- Name
- Summer of Arcade
- Aliases
- SOA
Summer of Arcade
The Summer of Arcade is an annual Microsoft promotion that began in 2008. It highlights five
XBLA games, and offers incentives to purchase them.
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Overview
The Summer of Arcade is a promotion that was launched by Microsoft in 2008 to highlight five marquee XBLA titles in the summertime. The promotion takes place over five weeks, with a new title being launched on the service every week. The first Summer of Arcade gave players the incentive to purchase the titles by entering anyone who bought the select titles within the period of the promotion into a prize draw to win 10,000 Microsoft points, an Xbox 360 Elite, and a 12-month subscription to Xbox Live (Concept). The following promotions offered players chance to gain a set number of Microsoft points back for buying games included in the promotion, such as 400 points for buying three games and 1200 for buying all five games. In 2011 instead of offering points back in exchange for buying a specific amount of games included in the promotion, players who brought all five games in the Summer of Arcade got the then-upcoming title Crimson Alliance (Game) early and for free. Selection for the Summer of Arcade program is highly desirable due to increased marketing efforts that surround the games included in this promotion. However, while the Summer of Arcade has seen the release of some of the best games on Live Arcade, including Castle Crashers, Limbo (Game), and Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet (Game), they are not necessarily all as stellar, as seen by the inclusion of Castlevania: Harmony of Despair and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled, extremely low-quality titles included in the promotion to increase sales. Below is a list of games that have been included in the Summers of Arcade (prices accurate at time of release).
Summer of Arcade 2008 (Concept)
- Castle Crashers (Game) - Developed by The Behemoth (Company) - 1200 MSP
- Braid (Game) - Developed by Number None - 1200 MSP
- Galaga Legions (Game) - Developed by Namco Bandai Games - 800 MSP
- Bionic Commando: Rearmed - Developed by GRIN (Company) - 800 MSP
- Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 - Developed by Bizarre Creations (Company) - 800 MSP
Summer of Arcade 2009 (Concept)
- 'Splosion Man - Developed by Twisted Pixel - 800 MSP
- Marvel VS Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes - Developed by Backbone Entertainment (Company) - 1200 MSP
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled - Developed by Ubisoft Singapore (Company) - 800 MSP
- Trials HD (Game) - Developed by RedLynx - 1200 MSP
- Shadow Complex (Game) - Developed by Chair Entertainment (Company) - 1200 MSP
Summer of Arcade 2010 (Concept)
- Limbo (Game) - Developed by PLAYDEAD - 1200 MSP
- Castlevania: Harmony of Despair - Developed by Konami (Company) -1200 MSP
- Hydro Thunder Hurricane (Game) - Developed by Vector Unit (Company) - 1200 MSP
- Monday Night Combat (Game) - Developed by Uber Entertainment - 1200 MSP
- Lara Croft and The Guardian of Light - Developed by Crystal Dynamics (Company) - 1200 MSP
Summer of Arcade 2011 (Concept)
- Bastion (Game) - Developed by Supergiant Games (Company) - 1200 MSP
- From Dust (Game) - Developed by Ubisoft Montpellier - 1200 MSP
- Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet (Game) - Developed by Fuelcell Games (Company) - 1200 MSP
- Fruit Ninja Kinect (Game) - Developed by Halfbrick Studios (Company) - 800 MSP
- Toy Soldiers: Cold War - Developed by Signal Studios (Company) - 1200 MSP
Summer of Arcade 2012 (Concept)
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD - Developed by Robomodo (Company)- 1200 MSP
- Wreckateer (Game) - Developed by Iron Galaxy Studios (Company) - 800 MSP
- Deadlight (Game) - Developed by Tequila Works (Company) - 1200 MSP
- Hybrid (Game) - Developed by 5th Cell Media (Company) - 1200 MSP
- Dust: An Elysian Tail - Developed by Humble Hearts (Company) - 1200 MSP
Summer of Arcade 2013
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows - Developed by Red Fly Studio (Company) - 1200 MSP
- Charlie Murder (Game) - Developed by Ska Studios, LLC - 800 MSP
- Flashback HD - Developed by VectorCell Studios (Company) - 800 MSP
- Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons - Developed by Starbreeze Studios AB (Company) - 1200 MSP
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- 'Splosion Man (Game)
- Bastion (Game)
- Bionic Commando Rearmed (Game)
- Braid (Game)
- Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons (Game)
- Castle Crashers (Game)
- Castlevania: Harmony of Despair (Game)
- Charlie Murder (Game)
- Deadlight (Game)
- Dust: An Elysian Tail (Game)
- Flashback (Game)
- Fruit Ninja Kinect (Game)
- Galaga Legions (Game)
- Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 (Game)
- Hybrid (Game)
- Hydro Thunder Hurricane (Game)
- Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet (Game)
- Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light (Game)
- Limbo (Game)
- Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes (Game)
- Monday Night Combat (Game)
- Shadow Complex (Game)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (Game)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled (Game)
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD (Game)
- Toy Soldiers: Cold War (Game)
- Trials HD (Game)
- Wreckateer (Game)