Microsoft Announces "Summer of Arcade" 2009 Releases

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#1 MightyBillam
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Xbox.com's Major Nelson spread the word today on what games would be included as part of Microsoft's Summer of Arcade, as well as their prices and release dates. Find the full list of incredible Xbox LIVE Arcade releases below:

July 22nd - "TMNT: Turtles in Time Re-shelled" (1200 MS Points/$15)
This seems a little steep, considering it's really just the old game with updated (albiet very swank-looking) graphics. If I recall, the original adventure took about 2 hours to complete and doesn't exactly have the level of depth as, say, "Bionic Commando Rearmed," which released at 800 MS points.

July 29 - "Marvel vs. Capcom 2″ (1200 MS Points/$15)
"Street Fighter 2 HD Remix Extreme Ultra Megamix" had a lot of value and great netcode, so I feel like this is in-line with what we've come to expect for a $15 game. After all, there are dozens of characters and there's that terrible soundtrack to look forward to!

August 5 - Splosion Man (800 MS Points/$10)
The quality of "The Maw," this developer's last downloadable game, was respectable. Also the hero is made of explosions. Bonus!

August 12 - Trials HD (1200 MS Points/$15)
I've been tooling around with this one quite a bit lately. Horribly addictive, cringe-inducing physics and motorcycles doing loop-de-loops before falling into pits of fire.

August 19 - Shadow Complex (1200 MS Points/$15)
No surprise this one comes last, but that doesn't make the wait any less painful. It was my pick for best downloadable game of E3, having spent some additional time with it earlier this week, I can safely say that it rocks. Hard.

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I'm pretty excited about MvC2, 'Splosion Man, and Shadow Complex. I don't do a lot of Arcade gaming but with good titles like this coming out, I may be more inclined to. This comes at the perfect time where the summer game lull is in full effect.
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Imo shadow complex looks awful, the E3 trailer during the Microsfot conference was dreadful i mean wtf a foam gun?!?!?!

The rest of the games look good but cliffy be should stop being involved in crap games and fix gow2

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#4 CNUrGames
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[QUOTE="G00DANG"]

Imo shadow complex looks awful, the E3 trailer during the Microsfot conference was dreadful i mean wtf a foam gun?!?!?!

The rest of the games look good but cliffy be should stop being involved in crap games and fix gow2

GoW2 isn't terrible anymore once they fixed the match times. I think this was just a little project for Epic to take their mind off of Gears3 for a while. Though I was really hoping for a Gears3 announcement at E3
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#5 G00DANG
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Its too early for gow3, the gow2 multiplayer is still screwed, there is rediculous host advantage and i thought it was fixed after the last update though after 3 days it went laggy again.

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Wow 1200 MSP for Turtles? Come on.... However, due to enormous nostalgia, I will buy it. Damn you Microsoft. DAMN YOU!
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I wondered why I was so terrible at that game. I'll stick to Horde mode thanks :lol:
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#8 aero250
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1200 points for turtles NOOOO! i can't afford that DAM you microsoft.
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Trials HD could be cool. Elastomania all over again.
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#10 vashkey
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The only one I'm interested in is Shadow Complex. Considering it's single player only I'm kinda iffy. Not sure why they decided summer of arcade just start. There have already been some good arcade releases this summer. Sonic the Hedgehog 3, Battlefield 1943, Worms 2: Armageddon, The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match, Garou :Mark of the Wolves, Gunstar Heroes, Phantasy Star II, Altered Beast.
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[QUOTE="CTUDude"]Wow 1200 MSP for Turtles? Come on.... However, due to enormous nostalgia, I will buy it. Damn you Microsoft. DAMN YOU!

Don't blame MS for the price. Blame the studio who developed the game. Blame Ubisoft.
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Trials HD, Shadow Complex are my day 1 buys. I still have MvC2 on Dreamcast.
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#13 vashkey
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[QUOTE="DJ_Magneto"][QUOTE="CTUDude"]Wow 1200 MSP for Turtles? Come on.... However, due to enormous nostalgia, I will buy it. Damn you Microsoft. DAMN YOU!

Don't blame MS for the price. Blame the studio who developed the game. Blame Ubisoft.

Actually, Microsoft does have a certain amount of control over the pricing of content on the market place. It could be Microsoft, it could be Ubisoft. Theres no telling unless someone from the two companies say something.
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Is Serious Sam HD supposed to be this summer as well?.

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Splosion Man looked absolutely hilarious, I'm all over it. :D

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#16 guthwulf_de
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None of them really interest me. I might check out Splosion Man, but I'm not sure.