This is the ultimate arcade action experience for hardcore video game fans! Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond™ is an homage to the greatest side-scrolling action video games of all time. Starring classic action hero Matt Hazard and all his greatest enemies, the game features tons of weapons, nonstop explosions, and gorgeous 3-D environments. Battle everything from evil ninjas to killer penguins. Survive incredible boss battles. And, of course, enjoy side-by-side two-player gameplay. It's non-stop run and gun survival at its finest in an over-the-top modern vision of timeless video game themes.

“Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond” is unleashed on January 6th at 9 a.m. GMT (2:00 a.m. PDT).

Published by D3 Publisher of America and developed by Vicious Cycle Software, “Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond” will be available for 1200 Microsoft Points everywhere and is rated M for Mature by the ESRB. For more details on “Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond” you can visit: http://www.xbox.com/games/m/matthazardbbbxbla/ or http://www.xblarcade.com/node/2280

There will be no new release for the Xbox LIVE Arcade this week. Honestly though, it's a horribly time of year to release anything. With all the daily deals on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace, to the new games you picked up over Christmas and Boxing Day, it wouldn’t seem like a good idea to release a new title. Besides, game developers and publishers need holidays too, right?!

Still, there are plenty of Xbox LIVE Arcade games on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace that you probably overlooked this past year that deserve your attention. You know the games I’m talking about! So go back and have a look at some of those games this week or simply stock up on your Microsoft Points because next year is looking really good! The next two weeks include Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond and Serious Sam HD, so there's something to look forward to in the future.

Capcom® Entertainment, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, has announced that Final Fight™: Double Impact will be coming to the Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft in April 2010. This digital release will house not one, but two awesome Capcom classics – Final Fight™ and Magic Sword.

Capcom® Entertainment, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, has announced that Mega Man™ 10 is coming to the Xbox LIVE® online entertainment network via Xbox LIVE Arcade in March 2010. Mega Man 10, the latest entry in Capcom’s long-running series, will return gamers to the nostalgic perfection of classic 2D Mega Man gameplay, embracing retro platform action and NES-inspired old-school graphics.

The year is 20XX and a suspicious outbreak of Roboenza, a Robot Flu, has broken out. It spreads through the world like wildfire bringing down robots everywhere. Infected robots have rampaged out of control, destroying the city and holding it hostage! Who’s behind this mess? It’s up to Mega Man to take on this sinister threat and get to the bottom of this viral mystery.

OneBigGame, a non-profit publisher of videogames, has confirmed the final music artist line-up for its recently announced puzzle music game Chime on Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft.

Tracks from Moby, Paul Hartnoll of Orbital, Fred Deakin of Lemon Jelly, Philip Glass and Markus Schulz are confirmed for the unique block puzzle game that sees players re-construct existing songs from these famous artists by placing irregular shaped blocks on a sequencer-style playing field.

A creative twist on both music and block puzzle games, Chime tasks players with covering the playing field with irregular shapes, each connected to a sound effect from the background music track, to form rectangular blocks, called quads. Chime’s innovative game mechanics enables players to create a unique remix of each song every time they play a level as the building of larger quads unlock more elements of the underlying song. Working their way to 100 percent coverage of the grid, players will unlock the song in full.

Polar Panic has you playing through 50 challenging levels to battle Mr. Big in Story Mode. Or work your way through all 50 of the fiendish block-based puzzles. Survive against never-ending waves of trappers in Survivor Mode. Play on your own or with two to four players against the trappers and each other in Kills, Points, or Last Man Standing variations.

“Polar Panic” solves global warming on December 23rd at 9 a.m. GMT (2:00 a.m. PDT).

Published by Valcon Games and developed by Eiconic Games, “Polar Panic” will be available for 800 Microsoft Points everywhere and is rated E for Everyone by the ESRB. For more details on “Polar Panic” you can visit: http://www.xbox.com/games/p/polarpanicxbla/ or http://www.xblarcade.com/node/2426

Square Enix Ltd., the publisher of Square Enix® interactive entertainment products in Europe and other PAL territories, has announced that 0 Day Attack on Earth®, a brand new title for Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, will be available from 23rd December, priced at 1200 Microsoft Points.

The Fight to Protect Earth Begins. High-tech Tokyo is in rubble. The once vibrant New York is ground to a halt. And the City of Light, Paris, is enveloped by darkness and despair.

Hordes of humongous life forms have suddenly and brutally converged on the world's metropolitan areas, overwhelming the defenceless Earth and paralyzing humanity with unprecedented fear. Those that remain after the initial assault, which would later be known as the 0 Day Attack On Earth, take to the skies in a seven day battle fighting for the survival of all humanity.

Twisted Pixel Games and XBLArcade.com have teamed up to give away a free redemption code for their Xbox™ LIVE® Arcade game ‘Splosion Man™, in honor of their recent nomination for Best Independent Game in Spike TV's Video Game Awards 2009. So what better way to celebrate than to give you the opportunity to have Santa Splode bring you a copy of the game in time for Christmas morning!

Splosion Man, the exciting platform game on Xbox LIVE Arcade is an action-packed adventure that takes you through 50 unique single player levels, and 50 unique multiplayer levels (2-4 cooperative play), at a blistering pace! Easy to play, and fun for all ages, Splosion Man will have you ‘sploding off the walls, and other players with familiar, yet innovative gameplay. From Twisted Pixel Games, developer of the award-winning The Maw, comes a single- or co-op multiplayer experience that 'splodes like no other.

Fools they were, to tread where knowledge should stay forbidden. For what emerged was not a man—it was Splosion Man. "And all who saw him were 'sploded, for he was the fire and they were but meat." Splosion Man is a life form made entirely of splosions! He was created in a laboratory by the careless corporation Big Science, who are now doing anything they can to stop Splosion Man and escape his splosive abilities. Able to 'splode himself at will, Splosion Man launches his way through levels, an uncontainable force.

Set in an array of galaxies, Puzzlegeddon™ features a clever mix of puzzle, action, and strategy in a fast-paced and exciting game! Compete for the top spot on the planet by creating multiple combos for the quickest way to gather enough resources to blast your enemies out of this world. Or, if you find yourself on the perilous poisonous planet, solve brainteasers to survive for as long as possible and rack up a high score. Battle up to five players on Xbox LIVE® in a variety of galaxies in this stylish and quirky puzzle brawler.

“Puzzlegeddon” solves world problems on December 16th at 9 a.m. GMT (2:00 a.m. PDT).

Published by Tecmo and developed by Pieces Interactive, “Puzzlegeddon” will be available for 800 Microsoft Points everywhere and is rated E for Everyone by the ESRB. For more details on “Puzzlegeddon” you can visit: http://www.xbox.com/games/p/puzzlegeddonxbla/ or http://www.xblarcade.com/node/2483

The Xbox LIVE Arcade delivers quality downloadable game titles from experienced independent developers and publishers. Each considers the value of your dollar when making the game. It’s been proven with game titles in the past that fans know exactly what to expect from XBLA games - and this holiday season it will be no different. Below are the expected releases. Some have been confirmed with Major Nelson of www.majornelson.com and reported by other gaming web sites. Unfortunately for their readers, they just got the standard Microsoft press release instead of taking the time to talk to each of the game developers on their list of naughty or nice.

The XBLArcade.com is here to reveal the FULL LIST of releases for December from the developers and publishers of the game themselves. We should let you know that some of the details have yet to be confirmed and are subject to change in the coming weeks. We can however reiterate that we have worked with the game developers to ensure that you have a choice when considering spending those holiday gift points for your favorite games. Read on…