Heads Up - 11/21

Welcome back to our weekly online column, Heads Up. If you’ve ever searched around the internet looking for a current report on everything the Xbox 360 has to offer, you’ve no doubt hit numerous dead-ends. Heads Up attempts to alleviate your frustrations by offering a quick and complete guide to what you may have missed over the past week, online and in stores.

What a huge week! We've got a universe-spanning fighting game, a brand new extreme sports game, and the next installment in the long-running Need for Speed Franchise! But let's not neglect the absolutely enormous amount of new downloadable content for you to improve your already great games! And, as always, our Jewel of the Week is definitely a must-play.

JEWEL OF THE WEEK:

Left 4 Dead

Finally, the zombie apocalypse has begun! Grab your three best friends and do your absolute best to survive against the onslaught of undead. Or, if you're feeling particularly malicious, take the other side and try to take down the survivors as they make their way to safety. Either way, the game is fast, gorgeous and gloriously (goregeously?) fun. So grab yourself a copy and get shootin' in this OXM Editor's Choice!

 

NEW RETAIL GAMES:

Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe
OXM Review Score: 8.5

Shaun White Snowboarding
OXM Review Score: Not yet finalized.

Need For Speed Undercover
OXM Review Score: 7.5

Left 4 Dead
OXM Review Score: 9.5

NCAA Basketball 2009
OXM Review Score: Not yet finalized.

Naruto: The Broken Bond
OXM Review Score: Not yet finalized.

 

NEW GAME DEMOS:

Bolt (Free)

 

NEW GAME VIDEOS:

Sonic Unleashed Launch Trailer

Shaun White Snowboarding ESPN Trailer

Need For Speed Undercover TV Commercial

 

NEW DOWNLOADABLE CONTENT:

Dead Space Tank Pack and Military Pack
Price: 320 MS Points each

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Character Pack #1
Price: 400 MS Points

Need For Speed Undercover Collector's Edition Upgrade
Price: 800 MS Points

Guitar Hero World Tour

Hendrix Track Pack
Price: 440 MS Points or 160 MS Points each

"Fire (Live From Woodstock"
"If 6 Was 9"
"Little Wing"

Rock Band

Dead Kennedys Pack 01
Price: 440 Points or 160 Points Each

"California Uber Alles"
"Holiday in Cambodia"
"Police Truck"

Century Girls of Metal Pack 01
Price: 440 Points or 160 Points Each

"Swamped" by Lacuna Coil
"Closer" by Lacuna Coil
"Forever" by In This Moment

The Following Tracks are 80 MS Points each:

"Gone" by Crooked X

NEW MOVIES:

LA Confidential
Price: 240 MS Points (SD)/360 MS Points (HD)
Rated: R

Crazy For Love
Price: 320 MS Points (SD)
Rated: Unrated

Shopgirl
Price: 240 MS Points (SD)
Rated: R

My Favorite Martian
Price: 240 MS Points (SD)
Rated: PG

American Wedding
Price: 240 MS Points (SD)/360 MS Points (HD)
Rated: R

Wrestlemaniac
Price: 320 MS Points (SD)
Rated: Unrated

The Incredible Hulk Returns
Price: 240 MS Points (SD)
Rated: PG

Street Figher II: The Animated Movie
Price: 240 MS Points (SD)
Rated: Unrated

Survival Quest
Price: 240 MS Points (SD)
Rated:R

Sands of Oblivion
Price: 240 MS Points (SD)
Rated: Unrated

Behind the Mask
Price: 240 MS Points (SD)
Rated:R

Ghost in the Shell: The Laughing Man
Price: 320 MS Points (SD)
Rated: Unrated

Get Smart
Price: 320 MS Points (SD)/480 MS Points (HD)
Rated: PG-13

Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
Price: 320 MS Points (SD)/480 MS Points (HD)
Rated:PG-13

The Man From Earth
Price: 240 MS Points (SD)
Rated: Unrated

Raptor Island
Price: 240 MS Points (SD)
Rated: Unrated

Ghost In The Shell: Individual Eleven
Price: 320 MS Points (SD)
Rated: Unrated

Mirror Wars: Reflection One
Price: 240 MS Points (SD)
Rated: Unrated

The Strangers
Price: 320 MS Points (SD)/480 MS Points (HD)
Rated: R

The Incredible Hulk
Price: 320 MS Points (SD)/480 MS Points (HD)
Rated: PG-13