If you enjoy BUBBLE BOBBLE or puzzle games in general, then you're in for a treat! Japanese website Game Watch has revealed that the Taito Corporation plans on bringing one of its most recognized brand to Microsoft's Xbox 360 download service by releasing PUZZLE BOBBLE Live!, aka Bust A Move, to the Xbox LIVE Arcade on September 30th for 800 Microsoft Points.

PUZZLE BOBBLE Live! is based on the action puzzle game "BUBBLE BOBBLE Live!" which recently released this past Wednesday on XBLA, and features some of the game’s characters. The game will consist of three separate "Single Player" modes; 1P Puzzle, Endless, CPU Battle and will also feature Multiplayer.

The Single player “1P Puzzle” mode features over 135 stages split into zones consisting of five stages each. Clear a zone, and you'll be able to freely select the next zone. “Endless Mode” has your avatar come out and cheer you on, and “CPU Battle” puts you against 8 CPU characters, each with different strengths and attack patterns.

The team at Chair Entertainment continues to look for ways to enrich the “Shadow Complex” experience for players even if it means taking action by deleting leaderboard information generated by those who try to compromise the game.

This week the Xbox LIVE enforcement team will begin taking steps against players verified as cheaters. These players have not only violated the spirit of the game, but they have also violated the Xbox LIVE Terms of Use. Moving forward, initial steps will be taken with a number of player accounts that belong to verified cheaters including:

1. The player will be deleted from the Shadow Complex leaderboard
2. The Xbox LIVE enforcement team will investigate individual players removed from the leaderboards for potential resetting of the user’s gamerscore. The reset would include all games, not just Shadow Complex.
3. Those accounts determined by the Xbox enforcement team to have their gamerscore reset will be branded on Xbox LIVE as belonging to a cheater, and this information will be reflected in the gamer profile, both on Xbox.com and in the Xbox Dashboard on the console.

Chair Entertainment believes that their players deserve a level playing field, and both teams at Xbox LIVE and Chair Entertainment are committed to providing the best overall game experience on Xbox LIVE. To learn more about the LIVE policy on gamerscore corrections, please read the FAQ on Xbox.com.

For more information on the Xbox LIVE terms of use, please visit Xbox.com

The action game classic Bubble Bobble returns as an Xbox LIVE Arcade game in BUBBLE BOBBLE™ Neo! Encase your enemies in bubbles with the bubble-spitting dragon Bub! Learn the various techniques of the game and clear all the rounds in multiple game modes, including offline co-op play.

“BUBBLE BOBBLE™ Neo!” blows bubbles on September 16th at 9 a.m. GMT (2:00 a.m. PDT).

Published and developed by Taito Corporation, “BUBBLE BOBBLE Neo!” will be available for 800 Microsoft Points everywhere except Korea, and is rated E for Everyone by the ESRB. For more details on “BUBBLE BOBBLE Neo!” you can visit: http://www.xbox.com/games/b/bubblebobbleneoxbla/

Lode Runner will be the XBLA Deal of the Week, just 800 Microsoft Points for Xbox LIVE Gold Members beginning Monday, September 14th through to Sunday, September 20th.

As recent as just this past weekend at the Penny Arcade Expo at booth #3002 in the North Hall of the Washington State Convention Center, XBLArcade.com had a chance to talk with Scott Pelland, the long-time managing editor of Nintendo Power magazine, that now shares his insights and creative talents as an independent consultant. He even teamed up with Tozai Games to help with the launch and marketing of Lode Runner for the Xbox LIVE Arcade.

As many of you probably know, Lode Runner's launch in late April of this year was negatively impacted by a mistake that Microsoft made in first posting the game on the dashboard at 800 Microsoft points instead of the 1200 Microsoft Point it was originally supposed to be set for. “The initial euphoria for the lower-than-promised price turned into a vicious backlash against the game when Microsoft jacked up the price just eight hours later without any sort of explanation,” said Scott Pelland about the game’s initial launch onto the Xbox LIVE Arcade.

LucasArts announced on September 11, 2009 that Lucidity, a new game under development from the LucasArts team that re-imagined The Secret of Monkey Island®. Set for release on Xbox LIVE Arcade and PC via digital download on October 7th, Lucidity is an addictive puzzle-like platformer set in the surreal dreamscapes of a little girl named Sofi.

In Lucidity, players take a trip into the imagination of Sofi, a young girl who is filled with a persistent desire to explore new worlds and overcome all obstacles in her way. In this challenging puzzle platform game, players are tasked with keeping Sofi safe as she drifts deeper into the strange new world of her dreams. Through quick reaction and placement of randomly generated puzzle pieces, players must create a path through beautifully detailed dreamscapes to keep Sofi in perpetual motion and deliver her to safety.

"Lucidity comes from our effort at LucasArts to form several small internal development teams and give them the creative freedom to make games that surprise, amaze and inspire," said LucasArts President Darrell Rodriguez. "The re-imagining of The Secret of Monkey Island and the development of the all-new Lucidity are just the beginning of this effort."

