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Microsoft Pulls Xbox Live Arcade Announcement

Says the edited Gamasutra page: Microsoft Confirms ‘Xbox Live Arcade Wednesdays’ [EDITOR’S NOTE: Microsoft has asked us to remove this press release, which was erroneously sent to news outlets by them before actually intended. We have complied, but will re-post the information as soon as it is officially released. We thank you for your understanding.] […]

Says the edited Gamasutra page:

Microsoft Confirms 'Xbox Live Arcade Wednesdays'

[EDITOR'S NOTE: Microsoft has asked us to remove this press release, which was erroneously sent to news outlets by them before actually intended.

We have complied, but will re-post the information as soon as it is officially released. We thank you for your understanding.]

Can you really unring the bell like that? Not really, now that everyone and their mom has linked to and summarized the piece. Looks like the next five Wednesdays will all play host to a new downloadable Xbox Live Arcade title, culminating in Street Fighter II on August 2.

Tonight's Microsoft party in San Francisco will no doubt be the official unveiling of this piece of information that the entire Internet now already knows about.

By the way, can you imagine how ridiculous it would have seemed had Capcom mentioned way back in January, when they announced SFII that it wouldn't be on Xbox Live until almost exactly seven months later? We'd have asked what the hell exactly the problem was.