Major Nelson has revealed that this week’s Xbox LIVE Deal of the Week is for Ninja Gaiden II’s Mission Mode expansion, reduced by 33% to 560 Microsoft Points for all Xbox LIVE Gold members.

Mission Mode is an all new game mode whereby you can challenge your skills in self-contained missions featuring trials and tribulations not found in the standard story mode. Karma Attack missions task you with obtaining the highest score, while Survival missions give you a single weapon to fight off as many enemies as possible. You can also take your high scores online and compete with players around the world on the mission leaderboards.

You can queue the DLC up to download via the Xbox.com Marketplace.The DLC usually costs 800 Microsoft Points.

The promotion follows on from last week’s deal, where time-bending puzzler Braid was reduced to 800 points from its original 1200.

Future content to be included in the campaign is said to include add-ons for Project Gotham Racing 4, as well as the original Xbox classic, Fable.

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