Ten years on from Worms™ Armageddon and the turn-based mayhem and destruction continues! Worms™ 2: Armageddon is the most fully-featured digital version of the game ever. With four player online and offline multiplayer, voice support, a raft of new weapons (including the return of some iconic weapons from the past), all-new high-definition landscape themes, new play modes, hats, skins, speech-banks, loads of other customization and to top it all off, a highly-involving single player experience with tutorials, deathmatches, races, fort games, and puzzles. It's a package as high on fun as it is destruction!

“Worms 2: Armageddon” goes to war on July 1st at 9 a.m. GMT (2:00 a.m. PDT).

Published and developed by SNK PLAYMORE CORPORATION, “Worms 2: Armageddon” will be available for 800 Microsoft Points everywhere and is rated E10 for Everyone 10+ by the ESRB. For more details on “Worms 2: Armageddon” you can visit: http://www.xbox.com/games/w/worms2armageddonxbla/

NinjaBee, the creators of the first fully-enabled Avatar game on Xbox LIVE® Arcade, A Kingdom for Keflings, announced on June 29th  that beginning July 8th, Band of Bugs will include Avatar support. In addition, NinjaBee will be releasing Tales of Kaloki, a new, game-changing DLC for Band of Bugs.

The added Avatar support will allow gamers the option of replacing the original story’s hero, Maal, with their custom Avatar as they play through the main story mode. Players will also be able to engage in hand-to-hand combat and spell casting in eight-player Spider Hunter mode. Spider Hunter, one of several multiplayer modes, allows players to battle with or against their friends over Xbox LIVE to survive an onslaught of deadly spiders, mosquitoes, centipedes and more.

The Tales of Kaloki DLC is based on NinjaBee’s first Xbox LIVE Arcade game, Outpost Kaloki X. The DLC is set in space and uses the basic mechanics of Band of Bugs but adds a new tile set, new characters, new story, new skills, new strategy, new attacks and new abilities…

Some months ago it was revealed that Empire Interactive, after several years of financial troubles, was to go into administration, and now two of its titles have disappeared from the marketplace.

Both Double Dragon and Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe are no longer available for purchase, and likely will not be coming back. Empire Interactive also had Pipe Mania in development for Xbox Live Arcade but as Empire and the development studio are now gone, it can now be considered cancelled.

All of Emipre's IP rights were sold off last month, and Zoo Games, or Zushi Games as they are also known, picked them all up. Double Dragon and Speedball 2's IP are owned by both Million and The Bitmap Brothers respectively, and most likely have returned to their holders.

However Empire's PSOne and PSP titles, which include Sheep, Pipe Mania and Carol Vorderman's Sudoku, are all still available on the PlayStation Network. As Empire owned these IP they appear to continue to be published by Zoo Interactive.

It's a matter of another publisher picking up the pieces, but would it be worth it? Some suggest that Double Dragon has done well, and continued to do well, at its 400MSP price point, while Speedball 2, at 800MSP, did not. As both games came out in 2007, selling more copies now might be a difficult task, and not worth the effort.

THQ and CodeGlue are celebrating the release of their new, original Xbox LIVE® Arcade game Rocket Riot, the first Dutch developed XBLA game available now for download via the Xbox LIVE Marketplace for the Xbox 360 for 800 Microsoft Points, by giving away 5 redemption codes here on XBLArcade.com.

Rocket Riot is an action-packed side-view shooter featuring a bazooka-wielding jetpack soldier. With a highly stylized 8-bit era feel, players blast their way through the environment against enemies or multiplayer foes online. Navigating through a completely destructible environment, players can uncover special power ups or even burrow into different areas of the map.

Winners: 5
Prize: 5 Rocket Riot redemption codes
Restrictions: Only one entry per person, numerous entries will result in a infraction and disqualification from the contest.
How to Enter: Simply post a comment telling us who the publisher of Rocket Riot is, along with your gamertag.
Closes: June 29th at 11:59PM PST

The legend grows as this classic descendant of Fatal Fury arrives on Xbox LIVE Arcade. It's been 10 years since the death of Geese Howard. However, Howard's immense martial arts skills have been passed to his son, Rock. The new hero is joined by a cast of 12 new characters plus one returning fighter, Terry Bogard, for this tournament of champions. Representing the world's best, the maulers gather once again to crown the "King of Fighters." Garou: Mark Of The Wolves improves on the Fatal Fury system by adding three new battle formats, creating fights more furious than before.

“Garou: Mark Of The Wolves” kicks ass on June 24th at 9 a.m. GMT (2:00 a.m. PDT).

