Retro XBLA games must be repurchased for the Xbox Game Room
Bad news for those of you who have picked up some classic arcade titles on Xbox Live and can't wait to play them in Microsoft's new Game Room: It looks like you will have to repurchase anything you want to play with your avatar in the 3D environment. Game Informer learned this recently from a Microsoft rep, who went on to say that it's because the Game Room titles are different from the XBLA versions -- in fact, it sounds like they're more old-school and not "revamped," as the rep puts it.
Fortunately, you will get a small price break: As previously announced, the games will sell for 400
($5) to play on Xbox 360 and PC, 240
($3) for the game on one platform or 40
($0.50) for "two quarters'" worth of playtime. But for those of us who've already shelled out 400
for the Centipede/Millipede combo, it looks like we'll have to pull out the wallet yet again.
