Since I'm already stalking Eurogamer's RSS feed I thought I would bring you all another nugget of XBLA information. This story started to look bleak, but it has a happy ending.

What we already know -- Geometry Wars: Waves will only be available as a mini-game inside Bizarre's flagship title Project Gotham Racing 4.

But while visiting Bizarre Creations, Eurogamer's Tom Bramwell asked more about Waves and the decision to leave it off XBLA. Ben Ward (Community Manager, Bizarre Creations) had this to say:

Waves is just a sort of throwback to where Geometry Wars came from originally - it's an Easter Egg in a game, it's one game mode, it's something that you'll play again and again to beat your high score, but it's not a full retail product.

Gareth Wilson (Design Manager, Bizarre Creations) added:

...it's almost a little bit odd to put a full blown version of Geometry Wars in PGR because it's actually bigger than a mini-game now. So we put Waves in because it's a good laugh, but it's left the nest really."

Sad really. But then there's the ray of sunshine, Ben Ward responds further on why Waves will not appear on XBLA:

It's because we had plans for Live Arcade, but Waves isn't it.

There you have it. Plans for XBLA. Let the speculation commence!

[via Eurogamer]