14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft has finally released the official details on the 2012 edition of its traditional Xbox Live House Party promo, which is set to start on February 15 and includes four great games.
Microsoft relies on special events to raise the hype around major digital releases that happen on its Xbox Live online service, including offers like the Indie Uprising or the Summer of Arcade.
Now, just like every other February, the company is getting ready for the Xbox Live House Party promotion, which already saw its contents leak at the beginning of the week. While we knew the games that would be offered at that time, Microsoft has now revealed a start date for the House Party.
“Beginning February 15, Xbox LIVE will deliver four back-to-back releases of the best downloadable games, with one new title a week. Xbox LIVE Arcade House Party provides ongoing fun for you and your friends, in your living room and across the globe, bringing four more of the most highly anticipated titles to your Xbox 360 console,” the company said.
The games that will be a part of the House Party include Alan Wake’s American Nightmare, I Am Alive, Nexuiz, and Warp. In case you’re not familiar with them, check out their official descriptions below, straight from Microsoft itself.
Alan Wake’s American Nightmare (Microsoft Studios): In this brand-new stand-alone experience, Alan Wake fights the herald of darkness, the evil Mr. Scratch. A thrilling new storyline, hordes of creepy enemies, serious firepower and beautiful Arizona locations, combined with a fun and challenging new game mode, make this a must for Alan Wake veterans, and the perfect jumping-on point for new players. Can you survive until sunrise?
I Am Alive (Ubisoft): One year after a worldwide cataclysmic event has wiped out most of human civilization, a man struggles for survival. Faced with an insecure, decaying and hazardous world, he scours a desolated city, searching for his long-lost wife and daughter. Survive the suffocating, murky streets covered in dust. Climb the teetering remains of last-standing skyscrapers to reach breathable air and find untouched resources. Explore the crumbling ruins of a once-thriving metropolis. Discover a changed human condition, punctuated by distrustful survivors, dangerous armed gangs and victims in need.
Nexuiz (THQ): For centuries, the Kavussari and the Forsellians have waged war. They have a fragile truce but, because of their seething disgust of each other, still pit warriors against each other in arenas rather than on the fields of war. These episodes of lethal combat are broadcast throughout the galaxy as entertainment — a spectacle known as The Nexuiz Competition — an arena-based first-person shooter where you can alter the rules of the match and the laws of physics while dominating opponents in ever-changing hostile environments.
Warp (EA): “Warp” is a puzzle-based stealth action game where you play as Zero, a lovable-yet-lethal orange alien with a big score to settle! Captured by the villainous Commander and imprisoned in his underwater facility, Zero must plan his ultimate escape using his arsenal of alien abilities — warp, frag, echo, swap and launch. Are you excited for these great downloadable games that will be offered through the House Party? Share your picks below by leaving a comment.