Heads Up — 9/18

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.

Don’t bother planning your weekend: We have it all laid out for you! Make sure those strum bars are clicking ‘cause it’s time to launch another band to stardom. Then after your fingers start to tire, let the Force take over in the Star Wars game that’s bound to stir the Dark Side within you. But if you don’t feel like leaving the house to grab a few stellar games, the Marketplace has you covered with a pair of new Live Arcade games, two favorite Xbox Originals, several song packs for Rock Band and Guitar Hero, and more movies than you could possibly handle. Enjoy!

 

JEWEL OF THE WEEK:

Rock Band 2

So many games and content to choose this week, but all that can stand aside for the release of the long-awaited (well, okay, maybe just a year) Rock Band 2! Hit new venues, jam to new tunes, take the tour on Live, hire band managers and more with the sequel that will have you rockin’ past dawn. Our band guru, Dan Amrich, has the low down on this Editor’s Choice.

 

NEW RETAIL GAMES:

Rock Band 2
OXM Review Score: 9.0

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
OXM Review Score: 7.5

Battle Fantasia
OXM Review Score: 6.5

Armored Core: For Answer
OXM Review Score: Not yet finalized

Pure
OXM Review Score: 9.0

 

NEW XBOX LIVE ARCADE GAMES:

Feeding Frenzy 2
OXM Review Score: 8.0

Domino Master
OXM Review Score: Not yet finalized

 

 

NEW XBOX ORIGINALS:

Destroy All Humans
Price: 1200 MS Points

Intellivision Lives!
Price: 1200 MS Points

 

NEW DEMOS:

FIFA 09 (FREE)

Mercenaries 2 (FREE)

NBA Live 09 (FREE)

Fracture (FREE)

 

NEW GAME VIDEOS:

Gears of War 2 trailer: “Touch the Sound” (FREE)

 

NEW DOWNLOADABLE CONTENT:

NEW MOVIES:

 

Belly 2: Millionaire Boyz Club
Price: 320 MS Points (SD)/480 MS Points (HD)
Rated: R

Shine a Light
Price: 320 MS Points (SD)/480 MS Points (HD)
Rated: PG-13

Friday the 13th – Part II
Price: 240 MS Points (SD)/360 MS Points (HD)
Rated: R

Friday the 13th – Part III
Price: 240 MS Points (SD)/360 MS Points (HD)
Rated: R

The Jerk
Price: 240 MS Points (SD)/360 MS Points (HD)
Rated: R

Neverending Story II: The Next Chapter
Price: 240 MS Points (SD)
Rated: PG

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

Dune
Price: 240 MS Points (SD)/360 MS Points (HD)
Rated: PG-13

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Price: 240 MS Points (SD)/360 MS Points (HD)
Rated: Unrated

Death Wish
Price: 240 MS Points (SD)/360 MS Points (HD)
Rated: Unrated

Naked Gun from the Files of Police Squad
Price: 240 MS Points (SD)/360 MS Points (HD)
Rated: PG-13

Major League
Price: 240 MS Points (SD)/360 MS Points (HD)
Rated: R

I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead
Price: 240 MS Points (SD)/360 MS Points (HD)
Rated: R

 

The Lost
Price: 320 MS Points (SD)
Rated: Unrated

Spiral
Price: 320 MS Points (SD)
Rated: PG-13

Re-Animator
Price: 240 MS Points (SD)
Rated: Unrated

The Grand
Price: 320 MS Points (SD)
Rated: Unrated

Sex and Death 101
Price: 320 MS Points (SD)
Rated: R

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

I See You.com
Price: 320 MS Points (SD)/480 MS Points (HD)
Rated: Unrated

Stan Lee’s: Lightspeed
Price: 160 MS Points (SD)
Rated: Unrated

12 Monkeys
Price: 240 MS Points (SD)/360 MS Points (HD)
Rated: R