – cdv Software Entertainment USA is pleased to announce its Divinity II – Ego Draconis “Game Demo Treasure Hunt” contest! Track down secret clues hidden inside the game’s demo and follow their trail around the web in a quest for real-world treasure and loot!

The Divinity II – Ego Draconis Demo is currently available on Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and for Windows PC.

After playing through the demo, visit www.honorofrivellon.com and use the clues and tips to enter to win incredible prizes, including a Divinity II – Ego Draconis-themed Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft console, themed controllers, controller skins, game cards, in-game items and more!

The sequel to the critically acclaimed action-RPG Divine Divinity, Divinity II – Ego Draconis transports players back to the wide-open, war-torn world of Rivellon where they will battle the forces of evil not just as a human warrior but also as a powerful Dragon Knight! Developed by Larian Studios, Divinity II – Ego Draconis boasts a robust fantasy adventure with more than 60 hours of gameplay teeming with massive dungeons and outdoor spaces to explore. It offers deep on-the-ground and aerial combat, and a mystery to unravel that could reveal hidden truths and revive forgotten evils, altering the face of Rivellon forever!

**To Download the Divinity II – Ego Draconis demo, please visit Big Download/Game Daily, File Front, Game Zone, Spawnpoint, Strategy Informer, Atomic gamer, GameSpot, Softpedia, Worth Playing, eXp and Gamershell, or Xbox LIVE Marketplace for Xbox 360**

For more information about Divinity II – Ego Draconis, which is rated “M” for “Mature” by the ESRB, please visit http://www.cdvus.com or http://www.divinity2.com.

Be sure to check out all of the Divinity II – Ego Draconis contests and pre-order incentives below!

GAMESTOP Xbox 360 Pre-Order Bonus:

Players who pre-order Divinity II – Ego Draconis for Xbox 360 from GameStop will receive the exclusive in-game Blood Echelon Armor and Weapon Set while supplies last. The Blood Echelon is a select lodge of elite Dragon Slayers who have earned the highest of distinctions on the battlefield. The pre-order program is available now through January 5, 2010.

**Please note that this program applies only to pre-orders of Divinity II – Ego Draconis for Xbox 360 **

Please visit your local GameStop for more information and incentive details, or check online at: http://www.gamestop.com/Catalog/ProductDetails.aspx?product_id=75982.

Divinity II – Ego Draconis Game Feature Challenge:

Master the ways of the Dragon Slayer for your chance to win awesome Divinity II – Ego Draconis prizes! Three rounds of questions will be presented to aspiring Dragon Slayers, beginning on, December 3, 2009. Dragon Slayers who answer all the questions correctly will be given a chance to receive a variety of great Divinity II – Ego Draconis prizes, including themed controllers, controller skins, in-game bonuses and more! For more information about the contest, and its rules, please visit – www.honorofrivellon.com

Divinity II – Ego Draconis Epic PC Sweepstakes:

Be sure to enter the Divinity II – Ego Draconis Epic PC Sweepstakes! Divinity II – Ego Draconis fans can now register to win epic loot by visiting www.honorofrivellon.com. The Grand Prize includes a Custom Divinity II – Ego Draconis Gaming PC, a NEC High Resolution LCD Desktop Display and an assortment of Divinity II – Ego Draconis themed gear. Other prizes include desktop speakers, a Logitech keyboard and mouse and Divinity II – Ego Draconis mousepads and PC skins. Visit www.honorofrivellon.com for more details and to enter to win!

cdv USA’s Divinity II – Ego Draconis “Game Feature Challenge” Contest Continues!

Master the character development of the Dragon Slayer and compete for your chance to win!

Cary, North Carolina – December 16, 2009 – cdv Software Entertainment USA is pleased to announce the second round of its Divinity II – Ego Draconis Game Feature Challenge! The ways of the Dragon Slayer are built upon combat, magic and mindreading and how you develop your character will largely determine your mighty victory or bitter defeat during your journey through Rivellon.

