Xbox Live Arcade is home to a lot of unique titles of all types of genres. The Spawn Kill crew fished for each of one of our favorite picks available on the marketplace that we’d recommend to our readers. As usual PopCap games sneak in and are some of our coveted addictions, but don’t be surprised if a zombie or explosionary icon sneaks up on you either. There’s a little something for everyone out there so check out our list of XBLA favorites and let us know what your favorite is!

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With all this bloody good talk about Bloody Good Time being released, today Ubisoft has released a cinematic for their insane FPS, starring none other than the man who’s responsible for this massacre, Director X. Take a look below to see the violent (but rather funny) cinematic for Ubisoft’s latest FPS, coming to XBLA and Steam.

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Summer is almost over, and fall is just around the corner… So what does that mean? Another XBLA promo! As we heard yesterday, Super Meat Boy was going to be the main course for Microsoft’s “Game Feast.” Microsoft has officially announced the feast, and also listed the appetizer-games going along with it. From the looks of it, we’re in for some good eatin’ this fall.

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Dead Rising 2: Case Zero is kind of a landmark venture in the gaming world. When it was first announced, many decried it as a paid demo, and why pay for something that is meant to convince you to pay for something else? Others saw it as an opportunity for a new type of marketing, or even a new genre of games. Now that it’s out, we can finally answer the question of just what it is, and more importantly, if it’s worth paying for.

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It’s odd how something that I hadn’t even heard of until about two months ago could suddenly become such a big part of my life, but in a short time I have become a completely devoted Scott Pilgrim fan. I loved the movie, devoured the graphic novels, can’t get the movie’s soundtrack out of my head, and after finishing the game, am completely smitten by it as well. The tale of Scott Pilgrim and Ramona Flowers has left an indelible tattoo on my non-Canadian brain, and while the game itself may not have quite the storytelling flare as its other renditions, it’s probably the best possible way that such a story could have been translated into a video game. It takes all the tributes to gaming that the books and movie relate and condenses them into it’s own tribute, and it gets even more fun the more I play it.

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According to Team Meat’s Twitter, their highly anticipated sequel to their cult classic game Meat Boy is coming out this fall. While many of the Meat Boy fans may know that already, here’s some good news for all of you 360 owners: it’s coming to XBLA! Yep; along with the PC and Wii, Xbox will be sharing everybody’s desire for their favorite boy of meat. According to Team Meat, Super Meat Boy is supposed to go with one of XBLA’s new promos called “Game Feast,” and they seem very excited about it.

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As many of you may already know, the highly anticipated (not to mention highly violent) Shank is being released on PSN tomorrow. As if this gory, hyper-violent piece of software wasn’t good enough for us, developing company Klei has sweetened the deal by adding unlockable Shank costumes. If you follow Klei’s blog or twitter, then you would be in on how to unlock most of these costumes. Find out how to unlock some Shank-worthy costume action and check out the latest trailer below.

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GameStop may have arrived unstylishly tardy to the whole “digital download party,” but maybe we should all extend our courtesy and forget we’ve been practicing this immediacy via Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network since, well, a while now. It’s simply another case of weighing each service against another, so let’s see if GameStop has anything Earth-shattering to offer, shall we?

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Were you excited about Sonic Colors for the Nintendo Wii and DS? Are you over the age of twelve? If you answered yes to both of those questions, forget about buying Sonic Colors. Apparently the game isn’t for you. Normally I love brutal honesty from developers, but I think lead designer Takashi Iizuka just created a bit of a PR disaster when he basically sent off some seriously mixed signals recently.

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Shank is getting ready to drop onto fans very soon, and with that in mind developer Klei Entertainment is rolling out some exciting goods for people following the development and release of the game. Five new pieces of concept art were revealed, hinting at the basis for certain characters and weapons. The trophy/achievement list was also outlined today, allowing players a glimpse of what is soon to come.

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