MS announces second Summer of Arcade Update2: Schedule Change

[Queasy]

Update (7/29): Thanks bdubyah.

Originally posted by: bdubyah
Buy them all, get points back:

http://xboxlive.ign.com/articles/100/1008734p1.html

July 29, 2009 - The second Summer of Arcade is underway on Xbox Live with 'Splosion Man and Marvel vs. Capcom 2 currently available. Still to come are Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time Re-shelled, Trials HD, and Shadow Complex. Today Microsoft announced an incentive to coax gamers into buying all five titles. If you download the lot by August 31, Microsoft will refund 800 Points ($10) back into your account. The entire batch of Summer of Arcade games will set you back $70.

This giveaway is only available to Xbox Live users in the U.S.

Major Nelson lists the dates and prices. I really have to question the price of TMNT: Turtles in Time. Yes, they enhanced the graphics but it is still a pretty short game to begin with. Unless they found a way to extend the game another hour or two I would have to give a big "Boo" to that.

With Monkey Island being released next week, I'm not sure why it wasn't included in this list. <shrug>

UPDATE 2: Schedule Change. Splosion Man is now first out of the box and TMNT gets bumped back two weeks.

July 22: Splosion Man? 800 Microsoft Points
(Twisted Pixel Games/Microsoft): Fools they were, to tread where knowledge should stay forbidden. For what emerged was not a man - it was a Splosion Man. "And all who saw him were sploded, for he was the fire and they were but meat." Able to splode himself at will, the Splosion Man launches his way through levels as an uncontainable force. From Twisted Pixel Games, developer of the award winning The Maw?, Splosion Man will keep you on your toes as you play through more than 50 single-player levels and 50 multiplayer levels. Nominated by GameSpy, Gamespot, IGN, and 411mania, this meat-riddled splosion-fest took several Best of E3 awards including Best Platformer and Best Downloadable Game.

July 29: Marvel vs. Capcom 2 1200 Microsoft Points
(Backbone Entertainment/Capcom): One of the most popular fighting games of all time, ?Marvel vs. Capcom 2,? arrives worldwide on Xbox LIVE Arcade. Choose from 56 legendary characters from Marvel Comics and Capcom history, including Ryu and Wolverine. With online multiplayer over Xbox LIVE and enhanced HD graphics, decide your own dream team in the ultimate tag-team fighting experience.


Aug 5: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?: Turtles in Time Re-shelled 1200 Microsoft Points
(Ubisoft Singapore®/Ubisoft®): Cowabunga dude! Marking the franchise?s 25 anniversary, everyone's favorite Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game is back with a brand new look in ?Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled.? The arcade classic has been revamped with all new 3D graphics, but the same classic beat 'em up gameplay.


August 12: Trials HD 1200 Microsoft Points
(RedLynx/Microsoft): Nominated for GameSpy?s Best Downloadable Game of E3 award, ?Trials HD? is guaranteed to get our heart racing.? Put on your helmet, and rev your way through ?Trials HD,? a full-featured, physics-based motorcycle racing platformer in stunning HD graphics. Tear up more than 50 tracks and test your metal in two unique game modes: Race and Skill. Create, share and download an unlimited number of free tracks with the level editor, and customize your rider to fit your personality.


August 19: Shadow Complex 1200 Microsoft Points
(Chair Entertainment and Epic Games/Microsoft): Winner of numerous Best of E3 awards including Best Downloadable Game from 1UP, IGN, GameTrailers and G4TV, ?Shadow Complex? is the next evolution in downloadable games. ?Shadow Complex? marries the quality and depth of a full retail title with the stunning visuals of Epic Games? industry-leading Unreal Engine 3, and a classic side-scroller. Set in the world of Orson Scott Card?s best-selling novel, ?Empire,? Shadow Complex provides more than 10 hours of in-depth gameplay and introduces a compelling universe.

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Original Post:

- Marvel Vs. Capcom 2
- Monkey Island Special Edition
- Shadow Complex
- 'Splosion Man
- TMNT: Turtles in Time Re-shelled
- Trials HD

This doesn't even include Battlefield 1943. Yeesh.

