Microsoft reveals Xbox Live Summer of Arcade 2013 line-up

Microsoft has revealed the latest set of games that will be released on Xbox Live Arcade as part of its yearly Summer of Arcade event. The games have been listed by Microsoft’s Larry Hryb on the Major Nelson blog, along with the release dates and prices. The games making it to the Xbox 360’s Summer of Arcade this year are Brothers: A Tale of two Sons, Charlie Murder, Flashback and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows.

Here comes this year’s Summer of Arcade!

Brothers: A Tale of two Sons will be released on August 7 and will cost 1,200 Microsoft Points. Charlie Murder will be available on August 14 for 800 Microsoft Points. Flashback will be out on August 21 for 800 Microsoft Points. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows will be the last game out on August 28, and will cost 1,200 Microsoft Points. For the sake of reference, 1,200 Microsoft Points roughly convert to Rs 905, and 800 Microsoft Points to Rs 603.

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Xbox Live’s Summer of Arcade has been an annual event where Microsoft has launched some of the most critically acclaimed games for the Xbox 360 on Xbox Live Arcade. Games launched as part of this include Castle Crashers, Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2, Shadow Complex, Trials HD, LIMBO, Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, Bastion, Dust: An Elysian Tale and Wreckateer. As can be seen, games released as part of the Summer of Arcade event include titles by both big publishers, such as Ubisoft’s From Dust, and smaller indie studios, such as Behemoth’s Castle Crashers.