Xbox Live Will Get the Days of Arcade

Online features tend to matter the most in the eyes of customers who want to buy a new console. That is why the top three companies are literally fighting one another to offer the best and most complete service out there.

Although the efforts of both Sony and Nintendo are considerable, the fact of the matter is that the Xbox Live service, exclusive to Microsoft's Xbox 360 console, is the most popular one. A lot of factors have to do with that, but one of the most important is that there are a lot of promotions for users, offering them games at a lower price or launching a lot of quality titles one after another.

Such was the case with last year's Summer of Arcade, which saw the release of a big number of titles onto the Xbox Live Arcade, including the very popular Braid. Now, as the PlayStation 3 has already started its Spring Fever promotion for its PlayStation Network service, Microsoft wants to fight fire with fire and has revealed, that starting March 18, the Days of Arcade promotion will start.

Promising to be just like the Summer of Arcade, only bigger, the promotion will launch seven games in the course of six weeks onto the Xbox Live Arcade section of the Marketplace. The first title to be released in this new offer is Hasbro Family Game Night, which will be available for download on March 18. After that, the community manager for the Xbox 360, Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb, will announce which titles will appear in the following weeks. Here's the full list of games that will soon be on the Xbox Live Marketplace.

The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai 
Flock
Hasbro Family Game Night
Lode Runner
Outrun Online Arcade
Puzzle Quest: Galactrix
UNO Rush

All in all, some very interesting titles that will surely make a lot of casual gamers decide to download them. This new promotion, combined with the Spring Fever of the PlayStation Network means that consoles gamers will certainly be in for some fun times this season.