Hoo boy, what a week. Today starts a bright new day in the Xbox's future - the New Xbox Experience is live. And with that comes the XNA Community Games - in one day 30 new titles are now available for download, and that number continues to climb every day.

It's almost overbearing, so to help we at GamerBytes have created an in-depth guide to everything Community Games. What games are available, how to download them, and what we think are the best new titles available.

Not to say the other consoles didn't miss out - Age of Booty is now available on the PlayStation Network, and RealNetwork's new WiiWare title Tiki Towers looks very interesting too.

XNA Community Games

XNA Community Games - What You'll Be Playing On Day 1, Part 1

XNA Community Games - What You'll Be Playing On Day 1, Part 2

XNA Community Games - What You'll Be Playing On Day 1, Part 3
Each of the above articles takes a look at all the games that are available right now for XNA Community Games.

5 Things You Didn't Know About Community Games
Did you know that you have to be online at all times in order to play XNA Community Games? That and more inside/

How To Play Community Games When They're Not In Your Region
Live in Australia, Japan or another country which doesn't have access to XNA Community Games? Come in here to get your way around this barrier.

XBLA

This Week On XBLA - A Kingdom For Keflings
Along with the XNA Community Games becoming available, NinjaBee's own Kingdom of Keflings is being released. It's also the first XBLA title with Avatar support.

EA Creating NHL Arcade For XBLA?
German classification website hints at EA making an Xbox Live Arcade Hockey game. Will it be more like Mutant League Hockey or Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey?

ESRB Add Summaries To Their Website, Releasing New Information On Unannounced Games
The ESRB has now added little descriptors to each game that gets rated through their system, which means those leaked game names now have a little bit more about them available!

PlayStation Network

NA PSN Store Update: Age Of Hoff
The PlayStation Network has finally gotten its hands on Age Of Booty. Buy it now! PAIN also updated with the brand new Movie Lot stage and downloadable David Hasselhoff.

The 1UP Show: A Hard Look At Street Fighter II HD Remix
On the 1UP Show this week the crew have a look over at Super Street Fighter II HD Remix. Remember, it's coming out next week - better bone up on those quarter-circle moves.

WiiWare

NA WiiWare Update: Tossing Bags And Getting Dangeresque
This week's WiiWare titles include the 4th episode of Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People, as well as Target Toss Pro: Bags. You read that right.

RealNetworks Announce Tiki Towers - Bridge Building With Monkeys!
Can't get enough bridge building with World Of Goo? Well RealNetworks next title Tiki Towers is going to kick things up a notch. Build bridges for your monkeys to cross while taking care of the evil

Within the New Xbox Experience are some new tools available to publishers. One is this new "store" mode allowing for games which have an event occuring to advertise it. The one currently up is for Street Fighter II HD Remix - which also spills the games' release date.

Street Fighter II HD Remix will be available on the Xbox Live Arcade on the 26th of November, and we can assume it will be available for the PlayStation Network on the 27th.

The week after will also include a new Street Fighter II styled deck for UNO on XBLA, and at some point in the future PAIN will be adding several Street Fighter characters to their selection of downloadable content to play as.

This week on the 1UP Show, the crew get down and dirty with Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix. Check it out! The game is still set for a November release, so check up on it in the upcoming weeks.

Source: GameVideos.com - SSF2THDR Hands On

PAIN Movie Studio Lot (£3.99)

In a world where you’ve destroyed Downtown like a giant reptilian beaver and you’ve called da shot in the Amusement Park, a new environment arrives. Seven gameplay modes, three selectable launcher positions, a muscle-bound gladiator, a doomed sinking ship, an adrenaline-fueled car leap over a helicopter – it’s all available now in the highly anticipated add-on environment, PAIN: Movie Studio.

File size: 40 MB

PAIN The Hoff Character (£1.19)

Meet PAIN’s most famous launchee yet, David Hasselhoff! Yanked from the sleek interior of an exotic sports car, now you get to chuck The Hoff into a world of PAIN where his latest role is starring in your next launch. Available now with three of his own costumes, The Hoff is playable in all PAIN environments.

File size: 100 KB

No Age Of Booty this week unfortunately.

Age of Booty ($9.99)

Fight for pirate supremacy in this game of strategy and cannon-blasting action that’s fun for all ages. Sail the high seas alone or with friends as you build your pirate empire by plundering villages, sinking ships, and sending your enemies to the briny deep! Upgrade your ships with new, more powerful weapons, and explore 25 different maps or create your own to share! With so many features, Age of Booty is a treasure chest of fun! Download the game today!

File size: 44 MB

Click here for the official US PlayStation Site Age of Booty page

PAIN Movie Studio Lot ($5.99)

In a world where you’ve destroyed Downtown like a giant reptilian beaver and you’ve called da shot in the Amusement Park, a new environment arrives. Seven gameplay modes, three selectable launcher positions, a muscle-bound gladiator, a doomed sinking ship, an adrenaline-fueled car leap over a helicopter – it’s all available now in the highly anticipated add-on environment, PAIN: Movie Studio.

File size: 40 MB

PAIN The Hoff Character ($1.99)

Meet PAIN’s most famous launchee yet, David Hasselhoff! Yanked from the sleek interior of an exotic sports car, now you get to chuck The Hoff into a world of PAIN where his latest role is starring in your next launch. Available now with three of his own costumes, The Hoff is playable in all PAIN environments.

File size: 100 KB

With the holiday season coming up, it appears that the ESRB have decided to become more forward with their rating system. Now on their website, games that require descriptors will now have a summary about the game as well as anything that may offend in the game.

While this is all good for the mothers out there, it has also allowed us to look a little deeper on those games that have been rated, but don't know much about. Games that haven't even been announced have gotten their own summary too.

