Xbox Live Arcade

• Diabolical Pitch – 800 MS Points – April 4th
• The Pinball Arcade – 800 MS Points – April 4th
• Anomoly: War Zone Earth – 800 MS Points – April 6th
• The Splatters – 800 MS Points – April 11th
• Fez – 800 MS Points – April 13th

Add Ons

• Kinect Sports Season Two Basketball – 400 MS Points – April 3rd
• Forza Motorsport 4 April Alpinestars Car Pack – 560 MS Points – April 3rd

Deal of the Week

April 3rd – 9th

• King of Fighters 98 – 400 MS Points
• King of Fighters 2002 – 400 MS Points
• King of Fighters Sky Stage – 400 MS Points
• Metal Slug 3 – 400 MS Points
• Metal Slug XX – 600 MS Points
• Trouble Witches – 400 MS Points

April 10th – 16th

• Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Package – 800 MS Points
• Modern Warfare 2 Resurgence Pack – 800 MS Points
• COD: WAW Map Pack 1 – 400 MS Points
• COD: WAW Map Pack 2 – 400 MS Points
• COD: WAW Map Pack 3 – 400 MS Points
• COD: WAW Map Pack Bundle – 1200 MS Points

Special Sale – April 3rd – 9th

• Max Payne Sale – 33% Off

Games on Demand

• FIFA 12 – April 3rd
• Game Party: In Motion – April 3rd
• Kinectimals – April 10th
• Air Conflicts Secret Wars – April 10th
• Jurassic Park The Game – April 10th

Avatar

• Sonic 4 Episode 2 – April 3rd
• Kinect Rush – April 3rd
• MLB Update – April 3rd
• Adidas Performance Update – April 10th
• NHL Update – April 10th
• Most Wanted – April 10th
• Call of Duty Black Ops RC-XD – 160 MS Points – April 3rd – 9th
• Modern Warfare 3 Drone – 160 MS Points – April 3rd – 9th

via Major Nelson

Upcoming MMORPG The Secret World has gotten a pre-order trailer.  This gritty and interesting video game on dark fantasy and mythology is releasing for the PC on June 19, 2012.  A date for the Xbox 360 version has not been revealed yet.

via EA Youtube

Microsoft has announced their Arcade Next promotion which will feature 4 unique games and see an increase from 200 to 400 gamerscore points and contain up to 30 achievements for Xbox Live Arcade games.

The upcoming releases begin on April 18th and will conclue on May 9th.

• Trials Evolution – April 18th – 1200 Microsoft Points
• Blood Forge – April 25th – 1200 Microsoft Points
• Fable Heroes – May 2nd – 800 Microsoft Points
• Minecraft – May 9th – 1600 Microsoft Points

Successful arcade game developer PopCap has announced that Zuma’s Revenge will be releasing on the Xbox Live Arcade this coming summer to the tune of 800 Microsoft Points.

Zuma’s Revenge will come with 20 achievements, new gameplay including no checkpoints and no more game overs, online leaderboards, new modes including Boss Rush and Weekly Challenge, as well as tiki themed avatar awards for your Xbox Live mini me.

Not bad for 800 MS Points if you ask me.

via PopCap PR

EA is at it again and this time the server shut down is angering gamers who had to purchase an online pass in order to use the multiplayer.

MMA, EA Sports Active 2, The Saboteur, The Godfather II, and a few others that you can find at EA’s Service Updates, are all having their servers shut down on April 13th.  EA cites that only 1% of their player base play these games and therefore are no longer needed.

Fans of MMA took to EA’s MMA forums to speak their mind about how disappointed they are that EA keeps shutting down servers for games that are requiring an online pass to play and are questioning why EA does not choose to use a virtual server for the games that fall in the low category of usage.

Other server shut downs that will be happening later this month on March 31st for users of the iPhone, iPad, and iTouch include Battlefield 3: Aftershock, Fantasi Safari, and Ghost Harvest.

via Beef Jack

Some Xbox 360 gamers had the unfortunate discovery this morning of their achievements going missing or their entire gamerscore reset to zero.

Since the announcement this morning Microsoft has said that they are aware of the issue and are working on it.  They do offer a few suggestions such as signing in and out of Xbox Live and also recovering your gamertag onto your console.  There are reports of people confirming that recovering your gamertag seems to fix the issue.

via Xbox Support Twitter