Blitz1UP and XBLArcade.com have teamed up to give away two free redemption codes for their recently released Xbox™ LIVE® Arcade game KrissX (pronounced ‘kriss cross’), developed by Regolith Games. KrissX is a casual word puzzle game designed to test your vocabulary and brain power to their limits with a plethora of mind-bending word games.

In KrissX, gamers’ must help Wordsworth the Owl on his mission to solve jumbled word puzzles by switching around letters and following clues. If players are successful, they will be rewarded with badges and high scores. As players progress through the game, they can explore 150 vibrant stages while choosing to play at a leisurely pace or facing a timed challenge.

With over 3,500 words to unscramble and a variety of game styles including Quests, Time Attack Mode and Timeless Play, gamers can expand their daily vernacular as they discover secret puzzles that provide endless replay value. Addictive gameplay, uncomplicated controls and intuitive tutorials provide an interactive and fun gaming experience for players of all ages.

Uncover thousands of different word puzzles and test your skills in quick thinking, trivia, and knowledge while switching around letters to complete mind boggling terms and use helpful hints to achieve reward badges and high scores.

OneBigGame, the non-profit publisher of videogames, rings in the new year with its music puzzle game Chime, available now on Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. Chime is available for a price of 400 Microsoft Points ($5 USD) on Xbox LIVE Arcade for Xbox 360, and OneBigGame will donate net proceeds to charity partners Save the Children and Starlight Children’s Foundation.

Save the Children is the leading independent organization creating lasting change in the lives of children and, next to many other countries, currently very active in Haiti, helping children and families in extreme need. Starlight Children’s Foundation provides support to children with chronic and life-threatening illnesses and injuries by providing entertainment, education and family activities.

It’s official. Those oddly cute, yet addictively sweet Keflings are back… in a big way. Independent video games developer NinjaBee has confirmed that A World of Keflings, a sequel to the enormously popular A Kingdom for Keflings, is coming to Xbox LIVE® Arcade in 2010.

“A World of Keflings is much more than a sequel,” said Steve Taylor, President of NinjaBee. “It's a new game with a ton of new features, including some innovative ideas that stand out from both Live Arcade and full retail games.  A World of Keflings also has a new story focus, with new exotic lands, characters, quests, buildings, customization options, and a lot more.”

A World of Keflings is the bigger, more complete chronicle of the Kefling world where players can play as their Xbox LIVE® avatar and explore and build in the different Kefling lands. Each new kingdom has its own climate and Kefling culture. In addition, each kingdom contains its own unique resources, buildings and tech tree.

An exclusive Zoë Mode production for OneBigGame, the video game industry-wide charity initiative, Chime pits gamers against the melody in this all-new puzzle experience. Place blocks against the clock and remix famous artists’ music tracks in this challenging and addictive puzzle game. More than 60 percent of the purchase price of Chime will be donated to children's charities around the world, helping those who need it the most.

“Chime” starts giving to charity on February 3rd at 9 a.m. GMT (2:00 a.m. PDT).

Published by Valcon Games and developed by Zoe Mode, “Chime” will be available for 400 Microsoft Points everywhere and is rated E for Everyone by the ESRB. For more details on “Chime” you can visit: http://www.xbox.com/games/c/chimexbla/ or http://www.chimegame.com

Coming off of the buzz surrounding the Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West exhibition at the Paradox Interactive Convention, Paradox Interactive has released some new screenshots of the upcoming team-based online shooter, Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West. Relive the violent era of the Wild West as it ought to be with adrenaline fuelled action and fast paced gunfights. Developed by the Swedish game company Fatshark, Paradox Interactive's debut on the Xbox LIVE Arcade is set for a launch in early Spring 2010. So get ready to immerse yourself in this intense team based multiplayer experience drawing from a perfect mix of cool-headed player skill and the brutal close quarter brawl of the classic Western shoot out.

Chime is all about placing shapes on a grid to make music. Gamers control a single shape at a time, and can move, rotate, and then place it on the grid. A beatline moves across the grid in time with the music, and sets off events when it hits placed shapes. Quads are created by placing shapes in solid blocks of 3×3 or more. When a quad is completed and the beat line hits, different musical samples are triggered dependent on its shape.

The size of the quad denotes the score, and multipliers can be achieved by having several quads on the screen at once. Once the beatline hits a completed quad, it is stamped down into the grid, earning the player coverage. Put simply, place blocks to create quads, create quads to gain coverage, and gain coverage to fill the grid.

Join Wordsworth the Owl on his mission to solve "KrissX®"-ed word puzzles, for the first time on Xbox LIVE Arcade! Switch around letters to complete mind boggling terms and use helpful hints to achieve reward badges and high scores. Venture through 150 colorful stages, time yourself, or play at your leisure for hours on end. Uncover thousands of different word puzzles and test your skills in quick thinking, trivia, and knowledge! Download this pick up and play game for the perfect edu-tainment experience, fun for all ages!

“KrissX” gets wordy on January 27th at 9 a.m. GMT (2:00 a.m. PDT).

Published by Blitz 1UP and developed by Regolith Games, “KrissX” will be available for 800 Microsoft Points everywhere except Japan and Korea and is rated E for Everyone by the ESRB. For more details on “KrissX” you can visit: http://www.xbox.com/games/k/krissx/ or http://www.xblarcade.com/node/2514

The legend has been reborn! ZEN Studios, a videogame developer and digital publisher known for its innovative arcade, strategy and action games, announced today it is releasing Excalibur, the next add-on table for their wildly popular Pinball FX game on Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. ZEN Studios continues to deliver the goods with the 9th table for Pinball FX with Excalibur, which launches today and is available for 200 Microsoft Points.

“Ever since our launch back in 2007, we knew we had a great pinball game on our hands,” said Zsolt Kigyossy, Managing Director for ZEN Studios. “We love to return the support of our fans by releasing addictive add-on tables, and Excalibur is no exception. We hope everyone enjoys this fun and multi-faceted table as much as we loved creating it.”

Blitz 1UP, an initiative run by UK developer Blitz Arcade, announces the release of word puzzle game KrissX on PC and Facebook, and have partnered with Konami Digital Entertainment Inc. for the release on XBLA. KrissX (pronounced ‘kriss cross’), developed by Regolith Games Ltd., is a casual puzzle game designed to test your vocabulary and brain power to their limits with a plethora of mind-bending word games.

Help Wordsworth the Owl on his mission to solve jumbled word puzzles by following clues and swapping letters around. With over 3,500 words to unscramble and a variety of game styles including Quests, Time Attack Mode and Timeless Play, there is endless replay value. Uncomplicated controls mean instant pick up and play appeal so it’s an interactive and fun gaming experience for players of all ages.

Decipher brainteasers and test your knowledge with a host of great features:

Introversion is excited to announce the release date for Darwinia+ on Xbox LIVE Arcade. The game will be launched through XBLA on Wednesday, February 10th, 2010 and will cost 1200 Microsoft Points.

Darwinia was created as a digital theme world for artificially intelligent polygons by Dr. Sepulveda. Housed in a massive network of surplus Protologic 68000 machines from the 1980s, Darwinia is a world where the single-poly Darwinians, with their simple, but growing AI, can grow and evolve. Darwinia is also where the world can visit to see them frolicking in their natural, fractal habitat. Darwinians live a life, working and growing, until eventual death, which releases their digital soul to be reincarnated.