Xbox 360 Heats up the Summer with Xbox Live Arcade
Wednesdays: First Up, Frogger and the Arrival of the Best Old
School Games of All Time
'Frogger', 'Street Fighter II' Hyper Fighting', and 'Pac-Man
make their next-gen debut on Wednesdays this summer - bringing
exciting new retro content to Xbox gamers
Reading: 12th July, 2006 - Today, Xbox Live unveils Xbox Live
Arcade Wednesdays, a new program that will provide a regular
launch schedule of new Xbox Live Arcade titles on the Xbox 360.
Starting today, Xbox Live Arcade games will now go live
worldwide[1] on Wednesdays at 0801am GMT- hitting gamers around
the world all on the same day. Xbox Live Arcade Wednesdays
kicks off with a blockbuster summer schedule of eagerly
anticipated retro titles. Gamers looking for a blast from the
past can download 'Frogger' - the beloved Konami classic arcade
title - today on Xbox Live Arcade. Other Xbox Live Arcade
Wednesday titles debuting in the coming weeks include 'Cloning
Clyde', 'Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting,' 'Galaga' and
'Pac-Man.' To date, Xbox 360 gamers have downloaded more than 5
million Xbox Live Arcade games and the release schedule sizzles
all summer long, with the following titles arriving on Xbox
Live Arcade: 12th July - Frogger 19th July - Cloning Clyde 26th
July - Galaga 2nd August - Street Fighter II' Hyper Fighting
9th August - Pac-Man Kicking off with 'Frogger', fans of the
Konami classic can download the game that first hit arcades in
1981 and once again be able to dodge traffic and eat up flies
with their frog, this time racking up Achievements along the
way. There's no better way to celebrate the 25th anniversary of
Frogger and the launch of Xbox Live Arcade Wednesdays than
downloading this latest title from the Xbox Live Arcade game
portfolio. Xbox Live Arcade's Frogger has been enhanced and
reinvigorated for the Xbox 360 and features new, enhanced
artwork that matches and compliments the original style. In
addition the game's audio, including sound effects and music
ditties, has been modernised to sound crisp and clear on
today's high performance sound systems. New features include:
Enhanced artwork and backdrops; players can now choose to play
the original arcade classic graphics or the new enhanced
graphics. Fresh soundtrack and upgraded sounds effects New Xbox
Live Arcade split screen multiplayer modes Addictive new Co-op
vs Speed, and Head-to-Head Modes The release of 'Frogger' will
be followed up by a host of highly anticipated titles: 'Cloning
Clyde,' the action adventure/puzzle game created by Wahoo
Studios/NinjaBees (developer of the popular 'Outpost Kaloki X'
for Xbox Live Arcade), will bring its wacky, classic animation
style world to Xbox 360 on 19th July. 'Galaga,' the popular
space shooter from Namco, which was first released back in
1981, comes packed with a new online multiplayer function,
enhanced graphics and all new game modes on 26th July. 'Street
Fighter II' Hyper Fighting' takes the best from classic arcade
gaming and brings it online, combining it with the signature
features of Xbox 360 and Xbox Live, to create the greatest
'Street Fighter' experience to date, on 2nd August. Of course,
a line-up of retro classics wouldn't be complete without
perhaps the most classic title of them all, 'Pac-Man,' the
fruit-eating maze game that changed the face of gaming upon its
release in 1980. The Xbox Live Arcade version, which comes out
on 9th August, takes the famous franchise to the
next-generation. With multiplayer over Xbox Live and tons of
cool Achievements, 'Pac-Man' stays true to the original while
powering-up to next-gen standards. "There's no better way to
revisit the 80s than with Xbox Live Arcade," said Ami Blaire,
Global Marketing Manager for Xbox Live. "So this summer, grab
some pizza, some friends and live it up on your Xbox 360 and
enjoy our new twists on the old classic faves!" All Xbox Live
Arcade games can be demoed for free on Xbox Live Marketplace.
Check out Xbox Live and Xbox.com for continuing updates on
exciting new content available to Xbox 360 gamers. *Title
availability may vary by market. - ends - About Xbox Live Xbox
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across 24 countries to enjoy hundreds of multiplayer games,
downloadable games via Xbox Live Arcade, free and premium
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powerful video game and entertainment system, delivering the
best games, the next generation of the premier Xbox Live online
gaming service, and unique digital entertainment experiences
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North America, Europe and Japan in 2005 and then in Australia,
Colombia, Hong Kong, Korea, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore and
Taiwan in 2006. More information can be found online at
http://www.xbox.com/xbox360. About the Microsoft Entertainment
and Devices Division Microsoft's Entertainment and Devices
Division was created in September 2005 to support the company's
software-based services vision and drive innovation in the
digital entertainment space. The Entertainment and Devices
Division is composed of four main businesses: the Interactive
Entertainment Business, which includes both the Xbox and Games
for Windows businesses; the Entertainment Business, which
focuses on Microsoft's digital entertainment efforts in music,
TV and video and includes the MSTV and the Windows XP Media
Center Edition products; the Consumer Productivity Experiences
Business, which includes the mice and keyboards business, the
Macintosh Business Unit, and consumer productivity applications
including Encarta, Money and Digital Image Suite; and the
Mobile and Embedded Business, which drives the Windows
Mobile-based devices business and focuses on the embedded
market for Windows CE, Windows XP Embedded and the Automotive
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