Top story: Old school XBLA shooter sale, News from GamePro

Our top story for today flew right under the radar because we're all so used to Xbox Live content drops. Here's how next week's is different.

Major Nelson's routine"Coming Soon"post on upcoming Xbox Live Arcade deals for next week isfilledwith classic, old school shooters in the Deal of the Week section.

Xbox Live Deal of the Week:

Week of February 7– Retro Shooter:

• Duke Nukem Manhattan Project, 400 Microsoft Points (50 percent off)
• Space Invaders Infinity Gene, 400 Microsoft Points (50 percent off)
• Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2, 400 Microsoft Points (50 percent off)
• Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter, 400 Microsoft Points (67 percent off)
• Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter, 400 Microsoft Points
• Galaga Legions, 400 Microsoft Points (50 percent off)

Week of February 14:

• Blacklight: Tango Down, 600 Microsoft Points (50 percent off)
• Risk Factions, 400 Microsoft Points (50 percent off)

This is newsworthy because people love a sale and most Xbox Live gamers love shooters. At the same time, the story's not really"news"because the Deal of the Week happenseveryweek. Normally, when something big is coming down the pipe -- like Call of Duty: Black Ops DLC -- everyone knows about it well in advance and it break-out posts on tons of sites. But a little gem like this just goes right under the radar if not for sharp-eyed gamers looking for a good deal.

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