Is your Xbox avatar feeling bored? Dressed up like a dolly but no place to go? Well all that's about to change, Microsoft are planning to do a PS3 'Home' style environment for the Xbox. Instead of going for a 'Second Life' approach like Sony have they are looking at giving Xbox and Microsoft PC players an Arcade setting (above) with access to 1,000 retro games over the next three years. The first 30 titles have been released (listed below) and we are set to see all this hit the public at large this Spring. Here's the kicker though, as with all things Microsoft it comes at a cost... You can coin in just like a real arcade for 40msp a go or just buy the full game from 240msp up to 400msp per title, ('cough' Ripoffcheapskatebastards 'cough'.) Hmmm, not sure if that's such a good deal... at least Sony gave it for free! If you want more info Kotaku have an excerpt of this topic with Microsoft's Robbie Bach here.
Personally I recon this is a testing ground for a bigger plan, but that's just my conspiracy theory brain running wild... all our avatars are going to end up in a 'special' camp before being fed to the Doritos Dinosaur!! Gulp!!!
1. Centipede (arcade) 2. Asteroids Deluxe (arcade) 3. Tempest (arcade) 4. Crystal Castles (arcade) 5. Lunar Lander (arcade) 6. Jungler (arcade) 7. Road Fighter (arcade) 8. Scramble (arcade) 9. Finalizer (arcade) 10. Tutankham (arcade) 11. Shao-Lin's Road (arcade) 12. Super Cobra (arcade) 13. Red Baron (arcade) 14. Gravitar (arcade) 15. Battlantlis 16. Astrosmash (Intellivision) 17. Mountain Madness Super Pro Skiing (Intellivision) 18. Armor Battle (Intellivision) 19. Space Hawk (Intellivision) 20. Sub Hunt (Intellivision) 21. Sea Battle (Intellivision) 22. Space Armada (Intellivision) 23. Astrosmash (Intellivision) 24. Star Raiders (Atari 2600) 25. Outlaw (Atari 2600) 26. Yar's Revenge (Atari 2600) 27. Millipede (Atari 2600) 28. Football (Atari 2600) 29. RealSports Tennis (Atari 2600) 30. Combat (Atari 2600)
