PC fans have reason to celebrate today because, according to Steam, the indie darling that recently launched on XBLA is set to also appear on Steam on August 16th, approx. one week and four days from now. This marks an unusual turn of events for games typically featured on Microsoft’s “Summer of Arcade” promotion which typically have a exclusive clause for any other platform.

For those who haven’t played, seen or even heard about Bastion it’s a remarkable indie RPG that combines some very unique story-telling elements with tried and true action RPG gameplay similar to that of Diablo (although slightly different as well). As for the story telling elements, essentially what it is is a adaptive, interchangable narrator who tells the story as you play the game in no particular order. It’s difficult to explain but very cool nonetheless.

Bastion is available right now on XBLA for 1200 MS points.The game is set to cost $14.99 on Steam.

[Steam, XBLA]

Well, some good and bad news for fans of the upcoming Retro City Rampage game. The good news is that the game is now definitely coming to a platform other than WiiWare, in fact it’s actually coming to my preferred platform of XBLA. The abd news is that the game has been delayed significantly to the summer of 2011. For those that recall, the game was originally slated for this month.

Some other off putting news for Wii owners is that the game isn’t set to launch on WiiWare until fall of 2011, a significant delay from when it was supposed to launch exclusively onto the service.

Still, it’s not all bad news as it appears that Retro City Rampage could be in the running for inclusion into Microsoft’s coveted “Summer of Arcade” event that they hold annually. No specific word on it yet, but I’d be surprised if such a high caliber game wasn’t included.

Our own Peter Eykemans previewed the game recently and found it to be a fantastic gaming experience even 6 months out from release. Even I can attest to the fact that the game is certainly shaping up quite nicely given my play time at this past year’s PAX 2010. So, with that said, let the waiting game begin.

[Retro City Rampage]

We first previewed the game back at the Independent Games Festival and have been looking forward to it ever since. It was showcased at Microsoft’s rotunda at E3 and is officially part of the Summer of Arcade festival.

But none of that actually tells you when the game is coming out. The official launch day for LIMBO is July 21, 2010 exlusively on Xbox Live Arcade.

As we announced earlier, it will retail at 1200 MS Points or $15.

The dev notes that we’ll still have to ‘stay tuned’ for a specific release date but now we certainly know its coming soon. A build of the game was playable at E3, the same one Peter got a chance to play at GDC, read up on his preview if you’re looking for some more literature.