Thanks to all those diligent tipsters out there that have tipped me over the past few weeks, you know who you are.  Some of you have seen your tips turned immediately into stories and others, not so much.  That's not because the tips weren't good (they were) but because of me.  So, to honor all of you (and catch up on a whole pile of news) I present a link dump of all the stories I haven't covered here over the past few weeks.

Hit the jump and prepare to be as overwhelmed as I feel.

Expansions!

• Marble Blast Ultra has scored new DLC  in the form of the Marble Fu pack.  It costs 200 MSP and gives you 5 new multiplayer maps as well as another new achievement.
• Vigilante 8: Arcade has also added DLC in the form of the High Octane pack.  This download provides three new cars (Strider buggy Towmaster tow truck, and the Groundhog 6-wheel armored car) as well as two new arenas for 320 MSP.
• In very old news, Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix also expanded into other games, namely Pinball FX and UNO.

Newly (or not so newly) Announced Games!

• Zombies!!! and Wings of War are coming to XBLA.
• Quarrel is coming to XBLA.
• Interpol is coming to XBLA.
• 3 on 3 NHL Arcade is coming to XBLA.
• EXIT 2 is coming to XBLA.
• Cletus Clay is coming to XBLA.
• Emergency Hospital is coming to XBLA (but not on November 26th as first reported...obviously).

Pre-release Achievements!

• Dash of Destruction (aka the game that won the Doritos Unlock Xbox contest)
• The Maw
• Merv Griffin's Xwords
• Puzzle Arcade
• Things On Wheels
• Zombie Wranglers

Other Random News!

• Free Xbox Live Multiplayer for Silver members (through the end of December) on 8 XBLA games for the holidays.  The games are: A Kingdom for Keflings, Aegis Wing, Bomberman Live, Hardwood Hearts, Hardwood Spades, UNO, Small Arms, and Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix.
• Community Games are now part of the weekly Xbox Live rankings on Major Nelson.
• A trailer was finally released for the PC version of the planned XBLA game Defense Grid: The Awakening
• Things on Wheels released shots of many more cars. 
• Geometry Wars games hit 1,000,000 XBLA leaderboard entries.
• Ownership of Wanako Games (Assault Heroes series) moves from Activision Blizzard to Artificial Mind and Movement.

Again, thanks goes to the tipsters.  Maybe one day soon I'll be able to post the minute I get the tips...just like old times.  Sigh.