With the boxing day sales currently on I picked up a new Xbox 360 for my brother, hooked him up with a Xbox Live membership, bought him a copy of Trials HD, and went to download Doritos Dash Of Destruction.

But it was not there.

It appears the honeymoon for the free Xbox Live Arcade title is over - you can not download Doritos Dash Of Destruction off the Xbox Live Marketplace anymore. I don't think it was ever explicitly said whether it was a timed deal like Yaris, but that seems to be the case.

You can still download the trailer if you so wish, but that's all.

The Christmas Nintendo update for Europe is unfortunately not as good as the past few weeks, but it's still got a few titles you might be interested in getting your young sister when they open their new Wii or DSi systems.

WiiWare has two new titles - TV Show King 2 for 800 Points and The Mystery Of Whiterock Castle for 700 Points.

DSi owners can now play the DS port of the original Rayman for 800 Points, Art Academy for 800 Points, Sparkle Snapshots for 500 Points, A Little Bit of... Magic Made Fun for 200 Points, and Me and My Dogs: Friends Forever for 800 Points. The last title being a little interesting - it's Gameloft's own Dog based game. I don't know if it'll be as big as Nintendogs, but it's probably the best DSiWare has to offer in that field right now.

In our latest employment-specific round-up, we highlight some of the notable jobs posted in big sister site Gamasutra's industry-leading game jobs section this week, including positions from 5th Cell, Terminal Reality and more.

Each position posted by employers will appear on the main Gamasutra job board, and appear in the site's daily and weekly newsletters, reaching our readers directly.

It will also be cross-posted for free across its network of submarket sites, which includes content sites focused on online worlds, cellphone games, 'serious games', independent games and more.

Some of the notable jobs posted this week include:

Robot Entertainment: Game Developer
"Robot Entertainment is a world-class independent game development studio owned and operated by many of the founders of Ensemble Studios. With a team that has proven experience and expertise in creating games that appeal to massive audiences, Robot Entertainment is focused on titles that set new standards for their respective genres as well as groundbreaking original IPs."

Terminal Reality: AI Programmer
"Terminal Reality Inc, is an independent Dallas-area developer devoted to developing top-quality games and technology. Since opening its doors in 1994 Terminal Reality has developed & shipped over 28 game titles including the recently released Ghostbusters: The Video Game on XBox 360, PS3 and PC. Terminal Reality is looking for a programmer who will be able to develop state of the art AI systems. This is your chance to be a part of a talented team working on an exciting AAA Natal Title!"

[As run on big sister site Gamasutra before the holidays and now reprinted here, Ryan Langley of GamerBytes ranks the Top 5 Console Downloadable Games of 2009 from his perspective.]

Do you remember the launch of Microsoft's Xbox Live Arcade for the Xbox 360 back in 2005? On offer, it hosted games like Gauntlet, Joust, Smash TV and Bejeweled 2 -- titles that most of us had played before and all limited to their 50MB file size.

But there was a little gem stuck in there called Geometry Wars, and that addictive little top-down shooter has shaped what the Xbox Live Arcade -- and digitally downloaded console games -- have become today.

Four years later, PlayStation Network and WiiWare have joined the mix -- as well as DSiWare and PSP Minis. We’ve got games hitting 2GB in size, we’ve got a digital-only Battlefield game that has sold well over a million copies, and we’ve got individual indie guys like James Silva (Dishwasher: Dead Samurai). The industry has certainly changed its perspective.

And just the leaps in quality are amazing. Just try to go back and play Jewel Quest on Xbox Live Arcade – it’s a mess of an interface, limited by the ideas of the time and the file size. We’ve come a long way. Just for consoles, we’ve seen over 250 games this year for Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network and WiiWare.

And 2009 has been a testing ground of sorts. Xbox Live Arcade began the year with a test of player’s wallets with the rise of the $15 game -- producing variable results. The PlayStation Network showcased many stylish games, with Flower and Noby Noby Boy headlining the world of the strange, while WiiWare’s arguably best tactic was mining our childhood memories with Contra Rebirth and Excitebike: World Rally.

