It’s time for the summer of Bastion!!! Oops, I meant the annual Xbox Live Summer of Arcade. In case you missed it, here’s the schedule for Microsoft’s downloadable summer blockbuster extravaganza. All of the games cost 1,200 Microsoft Points, save for Fruit Ninja Kinect, which is 800.
| Date | Title | Price (MS Points) | |
| July 20 | Bastion | 1200 | |
| July 27 | From Dust | 1200 | |
| August 3 | Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet | 1200 | |
| August 10 | Fruit Ninja Kinect | 800 | |
| August 17 | Toy Soldiers: Cold War | 1200 |
As many of you know, I’m super high on Bastion and can’t wait to play it. I’m not too familiar with the other games (that aren’t Fruit Ninja). Do you have any recommendations? Which Summer of Arcade 2011 games are you planning to pick up?
None of theses games interest me but i do plan on picking up TMNT: Turtles in Time before it gets pulled on june 30.
Lol. I am so going to pick Fruit Ninja for the Kinect. I have a game on the move where one of the mini-games involves slicing fruits and its pretty fun. I get pretty bored with Fruit Ninja on my phone, but I am sure the Kinect will be a bit better…..if it can track my catlike reflexes.
Yes, I need to get some of those going again. After I get back from Hawaii for sure.
You NEED Shadow Planet. It's great art, and some interesting UFO/physics gameplay. And From Dust is interesting too – kind of an ambient god game.
But yeah – Bastion trumps all.
Whoa. Excellent to "see" you Eric!