At 2 am Pacific, you'll be able to grab Aegis Wing from Xbox Live Arcade, an old-fashioned 2D space shooter. What isn't old-fashioned is that you'll be able to pick the game up for free for a limited time. Three interns came up with the game over the summer as they interned away at Xbox Live Arcade. They've worked with the creators of Live's UNO, Carbonated Games, to bring their title to the service for free.
"Aegis Wing is a 2-D side-scrolling space shooter that combines epic space combat with fantastic visuals, and is set to a rich symphonic soundtrack. It is set in the year 2105, when humanity must flee a dying Earth for the distant world Europa. But this new home is soon threatened by a powerful alien race, the Araxia. With stolen Araxian technology, the Europa fleet develops an experimental star fighter and assigns four ace pilots to test it. The Aegis Wing is born, and it becomes your mission to wield this new technology as humanity's last hope for survival.
Up to four players can play together either locally or over Xbox Live to defeat waves of nefarious Araxian ships and bosses, and can even combine spacecraft in two-, three- or four-ship formations to access powerful Super Weapons."
Get it while it's free! Yep, even you Silver-level members can snag it.
