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Xbox Live Summer of Arcade Titles Have Prices, Dates

Time to get out the old Google calendar and plan your summer accordingly.

We learned what titles would compose 2011's Xbox Live Summer of Arcade lineup, but dates and prices were previously unavailable. Now Major Nelson, Xbox's resident mouthpiece, has let slip the dates and points pricing for each of the five available titles. Thanks, Larry.

"Yo! It's like Limbo and shit! But you got a spaceship, dawg! It's trippy!" -- Some guy at PAX East who resembled Seth Rogen in a do-rag.

Supergiant Games' stylish action RPG Bastion will lead off the pack on July 20th, followed by Ubisoft's peculiar-looking god game, From Dust, on July 27th. August begins with Michel Gagne's kitchen sink side-scroller, Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet, dropping on the 3rd, followed by the Kinect-enabled version of Fruit Ninja on the 10th. Finally, rounding out the pack is Toy Soldiers: Cold War, which closes out the summer on August 17th.

All of the titles under the Summer of Arcade banner will retail for 1200 points ($15), with the sole exception of Fruit Ninja Kinect, which will go for 800 points ($10).

As an added bonus for those who really like spending Microsoft points, anyone who buys all five of the Summer of Arcade titles will get free access to Microsoft Game Studios and Certain Affinity's action RPG Crimson Alliance when it releases on September 7th. That game will retail for 1200 points when it launches.

So, which among these are you planning to pick up? I'm sure Microsoft is banking on you just buying all of them all willy-nilly, but c'mon. Let's be realistic here.

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Sold on all but Shadow Planet and  Fruit Ninja Kinect. 
 
I don't own a Kinect, but If I like Shadow Planet enough to buy it I'll probably buy  Fruit Ninja Kinect,  as 'Im already sold on Crimson Alliance, and hey, $5 off.

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I think Trenched should have been in and Fruit Ninja come out separately. I don't think there was much point in having a Kinect only game in there. Except maybe to charge more for it.

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I may buy all of them except the last two.

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Really looking forward to Bastion.

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Bastion on day one. The rest? I'll wait till their reception is rated.

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Summer Arcade always feels like they're trying to trick me into buying at least 2 games I'd never buy otherwise. This year I'll be skipping that kinect game and Toy Soldiers.

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Thank-you Larry.

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Bastion is the only one i plan to get, 
But who knows

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Bastion's the only one I'm interested in, but I said similar things last year and ended up buying almost all the arcade games

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Edited By intimidator_v2

From dust is the only one im getting... hope the rest are ok

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I want all 4 non kinect titles but if i dont buy fruit ninja ill have to pay 1200 points for crimson alliance. well guess ill have to fork out in september

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Nice work segmenting your audience, Microsoft. "Only Kinect-enabled gamers can fully participate in the Summer Arcade and receive the free game. Fuck the rest of you."

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Defiantly picking up Bastion and Crimson, both look amazing.

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Bastion, From Dust and Shadow Planet all look cool. Definitely pass on Fruit Ninja and I've never played the other Toy Soldiers games so I'll probably pass on that as well.

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Onlt buying bastion and toy soldiers, usually buy every summer of arcade game. Can't believe trenched didn't get in.

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I'll probably pick up Bastion and From Dust on PC. The rest don't seem like Summer of Arcade quality titles. I'll definitely try the other games trials though.

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Bastion I will be picking up for sure.  Ill try out a demo of From Dust and see how that plays out.  Not really into anything else...

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Bastion, ITSP, and From Dust will be mine!

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@MysteriousBob said:
None of those interest me. Worst Summer of Arcade yet.
Yeah, this. Summer of Arcade 2010 represent!
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None of those interest me. 
Worst Summer of Arcade yet.

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Cool. Definitely interested in two projects. Curious about From Dust as well.

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@AngryRedPlumber said:

Very interested in Bastion and From Dust.

Me too!

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I'm totally buying Bastion just to throw my boy Greg K. some love.

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Only game that interests me on that list is Bastion.

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Crap, From Dust is an xbox exclusive? that sucks.

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Bastion is the only  "for sure" game. Though, admittedly I'm quite interested in Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet. From Dust looks kinda cool, but I need to play the demo first. 
 
Never got around to trying Toy Soldiers, and Fruit Ninja... Come on, I'm a gamer.

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1200 for everything? My, what big pants you summer of XBLA games have

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Bastion fo sho!

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@eagles_band said:
I was hoping for Trine 2. 
I was playing the first the other day which got me looking at the trailers for 2. God I want that game so bad. Trine, despite its problems, was one of my favorite games of all time. 
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The sad truth is that I'll buy these games and never play them, just like every other indie game that I bought.

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is the dust release date also the PC release date, does anyone know?

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the summer of arcade makes me wana get a Xbox for it

I'm still wishing for Shadow Complex for the PC

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I'll probably be picking up Bastion, and I'm interested in seeing more of From Dust and ITSP.

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$15 fucking dollars per game?  Do they want the fillings
in my teeth too?   Fuckin' greedy bitches.

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I was hoping for Trine 2. 

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I wanted Bastion to be first so bad, and having it being listed last on every list, being the last game in the trailer, I had my doubts. No more, VICTORY

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@Krataur said:

Bastion, Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet, and From Dust all intrigue me.

Same here. Bastion for sure, need to see more game-play of the others to be sure about them.

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A few of them seem interesting.  Keep up the good work Microsoft.

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Bastion and Dust, other than that meh.

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Bastion and Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet both look interesting. I didn't play the original Toy Soldiers, so ... well, maybe I should check it out. It looked interesting enough. I'm amazed at the quality jump in XBLA games over the life of this console. I'm digging some of these Live Arcade titles as much as some full-price games.

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I don't think Greg Kasavin and Co. will let us down.
Bastion I can tell is a labor of love, and I can't wait to play it.

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Everything except Fruit Ninja for me, since I don't have a Kinect.

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@Chris2KLee said:

Looks like a good line up. Bastion is definitely going on my list of must haves.

no 360 so i may have to wait... but bastion looks great!
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Looks like a good line up. Bastion is definitely going on my list of must haves.

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Bastion, Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet, and From Dust all intrigue me.

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Definitely getting Bastion & will demo Shadow Planet as on the fence with it (love the look but not sure on the actual playing the game part), others seem interesting but will wait on those. Glad to have these details beforehand to make sure I have enough points to grab Bastion & maybe one more.

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@sofacitysweetheart said:
@Bwast said:
@sofacitysweetheart said:
@Bwast said:
@sofacitysweetheart said:
Was hoping for good games :(
So you've played them already? You must be a really important person.
Great start. Now go reply to all of the people who say they look like good games :)
You didn't say they looked bad, you implied they were bad, giving the impression that you had already played them. So instead of being a really important person, you're just a liar. Shame on you.
Grow up, please.
Tongue-in-cheek - With ironic or flippant intent.  
 
I hope this helps you out in the future, liar. 
 
Seriously though, I think I should just put that definition on every comment I make. I can't count how many times this exact situation has happened to me. Honestly though, who reads that and thinks I'm serious?
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Anyone else think having a Kinect title in here is a bad idea? For a lot of people it completely cancels out the usefulness of the buy-all-games get one free deal. Suddenly, whatever part of the 360 owners population isn't even eligible. 
 
Not to mention that it is fruit ninja, which I felt ripped off after paying $1 for.

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I'm super excited for a new Toy Soldiers game.

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I am exited for these releases. They all look pretty interesting, especially insanely twisted shadow planet!