from Joystiq: An official post on the Epic Games forums states that the Lancer and Hammerbust items for Xbox Avatars will not be available starting January 1, 2012. Those who have purchased the items prior to the new year are in the clear and can keep them.
The post notes that the removal of the Lancer and Hammerburst are part of a new policy going into effect for "gun-like avatar items" on the Marketplace. It would appear that this is just the latest addition to the list of things Avatars can't have or do.
Gold Member Deals of the Week (Tuesday) - Full House Poker (480 pts) - Hasbro Family Game Night: Connect 4×4 (400 pts) - Hasbro Family Game Night: Jenga (400 pts) - Hasbro Family Game Night: Pictureka (400 pts) - Hasbro Family Game Night: Sorry! Slider (400 pts) - Hasbro Family Game Night: Sorry! (400 pts) - Hasbro Family Game Night: Boggle (400 pts) - Hasbro Family Game Night: Battleship (400 pts) - Hasbro Family Game Night: Yahtzee (400 pts) - Hasbro Family Game Night: Connect 4 (400 pts) - Hasbro Family Game Night: Scrabble (400 pts)
Deal of the Day (Tuesday) - Halo Reach on Games on Demand, as well as a bunch of map packs, Avatar items, and themes
Retail (Tuesday) - nothing, from the looks of it
Games on Demand (Tuesday) - Transformers: Dark of the Moon - Child of Eden - Wipeout: In The Zone - Resonance of Fate
Rock Band 3 DLC (Tuesday; * has optional Pro Guitar/Bass for an extra $1) - Cobra Starship (ft. Sabi) – You Make Me Feel… - Gym Class Heroes (ft. Adam Levine) – Stereo Hearts - Panic! at the Disco – I Write Sins Not Tragedies * - Paramore – Pressure - Sublime with Rome – Panic * - Travie McCoy (ft. Bruno Mars) – Billionaire
Deal of the Day (Wednesday) - Sonic 4, Episode 1 (320 pts) - Sonic Adventure (320 pts) - Sonic Adventure Upgrade (160 pts) - Sonic the Hedgehog (160 pts) - Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (160 pts) - Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (160 pts)
Rock Band DLC (Saturday; * has optional Pro Guitar/Bass for an extra $1) - Rush – 2112: Overture, The Temple of Syrinx * - Rush – 2112: Discovery, Presentation * - Rush – 2112: Oracle: The Dream, Soliloquy, Grand Finale *
I think this is taking the place of next week's Rock Band DLC.
From RockBandAide: If you purchase the 3-pack, similar to the Abbey Road Beatles DLC, you will also receive one 20-minute marathon medley of all seven parts of the suite, exclusively available in this special pack. And that’s not it! You ALSO will receive the Pro Guitar and Pro Bass upgrades for all three packages, as well as a Pro Guitar and Pro Bass upgrade for the medley for free!
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