Major Nelson reveals new Marketplace content releases and deals

The next two weeks of Xbox Live Marketplace is meatier that it has been this Summer, as not only does the Summer of Arcade conclude with Hybrid and Dust: An Elysian Tail, but some of the biggest downloadable content will be landing. The DLC includes the Cold Stream DLC for Left 4 Dead 2, the Firefight Pack for Mass Effect 3, the third DLC pack for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, as well as some Quantum Conundrum content and an online multiplayer upgrade for Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World.

The Xbox Live deals are none too shabby, either, as Kingdoms of Amalur and Saints Row: The Third downloadable content prices get slashed in half. And for the few Xbox 360 gamers who don’t own it already, The Orange Box makes its debut on Games On Demand.

The upcoming content includes:

Xbox Live Arcade

* Hybrid (Microsoft Studios) 8-Aug 1200

• Dust: An Elysian Tail (Microsft Studios) 15-Aug 1200

Add-ons

* Left 4 Dead 2: Cold Stream (Valve) 3-Aug 560

• Mass Effect 3: Firefight Pack (Electronic Arts) 7-Aug 160

• Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3: Collection 3 (Activision) 9-Aug 1200

• Rocksmith: Bass Expansion (Ubisoft) 14-Aug 2400

• Quantum Cunumdrum: The Desmond Debacle (Square Enix) 15-Aug 240

• Scott Pilgrim: Online Multiplayer+Wallace Pack (Ubisoft) 19-Aug 400

Gold Exclusive Deal of the Week

Electronic Arts 7-Aug to 13-Aug

* Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning – Teeth of Naros 400 (50% off)

• Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning – Legend of Dead Kel 400 (50% off)

• Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning – Weapons & Armor Bundle 200 (50% off)

Family DOTW: 7-Aug to 13-Aug

* Bejeweled 3 (PopCap) 600 (50% off)

THQ 14-Aug to 20-Aug

* Saints Row: The Third – Genkibowl VII 280 (50% off)

• Saints Row: The Third – Gangstas in Space 280 (50% off)

• Saints Row: The Third – The Trouble with Clones 280 (50% off)

Special Sales

* Kinect Central: Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® 13 11 Course Pack (Electronic Arts) 7-Aug to 13-Aug 1920 (40% off)

• Kinect Central: Carnival Games: MSMD – Coasterama Pack (2K Play) 14-Aug to 20-Aug 160 (50% off)

Square Enix 14-Aug to 20-Aug

* Just Cause 2: Black Market Aerial Pack 80 (50% off)

• Just Cause 2: Black Market ‘Boom’ Pack 80 (50% off)

• Just Cause 2: Scorpion Animated Pet 80 (50% off)

• Deus Ex: Human Revolution Missing Link 600 (50% off)

Games on Demand

* The Orange Box: Half Life 2 (Valve) 7-Aug

• NASCAR® Unleashed (Activision) 7-Aug

• King of Fighters XIII 7-Aug