This year Madden fans are waiting for the Twentieth Anniversary Edition. It’s hard to believe the franchise started back in 1989. Today EA announced news about Madden NFL 09 first item was that Brett Favre would be on the cover. It was also announced gamers can expect 80+ new features one of the biggest is the new broadcast presentation by Cris Collinsworth and Tom Hammond which means the EA radio network is a thing of the past.

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While it may not be the first album we expected today Rock Band has its first full album download. Screaming for Vengeance by Judas Priest hit the marketplace today and is available as a full album download for 1200 Microsoft points or 160 MS points per track. You may notice on the Xbox dashboard it say’s 10 songs this is a typo. Here is the list of tracks and they are performed by the group and not cover versions.

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This week the award winning card game from Sierra Lost Cities hits the Xbox Live Arcade. The game mixes card playing with a puzzle like theme as gamers tries to get the highest points and make their way through each location. Lost Cities is going to appeal to both the casual and hardcore gamer alike. It hits on Wednesday and will cost 800 Microsoft points.

I wanted to post this since many are still asking it is true that EA mentioned that there would be DLC for weapons for the game. Many gamers myself included felt this was not fair and would create issues. EA has already started a trend of having downloads unlocking things in games without playing them. I could beat the topic with a dead horse but instead I will say what we all have said here at XBS “Paying for content already in the game is going too far” Now with that being said if gamers continue to buy the downloads they are going to keep putting them out plain and simple. However, with the upcoming Battlefield: Bad Company DICE and EA decided against the weapon packs on the marketplace.

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For gamers waiting to get the new Guitar: Hero Aerosmith I have the official news on pricing. The bundle featuring the game and the wireless guitar with the classic Aerosmith logo will cost $99.99. There is a catch for those wanting the faceplate you must pre-order the bundle before the release date. Personally I already have a wireless guitar and think they would make fans happy if they would sell the faceplate even for a limited time. Sadly this will not happen so you’ll need to slap down $20.00 bucks to pre-order the bundle if you want the faceplate.

Today it was announced that the new Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Variety pack has been download over a million times since the release nine days ago. This sets another record for the title in the last week. Since it was also recorded the game has sold over nine million copies multi platform. It is impressive since this is just for the Xbox marketplace and the maps are due to hit the PS3 store on the 24th.

Sega has released a demo for the upcoming Iron Man game. It is already available free on the Xbox Live Marketplace. Xbox 360 users get to play the demo before Playstation 3 users as the demo is not available yet on the Playstation Store.

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Halo: 3 fans have been waiting for new maps to frag players on. Today the Halo: 3 Legendary Map pack hit the marketplace. Featuring three new maps Avalanche, Blackout and Ghost Town this is the second dlc pack and costs 800 Microsoft points. Anyone who buys the new maps will be able to register to win some cool Halo: 3 swag click here for all the details.

Motley Crue is making gaming history today their brand new song Saints of Los Angeles is part of the new DLC for Rock Band. The track is going to be the first song released off their new CD but Rock Band gamers get it first. The new DLC Classic Rock 01 pack also includes Message in a Bottle by The Police, Call Me by Blonde and Simple Man by Lynyrd Skynyrd. The pack is 440 Microsoft points or 160 MS points a track. We thought the first new track would be from another band but it’s great to see artists willing to debut their songs on Rock Band first.
Note: Saints of Los Angeles is on the marketplace for 80 Microsoft points and is not part of the classic rock pack. Sorry for the mistake.

A new party game based on the classic 1960’s cartoon series of the same name is hitting the XBL Arcade this Wednesday. Zen studio’s announced that Rocky and Bullwinkle will feature over a 100 mini games. 25 of the games will support the Xbox Live Vision Camera. The game will also have a retro look to fit the theme and feature all the main characters from the series. No word on an Xbox live mode but there is a local mode that supports 12 players. The cost will be 800 Microsoft points and the game is rated E by the ESRB. For more information and screenshots visit the official website by clicking here.