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January 26th, 2010, 17:05
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/9/2010/01/500x_halorising.jpg Something old and something comparably new join the Xbox 360 (http://kotaku.com/tag/xbox360/) Games on Demand (http://kotaku.com/tag/gamesondemand/) lineup today, with Dead Rising (http://kotaku.com/tag/deadrising/) and Halo Wars (http://kotaku.com/tag/halowars/) now available in convenient downloadable form.
I've played my fill of Dead Rising (http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/games/media/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802434307d2?of=7) since its 2006 release, so I probably won't be download it for $19.99 via Games on Demand.
Halo Wars (http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/games/media/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d8024d530808), on the other hand, is a game I've had in my hand many times over the past few years, only to put it down before making it to the cash register. Perhaps I'll find pushing a button much easier than handing over my credit card.
Or maybe I'll just sit there at the purchase screen, hemming and hawing over spending $30 on a real-time strategy game based on a first-person shooter series I'm not particularly fond of, until I eventually B button my way out of the purchase. At least I can do it from the comfort of my couch now.
Games on Demand: Halo Wars and DEAD RISING (http://majornelson.com/archive/2010/01/26/games-on-demand-halo-wars-and-dead-rising.aspx) [Major Nelson]
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I've played my fill of Dead Rising (http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/games/media/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802434307d2?of=7) since its 2006 release, so I probably won't be download it for $19.99 via Games on Demand.
Halo Wars (http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/games/media/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d8024d530808), on the other hand, is a game I've had in my hand many times over the past few years, only to put it down before making it to the cash register. Perhaps I'll find pushing a button much easier than handing over my credit card.
Or maybe I'll just sit there at the purchase screen, hemming and hawing over spending $30 on a real-time strategy game based on a first-person shooter series I'm not particularly fond of, until I eventually B button my way out of the purchase. At least I can do it from the comfort of my couch now.
Games on Demand: Halo Wars and DEAD RISING (http://majornelson.com/archive/2010/01/26/games-on-demand-halo-wars-and-dead-rising.aspx) [Major Nelson]
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