Xbox Live Arcade
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Xbox Live Arcade (XBLA) is a video game digital distribution service available through the Xbox Games Store, Microsoft's digital sales platform for the Xbox 360. It focused on smaller downloadable games from both major publishers and independent game developers. Titles ranged from classic console and arcade video games, to new games designed from the ground up for the service. Games available through the XBLA service ranged from $5–20 in price, and as of October 2016, there have been 719 Xbox Live Arcade titles released for the Xbox 360. Prior to the Xbox 360, "Xbox Live Arcade" was the name for an online distribution network on the original Xbox, which was replaced by the Xbox Live Marketplace.
Developer | Microsoft |
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Launch date | November 6, 2004 (Xbox) November 22, 2005 (Xbox 360) |
Discontinued | April 15, 2010 (Xbox) July 29, 2024 (Xbox 360) |
Platform(s) | Xbox, Xbox 360 |
Status | Discontinued (Xbox) Active (Xbox 360) |
Website | marketplace |