Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2

Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2

In this week's installment of Top 10 Tuesdays, Matt Beaudette of Gaming Irresponsibly counts down the top Xbox Live Arcade and Playstation Network games.

Activision has claimed another victim. Bizarre Creations will be closing its doors for good this Friday, February 18th. Over the past 15 years they had made around 20 games, including hits like the Project Gotham series and Geometry Wars

The slimmer and quieter new Xbox 360 S model should bring plenty of new consumers into the Xbox 360 universe. Of course, buying the system won’t mean much without purchasing some games as well. Here are the top 10 exclusive games to buy along with the new Xbox 360 S model.

"The sequel to one of the most popular Xbox Live Arcade games from the launch of the Xbox 360 is getting a price cut for one week as part of this week's Xbox Live Deal of the Week. Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 is now on sale for 400 MS Point ($5)."

This week's The Bender sees the return of Perry, which finds the cast talking more than usual (thus this week you get an extra half hour of show for free!). Mike has Mapathy moral issues, Richard will own every shooter game ever, and James brings the only good things that came from April Fools. Listen live/stream through iTunes - or with Zune - or download the mp3 directly here

"Xbox Live Arcade (XBLA) really came into its own this year. From enormous adventures you can sink dozens of hours into to modest but addictive little puzzle games, Microsoft's downloadable game service has a wide variety of quality offerings.

We know this time of year there are a bunch of new Xbox 360 owners out there, so we've put together this list of the ten essential XBLA games you should download pronto. This is by no means a comprehensive list of everything the service has to offer,..."

"In years past, NeoGAF has done their favorite moments in gaming, using only MS Paint to show you. Looking back at 2008 brings us some of the coolest moments, great memories that can look amusing to just plain epic, even when in Paint. I purposely left out the names of the games as half the fun is guessing (but if you can’t figure it out, right click and hit properties to see the file name where I put the game)."

Yes, it happens to be true, in the highly anticipated showdown between Soulja boy and MTV's Stephen Totilo the winner is..

Soulja boy?!

Afterwards, Soulja Boy offered Stephen a rematch, which he promptly accepted without hesitation.

The two started off the competition with Stephens choice, Geometry Wars, Then Soulja boy's game, Gears of War 2.

The Tiebreaker was decided between them, Street Fighter 2.

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  1. World of Warcraft
  2. Tetris
  3. Peggle
  4. Everquest
  5. The Sims
  6. Bejeweled
  7. Starcraft
  8. Pac-Man
  9. Street Fighter II
  10. Doom
  11. Halo 3
  12. Fallout 3
  13. Counter-Strike
  14. Grand Theft Auto IV
  15. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
  16. Gears of War 2
  17. Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
  18. Animal Crossing
  19. Rock Band 2
  20. Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2
  21. Super Mario Bros. 3
  22. Madden NFL 09
  23. Solitaire
  24. Burnout Paradise
  25. Frogger
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GV's Matt Lees weighs up Geometry Wars 2 next to the original, to help out those who remain unconvinced it's worth forking out for Bizarre Creations' upgrade. Worth your 800 points? Hit the link.

There are going to be tons of good XBLA games coming out this month and with Microsoft running their Summer of Arcade contest, you can be sure August will be a big month for XBLA games.

What XBLA games are we going to see in September? Well, we now know that Shred Nebula will be coming out in the first Wednesday of September, according to CrunchTime Games, who developed the game.

Shred Nebula is a shooter and was announced on November 26th, 2007. The game is promising to be "experien...

""We have listed 10 of the best Xbox Live Arcade titles that every gamer needs to own and while these are not in any particular order out of all the games on the Xbox Live Arcade these rose to the top. It was a hard decision to make as well with so many amazing titles the list could have easily hit 20 titles.""