Early birds go all-in for free with Texas Hold 'Em for Xbox 360

The Xbox Live Arcade service for the Xbox has been big business for Microsoft, and the company shows no signs of slowing down after the retro-themed summer lineup. Starting next Wednesday, the defacto day for new XBLA releases, another string of original games will hit the system. The most notable release on the docket is next week's debut of Texas Hold 'Em, which will be free to download for its first two days on Xbox Live. After that, it'll run you 800 Microsoft points--roughly 10 real-world dollars. After that, Konami gets into the retro arcade fun with two of its older titles rolling out in the two following weeks: Scramble and Time Pilot, which will run 400 points each. Yeah, we haven't heard of those, either.

Source: GameSpot