Xbox Live Arcade

Xbox Live Arcade ( XBLA often ) is a service that Microsoft has integrated into the Xbox 360. Users with broadband Internet access can so for a fee which is paid to the so-called Microsoft Points, download games and play unlimited. The games cost 400, 800, 1200 or 1600 Microsoft Points, which corresponds to a price of about 5, 10, 15 or 20 euros.

An indecisive user also has the option, demos of games to download for free. On the hard drive of the console, the puzzle game Hexic HD is already installed. The best-selling to date Xbox Live Arcade game is implementation of the sandbox classic game Minecraft, Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition.

Gamerscore

In an arcade game, the player can earn 200 Gamerscore points at a maximum of 12 achievements through additional, fee-based enhancements will increase the maximum number of points for an arcade game to 250 Gamerscore points. Since 1 June 2012, can even be free to play up to 400 points in the Xbox Live Arcade games. The game must not contain more than a maximum of 30 achievements but.

In a " normal" Xbox 360 game but there are usually 1000 points, the number of successes varied. For individual titles also more Gamerscore points were now, however, by downloading content unlocked so that in some cases even more than 1000 points can be collected in a game.

History

The service was with the launch of the Xbox 360 online on 22 November 2005. Shortly thereafter, it was found that the concept has enormous potential and as soon as the arcade was introduced Wednesday. Since then, all games will be published on a Wednesday. Previously, there was for the Xbox already an Xbox Live Arcade DISC but this was hardly noticed and found no relief to developers and publishers.

Games

Below is a list published Xbox Live Arcade games (excerpt):

( *) Note: LB - leaderboards, M - multi-player, CO - Co-operative game mode, DC - Downloadable Content, C - Supports camera