After nearly a year on the PC, Bejeweled 3 has made its way onto Xbox Live Arcade. PopCap’s puzzle piece has always carried a simple yet addictive nature, but does Bejeweled 3 XBLA stay true to the series? The basic rules of Bejeweled 3 are simple: The player is gifted a grid and tasked with matching up three or more of the same coloured jewels in order to eliminate them from the grid of play... more.

It's cute. It's colourful. It will lure you into thinking that you're playing an innocent, friendly take on 'Tower Defence', and then it'll ruin you. Dungeon Defenders is a winning combination of comforting and punishing the senses. It takes 'Tower Defence' gameplay and sprinkles it with action-RPG elements, leaving us a game with those rare and precious qualities of that are both genuinely enjoya... more.

Oozing of nostalgia Toy Soldiers Cold War builds upon the foundations laid by its predecessor. While the setting may of jumped from the trenches of World War 1 to the Cold War (with the slight change that the Cold War is far from cold) the gameplay hasn’t changed a bit bar some minor additions. Playing much like a tower defence game Toy Soldiers combined fast paced action with more player intera... more.

Picture the scene. A beautiful, picturesque planet with lush gardens, serene lakes and a skyline to die for, a secluded paradise. You play the part of an alien happy in paradise. Until one day, from out of nowhere comes a toxic contagious monstrosity - a plague, a virus, which lands on your planet and consumes it from the outside in. Where there were fields, there is now a sticky black mess, where... more.

Awaking in a destroyed world with only a narrator’s voice for company Bastion opens in bold yet gentle manner. It sets the tone for the experience to come almost perfectly. The world has been destroyed and you’re being drawn to a location known as the Bastion, on arriving at the Bastion it becomes clear very few have survived the destruction known as the calamity.  The Bastion requires a bit ... more.

We originally first experienced Limbo back on July 21st 2010 during the ‘Xbox Live Arcade’ release of ‘Play dead Software’s’ long awaited title. It was initially priced at 1200 Microsoft Points (MSP) - often coming down to 800 MSP during sales. If you were to buy Limbo on Xbox360 today you could get the game bundled with ‘Trials HD’ and ‘Splosion Man’ as part of the ‘Xbox Live:... more.

Major Nelson let us know on his blog yesterday that the Xbox 360 will recieve a system update today. 360 users will notice no changes, as it's just a "preperation for additional system enchancements". However, if your planning on playing online today, be warned that when the update lands you may be automatically signed out of Xbox Live and prompted to install the patch. The patch could be... more.

It is no secret that Microsoft have been expanding the Xbox 360's capacities beyond gaming - with claims of it being actually being an "entertainment system" rather than a games console. Behind this claim, the company have added a video and music store, Netflix and Hulu Plus streaming, as well as Facebook and Twitter compatibility. These entertainment add-ons are still being implemented as of la... more.

PopCap Games, the worldwide leader in casual games, today officially announced it is bringing the classic gameplay of Bejeweled® Blitz to Xbox LIVE® Arcade with availability in Quarter 1 2011. Bejeweled Blitz LIVE offers XBLA players the same fast paced 60-second action found in the popular Facebook variant of Bejeweled Blitz, but with all new modes, including 16-player simultaneous Party mod... more.

Super Meat Boy is a tough as nails platformer where you play as an animated cube of meat who's trying to save his girlfriend (who happens to be made of bandages) from an evil fetus in a jar wearing a tux. Our meaty hero will leap from walls, over seas of buzz saws, through crumbling caves and pools of old needles. Sacrificing his own well being to save his damsel in distress. Super Meat Boy brings... more.

European community manager, Graeme Boyd, tweeted that 'Xbox LIVE Silver Membership' will now officially be called 'Xbox Live Free Membership'. The change is due to feature as the price of Xbox Live gets increased, early November. The change will be made to make it easier on new users, regarding membership levels. By using the term 'free,' Microsoft hope to encourage more account activations ... more.

Capcom has happily announced four new downloadable content (DLC)  packs for Dead Rising 2. A pack that will include a variety of new skills, weapons and some great new themes in which Chuck can dress up - which include an insane Psychopath, a sleek ninja, a crazy sports fanatic or a kick-ass soldier. In total there are four different theme packs inboun... more.

If you were a fan of the 'Beyond Good & Evil' titles you will be delighted to hear that at Ubisoft's Digital Day event in San Francisco, the company revealed a brand new version of Beyond Good & Evil. We are to be trated with a complete HD remake of the original game. The HD version of 'Beyond Good & Evil'  is scheduled to drop in early 2011 - you will be able to download the tit... more.

Major Nelson has revealed that a special set of deals, in celebration of Sonic the Hedgehog's 19th birthday, are scheduled to to go live on June 24- but dont think you'll get them later, these and only for June 24. The following deals will be available on June 24th. Xbox Live Sonic 1 - 240 MSP Sonic 2 - 240 MSP Sonic 3 - 240 MSP Sonic & Knukles - 240 MSP PSN Sonic Unl... more.

A new batch of DLC for Bioware’s space epic Mass Effect 2 will hit XBLA and the PC within 24 hours. The new DLC named The Equalizer Pack’ will include a visor which reduces the cool down of powers, Capacitor Helmet which recharges shields faster and the Inferno armour which was offered as a reward for pre-ordering the game from a number retailers. The DLC will cost 160MSP or 160 Bioware ... more.

Avatar Bumper Cars is the first Xbox Live Indie title to be developed by Flying Squirrel Games that has full Avatar intergration. Despite only being available to the public for a short time it sold 750 copies on it's first day - which is impressive for any Indie titles. This was enough forward momentum to elevate the game to the top downloaded indie title of the day. [youtube width="640" height="... more.