EST/PST? Are they released at the same official time each Wednesday, or does it vary? If it does, what time are they generally released? Looking for a definitive source.
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Best Answer
From Wikipedia it seems a vast majority of the games were released on Wednesdays, at least for the sampling of about 10 released in 2012 that I checked. I do note that this is not an absolute rule, as a game ironically named "Anomaly: Warzone Earth" was released on April 6th, 2012 - a Friday. Unless that is an error, which would in turn be even more ironic.
From Major Nelson's blog it appears that he posts updates about Arcade games around ~6 AM PST on release days most of the time. I think this is about the best info you are likely to get and there's no way to be sure it will stay that way. Also note that all games state "Check availability in your Xbox Live region", which means that while this info is probably accurate for US, times may vary by hours or days for other regions.