Another rumor smashed by a press release. And by smashed I mean totally confirmed.

Hudson Entertainment confirmed Bomberman will be hitting XBLA sometime this summer, sport a fresh HD coat of paint, and (most importantly) support 8 player online matches. If they know what's good for them they better have offline multiplayer too. Also present, 4 player local multiplayer (phew). You will also have full bomberman customization powers via downloadables. Let's hope they avoid nickle and diming us.

Backbone Entertainment is handling the development and the release should be sometime in June.

Check out the link on Kotaku to the Belgian site X-Power which sports tons of pretty pictures.

Choose your flavor: [via Joystiq] or [via Kotaku]

[Update]: Apparently, the Kotaku story was based on the info from X-Power and was posted a full 5 days ago (dunno how we missed that) but the Joystiq story alludes to an official Press Release which is more "official".

[Update 2]: I guess I should skim a little slower. 4 player local multiplayer is confirmed as well.