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Xbox Summer Of Arcade Titles, Dates, And Prices

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by Matt Akers on July 08, 2013 at 01:14 PM

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Major Nelson announced details for Microsoft’s Summer of Arcade this morning, which included a list of titles with their prices and release dates. Summer of Arcade is an annual XBLA promotion that typically marks the release of four or five new games.

Those who purchase at least two Summer of Arcade 2013 titles will receive a free in-game Soul Pack for Ascend: Hand of Kul.

The full lineup with details is below:

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons – August 7 – 1,200 MS points ($15)

Charlie Murder – August 14 – 800 MS points ($10)

Flashback – August 21 – 800 MS points ($10)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows – August 28 – 1,200 MS points ($15)

Take a look at the Summer of Arcade trailer released last month during E3 here.

Our Take
This is Microsoft’s sixth consecutive year holding its Summer of Arcade promotion (known as Winter of Arcade in the southern hemisphere). It kicks off nearly a month later than last year. In terms of highly anticipated titles, this lineup isn't quite as strong as we've seen in the past.

The Summer of Arcade promotion has typically come with a discount for purchasing multiple games in the form of returned MS points. The fact that this year’s bonus comes in the form of an in-game item pack is somewhat exclusionary for those who don’t own or want to play Ascend: Hand of Kul.

[Source: Major Nelson]

Filed under: News, Xbox 360, Microsoft, Xbox Live, XBLA, Summer of Arcade

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by DeadeyeJEDI Monday, July 08, 2013 at 05:25 PM

Weak sauce M$. In my opinion State of Decay should have been one of them. At this point we now know UL could have used the extra time to iron out the kinks. That may have saved this boring ass SoA.
by Timothy Repasky Monday, July 08, 2013 at 05:39 PM

It's just now starting? Summer is past half-way over Microsoft.
by TasmanianGecko Monday, July 08, 2013 at 06:37 PM

Looking forward to Charlie Murder. After all, it's being made by the same people who made The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai.
by Mastalin Monday, July 08, 2013 at 08:01 PM

I took advantage of it.
by tk575 Monday, July 08, 2013 at 09:05 PM

I might get brothers if it reviews well. Not real excited about it though.
by VinsanityV22 Monday, July 08, 2013 at 09:20 PM

First off, it's stupid that megapublishers like Ubi Soft and Activision get half of the "Summer of Arcade" promotion. Isn't the XBLA for smaller games? Riskier titles? Independent studios? Or has Microsoft already burned bridges in that community - they're not even waiting until the XBone to screw the little guy over?

Secondly, it's also stupid that this promotion features at least 3 multiplatform games (I don't know - or care - about Charlie Murder). Shouldn't this highlight exclusives for the XBLA? Games like Battleblock Theater and Dust: An Elysian Tail?

Whatever. "Timed exclusives" are just something I'll deal with. I hope TMNT is good - Red Fly is a talented studio; the Wii SKU of The Force Unleashed 2 blew away it's HD counterpart in every department except visually, and it has some of the best/most thoughtful pointer/motion controls of any games on the platform. They also did solid games in Mushroom Men, Ghostbusters and Thor. So TMNT should at least PLAY alright. I just hope it's more than just a dumb, repetitive brawler with levels that are little more than arenas with different skins. I hope it's a REAL game, y'know? It looks ugly though - I personally would've liked to see them just use the style from the new Nickelodeon show to be honest.
by Roxin17 Monday, July 08, 2013 at 10:32 PM

Wtf. I have to wait for TMNT until summers over?! I'm so disappointed I'm literally going to throw up. :(
by AbsoluteDeicide Monday, July 08, 2013 at 10:46 PM

Charlie Murder and Flashback for sure. The new TMNT... ehhh.
by John Wrek Tuesday, July 09, 2013 at 07:30 PM

Looks like a few neat titles.
by Klay_Yeti Tuesday, July 09, 2013 at 11:58 PM

I'm quite looking forward to TMNT. Sucks that it won't be out for another month on PS3...I guess it will let me know if it is going to be worth it or not.
by tman418 Saturday, July 13, 2013 at 04:06 PM

The new TMNT game looks pretty damn nice. Definitely going to download it if I'm not too busy completing other games that I abandoned awhile ago.
by outlaw4728 Monday, July 15, 2013 at 01:18 PM

I saw these sales! Not too shabby but I like to be able to resell my games.
by mary4447 Thursday, October 24, 2013 at 09:39 AM

Won't be getting any of these... still surprised State of Decay wasn't held to put in this line up, that way it could have been more polished off. Does anybody know if the new patch has fixed most of the problems?