New Content on Xbox Live and PlayStation Network
First up on Xbox Live is the Alien Hominid PDA pack. The pack offers 100 PDA mini-games previously released only with the European version of the original retail Alien Hominid game. The PDA Euro pack can be had for 150 Microsoft points.
Activision has released the long awaited Hero and Villain packs for the Xbox 360 version of Marvel: Ultimate Alliance. Each pack is separately available for 500 points, or 800 points when bought combined.
The PlayStation Network didn’t receive any additional in-game content, but did see the debut of two new demos. Gamers can now download samplings of Ninja Gaiden Sigma, the upcoming PS3-exclusive action combat game, and Virtua Tennis 3. Both are freely downloadable.
In related news, Sony-sponsored blog Three Speech announced that the PSN will receive two new games this summer: Super Stardust HD and Snakeball.
A follow-up to the ‘93 and ‘95 Amiga shoot-em-ups Stardust and Super Stardust, the PSN game will see players breaking down asteroids and destroying enemies with a spaceship on a fixed background. The PS3 version adds various weapon power-ups as well as planets that players have to defend from attacks. The other game – Snakeball – is a modified version of Snake. Players have to guide a robotic snake to consume colored balls and grow as long as possible. Standard single-player mode is there, along with a Challenge Mode that pits players up against a succession of fortified arenas. The game will support eight-player online multiplayer and more.
Super Stardust HD will hit the PSN this June, with Snakeball following in July.