At the Digital Life consumer technology showcase, Peter Moore, corporate vice president of worldwide marketing and publishing for Xbox at Microsoft, will announce the much anticipated Xbox Live Arcade launch lineup. ?The next generation of Xbox Live Arcade for Xbox 360 will enhance the gaming experience for casual and competitive gamers alike, across the globe, providing something for everyone with world-class games and captivating content? said Moore.
The Xbox Live Arcade list will include the following titles for the Xbox 360 launch window:
[i]Astropop[/i] ? Popcap Games
[i]Bankshot Billiards 2[/i] ? pixelStorm, Inc
[i]Bejeweled 2[/i] ? Popcap Games
[i]Crystal Quest[/i] ? Stainless Games
[i]Feeding Frenzy[/i] ? Popcap Games
[i]Gauntlet[/i] ? Midway Home Entertainment
[i]Geometry Wars 2[/i] ? Bizarre Creations
[i]Hardwood Backgammon[/i] ? Silver Creek Entertainment
[i]Hardwood Hearts[/i] ? Silver Creek Entertainment
[i]Hardwood Spades[/i] ? Silver Creek Entertainment
[i]Hexic? HD[/i] ? Microsoft Game Studios
[i]Hoopworld[/i] ? Streamline Studios
[i]Jewel Quest[/i] ? iWin.com
[i]Joust[/i] ? Midway Home Entertainment
[i]Marble Blast Ultra[/i] ? GarageGames
[i]Mutant Storm Reloaded[/i] ? PomPom Games
[i]Outpost Kaloki[/i] ? Wahoo Studios
[i]Robotron 2084[/i] ? Midway Home Entertainment
[i]SmashTV[/i] ? Midway Home Entertainment
[i]Wik: Fable of Souls[/i] ? Reflexive Entertainment
[i]Zuma[/i] ? Popcap Games
40 publishers and developers have been signed and announced for support of Xbox Live Arcade as well. The list of companies includes:
Atari
Bizarre Creations
Capcom
Codemasters
CTXM
Digital Eclipse
Electronic Arts
Empire Interactive
Gaia Studios
GameHouse Studios
Garage Games
Gastronaut Studios
Hamster
Harmonix
HipSoft
Hudson Soft
iWin
Konami
Llamasoft
Load, Inc
Mad Doc Software
Majesco
Microsoft Game Studios
Midway Home Entertainment
Mumbo Jumbo (United Developers)
Naked Sky Entertainment
Namco
Oberon Media
Pick Up And Play
pixelStorm, Inc
PlayFirst
PomPom Games
Popcap Games
Q Entertainment
RealNetworks, Inc
Reflexive Entertainment
Secret Lair Studios
SEGA
Silver Creek Entertainment
SNK Playmore
Stainless Games
Streamline Studios
Tik Games
Ubisoft
uWink
Vivendi Universal Games
Wahoo Studios
Wanako Games
Wild Tangent
Xbox Live Arcade will feature a constant flow of new titles for gamers to download through the Summer of 2006, with about 35 games planned for release. Every game from Xbox Live Arcade will have a free downloadable trial version available for both Gold and Silver members of Xbox Live.