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Just as Konami promised earlier this week, The Simpsons Arcade Game is now available on the Xbox Live Arcade. The 1991 classic features both offline and online 4 player cooperative play along with a bunch of unlockables, including the "never-before-seen" Japanese version of the game, flyers, posters, and a character guide. You can grab the game for 800msp here.

Despite only being 12 days away from the announced launch date, Twisted Metal has been delayed in Europe, according to the game's co-creator. David Jaffe also stated that he had "heard" the game will instead be launching on 1st March in European regions, however no official announcement has been made by Sony. The reason for the delay is apparently localisation is taking a "touch longer than expected" with Jaffe also confirming some violent scenes from the cutscenes have been cut.

Jaffe also stated that minor gameplay changes have been made - "I think the guy on the gurney from Meat Wagon is dead so you are exploding a corpse covered with TNT vs. a screaming man trapped to the gurney". How do you guys feel about these cuts? Will you be importing the game instead? Sound off in the comments below!

Ubisoft have revealed Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc HD will arrive on the Xbox Live Arcade on March 21st, 2012. The game is being updated by the same team which brought us Beyond Good & Evil HD, and includes remastered visuals and audio. Hit Read More to see the announcement trailer.

After being delayed last month, Warner Brothers have finally revealed Gotham City Impostors will arrive next week on all platforms. The game will hit the PC on February 7th, along with Xbox Live and PSN a day later on February 8th. After playing the beta recently we recommend you keep an eye on this one!

This week's Xbox Live Deal of the Week is for 50% off Bastion, putting it at a cheap 600msp (£5.14). If you missed my review back in August I was a huge fan of the game, awarding it a hefty 9.3/10. In fact, Bastion ended up being one of my favourite games of the year. If you're an Xbox Live Gold Member and havn't picked up the game I strongly recommend it!