Years ago, summer was a barren wasteland for gaming. Companies wouldn’t dare release a triple A title in July or August, instead opting to prepare for the holiday rush. Fast forward to 2010, and publishers aren’t afraid to deliver quality games, especially Microsoft. Its Summer of Arcade, which began in 2008, features five excellent Xbox Live Arcade games, and this year’s lineup has something for everyone. To prep you for this gaming goodness, we created this quick preview guide.
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These are the best short games on Xbox Game Pass. They offer a variety of different experiences that can be enjoyed without commitment.
Megan Spurr writes: "My favorite announcements are those coming soon, especially when “soon” means “right now” (looking at you Celeste!). We have hikes, we have Bro’s, kingdoms, and space, and more, so let’s get to the games! "
It's now time for somebody to go up to Xbox Live Gold whilst it's fast asleep, then hold a pillow tight over its mouth until it stops breathing.
Looking at the quality of games mixing the two up in this case it's an easy mistake to make
Well I guess we know where all that gamepass money is going right into a giant s labelled bucket
Microsoft is spending $70B on Activision. That doesn’t leave a lot left over for other AAA games.
I've really wanted to play A Short Hike and Airborne Kingdom for a while now so it's cool they've been added but yeah I don't see this exciting the masses
GF365: "These are our picks for the best side-scroller games on PC. The genre was popular back in the day, and these modern games prove the genre is still alive and well."
"Years ago, summer was a barren wasteland for gaming." Not anymore, if you own a 360 that is.
Monday Night Combat looks surprisingly good. Just watched some gameplay videos of it.
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Shadow Complex is still one of my all-time favorite experience this gen..period..
but, never since I've owned a 360 has there been this many great arcade games dropping back to back
I'm a HUGE fan of the original Hydro Thundr and can't WAIT till it drops..
Limbo looks amazing..
I'm a Tomb Raider fan for life..but Uncharted 2 Killed off Tomb Raider forever..unless they let my boys at Naughty do Lara justice..but WOW..the co-op arcade game looks like it will do the franchise more good than anything that has been released in recent past
Looks like a fun summer for Xbox arcade..
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for bringing attention to these arcade titles. You should do an article on PSN titles coming out this summer too. Hopefully there are at least a few, lol
One word..LIMBO
Limbo is pretty sweet. We will review it soon.