December 3rd will mark the PC release of our favorite turn-based, isometric strategy game that has already been released on Xbox Live Arcade. What game is that? Well, Band of Bugs of course! For those of you who have not yet purchased this Xbox Live Arcade classic quit checking your couch for pennies as Ninja Bee will be giving away a copy of the game and a Ninja Bee t-shirt to forum posters who submit a picture of themselves with a Band of Bugs characters. Full details can be read at the Ninja Bee forums.

[Via The Xbox Domain]

Here's the story everyone: Some quick collaboration and tons of inter-site generosity may just net you your very own copy of PopCap Arcade Vol. 1.

What's PopCap Arcade Vol. 1 you say? Why, it's a disc-based collection of the following PopCap classics: Bejeweled 2, Astropop, Feeding Frenzy, and Zuma. All of which are packaged neatly in a box just like one of those expensive retail games.

360Sync.com and XBLArcade have managed to snag 7 total copies of the disc, not for ourselves, but to give away to our loyal (or new) readers. How does a free copy of this game collection (retail value $29.99) sound to everyone?

Next step: How do you win? Simple. Leave a comment here on this post and in a week's time we'll randomly select the winners. Oh, and if one measly shot at winning free stuff isn't enough for you, head over to 360Sync.com and post a comment over there too. Voila! Two chances to win a copy of PopCap's best.

Get it done people.

(A big huge thanks to DaKing240 of 360Sync.com for getting this contest together and to PopCap for providing the prizes!)

[with 360Sync.com]

[Update]: This contest is only for residents of the US and Canada. Sorry for any misunderstandings.

A game whose main characters only goal is to blow up the hard work of an evil empire? Mixing free-falling with explosions? The chance of getting the game for free? What's not to love?

With Screwjumper! coming out on Wednesday, our friends at Frozen Codebase have been kind enough to set us up with two free codes for the game. Leave a comment on this post between now and Monday night at 8pm (Eastern Time) to be entered into a random draw for one of the codes.

Before anyone asks, no this does not mean that you get the game before it comes out to the public.

Not only were Frozen Codebase nice enough to send us the codes, but they've also sent the very first screen shots showing off some sweet split-screen action!

In case you have forgotten, Snack Strong Productions is sponsoring the Unlock Xbox contest -- a way to take your Doritos-themed XBLA arcade game idea and turn it into reality.

The finalists were announced back in August. Now, working betas of their games are up and running on the Unlock Xbox website. The winner will be determined by your votes, so get over there, play some games, and let your voice be heard! Just remember that the winner will be announced November 19th, so don't wait too long.

Once a winner is selected, NinjaBee (a subdivision of Wahoo Studios) will take the winning game and flesh it out into a full blown XBLA title for all of us to download. In my mind, that's a great choice of developer -- a team with lots of experience and creativity to burn.

[via Press Release/UnlockXbox.com]

Hop on over to Xbox360Fanboy because they're giving away a copy of E4 and Tetris Splash. That's $20 worth of gaming goodness. But the contest starts and ends in a couple hours.

There's nothing else to know, just go get it!

[via Xbox360Fanboy]

At this point, it's just become ludicrous. First, it was Boom Boom Rocket. Then, Hexic 2. And now OXfire of XBLAddict is giving away two games at once: Spyglass Board Games and Bomberman Live!.

So get on over there (make a comment) and win some free stuff. If you're anything like me, your wallet is probably feeling some serious fatigue about now. So give it a break from the grind and get something for free!

[via XBLAddict.com]

Want more content for Band of Bugs? (If you're like me you need it.) Then check the arcade this Wednesday because a new single-player campaign expansion will be there to greet you.

The new campaign is called Ninja Sticks of Fury. (Which is a name fills me with shocking awe.) Details as follows:

• A full new campaign, with new characters, environments, and scripted event-filled levels.
• There's even more content for the map editor! (The snowy tileset is my personal favorite from when I saw it months ago!)
• The new pack includes a new achievement, and the levels in the Ninja Sticks campaign count toward the Gold Star achievement.

For those hardcore players out there this set of missions is purportedly tough. Mega-tough. But I know you are all up for a little challenge, so go get it. If all that is not enough to convince you, check out the trailer -- embedded below to combat your laziness.

[thanks to dezombie, Dan of VGToys.com, and also the Ruler of NinjaBee Nation -- Steve Taylor]

After the break, another NinjaBee t-shirt contest (courtesy of VGToys.com) and a personal note about Band of Bugs.

Everyone should know by now that I love me some NinjaBee. But I'm sure some of you out there love them too. On that note, why not celebrate your love for NinjaBee by sticking your name in a hat to win a free t-shirt. Nothing ventured, nothing gained, right?

How can you win a t-shirt sporting the lovable (and gullible) kung-fu ready Clyde? By entering the contest at VGToys.com, of course. They are giving away a Cloning Clyde t-shirt (courtesy of NinjaBee) containing one of my favorite quotes from the game, "P.S. always remember that you are a special guy." It always makes me giggle.

What are you waiting for? Go get it!

(Unfortunately for all my international readers, it's US only. Sorry!)

FWIW: I have this T-shirt and the quality is top-notch!

[via vgtoys.com]

Plurre and m4st3rd0n! (No guys, you weren't too late)

Congratulations guys, I will contact you via Live with your redeemable code to download Street Trace: NYC! It was definitely surprising to see the many lurkers (I am sure there are many more) commenting, welcome to the XBLArcade community. Next, look for many, many more contests and give-aways in the very near future.

For those who did not win the contest, and have yet to download this hidden gem, I do recommend doing so! Also, check out Joystiq's interview with Gaia Industries!

No joke, amazing prizes are out there to win so keep reading. Gamerscoreblog has posted details of a Cyberball 2072 Tournament. There are only 100 slots so act fast!

Why have a Cyberball 2072 tourney? Because BIGVIP (aka Aaron Greenberg) was a huge fan of the game back in the day and he apparently likes to give away tons of cool stuff in the name of gaming days past.

Amongst other things, you could win a set of new color controllers, a 120GB HDD, or one of those new Messenger Kits. Told ya the prizes were serious.

All the necessary details after the break.

[via Gamerscoreblog]