Ok, so this isn't technically XBLA news (Hell if you want to get technical, it's not even Xbox news yet), but it could be a interesting sign of things to come.

Cheeky, the developers of the Blobbit series (you may remember it from the XNA preview videos that were kicking around), have released the first XNA developed commercially available game. While it's not certain whether the game will be making it's way onto the 360, it at least will start to show whether or not the XNA platform could be profitable for commercial opportunities.

Due to the lack of 360 support and the $15 price tag (I'll take Heavy Weapon for $10 instead), I'll be refraining, but if they ever do put it on the 360, I'm sure I'll pick it up.

Here's the complete press release:

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Friday 12th January, 2007. Corfu, Greece and sunny Romford, England.

Cheeky, the company featuring veteran developers Mark Ripley and Stoo Cambridge today announced the release of their latest game in the Blobbit series - "Blobbit Push".

The game also marks the developer's shift of focus away from the struggling mobile market, with the announcement that this is their first game to be released on Microsoft's XNA platform. Indeed, it has just been confirmed, this is the first commercial XNA game release ever. However, mobile phone versions of the game will follow shortly.

Blobbit Push is an arcade puzzle game, combining the strategies of Sokoban with clever roaming enemies, all wrapped up in Cheeky's trademark Blobbit cuteness. Blobbit finds himself crash-landed on a moon, scattering Blobbit Babies everywhere. The marauding Vernimb have captured them and imprisoned them in crates! Some are even guarded by Vernimb, ferocious Homing Vernimb and a multitude of robot guards! Blobbit must travel through 50 levels, releasing the Blobbit Babies before finally returning to his battered spaceship and returning home before somebody notices....

The game is available for download and online play at http://www.blobbit.com. Demos are available in XNA, Java and Mac Widget formats.

The Blobbit Push logo can be found at:
http://www.blobbit.com/pushlogo.png

A screen shot can be found at:
http://www.blobbit.com/blobbitpushscreenshots/pushscr.jpg

Further information about Cheeky can be found at http://www.cheeky.gr

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