[Official] Xbox Live Summer of Arcade 2010

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Looks as though it'll be a test run during Summer of Arcade. Maybe why other regions aren't getting it for now.

Once Summer of Arcade is over no one can use it. Clearly they didn't spend all this time just to use the app for 4 weeks and then forget about it.

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Looks as though it'll be a test run during Summer of Arcade. Maybe why other regions aren't getting it for now.

Once Summer of Arcade is over no one can use it. Clearly they didn't spend all this time just to use the app for 4 weeks and then forget about it.

Update 1:10pm: Major Nelson told Shacknews, "If you have downloaded it, it will continue to work." But that still hasn't answered the question of why it will only be available for a month.

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Am I the only one that is really underwhelmed with the titles in this year's Summer of Arcade? Limbo is the only game that I have an even remote interest in. Compared to last year where I got Shadow Complex, 'Splosion Man and Trials HD and they were no-brainers.

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Am I the only one that is really underwhelmed with the titles in this year's Summer of Arcade? Limbo is the only game that I have an even remote interest in. Compared to last year where I got Shadow Complex, 'Splosion Man and Trials HD and they were no-brainers.

I don't think I've got an XBLA game since Portal: Still Alive or Worms 2, whichever came out more recently.

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Yeah last year really spoiled us.

I think what's off putting this year is the price. I would like to buy Lara Croft & Castlevania but they're not worth ?10 to me.

To me, depending on the length of it and how much extra there is to do along with the main quest, I'd be quite happy with the price for Lara Croft.

Castlevania however I am unsure of, mostly recycled sprites, and I'm not sure how much there is going to be to the game.

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Update 1:10pm: Major Nelson told Shacknews, "If you have downloaded it, it will continue to work." But that still hasn't answered the question of why it will only be available for a month.

If I had to guess they will use this as a means to test and get feedback on the new UI changes they are implementing and after the month is up they will put the parts that work into the NXE interface proper at some point in the future. That makes the most sense to me as continuing to have a second layered on UI seems pointless and stupid TBH. I mean NXE is good, but it could use a few tweaks to make it more efficient (a nice search option would be a start).

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After reading what Ars Technica said about Limbo, it's a day one purchase for me. I'll be sure to offer up my impressions once I play it, but it looks amazing for sure.

Besides, after playing through Red Dead Redemption and a little bit of Forza 3, I'm in the mood for a game like this now.

EDIT: Even Jim Sterling couldn't find anything bad to say about Limbo. That's an accomplishment if there ever was one :).

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I got Limbo today (really excited for this game) and i finished it in a sitting which i was expecting but the entire game from start to finish was brilliant. Shame only a couple of the puzzles were actually difficult though. Still i will definitely play it again to see if i can get all the hidden eggs/orbs.

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yeah Limbo is pretty nice, very unique although from the Lucidity demo i played the similarity is definitely there. awesome release though, very touching, i found myself slightly weepy a couple of time when playing it for the first time...

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