Sticking tight to the Xbox Live Arcade Wednesday schedule you can witness yet more proof today of Microsoft's new punctual approach: if you head over to your 360's Marketplace you will find Pac-Man available for download as promised.
Last week Microsoft put some order into Live Arcade by announcing Xbox Live Arcade Wednesdays, a new promotion which - funnily enough - sees Live Arcade receiving new titles on Wednesdays. Things jumped into action with Frogger appearing on Arcade on July 12, and so far it's been announced that Frogger will be followed by Cloning Clyde, Galaga, Street Fighter II' Hyper Fighting and Pac-Man.
The latest figures show that Paperboy was the most played Xbox Live Arcade game last week. The top 5 were¿
Just in time for Valentine's Day, this special delivery won't break the bank, but just might break some windows! The much-loved arcade classic from the 1980's, "Paperboy" (Digital Eclipse/Midway) will be available for download on Xbox Live Arcade for Xbox 360 beginning Wednesday 14th February 09.00 GMT / 10.00 CET
Gamedaily.Biz reports that with 16,500 downloads on Xbox Live, Mike "Gabe" Krahulik is pretty stoked over the results. Considering that the game was also $20, it makes the sales sweeter still for the web-comic makers.
According to Kotaku, the first episode of Penny Arcade Adventures was the highest-grossing Xbox Live Arcade debut ever, earning $330,000 in its first three days. These numbers were taken from VGChartz. The prior record-holder was Worms HD. In terms of units sold, On The Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness was the third-highest performer of 2008 - even with its higher price point.
Kotaku reports: "When a movie's major, above-the-title testimonial comes from Access Hollywood, Rex Reed, or a television station in New Mexico, chances are it's going to be a real turd of an operation. Penny Arcade is trying that in reverse with On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness: Episode One. They're flacking it with the rantings of an anti-Penny Arcade troll.
Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode One is available now on Xbox LIVE Arcade.
Penny Arcade has released a playable demo for the PC version of Penny Arcade Adventures - On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness: Episode One, which was released today for the PC and Xbox 360.
Kotaku writes: " After finishing up playing a bit of Too Human coop yesterday, I noticed a demo station of Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness sitting all by itself, tucked away next to the Ninja Gaiden II stations.