One of the moderators over at CheapAss Gamers, was playing Uno when one of the beta testers for MS new camera joined his game, the mod was able to grab his camera and grab a short clip for all to see. While it's not the most exciting use for Vision, it's great to see that it works.

You can check his post out here.

There's a decent, 3 page, preview up at gamespot. For all you achievements junkies out there it does describe them all, although doesn't state the point values. Here's a summary:

Based on what we saw of the work-in-progress game, Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting is looking solid. The offline game is looking good and the online experience, though there's still work to be done, has potential that it's close to realizing. As it stands right now, what we've played could pass for "good enough," but we're hoping that Capcom will be able to do the work needed to get it to be better. Though there's still no word on exactly when the game is releasing or how much it will cost, Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting is still expected to ship in Q2 2006.

You can read it all here.

Denis Bourdain, VP Business Dev at Load Inc, see picture bellow, took some time out of his busy schedule to answer a few quesitons about the upcoming Mad Tracks. He answers questions about pricing, DLC, and a release time frame (just an estimate of course, this is XBLA after all :) )

Read it all after the break

During E3, Gamespot got the chance to interview Hector and Alexander Fernandez from Streamline Studios, makers of the upcoming Hoopworld. While there was no real "new" info, they do have a few game play videos sprinkled through out.

You can check it out here.

Well now that E3 is done and people are more likely to have loose lips, we're starting Rumor Roundup again, with two more rumor's this week (well three if you include the FF one). Anyways, here goes...

Microsoft will be releasing a compilation of XBLA games for offline users

Rumor: When this page was seen proclaiming the upcoming "Arcade Unplugged" the rumor started that with a name like that it couldn't be anything but a XBLA compilation disk.

Our Take: When you start to think that 57% of Xbox owners are on live you start to think that there are 43% who cannot enjoy the phenomenon that is Geometry Wars (or any other XBLA title for that matter). With that in mind, you know it's just a matter of time before MS releases something. Now the question is, will it be called Arcade Unplugged, and will it come out on Oct. 2nd? I guess only time will tell.

The Xbox Camera will be $40 and come with an XBLA game

Rumor: Joystiq speculated with this post that, along with a bunch of other prices:

Xbox Live Vision Camera (with headset, one month of Live Gold, and one arcade -- presumably Xbox Live Arcade -- game): $40

Our Take: this seems to make sense, and MS has had a history of bundling xbla games with certain products (Bankshot anyone?). As for what game will be bundled, if I had to guess, I'd say there's a good chance that Freeverse's Totemball would make the most sense as it will be the first game to use any sort of gesture software.

That’s it for this week, and if you hear of any juicy XBLA rumors be sure to send them to rumors@xblarcade.com

And the E3 videos keep rolling in. This ones not the best of quality, but you can really get a sense of the mayhem going on in the "Super Smash Bros"-esqe Small Arms

According to GamersReports.com, it seems that the 360 may be getting some Fabula Nova Crystallis FFXIII spin-off love after all, and not only that, but also that we may see:

one or more of these titles may make their way to the XBox Live Arcade

For credibility they point out that this is the same source that tipped them off about the Alan Wake being published by MS earlier.

You can check out the post here.

Also note that the "Rumor Roundup" section will return tomorrow, but this one seemed to big to wait.