In this, the second round of the Divinity II – Ego DraconisGame Feature Challenge, master the Character Development of your Dragon Slayer by visiting www.honorofrivellon.com where aspiring Dragon Slayers will learn the secrets of Creature Creation, Mindreading, Attributes, Leveling Up and the Damage System, all to compete for a chance to win a variety of Divinity II – Ego Draconis-themed prizes, including themed controllers, controller skins, in-game bonuses and more!

The Game Feature Challenge comes on heels of the recently launched Divinity II – Ego DraconisEpic PC Sweepstakes, which gives fans the chance to win epic loot, including a Custom Divinity II – Ego Draconis Gaming PC and a High-Resolution LCD Desktop Display. Visit www.honorofrivellon.com for a full list of prizes, more details and to enter to win!

Don’t forget about the Divinity II – Ego Draconis GAMESTOP 360 Pre-Order Bonus: Players who pre-order Divinity II – Ego Draconis for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft from GameStop will receive the exclusive in-game Blood Echelon Armor and Weapon Set while supplies last. The Blood Echelon is a select lodge of elite Dragon Slayers who have earned the highest of distinctions on the battlefield. The pre-order program is available now through January 5, 2010.

**Please note that this program applies only to pre-orders of Divinity II – Ego Draconis for Xbox 360 **

Please visit your local GameStop for more information and incentive details, or check online at: http://www.gamestop.com/Catalog/ProductDetails.aspx?product_id=75982.

The sequel to the critically acclaimed action-RPG Divine Divinity, Divinity II – Ego Draconis transports players back to the wide-open, war-torn world of Rivellon where they will battle the forces of evil not just as a human warrior, but also as a powerful Dragon Knight! Developed by Larian Studios, Divinity II– Ego Draconis boasts a robust fantasy adventure of more than 60 hours, teeming with massive dungeons and outdoor spaces to explore. It offers deep on-the-ground and aerial combat, and an intriguing mystery to unravel that could reveal hidden truths and revive forgotten evils, altering the face of Rivellon forever!

For more information about Divinity II – Ego Draconis, which is rated “M” for “Mature” by the ESRB, please visit www.cdvus.com or www.divinity2.com.

Loudmouthedgamers are happy to announce our 1st game night.  We are celebrating the release of Modern Warfare 2 with a night filled with multiplayer mayhem.

LMG Game Night

The Game: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

The place: Your Xbox 360

The time:  7 pm PST(10 EST) on Nov 21st

If you sign up and play atleast 2 full games you will be entered into a pool to win some prizes. 

These Include: A Copy Assassins Creed 2 for the Xbox 360, A Splosion Man T-Shirt (Size XL), (2) 1600 MS points and maybe some suprizes.

Simply log into the forums(or signup) and reply to this thread make sure to add your Gamertag.

We have a Grifball figure signed by the guys from Rooster Teeth. It was donated by our very own staff member, MikeyT. He got it signed during PAX09 by Michael J. Caboose (Joel Heyman), Dick Simmons (Gustavo Sorola), Dexter Grif (Geoff Ramsey).  We are going to be holding a logo contest, which will decide the winner of this magnificent treasure that would be a welcome addition to any enthusiast’s collection.  Whoever can design the best logo that embodies LMG by Monday, 11:59:59pm PST November 2nd, 2009, will win.  Each entry will be judged by the entire staff and a winner will be announced sometime on November 9th.  To submit your entries, send an e-mail along with your logo and forum name to contests (at) loudmouthedgamers (dot) com .  Now here’s the legal part I have to say: Upon submitting your entry, you acknowledge that the work you’re submitting is your own and that you are forfeiting any rights to the image, as it will become property of LMG upon receipt of the email.  The person with the winning entry will have our gratitude and win the figure. 

*UPDATE* we are going to open this contest up to anyone in the world.  So if you are outside the USA and you enter and win you will get this figure.