![Email This](mailto:?Subject=Retail boxart for Xbox Live Arcade: Unplugged&body=Hi,%0D%0A%0D%0AI just found this:%0D%0A%0D%0A<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/culture/" rel="tag">Culture</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/microsoft-xbox-360/" rel="tag">Microsoft Xbox 360</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/online/" rel="tag">Online</a></p><center><a href="http://gamefront.de/"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/2006/06/snipshot_1btuxb52c5.jpg" id="vimage_1" alt="" /></a></center><a href="http://gamefront.de/">German site Gamefront.de</a> managed to bag some shots of the relatively uninspiring retail packaging of <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2006/06/21/xbox-live-arcade-titles-coming-to-retail/"><em>Xbox Live Arcade: Unplugged</em>.</a> The pack includes offline versions of <em>Geometry Wars, Texas Hold'em, Wik, Bejeweled 2, Outpost Kaloki X, Hardwood Backgammon,</em> a free 1-month Gold membership, 100 free Microsoft points, and should be available in early September.<br /><br />We realize that trying to package six games together limits the freedom you have to be creative, but maybe the design team should have taken a look at <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUXnJraKM3k&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Ffriedbeef%2Eblogspot%2Ecom%2F2006%2F04%2Fmicrosoft%2Dre%2Ddesigns%2Dipod%2Dpackaging%2Ehtml">Microsoft's parody of their own box designs</a>. Simple? Yes. Attractive? <em><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSDRjT7l3a4&search=no%20darth">Noooo!!!</a><br /><br /></em>[Via <a href="http://www.britishgaming.co.uk/?p=994">BritishGaming</a>]<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://gamefront.de/>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2006/06/29/retail-boxart-for-xbox-live-arcade-unplugged/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/638042/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&fc=1&url=http://www.joystiq.com/2006/06/29/retail-boxart-for-xbox-live-arcade-unplugged/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking Blogs</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2006/06/29/retail-boxart-for-xbox-live-arcade-unplugged/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><br /><p><font size="1"><hr>SPONSORED BY: <a href="http://clk.atdmt.com/DEI/go/wblgsxbx0080000528dei/direct/01/">Age of Empires III - Real-Time Strategy Game</a> Control a European power on a quest to colonize and conquer the New World. <a href="http://clk.atdmt.com/DEI/go/wblgsxbx0080000528dei/direct/01/">AOE3</A> introduces new gameplay elements, as well as new civilizations, units, and technologies. <a href="http://clk.atdmt.com/DEI/go/wblgsxbx0080000528dei/direct/01/">http://www.ageofempires3.com/</a></font></p>%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp://xbox-360.x-hub.com/?a=360-news%26id=144){kind=link}
Retail boxart for Xbox Live Arcade: Unplugged
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We realize that trying to package six games together limits the freedom you have to be creative, but maybe the design team should have taken a look at Microsoft's parody of their own box designs. Simple? Yes. Attractive? Noooo!!!
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SPONSORED BY: Age of Empires III - Real-Time Strategy Game Control a European power on a quest to colonize and conquer the New World. AOE3 introduces new gameplay elements, as well as new civilizations, units, and technologies. http://www.ageofempires3.com/