On Xbox Live Arcade today: Diner Dash and Gyromancer

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Get an Xbox 360 Live 1600 Points CardFrom today, at 9AM GMT (2AM PDT), you can play Hudson’s Diner Dash on Xbox Live Arcade for Xbox 360. Diner Dash will be available worldwide (except in Korea) for 800 Microsoft Points (that’s US$10 / €9.60 / £6.80 / CAN$12.40 / AU$13.20).

Ditch your desk job and serve up some grub! Help Flo grow her fledgling diner into a five-star restaurant in this game of skill, speed and savvy. Let’s Diner Dash!

Game features include:

  • Fresh look: Fresh looks are the special of the day, as Flo, her customers, and her restaurants come to life in three dimensions and in high definition graphics.
  • Fast action: Take on all the different diners with 10 levels in each. Seat patrons, take their order, deliver their food, take their payment, and bus their table as efficiently as possible within the time limit allowed. Your customers will lose patience and leave if they aren’t satisfied. Remember, service with a smile!
  • Pick up and play: Two all-new control schemes are designed specifically for your controller, a point and click style with hotkeys, and an arcade style where you directly control Flo as she runs around.
  • Multiplayer: Hop online for some brand-new eight-person multiplayer in Team Dash Mode, and 1-on-1 in Head to Head Mode!

    • Watch the Diner Dash launch trailer:

    Also available today is Square Enix’s Gyromancer on Xbox Live Arcade for Xbox 360. Gyromancer will be available worldwide (except in Korea) for 1200 Microsoft Points (that’s US$15 / €14.40 / £10.20 / CAN$18.60 / AU$19.80).

    Gyromancer: A fusion of puzzle and RPG gaming. You are Rivel, a powerful mage who leads fearsome beasts into battle as he explores the depths of Aldemona Wood. Master a deep — and deeply addictive — battle system. Twelve stages of play against dozens of unique foes. The full version allows you to play all stages of the game.

    Game features include:

  • Battle system: Gyromancer has a new battle system based on Bejeweled Twist. Command unique beasts to battle your foes.
  • Hidden treasures: Search the map for items, coins, and new beasts to fight at your side. Gain levels in battle and acquire powerful new beasts!
  • Deadly mage: Assume the role of Rivel, a deadly mage, as he rids Aldemona Wood of a brooding darkness!

    • Watch the Gyromancer launch trailer:

    The deals of the Week is: 3 on 3 NHL Arcade (50% off)

    “Xbox LIVE Gold Members can save 50% this when they purchase 3 on 3 NHL Arcade. Normally 800 points, this week it’s only 400 points.”

    The new Xbox 360 Games on Demand are: Grid.

    Content: GRID
    Price: Check pricing for your region
    Availability: Not available in Japan
    Dash Text: (Online Interactions Not Rated by the ESRB) Race Driver: GRID is all about the race. It’s a stunning world of motorsport brought to life, from racing muscle cars through the iconic streets of San Francisco and competing in the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans race to drifting around the docks of Yokohama. Jump behind the wheel of exhilarating racing cars in the most aggressive, spectacular wheel-to-wheel races you’ve ever experienced – then prove yourself online. Welcome to GRID: racing just got exciting again. This game supports English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish. Download the manual for this game by locating the game on http://marketplace.xbox.com and selecting “See Game Manual”.

    The most recent demo released on Xbox Live was for Tropico 3.

    “The time is yesterday and the Cold War is in full swing. Through means devious and dubious you have seized power in the Caribbean island country of Tropico, where you now rule as the all-powerful “El Presidente”. You decide whether you want to use your army to secure your power base in the best traditions of corrupt, unscrupulous tyrants everywhere or lead your people to prosperity in your role as generous elder statesman.”

    New Xbox 360 features now available (Twitter, Facebook, Zune Video and Last.FM).

    Here is how to find the new features: Facebook and Twitter will appear automatically on your dashboard in the new My Community channel, Zune Video is in the Video Channel and Last.FM will be found under the Music Channel. Availability of these features will vary by region.