This winter season, Pieces Interactive and Tecmo launches Puzzlegeddon, an action-filled online puzzle game, available for the Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. Puzzlegeddon was recently released for iPhone and the game has received global attention since it was released to the PC back in 2008.

Puzzlegeddon is a colorful, simple and highly entertaining puzzle brawler for up to 6 players online as well as offering addictive single player modes. By combining puzzle, action and strategy in a polished package, the game challenges players to think hard, play smart and act fast, and is a must have for brainiacs and painiacs alike this holiday season. Puzzle, collect resources and defeat opponents in Puzzlegeddon, a Puzzle Brawler for brainiacs and painiacs alike! Puzzlegeddon challenges you to think hard, play smart and act fast!

TEAM17 is delighted and very proud to announce the arrival of ALIEN BREED EVOLUTION (Episode 1) on Wednesday, December 16th on Microsoft Xbox Live Arcade, priced at just 800 Microsoft Points ($10/£6 approx).

The game features incredible fidelity and attention to detail throughout, awesome audio effects and an engaging single player narrative. The pulsating story takes the game's hero through an intense ride through a stricken craft, onto a mysterious, ageing hulk ship and beyond.

In addition to the explosive single player story, the game also offers a relentless, action packed, two-player co-operative battle mode for online and offline local action with a number of difficulty modes to challenge all skills.

The game features hours of dramatic single and multiplayer action, unique and exciting set pieces, thrilling bosses to fight and incidental surprises throughout.

RedLynx has pulled back the curtain and exposed the now dated and priced Trials HD BIG Pack downloadable add-on revealing that inside the BIG Pack are 23 new courses to hop around on and they focus on the medium and hard tiers - the "sweet spot", the developer told Eurogamer. They are split into 12 medium, 9 hard and 2 extreme.

Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. has revealed some details and screenshots from the upcoming fast-action puzzle role-playing game, Puzzle Chronicles for Xbox LIVE® Arcade. Set in the dark and savage lands of the Ashurin Empire, players are challenged to journey among powerful lords and mystical creatures, while adventuring on quests and collecting powerful new equipment and skills.

Puzzle Chronicles begins as you enter the dark and savage lands of the Asharin Empire as you battle to avenge the atrocities the Empire brought upon your tribesmen. On your challenging quest you will fight fierce beasts and battle hardened warriors with a new puzzle combat mechanics that will test your skills. This new puzzle combat system is based on real time action so players will have to think fast and posses sound strategies to best their opponents.

Inheriting the style of the renowned arcade title, QIX++ allows you to take up the fight again in a variety of different ways. With customized weapon improvements, a technique-based scoring system, and events triggered by opening Item Containers, the evolution of the series has truly come a long way. The object of the game is to defeat the QIX using the marker. When the total area cut off by the marker reaches a percentage equal to the Threshold, your final attack begins and you have cleared the stage.

“QIX ++” is still mysterious on December 9th at 9 a.m. GMT (2:00 a.m. PDT).

Published and developed by Taito Corporation, “QIX ++” will be available for 800 Microsoft Points everywhere except Australia, India, Korea or New Zealand and is rated E for Everyone by the ESRB. For more details on “QIX ++” you can visit: http://www.xbox.com/games/q/qixxbla/

Worsening conditions due to overpopulation in Kefling Kingdoms has prompted drastic action by independent video games developer NinjaBee, announcing today it would act quickly and decisively to resolve the problem by providing four new kingdoms as downloadable content for its popular Xbox LIVE® Arcade title, A Kingdom for Keflings.

NinjaBee has also set a date, promising the new Kingdoms would be available for Keflings and avatars alike on Dec. 9, 2009.

“To be honest, it’s about time!” said one giant avatar who wished to remain anonymous. “It’s gotten to the point where you can’t even turn around without kicking one of those little guys. It’s getting out of hand, I mean, they’re like rabbits!”

The new DLC is the first to be released for the avatar-based XBLA title and will be released separately as Kingdom Pack 1 and Kingdom Pack 2, each containing two new playable kingdoms.

Doritos tortilla chips – the bold, intense snack brand within PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay division – today announced that eight quarter-finalists have been selected from more than 1,500 unique game ideas submitted to the Doritos “Unlock Xbox” program. With a higher-stakes Unlock Xbox challenge this year, consumer votes will now determine the top three semi-finalists that will revisit Microsoft for one last pitch, where two finalists will be selected. Fans can vote for their favorite gaming concepts beginning now until December 31, 2009 at www.unlockxbox.com.

“As we continue to put our fans in control of the Doritos brand, they continue to step up to our challenges and meet them with unwavering enthusiasm and creativity,” said Rudy Wilson, vice president, marketing, Doritos. “Many Doritos lovers are very passionate about gaming, and were excited to give them this unmatched level of engagement and ownership of Xbox LIVE Arcade.”

Films franchises like Batman and Star Trek have undergone the reboot process and rumours abound that the Tomb Raider game franchise is due for a reboot to. Now Strawdog Studios are rebooting an entire genre... the classic 80s arcade game, with their latest title Space Ark for Xbox 360 Live Arcade. If arcade games such as Rainbow Island, Bubble Bobble and Arkanoid were being invented for the first time today, what would they be like? Obviously they would run on modern hardware (Xbox 360 Live Arcade), have High Definition 3D graphics and 5.1 surround sound but the core of what made those games great would remain.

Space Ark is a fun arcade game featuring cute characters (the Arkonauts), wacky bonuses and fruit (every good arcade game must have fruit) plus bonus levels, more fruit, power-ups, extra lives and yet more fruit. Players must help the Arkonauts repair damaged planets by bouncing them into the air and bagging the DNA combos, power-ups and all the fruit you can catch in order to repair planets that have been damaged by a wandering black hole.

Put yourself closer to the action with a more intimate viewpoint of the gem-studded match-3 video game Puzzle Quest 2, announced recently for Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. Puzzle Quest 2 combines its trademark style with an enhanced real-time experience using all-new weapons, spells, and shields that make every decision meaningful and never passive in the deepest puzzle adventure yet. Named one of GamePro’s “Top Upcoming Sequels of 2010”, Puzzle Quest 2 is scheduled for release in spring 2010 from D3Publisher.

“Puzzle Quest is an award winning franchise with numerous accolades including an Interactive Achievement Award for “Best Downloadable Game of the Year” for Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords,” said Peter Andrew, vice president of product development, D3P. “Puzzle Quest 2 returns with a captivating, rewarding, and accessible journey for gamers of all levels as the ultimate delivery system for the mental release puzzle gamers seek.”

For the first time ever, Infinity Ward's 2003 award-winning game that launched a franchise comes to consoles in Call of Duty Classic. Relive the original Call of Duty experience in high definition, including online multiplayer on Xbox LIVE with Leaderboard support.

“Call of Duty Classic” goes to war on December 2nd at 9 a.m. GMT (2:00 a.m. PDT).

Published by Activision and developed by Infinity Ward, “Call of Duty Classic” will be available for 1200 Microsoft Points everywhere and is rated T for Teen by the ESRB. For more details on “Call of Duty Classic” you can visit: http://www.xbox.com/games/c/callofdutyclassicxbla/