Bomberman Live: Battlefest Message Board

Good news, Bombermen and Bomberwomen -- a pair of new maps and outfits (including the creepy, lycanthropic Werebomb) have arrived in Bomberman Live: Battlefest as part of the Bomb Up Pack #2. Check out the gallery below to see exactly what your 240 Microsoft Points ($3) will buy you.

It's another threefer on XBLA this week, but you won't have to worry about it putting too much stress on your wallet. You see, only one game, Bomberman Live Battlefest, actually costs money this week. The other two, Harms Way and Crash Course, are completely free. These two are the finalists in this year's Doritos sponsored Unlock Xbox contest, and it's up to you to decide which one is the winner.

Check out the latest XBLA in Brief, download each game and don't forget to cast your vote on the Xbox Live dashboard. Oh and as for Bomberman Live Battlefest, well, it's Bomberman.

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Next Wednesday, December 8, Hudson will launch Bomberman Live: Battlefest on Xbox Live Arcade. It follows the original Bomberman Live, which has dished out more than 500,000 copies since launching in 2007, and sports multiplayer for up to eight players, four new game modes and five new power-ups.

These screens are da bomb. Get it?

There's usually a nostalgia element to Bomberman games -- since the core gameplay has remained basically identical over the last twenty years or so, a lot of the appeal of Bomberman lies in memories of awesome multiplayer sessions past. But there isn't usually a '70s nostalgia element, mostly because Bomberman didn't exist until 1983. Hudson's teaser for Bomberman Live: Battlefest, the new WiiWare/XBLA/PSN Bomberman party game, adds a lovely anachronistic touch not usually seen in Bomberman marketing. And also a bunch of footage of stuff exploding in cross patterns.