New Orange Box and Area 51 demos (and a lot more) now up on Xbox Live @ Gaming Target

Written by John Scalzo on November 22, 2007

News: For those that haven't give Half-Life 2 a shot yet, now's your chance.

Thanksgiving is one of the few days where almost everybody has the day off. Enjoying good food and good football with family and friends, it's a great day. It's also turning into a pretty good day to be an Xbox 360 owner.

Microsoft has dropped a ton of new content onto the Xbox Live Marketplace over the last few days and there appears to be something for everyone:

There's the previously announced free download of the "Halo Theme (Mjolnir Mix)" for Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock.

Three new demos have appeared on the service recently, including one for the megahit Half-Life 2: The Orange Box. An expanded demo of Blacksite: Area 51 has also been released and a demo of the dirty racer MX vs ATV Untamed is available as well.

The full Phantasy Star expansion, Phantasy Star Universe: Ambition of the Illuminus, is now available for 1600 Microsoft Points.

Naruto fans get a chance to play the latest adaptation of the anime series in the original Japanese with a free Japanese voices patch for Naruto Rise Of A Ninja.

This is by no means everything Microsoft has added recently. More new downloadables are available at the Xbox 360-based blog of Major Nelson.

source: Major Nelson