Heads Up — 7/17

 

Welcome to our new 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.

It’s a light week on the game side of things, but football fans will definitely want to check out the newest offering in the NCAA franchise. Dodgeball aficionados should try Double D Dodgeball, or if you’re looking for something more relaxing, Coffeetime Crosswords may be just what you need.

The best release of the week was easy to choose this time around, and, as always, we highlight it as our Jewel of the Week!

 

JEWEL OF THE WEEK:

The Best of The Who Rock Band Edition

The Who were one of the greatest rock bands of the '60s and '70s. After recent DLC releases from Jimmy Buffet and The Pixies didn’t exactly scream “Let’s rock it out!” it’s nice to see Harmonix put the “rock” back in Rock Band.

Best of all, the song pack comes with a deal! The 12 songs cost 160 MS Points ($2) each, but if you buy them as one pack, you’ll spend only 1,600 MS Points ($20). Not bad.

 

NEW RETAIL GAMES:

NCAA Football 09
OXM Review Score: 8.5

Space Chimps
OXM Review Score: Not yet finalized

 

NEW XBOX LIVE ARCADE GAMES:

Coffeetime Crosswords (800 MS Points [$10])
OXM Review Score: Not yet finalized

Double D Dodgeball (800 MS Points [$10])
OXM Review Score: 6.5

 

NEW DEMOS:

Too Human (FREE)

 

NEW DOWNLOADABLE CONTENT:

The Best of The Who Rock Band Edition (1,600 MS Points [$20] total or 160 MS Points [$2] individually)

• “Young Man Blues (Live at Leeds)”

• “Who Are You”

• “Summertime Blues (Live at Leeds)”

• “Sea and Sand”

• “Real Good Looking Boy”

• “My Generation (Live at Leeds)”

• “Leaving Here”

• “Going Mobile”

• “Eminence Front”

• “Behind Blue Eyes”

• “Baba O’Riley”

• “Amazing Journey”