Jonesing to play Lode Runner, Castle Crashers, Galaga Legions, Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2, or Braid? Have I got some great news for you. The wait will soon be over.

One of Microsoft's many XBLA evangelists was live on E3 Live on Gamespot (thanks to being on the road with glitchy internet, I missed his name) talking up the "best content lineup" on XBLA ever and told the world that all these games would be out "by the end of the summer." And more specifically he said, "in the next two months."

If all goes as planned I'll likely be at least 4000 MSP poorer in two months time (though no price points have been announced).

After the break I'll hit on a couple of points that were covered about each of those games.

• TeamXbox: N+ Hands On Preview
• TeamXbox: Rez HD Hands On Preview
• TeamXbox: Rocket Bowl Hands On Preview
• TeamXbox: Chessmaster Live! Hands On Preview
• TeamXbox: Poker Smash Hands On Preview
• TeamXbox: Rocket Riot Screenshots
• IGN: Lode Runner Preview
• 1up: Pocker Smash Preview
• Gamespot: Brain Challenge Hands On Preview
• Gamespot: Brain Challenge Movie 1, Movie 2, Movie 3
• Gamspot: XBLA Interview

Gamerscore blog has treated us to a first ever footage of Lode Runner along with some more footage of Rez HD. Sadly, it is YouTube quality (embedded below). It looks like this video also answers the question on whether or not there will be user downloadable maps as I personally couldn't see a menu option for a level editor. They do point out the 2 and 4 player multiplayer modes that are available in this release. After seeing it in motion, what do you think?