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According to its splash page at Xbox.com, the Eidos-published Xbox LIVE Arcade titlePuzzle Arcadeis on its way to Xbox LIVE next week for 800 Microsoft Points. There’s nothing particularly new or special aboutPuzzle Arcade— it’s simply a game where you put jigsaw puzzles together using a number of pre-loaded images (other 35 are included). The game can be played with up to four gamers on the same console in both classic and timed modes where you’ll gain points for quick thinking....

Why yes, yes it is. Following Nick’sextensive poston the alternate costumes ofMarvel vs. Capcom 3, which was only able to cover then-announced characters, the Marvel blog has detailed even more alt outfits for the almost-freaking-here fighting game. Personally, my eyes skipped straight down to the bottom of the page where Mango Sentinel (of Haagen-Dazs and curleh mustache fame) is shown. Can you blame me? Follow through on that first link for the goods....

I know — the above image is getting old. But when will it stop being relevant? Apparently not this year, as Nintendo has reported that last week was a “historic sales” week for the company and its products. With last week’s Black Friday signaling the start of the holiday shopping season, we were a bit critical ofSony touting percentage increasesduring this obviously booming retail week. Nintendo, however, drops some hard numbers....

A while back Nex brought to ourattentiontheZREO projectwhich was started to recreate all The Legend of Zelda series music with an orchestra sound. This is a great project and Nex did a great job of covering these excellent recreations. However I felt he missed one of the finer points of these soundtracks which is theirCD artwork. The ZREO project decided to create a series of cd covers that featured our favorite Hyrulian hero trekking through the vast landscapes of our world instead of Hyrule....

You may remember my sorrow over hearingMuramasa: The Demon Bladehad beenpushed back to 2009, but the good news is if you can read Japanese (or don’t mind navigating blindly), you can get your hands on the game much sooner, because the JP release date has just been confirmed for April 9th. Not long at all! On the other hand, I wouldn’t be surprised if we hear about a US release date soon, so if you can be patient, you may have this beautiful title in your hands sooner than you think....

Believe it or not, I used to readArchiecomics. Y’know,Archie. First created in 1939, continuing today, still adhering to the principles of theComics Code Authority.That Archie. And it’s getting a game. Archie’s Riverdale Run, developed by fXLabs of Hyderabad, is scheduled for release on the PC – and eventually consoles. According to the description, it willfinallyallow players to “assume the roles of Archie, Betty, Veronica, Jughead, or Reggie as they explore the town of Riverdale solving fun and challenging missions....

One of Microsoft’s premiere Kinect-exclusive titles,Kinect Star Wars, won’t be making a holiday release as originally planned. Microsoft toldOfficial Xbox Magazine UKtoday that it has made the decision to push the game into the new year to reach the title’s “full potential.” The delay applies to not only the game, but theKinect Star WarsLimited Edition console, as well. (That should be obvious, considering part of that package include theKinect Star Warsgame....

Destructoid is giving away an Xbox 360 Slim with a 250GB HDD and a copy ofMadden NFL 11this week, thanks to GameStop!Pre-ordering the newMaddenfrom GameStop will get you 20,000 in-game coins to help you create a better football team. That’s not all from GameStop! Each week, GameStop features exclusive content as part of their “Madden Mondays” campaign filled with helpful advice from the developers on the game. Additionally, you can enter the“Madden Mondays” text-to-win sweepstakeswhere you can win a VIP trip for two to theMaddentournament finals event....

As werevealed a few days ago,Left 4 Dead 2‘s latest Special Infected is The Jockey, a small little bugger who jumps on a survivor’s back, and is able to control their movement while tearing them apart. He’s made his public debut at PAX, and now the world at large can take a look at him. He is basically Quasimodo. Our gallery has a few more screenshots of the recently revealed new campaign, “Dark Carnival,” involving zombie clowns and more bunting than you can handle....

Assassin’s Creedhas been a debacle for days now. Between theless-than-stellar responseand thechildish vagina worshipsurrounding its producer, one gets the feeling that Ubisoft would rather just forget about the game and move on to creatingSplinter Cell: Splinter with a Vengeance.Remember a week ago, though? Everything was roses and sunshine in the Ubisoft camp andAssassin’s Creedwas the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children. That, of course, was the mindset the above boys had when they created this live-action rendition of theCreedtrailer, so it’s not fair judging them now that the entire house of cards has blown into the fire....

All over the country, people like Jack Thompson are trying to take away your right to play violent video games. They don’t like that you enjoy oral copulation from prostitutes followed by vicious assault with a baseball bat, and they feel it’s their job to legally keep you from it, even if it’s in a fictional world. The trials and tribulations of what has gone onin Louisianacould prove to be a hotbed of legal precedents in dealing with video games in the future, and the long story of this case can be found after the jump....

The newDante’s Inferno“Trials of St. Lucia” DLC is now out and as the launch trailer shows us, Lucia is no pushover. In fact, she’s an all around badass. I don’t know, something about a gothic-like woman holding a giant scythe is just … sexy. That’s not all we got for you! OH NO! After the break are a couple of moreDante’s InfernoDLC videos walking you through the game. Act now before thirteen more posts are written thus knocking this post off of the front page!...

The Mario and Luigi you and I know are great heroes. Thanks to College Humor’s latest videogame skit, we now know that if Mario and Luigi were really people, we’d never go anywhere near them. Really, they’d be two badly dressed men that looked like they could snap at any moment. They’d be messed up on drugs, eating flowers and throwing defenseless turtles all day long. Thankfully, the man that hired the plumbers in the first place writes a really strong complaint letter so we’ll never ever have to worry about them again....