For instance, The Incredible Machine for XBLA was rated and suggests that the unnannounced game will be working in a 3D plane, while the original was only on a 2D plane. WiiWare title Jungle Speed is apparently able to work with up to 8 people, suggesting online play, and Tiki Towers is a game that allows you to build structures with monkey helpers.

Below is a good list of all the ones I could find that had something interesting added to them. Thanks to Shard for pointing some of these out to me.

No new Xbox Live Arcade releases this week, no PlayStation Network releases last week, and a variety of quality for WiiWare worldwide makes for an odd selection of titles. I can't blame them though - with Gears of War 2, Mirrors Edge, Fallout 3, Call of Duty: World At War, Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts and more games that have come out in this past week, who really would release a new game now?



XBLA

This Week On XBLA - New Arcade Hits, SFIIHD Pinball Table for Pinball FX And Banjo Kazooie Download Codes
Feeding Frenzy, Worms HD and Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 are now available for 400 Microsoft Points. You can pick up a Street Fighter Pinball Table for Pinball FX for 200 Points, and if you preordered Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts you can now play Banjo Kazooie XBLA.

What Went Wrong With Talisman?
The sad tale of an XBLA board game that just couldn't make it to release. Here Capcom discuss just what went wrong in the games' production.

Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection Revealed - Over 40 Games On One Disc
It looks like Sega will no longer be releasing XBLA console classics. That shouldn't matter though - they're plugging in over 40 classic Genesis, Master System and Arcade titles for only $29.99USD. That's a good bargain.

Gridrunner+++ Having Difficulty Making It To XBLA
Jeff Minter's Gridrunner+++ for XBLA is "done" - but seems like it's stuck in limbo.

PSN

Cuboid And Magic Ball Announced For PSN
Two new PlayStation Network titles have been announced - Magic Ball, a crazy Arkanoid-type game, and Cuboid, the game that could destroy your mind.

Watchmen: The End Is Nigh Cover Story On EGM
EGM Magazine has given its front page story to Watchmen: The End Is Nigh, a downloadable episodic title for XBLA and PSN. Check it out in stores now.

WiiWare

NA WiiWare Update: Yummy Yummy Brains
This weeks American WiiWare brings Brain Challenge and Yummy Yummy Cooking Jam into the fray.

EU WiiWare Update: Alien Crush Returns, Space Invaders; Get Even, and Brain Challenge
Alien pinball, retro invasions, and racking your brain are just some of the things you can do in Europe this week.

Hudson Announce Cue Sports, Pit Crew Panic And Snowboard Riot For WiiWare
Hudson's next selection of WiiWare games aren't based on old classics, but they're making some very interesting titles.

World Of Goo Now Bound For WiiWare In Europe
Originally only getting a retail Wii release, World Of Goo is now hitting WiiWare in Europe.

[Just popping in to point out the first speaker announcements for the 2009 Independent Games Summit, which is run by the parent of GamerBytes, and should be quite relevant for makers of console digital download titles reading this site - the World Of Goo folks are already confirmed to speak, for one.]

The organizers of the 2009 Independent Games Summit have announced initial speakers for the March 2009 GDC-included conference, including notables from 2D Boy (World Of Goo), Stardock (Sins Of A Solar Empire), and more.

Initial confirmed speakers for the event, which is taking place on March 23rd and 24th, 2009 as part of the 2009 Game Developers Conference, include 2D Boy co-founder Ron Carmel, talking on 'Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Going Indie But Were Afraid to Ask'. As is explained in the lecture description:

"When Ron Carmel and his business partner Kyle Gabler formed 2D Boy and started making the IGF award-winning World Of Goo, they knew a bit about game design and programming, but hardly anything about the business aspect of making a game... Having published on Wii/WiiWare and PC both physically and digitally in multiple territories, Carmel explains how they managed it, with plenty of real-world numbers plugged in."

In addition, Stardock's Brad Wardell, the founder of an independent game developer and publisher involved in such titles as Galactic Civilizations II, Sins of a Solar Empire, Demigod and Elemental, is presenting a lecture named 'Stardock On The PC Hardcore Scene As Indie', described as follows:

"Through its choice of game projects combined with its digital distribution platform, Impulse, Stardock has been able to tap into the "core" PC game player, a group that has been often ignored in recent years, with the ability to create games they want and deliver those games to them. Wardell will discuss the strategy Stardock uses to design such games, as well as how they deliver these games to the target audience through both retail and digital channels."

Other notable lectures confirmed at this early stage include:

- Acclaimed indie creator Jonatan 'Cactus' Soderstrom (Clean Asia, Psychosomnium) is renowned for the wide-ranging, eclectic multitude of freeware games that he creates. In an IGS lecture, "he'll discuss fast prototyping and how he creates standout, beautiful games in as little as four hours."

- Infinite Ammo's Alec Holowka (IGF Grand Prize-winning Aquaria, Paper Moon) and Pillowfort Games' Tommy Refenes (Goo!, Grey Matter) talking on 'How to Finish a Game Project You... Hate?', specifically "finding and maintaining motivation on an indie game project, long after it feels natural to do so."

- IGF Chairman and Gamasutra/Game Developer publisher Simon Carless on 'Independent Games & Sales: Stats 101', talking on "how you can make a living from PC web, casual, and downloadable indie titles, iPhone games, XBLA, WiiWare, and PlayStation Network titles, to name but a few."

The Independent Games Summit takes place alongside the yearly Independent Games Festival at GDC 2009, with IGF finalists invited to attend IGS for free, and other interested parties able to attend via a GDC Summits Pass. More information on the full line-up for the Summit will be available at the official Independent Games Summit webpage in the near future.