Published and developed by SNK PLAYMORE CORPORATION, “Garou: Mark Of The Wolves” will be available for 800 Microsoft Points everywhere and is rated T for Teen by the ESRB. For more details on “Garou: Mark Of The Wolves” you can visit: http://www.xbox.com/games/g/garoumofwxbla/

An extension of the world's premier trading card game, Magic: The Gathering® — Duels of the Planeswalkers™ brings a pulse-pounding mix of strategic thinking, fantastic artwork, and arcade-style thrills to Xbox LIVE® Arcade. Experience an epic game of fantasy and strategy, as never before, when you take on the mantle of a Planeswalker—a powerful mage capable of traversing the infinite planes of existence—and forge your destiny!

“Magic: The Gathering — Duels of the Planeswalkers” starts dueling on June 17th at 9 a.m. GMT (2:00 a.m. PDT).

Published by Wizards of the West Coast and developed by Stainless Games, “Magic: The Gathering — Duels of the Planeswalkers” will be available for 800 Microsoft Points everywhere and is rated T for Teen by the ESRB. For more details on “Magic: The Gathering — Duels of the Planeswalkers” you can visit: http://www.xbox.com/games/m/magicthegatheringdobxbla/

Sonic and Tails are back for another adventure in Sonic The Hedgehog 3™ as they again battle the evil Dr. Eggman (aka Dr. Robotnik), who is desperately trying to collect all the Chaos Emeralds in order to rebuild his Death Egg. Our heroes must find the Chaos Emeralds before Dr. Eggman does, but winning the race won't be easy. A new adversary, Knuckles the Echidna, has arrived on the scene and will do whatever he can to keep Sonic and Tails from reaching their goal. Grab all the golden rings, find various bonus zones, and overcome Knuckles and Dr. Eggman as you rocket through the third chapter in Sonic's adventures.

“Sonic The Hedgehog 3” goes goes super sonic on June 10th at 9 a.m. GMT (2:00 a.m. PDT).

Published by Sega and developed by Backbone Entertainment, “Sonic The Hedgehog 3” will be available for 400 Microsoft Points everywhere and is rated E for Everyone by the ESRB. For more details on “Sonic The Hedgehog 3” you can visit: http://www.xbox.com/games/s/sonicth3xboxlivearcade/

Achtung! You are OSA super agent B.J. Blazkowicz. Your goal is to escape from Castle Wolfenstein and defeat the twisted Nazi regime in Wolfenstein 3D™. Fight all of the memorable enemies from Hans Grosse to Mecha-Hitler in the legendary game that launched the first-person shooter genre. Search classic levels for hidden secrets revealing stolen Nazi treasure, health packs, ammo and weapons, or even short cuts.

“Wolfenstein 3D” goes retro on June 3rd at 9 a.m. GMT (2:00 a.m. PDT).

Published by Activision and developed by Nerve, “Wolfenstein 3D” will be available for 400 Microsoft Points everywhere except Australia, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore and Taiwan, and is rated M for Mature by the ESRB. For more details on “Wolfenstein 3D” you can visit: http://www.xbox.com/games/w/wolfenstein3dxboxlivearcade/

Millions quake in fear today as Twisted Pixel Games confirms the existence of the `Splosion Man and that the comical four-player co-op action title will be one of Microsoft’s premiere ‘Summer of Arcade’ titles!. In a world already doomed by the planet-scourge The Maw, this new threat emerges from a top-secret military lab, big science gone wrong. His tale will be found on Xbox LIVE® Arcade shortly before the world is incinerated this Summer.

Like a bad Icarus metaphor, scientists create `Splosion Man too close to the Sun. Born of plasma and flame in an underground military lab, `Splosion Man can `splode at will, propelling himself around a side-scrolling world and destroying everything in his way. Scientists unleash all of their technology in an attempt to stop him, but his path is relentless. Any scientist he catches is `sploded into chunks of ham and ribeyes, the smell of their destruction terrifying, but also a little succulent.

From the minds and technology behind the award-winning Xbox LIVE Arcade title “Undertow” and the legendary “Gears or War” franchise comes the next evolution in downloadable gaming. Retro side-scrolling gameplay meets a dark, military-themed universe, powered by stunning Unreal Engine 3 visuals in Shadow Complex.

Shadow Complex provides a fresh twist on classic side-scroller action by delivering an original single-player adventure that unfolds across a range of non-linear levels. Gameplay centers around exploration and fast-paced combat as players gather power-ups to overcome obstacles, thwart enemies, and delve into a mysterious and challenging world. Shadow Complex features an extensive campaign that is on par with the length and quality of contemporary triple-A retail releases in a downloadable pick-up-and play Xbox LIVE Arcade package. Your game will live on, as multiple play-throughs are required to obtain all the game’s items and power-ups.