Now, as the year comes to an end, we're choosing five favorites. Every person will have a different experience, but these 5 titles were the ones we had the most fun with.

it's a New Years miracle! Konami's Castlevania: The Adventure Rebirth is now available for 1,000 Wii Points. Alongside that is Tecmo's odd Sumo simulator Eat! Fat! Fight for 1,000 Points, the Rabbids Lab application for 500 Points and The Magic Obelisk for 500 Points.

DSiWare headlines this week with The Oregon Trail for 800 Points, followed by Sudoku Sensei, Glow Artisan for 500 Points, Master of Illusion™ Express: Psychic Camera for 200 Points, and Arcade Hoops Basketball for 200 Points.

Finally, Pilotwings is now available on the Virtual Console for 800 Points.

GameTrailers have added some new footage of Toy Soldiers, the upcoming real-time tower defense game in both single player and multi-player modes.

It looks quite nice so far, I'm glad they've added split-screen battles too, it's a feature usually kept out of XBLA games of this type.

For the multiplayer footage, click the link below.

Digital Leisure surprised us a few weeks ago by bringing FMV game Dragon's Lair to DSiWare, but now they're drudging through the American Laser Games catalog with Fast Draw Showdown on WiiWare.

While not as long as Mad Dog McCree, which was released with its sequel at retail earlier this year, Fast Draw Showdown specializes in, well, fast draws. You go up against numerous opponents for quick shoot outs, getting more difficult with each villian.

In a world where Wild Gunman won't ever be released on the Virtual Console, this might be your best bet to see if you're the rootinest, tootinest quick draw in the wild west.

The game is set to be released on January 5th on WiiWare in the US, with other releases to follow.

While the game popped up earlier this week for DSiWare, I thought we should have a good look at this new DSiWare version of The Oregon Trail.

Based on the 1971 educational classic The Oregon Trail. Probably best known for the 1982 Apple II version, the game sets the player off to guide settlers from Missouri to Oregon in his wagon. The game recently became popular thanks to nerditry on the internet, and since then Gameloft developed a iPhone version of the game, which this version is based off of.

The game now includes numerous mini games - finding gold, fishing and more. It seems well suited for those of you who remember the original fondly, while also catering for newcomers.

The game is available through the DSiWare store for 800 Points, with a European release to follow.

In an odd turn of events, there will be no new release for the Xbox Live Arcade this week. Admittedly it's a horribly time of year to release anything, and honestly - who's going to pay attention to something this week? Certainly not PR companies - they're off on their holidays.

This time of year has usually been left to games like SpongeBob SquarePants: Underpants Slam and Merv Griffin's Crosswords and Puzzle Arcade - while not specifically bad games, they're games Microsoft know that their audience isn't particularly jumping for. What sort of crazy company would release a retail game this year, honestly?

There is a few awesome deals though - The Maw is now available this week for just 400 Points to Gold members, and for today only Castle Crashers is 560MSP - more than half off. Go grab it now.

The next two weeks include Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond and Serious Sam HD, so there's something to look forward to in the future.

Back when Thexder Neo appeared on the ESRB list it suggested it would be coming to PSP and PS3, but we never heard anything more specific or confirmed about the PS3 version. Now the Square Enix Facebook page has revealed it is still coming - it's just not complete yet.

Square Enix's downloadable games division has been having a fair amount of fun over at their facebook page, and have revealed the game is still coming to the PS3. It will include updated "PS3 graphics" and will be available in 2010. Hopefully the online modes are kept intact in the console transition.

A few good releases this week for both Wii and DSi owners - no surprises though, that would have been nice for a end-of-year celebration.

WiiWare this week gets the insanely weird Tomena Sanner for 500 Points and mole-whacking game Happy Hammerin', also for 500 Points.

DSiWare is headlined by Dragon's Lair for 800 Points, High Stakes Texas Hold'em> for 500 Points and Miami Nights for 800 Points.