In hopes of atoning for the travesty that was Bomberman Act Zero, Hudson's getting ready to roll out Bomberman Live for Xbox Live Arcade sometime this summer. Here's the nitty-gritty details: the 3D version supports up to eight players online and four players locally. The game lets players customize their Bombermen and Bomberladies with various types of noggins, hairdos and clothes. As for stages to blow things up in, the classic battlefield is the default, but here are other arenas like cracked ice and quicksand. Modes include the traditional made mode, a paint mode that lets you color the battlefield with 'splosions, zombie mode in which you can come back to left and revenge mode that lets dead players mess with the living players. Good to see Hudson got Bomberman right again. Oh, so very right. Brian Ashcraft

Bomberman Live [Game|Life]