Xbox 360 celebrates the Days of Arcade
By Jessica Citizen - Tue Mar 10, 2009 12:28pm
Last year saw Xbox celebrating The Arcade Winter, "five fantastic arcade games" released over five weeks in July and August. Rather than waiting another six months for that time to come again, they've jumped the gun in spectacular fashion, announcing the Days of Arcade - pretty much the same as we saw before, but bigger!
The promotion runs over the next six weeks, starting March 18th with Hasbro Family Game Night. It's all shrouded in surprise and mystery at this point, but we've scrounged together some of the details for you, including just what games are on offer.
The release schedule for the games has not been announced yet, but here's all six in alphabetical order so you can start getting excited now, at the whim of Xbox.
...but wait, that's seven titles, for a six-week deal - what's going on?
The Arcade team are having a bit of fun, mixing it up a bit - and they're planning on surprising gamers one week by doubling up on the fun, releasing two games at once.
Xbox have promised us that they'll let us know in good time which game's coming out in the following week - so stick around, and we'll pass on the details as we get 'em!
The promotion runs over the next six weeks, starting March 18th with Hasbro Family Game Night. It's all shrouded in surprise and mystery at this point, but we've scrounged together some of the details for you, including just what games are on offer.
The release schedule for the games has not been announced yet, but here's all six in alphabetical order so you can start getting excited now, at the whim of Xbox.
 Hasbro Family Game Night Join your host Mr. Potato Head for fun and games in Hasbro Family Game Night, a package that allows you to play classic games that you know and love, such as Connect Four, Battleship, Yahtzee, Boggle, Sorry! and Sorry! Sliders. Or get into your favorite games in a brand new way, with new games such as Connect 4 Power Chips, Boggle Portal Cubes, Reverse Yahtzee and Battleship Barrage! Quickly build a custom Party Game -- just choose: favorite games, number of players and time you have to play. | |
 The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai An independent project designed using the XNA development suite and rewarded with a publishing contract on Xbox Live Arcade Marketplace via a win at the Gamefest 2007 Dream-Build-Play contest. |  Flock In Flock, players take control of an alien UFO that is tasked with herding animals to its mothership through a variety of interactive levels. Players will have to overcome the stubbornness of the temperamental beasts (this may require the use of fear, or amorous yearnings, etc.), as well as a series of environmental puzzles that must be solved using Flock’s physics-based gameplay. |
 Lode Runner Lode Runner is a new version of the classic platform game that can be played in four separate playing styles: Journey, Hang-on, Puzzle and Last Man. The game, rendered in full 3D, retains the classic 2D game play and can support up to four players at the same time, either on the same Xbox 360 or via Xbox LIVE. |  Outrun Online Arcade Test your time, speed and handling ability as you race through vibrant, colourful stages and rediscover the 15 glorious OutRun courses. From the steep streets of San Francisco to the beautiful beaches of California, it’s mile after mile of unrelenting acceleration, thrills and action. Feel the kick as you put your foot to the floor in one of the 10 high-performance, fully licensed Ferrari cars as you race your way across the U.S. to a killer soundtrack. |
 Puzzle Quest: Galactrix In Puzzle Quest: Galactrix a horrifying scientific accident has provoked another race to attempt extermination of humankind. An innovative hexagonal puzzle board allows for a wide range of strategic depth as it heeds to gravity according to a player's location in the game universe. |  UNO Rush Uno Rush is a challenging and exciting party card game for up to four players. Developed by the same team that brought the original, best-selling Uno to Xbox LIVE Arcade, Uno Rush boasts a wide range of gameplay and social features -- multiple variants, house-rule options, local and Xbox LIVE multiplay, camera support, avatar support, and more -- plus fast-paced gameplay to keep the party going. |
...but wait, that's seven titles, for a six-week deal - what's going on?
The Arcade team are having a bit of fun, mixing it up a bit - and they're planning on surprising gamers one week by doubling up on the fun, releasing two games at once.
Xbox have promised us that they'll let us know in good time which game's coming out in the following week - so stick around, and we'll pass on the details as we get 'em!
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