Microsoft dates Summer of Arcade lineup

Im very hyped about castlevania with it having 6 former heros im hopeing to get it late tonight like sometime after 12 am, does anyone know how quickly limbo was up for download? like what time cause maby it will follow suit.

demod hydro thunder last night. wow, talk about wipeout on water... limbo is amazing and scooped that up without even a demo, monday night will be in the bag but castlevania and lara croft im not sure. 1200 is steep and becoming 'the new standard' but i have to admit. hydro thunder really looks like a full retail release. the quality of these games is outstanding. i wont cash in on the 1200 unless lara croft is awesome. otherwise i will get 3 and be happy with my 400 pt refund

Limbo is amazing. Hydro Thunder looks like it will incite good old nostalgia. Monday Night Combat looks like it could be fun. Not excited about this new Tomb Raider, and despite being a major Castlevania fan, I'm not at all excited about Harmony of Despair.

Castlevania and tomb raider FTW

if the ds promoted all those castlevania characters, then someone must tell me why harmony is xbox exclu. fail marketing

somehow i'm not excited about this castlevania it may not work!!!

Castlevania + Limbo= Woot!! XBLA FTW!!

@MacenKrace That is the most idiotic thing I have read in quite a while. Or even better how you say only the 3-D games are good. Super Metroid, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, original Sonic the Hedgehog, Mega Man and the X series, of course. Then you have games like Cave Story, Shadow Complex (2.5D but still) and Braid. That's only a few of the 2D games I'd prefer playing over the list of 'real' games you came up with.

@MacenKrace How the hell are 2-d games not real. That is so sad to say

1,200 points seems abit too much for a multiplayer only castlevania game.. I think im gonna wait for these to come down in price... Anyways monkey island 2 is now out so i dont have to worry about these games :D

No Hydrophobia? Colour me disappointed.

LIMBO in 16 days!! :D

Cant wait for Monday Night combat

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this would suck on 360 cuz of alucard's street fighter command moves.. imagine doing a 3ple fireball command and a soul command on the 360 controller it would be frustrating.

Hard to say if I'll buy anything from this list, though I will be willing to try them out, at least. Thank you 'trial versions'!

Almost sounds like they're treating Tomb Raider as the "best for last" title. Silly. Limbo, from the creators of Braid, and Harmony of Despair, in the same vein of Symphony of the Night, are clearly the top tier titles on that list.

What? Where's Deathspank?

@MacenKrace i could name over a hundred 2D games that are better than all of those combined.

Where are Comic Jumper and Shank?

@MacenKrace -- Get off my internets, please. Anyway. Looking forward to Castlevania, and I'm very curious about both Limbo and Monday Night Combat.

Castlevania Harmony of Despair sounds awesome. Can't wait.

Looking forward to Limbo and Castlevania.

Castlevania

Mighty fine-looking line-up. Why the hell didn't Microsoft feature their Xbox LIVE Arcade games during its E3 press conference? Doing so would have gone a long way toward showing everyone that the 360 still has something to offer so-called hardcore gamers.

Limbo and Castlevania for now. I'll have to demo all the other games to see if they are good since I don't know much about them. I haven't even checked my Arcade in awhile. Should see if any new games got released.

No Comic Jumper, Deathspank, or BattleBlock Theater!? At least Limbo looks fun.

Where is Comic Jumper in this????

I'll just wait till they are all half off soon!

Limbo looks good.

@feliscele puzzle quest 2 came out last week i think . i thought blacklight tango down would have been one too, but it comes out today, but then its going on 6 am here in the central time zone and it is not live for download... it could be pushed back to a summer of arcade game too

That Castlevania looks good. Ok, now I wish I had a 360.

i'll be getting Lara Croft:atGoL and Monday Night Combat.

definitely getting Limbo and the new Tomb Raider

@unreal_master RDR, BC2, MW2, GoW, the good stuff, not those 2D stuff.

Hydro Thunder Hurricane will follow on July 28.Do i need to say more...

I'll just get Limbo, Tomb Raider, and Castlevania. Will have to demo the rest of those first.

@macenkrace whats a real game mw2? sigh

Too bad that none of these are for real games... kiddie games.

Too bad I won't pay for MS points :( ...principles

lol ps3 and wii fanboys have only but to hate , what a great line up, keep them coming MS

holtrocks, that post has nothing to do with this article and I immediately noticed the double "the"s. On topic, none of these games look particularly interesting.

I'm buying the Castlevania Harmony of Despair even though my gut is telling me its going to be bad. Something this awesome has to have something wrong with it.

after reading the the sentence you are now aware that the the human brain often does not inform you that the the word 'the' has been repeated twice every time

monday night combat and lara croft are day 1's for me.

I'm really looking forward to Limbo. I'm on the fence about Castlevania I need to play a demo first.

sweet. Hydro Thunder Hurricane looks cool. I will give it a try.

OMG and Hyrdo Thunder!!!!!!! How could i forget about that!!

MAN i want that castlevania. i hadnt heard anything about any of the others so ill wait till i try some demos.