On Tuesday the 1UP.com gang got together for their weekly Game Night, where they do a live stream of an upcoming game. This week was for the Wii title TMNT: Smash Up, but the crew also got a chance to play XBLA's beat'em up TMNT: Turtles In Time Reshelled too.

Check it out in the embedded video above. What do you think of this revitalization of the classic Arcade title?

Source: Gamevideos - TMNT Turtles In Time Reshelled - Game Night

You've been pining for it for week now, with all the fake release dates constantly being thrown around, but no more! Battlefield 1943 will be out next week - July 8th on Xbox Live Arcade, and July 9th on the PlayStation Network.

The game will sell for 1200 Microsoft Points or $14.99. In the meantime, check out the new trailer embedded above and revisit our chat with the developers here.

At E3 Konami were showing off a new version of Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgment, but strangely did not reveal any screenshots of it. Now that's been rectified, with a new selection of captures from the playable E3 arena.

You can check out all the new screens here. As someone who doesn't have any knowledge of the Vandal Hearts franchise, I think it both looks good and certainly played well at E3. Turn based strategy is something that has been attempted several times before on Xbox Live Arcade but its never been quite compelling enough - hopefully this is the answer.

Konami have also revealed that Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgment will be released for Xbox Live Arcade during August and on the PlayStation Network during September. That puts the game smack-dab in the middle of the XBLA's Summer of Arcade, making it one crazy, crazy August.

NinjaBee have been very quiet since the release of Kingdom Of Keflings last year, but they have finally lifted the veil on a substantial update to one of their classic games - Band Of Bugs is getting Avatar support, and a giant expansion pack.

For the main Band Of Bugs campaign your Avatar will take over for the main character Maal, so you will now see yourself fight in hand-to-hand combat against various bug enemies.

While it seems quite bizarre to plug your Avatar into a bug-based game, if Keflings has taught them anything it's Avatar support will absolutely help your game sales. Band Of Bugs didn't sell as well as other NinjaBee's titles so this addition could bring Band Of Bugs some additional sales.

The new expansion pack actually has little to do with Band Of Bugs, but instead is more about Outpost Kaloki, their first Xbox Live Arcade game. The Tales Of Kaloki expansion will contain a 10-level campaign with characters from both games, and all new skills and strategies.

Both the update and expansion will be available next week, on July 8th. This is nice and all, but where's the Kingdom of Keflings DLC?

Kodu, the "visual programming language" made by Microsoft Research specifically for the Xbox Live Community / Indie games, is now available.

For just 400 Microsoft points you can make your own game with its own challenges and then share them over Xbox Live.

Click here to add the trial version of Kodu Game Lab via Xbox web marketplace.

Worms 2: Armageddon

Developer: Team17 Software Ltd
Publisher: Team17 Software Ltd
Genre: Strategy and Sims
Price: 800 Microsoft Points
Availability: All Xbox LIVE regions
File Size: 176 MB

Click here for the official Xbox.com splash page.

Click here to add the game to your queue via Xbox web marketplace.

The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match

Developer: SNK PLAYMORE CORPORATION
Publisher: SNK PLAYMORE CORPORATION
Genre: Action
Price: 800 Microsoft Points
Availability: All Xbox LIVE regions
File Size: 197 MB

Click here for the official Xbox.com splash page.

Click here to add the game to your queue via Xbox web marketplace.

[Update: The developers have told me that all levels outside of Arena gate are actually new, not just Cliffside]

It's been nearly two years since Quake Arena Arcade was announced at QuakeCon, and since then we've not heard a peep out of either Pi studios - until now.

Through the official QuakeXBLA twitter Pi Studios have revealed the first screenshot... of a level select menu. While not amazing itself it does reveal one thing - Quake Arena Arcade will include new levels, as seen by the inclusion of "Cliffside".

Pi Studios' website has also been updated with a few new tidbits - the game will allow up to 16 players to battle it out at once, the original 40 maps from Arena and Team Arena, and all the bells and whistles that come with Xbox Live Arcade games.

We expect that we'll see more about Quake Arena Arcade at this August during QuakeCon, so keep a lookout until then.

It's been a while since we heard from Ankama games - while they're currently quite busy with their wildly popular Dofus, the Wakfu MMORPG and the Wakfu animated series, they've had just enough time to have their fourth (yes, fourth) Ankama convention in France. During the convention they released 3 new screenshots of their upcoming Xbox Live Arcade title Islands Of Wakfu, and it's looking as good as ever.