Joystiq has a trailer montage. Starts on July 22nd per this press release

Summer just got even hotter! The 2nd Annual Summer of Arcade burns up Xbox LIVE® Arcade

Xbox LIVE Arcade is turning up the heat! ?Splode, race, and cowabunga your way through five weeks of this year?s hottest blockbusters in the second annual Summer of Arcade program.

Last year?s Summer of Arcade saw unprecedented success, with games on-par with retail blockbusters, including award-winning ?Braid.? Now we?re burning it up again with five more scorching smash hits beginning Wednesday, July 22, 2009.

Xbox LIVE Arcade has raised the bar, delivering the biggest and best selection of downloadable games on any console. So grab a popsicle and turn up the air-conditioning because these games will keep you sizzling all summer long.

?MARVEL vs. CAPCOM 2? (Backbone Entertainment/Capcom): One of the most popular fighting games of all time, ?MARVEL vs. CAPCOM 2,? arrives on Xbox LIVE Arcade. Choose from 56 legendary characters from Marvel Comics and Capcom history, including Ryu and Wolverine. With online multiplayer over Xbox LIVE and enhanced HD graphics, you decide who is the dream team in the ultimate tag-team fighting experience.

?Shadow Complex? (Chair Entertainment and Epic Games/Microsoft): The next evolution in downloadable games, ?Shadow Complex? marries the quality and depth of a full retail title, the stunning visuals of Epic Games? industry-leading Unreal Engine 3, and a classic side-scroller. ?Set in the world of Orson Scott Card?s best-selling novel, ?Empire,? Shadow Complex introduces a compelling universe in which you collect items and power-ups, and evolve your character into a force of destruction.?

Splosion Man? (Twisted Pixel Games/Microsoft): Fools they were, to tread where knowledge should stay forbidden. For what emerged was not a man - it was a Splosion Man. "And all who saw him were sploded, for he was the fire and they were but meat." Able to splode himself at will, the Splosion Man launches his way through levels, an uncontainable force. From Twisted Pixel Games, developer of the award winning The Maw?, Splosion Man will keep you on your toes as you play through more than 50 single-player levels and 50 multiplayer levels.

?Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?: Turtles in Time Re-shelled? (Ubisoft Singapore®/Ubisoft®): Cowabunga! Everyone's favorite Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game is back with a brand new look in ?Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled.? The arcade classic has been revamped with all new 3D graphics, but the same classic beat 'em up gameplay.

?Trials HD? (RedLynx/Microsoft): Put on your helmet, and rev your way through ?Trials HD,? a fully-featured, physics-based motorcycle racing game in stunning HD graphics. Tear up more than 50 tracks and test your metal in two unique game modes: Race and Skill. Create, share and download an unlimited number of free tracks with the level editor, and customize your rider to fit your personality.

 

[tw1164]

I spend too much money on Xbox Arcade, and it looks like I'll continue to do so. Shadow Complex and Splosion Man looks fun, I'll have to try the demos.

 

[Qbah]

Holy sh!t! Monkey Island! The screens look so awesome, brings back memories... Can't wait!

 

[Queasy]

bump for update

 

[spidey07]

Motorcycle game could be fun.

 

[purbeast0]

$15 for TMNT ... how bout NO!

 

[Thraxen]

Originally posted by: purbeast0
$15 for TMNT ... how bout NO!

Seriously. I hate how 800 became the new 400 and now 1200 is becoming the new 800. The inflation on XBLA has been insane. Shadow Complex is the only game on that list that is likely worth the $15. I may end up passing on TMNT and MvC2 at these prices or at least waiting for a sale.

 

[JoPh]

Originally posted by: Thraxen

Originally posted by: purbeast0
$15 for TMNT ... how bout NO!

