Death Tank Released – Xbox Live Arcade

This new title looks pretty cool, a kind of cross between Worms and an iphone tank game called CannonGame. (which is fun and free, btw.)

Slick looking graphics round out a decent sounding package - until you hear the price, that is. 1200 Mars Units - or $15 bucks to those here on planet earth. I just don't get it. Why would they price games right out of the market like this? It looks like a fun game worth somewhere between 5 and 10 bucks.

Once you get above $10, there are too many cheap xbox 360 games, full retail titles, from the last year or two with much more value and play time.

Of course, Microsoft may be trying to help with boosting the economy, asking for that extra fiver. It was stimulus package signing day and all.