Check out all 3 screenshots at Xboxygen below.

Source: Xboxygen - Islands of Wakfu en 3 images

One of the hotly anticipated titles of Xbox Live's Summer of Arcade is Trials HD, a physics-based motorcycle racing game, and the first complete trailer is now available.

I was able to demo Trials HD when I was at E3, and if you loved Trials 2 on Steam, you're going to love this. The game has 50 brand new levels, complete customization of the rider and bikes, tons of neat minigames to unlock, and best of all - a complete level editor, the same one they used to construct the game, and you can share them among friends.

Recently I was able to preview the game, brought some friends along, and the game became an instant smash hit. It is the perfect pass-the-controller game.

Look for it this August as a part of the Summer Of Arcade.

Some months ago it was revealed that Empire Interactive, after several years of financial troubles, was to go into administration, and now two of its titles have disappeared from the marketplace.

Both Double Dragon and Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe are no longer available for purchase, and likely will not be coming back. Empire Interactive also had Pipe Mania in development for Xbox Live Arcade but as Empire and the development studio are now gone, it can now be considered canceled.

All of Emipre's IP rights were sold off last month, and Zoo Games, or Zushi Games as they are also known, picked them all up. Double Dragon and Speedball 2's IP are owned by both Million and The Bitmap Brothers respectively, and most likely have returned to their holders.

However Empire's PSOne and PSP titles, which includeSheep, Pipe Mania and Carol Vorderman's Sudoku, are all still available on the PlayStation Network. As Empire owned these IP they appear to continue to be published by Zoo Interactive.

It's a matter of another publisher picking up the pieces, but would it be worth it? Some suggest that Double Dragon has done well, and continued to do well, at its 400MSP price point, while Speedball 2, at 800MSP, did not. As both games came out in 2007, selling more copies now might be a difficult task, and not worth the effort.

With the announcement that the majority of Midway will be picked up by Warner Bros. Interactive we might see this situation occur once again. Midway has 9 titles on Xbox Live Arcade, but as they were published by Midway themselves there's little conflict of interest. The PlayStation side however is a different story - Mortal Kombat II, Rampage and Rampart are all Midway properties that are published on PSN through Sony Online Entertainment, with Mortal Kombat II continuing to be one of the top sellers every month.

As there will be a new owner of these IPs it may require new contracts to be written for each game, both for the PlayStation network and Xbox Live Arcade, and those decisions will all have to be made by Warner Bros.

As for those games published by Empire Interactive, the best chance would be to have Microsoft pick up the publishing licenses, as they did once before when Sierra dropped Zombie Wranglers. If you want those games to come back, let Microsoft know.

"Ten years on from Worms™ Armageddon and the turn-based mayhem and destruction continues! Worms™ 2: Armageddon is the most fully-featured digital version of the game ever. With four player online and offline multiplayer, voice support, a raft of new weapons (including the return of some iconic weapons from the past), all-new high-definition landscape themes, new play modes, hats, skins, speech-banks, loads of other customization and to top it all off, a highly-involving single player experience with tutorials, deathmatches, races, fort games, and puzzles. It's a package as high on fun as it is destruction!"

Click here for the official Xbox.com splash page.

Worms 2: Armageddon will be available this Wednesday for 800MSP.

"The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match comes to Xbox LIVE Arcade! The KOF '98 fighting game has fascinated game fans all over the world, and now it's powered up and ready to be on Xbox LIVE Arcade. Additional characters have been added from the King of Fighters universe, and new battle systems and moves have been implemented. Extend the fight to opponents all over the world. Face off against others to prove who is the real King of Fighters. Use Practice Mode to learn, Challenge Mode to improve your skills, then go to battle to show what you've got!"

Click here for the official Xbox.com splash page.

On this week's XNA Roundup Nick and special guest Carlos Rodela from Mevio.com's Press Pause show change up the format of the show by providing a roundtable review style. Will it stick? Let us know in the comments.

This week they check out Chalked, Plows in Hell, Light's End and Revenge of the Evil Aliens, all new titles on the XNA Community Games channel.

To find more about Revenge of the Evil Aliens and add it to your Xbox queue, click here.

To find more about Plows In Hell and add it to your Xbox queue, click here.

To find more about Chalked and add it to your Xbox queue, click here.

To find more about Light's End and add it to your Xbox queue, click here.

In this 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 Crystal Dynamics, Trion 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 in each market area this week include: