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This weeks XBLA release, the second in the Block/House Party promotion, is Scrap Metal. Drift around corners with guns blazing and take out legendary competitors in this fast-paced, top-down racing game. Fight your way through explosive, action-packed missions and defeat cunning bosses to add their vehicles to your garage. Customize your newly-acquired cars and then return to the track to blast through more enemies. Jump online with Xbox LIVE to race against your friends and crush their cars with the wheels of your monster truck in pulse-pounding online multiplayer matches.

Scrap Metal costs 1200 and you can find the demo and full versions on the Marketplace. Have you played the demo yet or purchased the full game? Let us know what you think about the game in the comments.

The winner of the Toy Soldiers code was picked by staff member Bryan last night, he used Random.org and the winner was tmj with the correct answer being Signal Studios. Congratulations to tmj, you should already have the code in your inbox. Thanks to everyone that entered, it was our most successful code giveaway to date and we hope to do more XBLA giveaways in the future.

Our weekly Indie Game code giveaway will start a little later than usual, later today instead of Monday or Tuesday. This week is two codes for Hypno Vol. 1 which we reviewed on Monday.

Toy Soldiers is the first title to kick off XBLA Block Party on March 3, 2010 – get ready to man the guns and fight for freedom. Developed by Signal Studios, Toy Soldiers is an intense tower defense game based on World War I and all missions are set on the proper dates and locations of famous World War 1 battles.

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The XBLA Block/House Party promotion starts this coming Wednesday with Toy Soldiers. We are happy to announce that this will be the sites first XBLA game we have received a review code for in advance of the release. Staff member Bryan Tremblay is currently reviewing it, so keep an eye out for the full review in the coming days. We also have a code for the full version of the game to give away, more news on that soon.

Command your TOY SOLDIERS in epic, action-packed battles set in a World War I toy diorama. Assemble your troops and position your defenses before the enemy storms over the top! Then take direct control of your artillery to bomb the enemy positions, pilot your bi-plane against the enemy trench, or maneuver your tanks across No-Man’s Land… and lead your TOY SOLDIERS to victory! Play the single-player campaign and dive into two-player head-to-head combat, local or on Xbox LIVE.

Toy Soldiers is due to be released this Wednesday on XBLA for 1200 , you can read more information about the game on the homepage at http://www.signalstudios.net/toysoldiers/.

It is good to see a nice selection of XBLA releases from the usual one or two per week. And with Block/House Party starting soon it should be an interesting run of releases coming up.

FRET NICE™ is a 2D platformer that’ll rock your world. Control your character through funky-fresh stages to explore hidden areas, collect items, and clash note-for-note with outrageous, heavy metal bosses! Rock out by blasting enemies with riff combos and creating your own sounds with each “strum” of a chord! Fret Nice costs 1200 and you can find the demo and full versions on the Marketplace.

Why share when you can have it all? Greed Corp is an online multiplayer strategy game in which you battle for dominance over a world once rich in resources. In order to prevail, you must exhaust all remaining resources to build an army, and use the depleted collapsing terrain to your advantage. An extensive campaign mode and multiple unlockables prepare you to take the battle online. Greed Corp costs 800 and you can find the demo and full versions on the Marketplace.

Lazy Raiders is the last of this weeks releases. Dr. Diggabone’s getting too old for archaeological digs, or so he says. But truth be told, he’s just plain lazy… Unlock the Full Game and send the Doctor or your Xbox LIVE Avatar on a gravity-defying quest through 75 mazes by spinning and flipping the world. Beware those thieves, minions and traps, though. Without any challenge, you’d just grow lazy… and we wouldn’t want that, now would we? Lazy Raiders costs 800 and you can find the demo and full versions on the Marketplace.

This weeks Deal of the Week for Xbox Live Gold members is Duke Nukem 3D for just 400 . Unlock the full version for 39 levels of mayhem! Wreak havoc on your foes with weapons like Pipe Bombs, Shrink Ray, and Freezer. Impress your friends on the leaderboards, earn achievements, and take advantage of the painless death system – rewind 10 seconds or 10 minutes, the choice is up to you. All new User Clip recording, sharing and uploading have been added and best of all – online multiplayer with cooperative and DukeMatch for up to 8 players through Xbox LIVE! What are you waiting for?

Come get some over at the Marketplace.

This weeks XBLA release is Winterbottom or to give the full title The Misadventures of PB Winterbottom. Swiping the mysterious Chronoberry Pie changed everything for our beloved Winterbottom… one bite made him more than an ordinary pie-grabbing humbug. That first taste changed him into something quite extraordinary, granting him the ability to break the rules of time. With these newfound time recording tricks up his cufflink, and with the help of his time clones, Winterbottom can now snatch pies with the greatest of ease. But on his journey to devour every pie, Winterbottom must mind the signs… the perils of being unstuck in time. Join Winterbottom on his award winning debut Misadventures as he chases pie through over 75 unique puzzles.

The Misadventures of PB Winterbottom costs 800 and you can download the demo or full version of the game via the Marketplace.