Microsoft has added two more games to their downloadable games service, Games On Demand. The first is Batman Arkham Aylum, which will cost $40 while the second, Phantasy Star Universe will cost a more manageable $20.

According to Microsoft’s official Xbox website, Xbox Live may be seeing some techincal difficulutes. No, you won’t be shut out of the service completely but if you’re looking to download items you have already purchased or download original Xbox titles through Games on Demand, you may be seeing some problems.

Luckily, Microsoft is aware of the problem and is working hard to fix it. We’ll keep you updated.

Looking to try out a new game but don’t want to leave your couch? Well then if you have an Xbox 360 you’ll be happy to hear that Far Cry 2, Kane and Lynch: Dead Men and Shrek the Third gave all hit Xbox Live’s Games on Demand service.

You’re looking at about $30 for both Far Cry and Kane and Lynch and about $20 for Shrek the Third.

Way back when Microsoft first introduced the ability to install and run games off of your Xbox 360′s hard drive, users were urged not to do it with one title in particular: Halo 3. For some reason, the way Bungie made the game allowed it to run better off of a disc than the hard drive, why is anyones guess.

Well now, Microsoft has apparantly done away with this warning now offering Halo 3 through their Games on Demand service which means you’ll be playing the game completely from the hard drive. Back in 2008 when Bungie first warned against this they said that some maps could potentially take longer to load when booted from the hard drive.

Now, when questioned by Kotaku, Bungie has responded with the following statement:

“To our knowledge there was no additional work done on the code to optimize the game for HDD [harddrive] installation.”

So, have any of you bought the game virtually? If so, let us know how it went in the comments.

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Have $20 burning a hole in your pocket? Well, it was just announced that Avatar and SEGA Superstar Tennis have hit Xbox Live’s Games on Demand service for $19.99 a piece.

Avatar may not be the best game on the market but it’s widely known as one of the easiest ways to get an additional 1,000 Gamescore points.

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Sometime last year Microsoft launched their Games on Demand service for the Xbox 360. If you can’t tell by the name of the service you can digitally purchase full games, got it?

Anyways, it was recently announced that Rare’s Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts is making its way onto the service for $19.99. Of course, you’re probably going to want to make sure you’ve upgraded your hard drive as the game clocks in at 6GB.

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Xbox 360s Xbox Live Games On Demand just got expanded with Dirt and Dead Space. Dirt was released two years ago, while the sequel, Dirt 2 was released only a few months ago (read our Dirt 2 review). While Dirt will retail for $30, Dead Space, the horror game released last year, will retail for only $20, a great deal which definitely rivals the price if should you buy it used on eBay or at GameStop.

Microsoft has revealed that Xbox Originals, the download service for original Xbox games on the Xbox 360, would be discontinued after the next game, and replaced by the new “Games on Demand” service, which will offer full Xbox 360 games to be downloaded. Microsoft has yet to announce what final the on the Xbox Originals will be. The new service will launch later this summer.

Finally a reason to shell out the extra cash for the 120GB harddrive, full games on demand. Yes, Microsoft has recently announced at E3 that they will begin offering full, retail Xbox 360 games for download over their Xbox Live service.

Don’t get too excited yet because the new service isn’t set to go live until August but make note that you’ll be buying the virtual titles with a credit card instead of Microsoft Points.

Unfortunately, Engadget reports that Microsoft will not allow full titles to be rented but that it “sounds great for the future”.