A gameplay trailer debut on GameTrailers TV with Geoff Keighley this past Thursday on Spike TV and as you can see in the video below, it's sort of a puzzle platformer that has you manipulating objects in the environment in order to help Sofi (who's moving of her own free will, Lemmings-style) get from one side of the screen to the other.

Twisted Pixel Games is giving players the chance to win a Splosion Man Trophy and a signed poster by getting the best time in the single-player level 3-8 during the week of September 6th-12th.

When XBLArcade.com visited the guys from Twisted Pixel Games at their booth at the Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) this past weekend, we got our greedy, little hands on one of these awesome trophies which is now proudly displayed beside our Xbox 360 gaming system.

As for the rest of you out there, Twisted Pixel Games is giving you the opportunity to earn one of these great 8.5” trophies for your own home. All you have to do is achieve the best time on the leaderboard for the single-player level 3-8 during the week of September 6th-12th. Read on for the official rules:

Rules:

To win this custom Splosion Man statue and a poster signed by the Splosion Man development team, you must get the best time in the leaderboard for the single-player level 3-8 during the week of September 6th-12th.

The blue hedgehog and the red echidna were sworn adversaries in Sonic 3, but in the platform adventure Sonic & Knuckles™, Knuckles realizes that he's been just a pawn in the schemes of Dr. Eggman (aka Dr. Robotnik). Knuckles, the former adversary, now supports Sonic to chase the common enemy, and each must use their strengths to acquire the priceless Master Emerald and save Angel Island.

“Sonic & Knuckles” save Angel Island from Dr. Robotnik on September 9th at 9 a.m. GMT (2:00 a.m. PDT).

Published by SEGA and developed by Sonic Team, “Sonic & Knuckles” will be available for 400 Microsoft Points everywhere, and is rated E for Everyone by the ESRB. For more details on “Sonic & Knuckles” you can visit: http://www.xbox.com/games/s/sonicknucklesxbla/

Even though the Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle, WA at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center might be over… we here at XBLArcade.com have seen fit to make September the all PAX Month! How are we going to do that? By continuing to provide you with the inside scoop on everything we learned there for the XBLA.

And if that wasn’t enough… we’re going to be giving away free stuff from our friends at PAX! That’s right my friends…

FREE STUFF ALL SEPTEMBER!

Not only are we going to continue with business as normal… we are going to deliver more PAX goodness by expanding on the Xbox LIVE Arcade games we learned about at the convention; and talk about those we didn’t get a chance to post about earlier. How cool is that?

We’d mention the games… but that would spoil the XBLA goodness that is coming your way! All we can say is… hold tight, prepare to battle, and don’t forget to defend! Is that cryptic enough for you? We can’t wait to spill the news…

Follow us @VanIslePimp while we give away free redemption codes for this, that, and because we can! And don’t forget… keep your eyes on XBLArcade.com for daily updates regarding everything XBLA.

DID WE MENTION FREE STUFF?

One of the more exciting booths at the 2009 Penny Arcade Expo was over at the Hothead Games area where we seen Morgan Webb of G4’s X-Play interviewing this year’s PAX keynote speaker Ron Gilbert about his new game DeathSpank. Ron’s storied experience in the video game industry, coupled with his status as an adventure game pioneer and legend, made him the perfect choice to address the tens of thousands of PAX attendees.

DeathSpank is being developed by indie developer and publisher Hothead Games and created by Ron Gilbert of LucasArts adventure game fame. DeathSpank will bring to life the hilarious adventures of the game’s unusual hero. The unique art style uses 2D elements in a 3D world and boasts that you will roam the world without ever encountering a load screen.

Described by top scientists as Monkey Island meets Diablo, DeathSpank's gameplay is divided between uncovering the epic story via conversations, solving complex puzzles, equipping your character with over 100 different types of weapons and armor to maximize his dispensing of justice, not to mention his charming good looks, plus battling just about anything that moves. As DeathSpank vanquishes evil and heroes the downtrodden, he will collect loot, level up, collect loot, acquire new abilities and of course, collect more loot.

It's been 10 long years since South Park has made a video game, but XBLArcade.com is happy to announce that South Park Let's Go Tower Defense Play! will launch exclusively on Xbox Live on October 7 to coincide with the premier of the new season of South Park on Comedy Central that very same day!

We got a chance to give the upcoming South Park Let's Go Tower Defense Play! at the Xbox 360 booth at PAX 09 with an Xbox representative. In fact, we played it a few times just because we’re big fans of those potty-mouthed kids.

You get to play as Stan, Kyle, Kenny, Cartman; but you can unlock and play up to fifteen of your favorite South Park characters such as Timmy. All of which you can switch in-between in mid game. This way you can jump from one side of the screen to the other in order to lend support to your towers by throwing snowballs. But you can only have four on the screen at any one time. That includes on Xbox LIVE or Local gameplay.

You and a friend can play co-op on your couch at home while also playing with two other people over Xbox LIVE. Together you can take on Crusty Hippies, Mad Cows, Ginger Kids, Old People, and more over 11 campaigns and 5 challenge levels.