Seriously. I hate how 800 became the new 400 and now 1200 is becoming the new 800. The inflation on XBLA has been insane. Shadow Complex is the only game on that list that is likely worth the $15. I may end up passing on TMNT and MvC2 at these prices or at least waiting for a sale.

ouch is right....

i am passing on tmnt now also..... sucks.

bionic commando was 800.. what give with this one....

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: purbeast0
$15 for TMNT ... how bout NO!

Yep. I'll wait until they do one of their Live Deals of the Week before I get that one. Or my son gives me some of his allowance money.

 

[raystorm]

Check out this video of TMNT's first stage. They really screwed up the music. Its awful! On top of that its 1200ms points?? LOL No thanks.


Splosion man looks good, MVC2 for 1200ms points is ok if you like the game and Trials 2 is a good game on the pc (and HARD) but this looks new enough that I may bite.

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: purbeast0
$15 for TMNT ... how bout NO!

Yep. I'll wait until they do one of their Live Deals of the Week before I get that one. Or my son gives me some of his allowance money.

Ummm... just don't pay your son and keep the allowance for yourself! :evil:

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: purbeast0
$15 for TMNT ... how bout NO!

Yep. I'll wait until they do one of their Live Deals of the Week before I get that one. Or my son gives me some of his allowance money.

Ummm... just don't pay your son and keep the allowance for yourself! :evil:

Heh. Well, he's the one aching to play it. I'm not paying 1200 MS Point so it'll come out of his pocket one way or the other.

 

[Queasy]

UPDATE 2: Schedule Change. Splosion Man is now first out of the box and TMNT gets bumped back two weeks.

 

[blurredvision]

So what is everyone's thoughts on the big push towards $15 Live Arcade titles now? I actually don't think I mind it as much as I thought I would. I just hope that by some chance all these titles we have bought over the years will be playable on the next XBOX.

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: purbeast0
$15 for TMNT ... how bout NO!

Yep. I'll wait until they do one of their Live Deals of the Week before I get that one. Or my son gives me some of his allowance money.

Ummm... just don't pay your son and keep the allowance for yourself! :evil:

Heh. Well, he's the one aching to play it. I'm not paying 1200 MS Point so it'll come out of his pocket one way or the other.

Just tell him it's part of a new gov't tax program! :evil:

 

[nsafreak]

July 29th can't come soon enough for me. I can't wait for Marvel vs Capcom 2, still remember the fun times I had back in the arcades with it. Shadow Complex looks interesting as well.

 

[brblx]

in case anyone was wondering the new worms is awesome. :X

 

[nsafreak]

Yeah I went ahead and bought it myself. Ton of fun and it is a pretty good translation from the PC. Bit tricker operating the ninja rope than it was on the PC for me but I'm sure I'll get the hang of it.

 

[KlokWyze]

Can't wait for shadow complex.....

 

[chuckywang]

I'll definitely be buying Shadow Complex first day.

 

[BD2003]

Originally posted by: peritusONE
So what is everyone's thoughts on the big push towards $15 Live Arcade titles now? I actually don't think I mind it as much as I thought I would. I just hope that by some chance all these titles we have bought over the years will be playable on the next XBOX.

I dont mind so much because the rise in price seems to have led to a rise in scope and quality. BF1942 and MvC2 are most definitely $15 games than are way bigger than the old XBLA titles.

But now that its become the standard, there's still a few games that are priced that high that arent making the cut, like TMNT.

 

[R Nilla]

Originally posted by: BD2003
But now that its become the standard, there's still a few games that are priced that high that arent making the cut, like TMNT.

Yeah, unless there's some major component to that game that I don't know about, $15 is too much for a 30-minute game no matter how nicely it has been "re-shelled."

No price is unreasonable so long as there is enough content to justify it, especially considering that there are games on the DS and PSP that cost $20-$30+ and are comparable to some of the PSN and XBLA offerings.

 

[bdubyah]

Buy them all, get points back:

http://xboxlive.ign.com/articles/100/1008734p1.html

 

[raystorm]

Just a bump... I just got my 800points. I enjoyed all the summer of arcade games except for TMNT (which isn't awful but its the worst of the lot to me) so this is like a refund.