Free to play title Happy Wars has a beta, and it’s out now. That means if you are in the Xbox Live public preview, then you can help yourself to some experimental Xbox free to play action. As usual, Xbox live gold members only.
Two games have been announced this year as being free to play, or freemium titles. But the Happy Wars beta was a bit of a surprise today. If you played it, we’d love to hear what you thought of it. Does free to play have a future on the 360? We hope so.
| Xbox LIVE Arcade | Release Date | MS Points |
| Kung Fu Strike: The Warrior’s Rise | 5-Sep | 800 |
| Dogfight 1942 | 5-Sep | 1200 |
| Mark of the Ninja | 7-Sep | 1200 |
| Red Johnson’s Chronicles – One Against All | 12-Sep | 800 |
| Double Dragon NEON | 12-Sep | 800 |
| Add-ons | Release Date | MS Points |
| Skyrim: Hearthfire | 4-Sep | 400 |
| Pinball FX2: Plants vs. Zombies Table | 5-Sep | 240 |
| Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3: Collection 4 – Final Assault | 6-Sep | 1200 |
| Battlefield 3: Amored Kill Premium Members | 11-Sep | 1200 |
| Quantum Conundrum: IKE-aramba! | 12-Sep | 240 |
| Gold Exclusive Deal of the Week | Discount Dates | Price |
| 4-Sep to 10-Sep | ||
| Babel Rising | 400 | |
| Rayman 3D HD | 400 | |
| Mad Riders | 400 | |
| Alan Wake’s American Nightmare | 600 | |
| Limbo | 600 | |
| Sine Mora | 800 | |
| PopCap | 11-Sep to 17-Sep | |
| Plants vs. Zombies | 600 | |
| Peggle | 400 | |
| Peggle Nights | 200 | |
| Zuma | 200 | |
| Bejeweled 3 | 400 | |
| Heavy Weapon | 400 | |
| Astropop | 400 | |
| Feeding Frenzy 2 | 400 | |
| Bejeweled Blitz Live | 200 | |
| Feeding Frenzy | 200 | |
| Special Sales | Discount Dates | Price |
| Back to School Sale | 4-Sep to 10-Sep | varies |
| Kinect Central – Just Dance 3 Spring Break Pack | 4-Sep to 10-Sep | 320 |
| Kinect Central – Rhythm Party | 11-Sep to 17-Sep | 400 |
| Games on Demand | Release Date | |
| Street Fighter x Tekken | 4-Sep | |
| Sniper Elite V2 | 4-Sep | |
| Cabela’s Adventure Camp | 4-Sep | |
| Karaoke Revolution Glee: Volume 3 | 4-Sep | |
| Birds of Steel | 4-Sep | |
| Max Payne 3 | 11-Sep | |
| Kinect Sports: Season 2 | 11-Sep | |
| FIFA Street | 11-Sep | |
| PowerUp Heroes | 11-Sep | |
| Avatar | Release Date | |
| College Game Day Update | 4-Sep | |
| Rockband Blitz Update | 11-Sep |
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