Freely accessible to anyone with a broadband connection, Xbox Live Marketplace is a digital download centre providing free and premium content for games, as well as entertainment content such as movie trailers and music videos.
Premium Xbox Live Marketplace content will be available for purchase with Microsoft Points. Microsoft Points is a new stored-value system that will let consumers purchase a number of points, and then redeem those points for content online, ranging from gamer pictures and themes to full game downloads on Xbox Live Arcade.
Xbox 360 users who connect their console to a broadband connection and create an Xbox Live membership, either the paid Gold membership or free Silver membership, can look forward to content such as:
Kameo: Elements of Power
- Winter Warrior Pack (200 points)
- Game Trailer (free)
- Game Demo (free)
- 4 Gamer Pictures (20 points each)
- 2 Gamer Picture 5-pack Bundles (80 points each)
- 7 Themes (150 points each)
Call of Duty 2
- Game Trailer (free)
- 7 Gamer Pictures (20 points each)
- 2 Gamer Picture Bundles (40 - 80 points each)
- 1 Theme (150 points)
Plus:
- "Aeon Flux" HD movie trailer from Paramount
- Penny Arcade Gamer Pictures and Themes
- Red vs. Blue Videos
- High Definition Movie Trailers and Music Videos
- Game Trailers for upcoming games
- ...and much more!
The exclusive launch content also includes the next-generation Xbox Live Arcade online service, which is fully integrated into the Xbox 360 Dashboard providing a central destination for Xbox 360 gamers to download new games, access their game collections, check out new releases and experience around-the-game features. Xbox Live Arcade games will be available for 400, 800 or 1200 Points, with a majority of titles priced at 800 points or less.
Xbox Live Arcade for Xbox 360 games available include:
- Bankshot Billiards 2 (1200 points) - pixelStorm, Inc.
- Bejeweled 2 (800 points) - Popcap Games
- Gauntlet (400 points) - Midway Home Entertainment
- Geometry Wars Retro Evolved (400 points) - Bizzare Creations
- Hardwood Backgammon (400 points) - Silver Creek Entertainment
- Hardwood Hearts (400 points) - Silver Creek Entertainment
- Hardwood Spades (400 points) - Silver Creek Entertainment
- Hexic HD (full version included free with Xbox 360 System) - Microsoft Game Studios
- Joust (400 points) - Midway Home Entertainment
- Mutant Storm Reloaded (800 points) - PomPom Games
- Outpost Kaloki (800 points) - Wahoo Studios
- Robotron 2084 (400 points) - Midway Home Entertainment
- Smash TV (400 points) - Midway Home Entertainment
- Wik: Fable of Souls (800 points) - Reflexive Entertainment
- Zuma (800 points) - Popcap Games
In addition, each Xbox Live Arcade game on Xbox 360 offers a fully playable trial version, enabling gamers to experience their favourite arcade games in high-definition before deciding to purchase.