Just to prove that Dead or Alive hasn’t cornered the market on digital perversion, a demo of Rumble Roses XX dropped on LIVE last night. Aside from the pixelated vixens, I’m told the game also contains wrestling. I haven’t actually played it yet, so I couldn’t tell you. I’ve sure seen a lot of screenshots though.

I didn’t do my usual weekend wrap-up post on Monday, so I figured I may as well do it now. My reading of the last Halo novel continues apace. Slowly, but apace nonetheless. I have nearly finished New Super Mario Brothers. Let me assure you, it has some maddening secrets. I am having great difficulty finding them all. I’ve got most of them, but a handful seem to elude me. Don’t worry, I’ll get ‘em.

Speaking of secrets, I should have some good news shortly. Though, since it’s secret and all, I cannot reveal it just yet. Sit tight, as I’m sure you’re all on the edge of your collective seat.

And I don’t think I mentioned this, but I saw X-men 3 last weekend. It was pretty good. I recommend it, though not wholeheartedly. Suffice it to say I hope there is another one that more properly wraps up the trilogy that was supposed to be.

To top things off, I recently discovered the joys of Uno last night. If you’ve got a 360, I do recommend—wholeheartedly even—that you pick up Uno. Basically, it’s like calling up your friends for a nice chat, only a lot more entertaining. As an alternative to IM or, dare I say it, long distance, Uno does quite nicely.

So, how about the rest of you? Played any good games lately?

I would have had this story up sooner, but it’s easy to get…um…sidetracked when searching for Dead or Alive pictures.

Gamedaily recently sat down with outspoken DOA creator Tomonobu Itagaki. He had a few very interesting things to say. First of all, the Dead or Alive Extreme 2 trailer on marketplace was done entirely in real time. Apparently it looks better than DOA4 because Team Ninja didn’t have to worry as much about speed. Also, the game will include LIVE play of some kind and more(!) swimsuits than DOAX1. Strangely, he also said that the swimsuits would “mean” more.

The game will be out by the end of the year. Now what about Ninja Gaiden, hmmm?

—via Xboxic

Hey, internet people, remember how Xbox 360 was one of gaming’s worst kept secrets? Remember how the final design of the console was leaked months before Microsoft made it public? Remember the screens of some goofy looking kid playing 360 long before it’s release? Well, those days are upon us again! Behold!

Now hold on. Before you run off to grab LOTR:BFME2 and Lumines Live using the handy new background downloading, know this: they aren’t there.

That’s right, somebody over at Microsoft made a mistake. I’ll give you a moment to let the shock fade. And…there. There is one gleam of hope however. This false information may point to these games being released soon. I hope so, because Lumines was about the only thing worthwhile on my PSP before I sold it. Another tip about Lumines: the ladies love it.

By the way, how do you say Lumines? I just recently learned it’s pronounced like the word luminous. Before that I always said “Loo Mines”. Go figure.

—via Xboxic

Game Videos has a video walkthrough of the upcoming Street Fighter II Arcade game. It looks pretty sweet, if only a barebones version of Street Fighter. The video spends a lot of time discussing lag. I can’t really see it in the video. A few hitches here and there, but it looks okay to me. I’m not actually controlling it though, so it’s hard to say. Either way, I can’t wait to do some old fashioned quarter matches. Find the video here.

—via Xboxic

Unable to wait an entire work day, I turned on my 360 and downloaded the Spring Update this morning. The process took all of thirty seconds. At first glance you wouldn’t know anything was different. Visit a few blades and you’ll get the idea pretty quickly. Without reiterating what you all already know, it’s pretty nice. This feels more like what we were promised back in November. On the whole, it just makes things more seamless. Which is great, because seams really suck.

Hey, Xbox Team, for the next update, let my downloads keep running when the system is off.

I opened up my RSS Reader (a blogger’s best friend) and every post from every site was about the same thing: the upcoming Ultra-Mega-Super Xbox LIVE Update ™. So, I might as well mention it here. Long story short, when you wake up tomorrow morning, it should be available for download. So, that’s nice.

 —via everyone and their (blogging) dog. And Major Nelson.

Some fresh new shots of Dead Rising surfaced today. I must say, these look significantly better than in the past. The lighting in particular has improved dramatically. Also, the above shot is either an amazing coincidence, or someone at Capcom really loves Pee-Wee Herman.

Find the shots at Xboxyde.

The chaps over at Eurogamer are batting 1000 today. They have a preview of both the upcoming F.E.A.R. port for the 360 as well as the PC expansion, Extraction Point. This is one that I’m really waiting to play. As I’ve mentioned before, my PC is woefully inadequate for games that came out since, oh, 2000. Suffice it to say, it’s probably time for me to upgrade.

My computer’s shortcomings aside, it’s a nice little preview. It allays some—ahem—fears about the game’s graphical quality compared to the PC. The preview also details some of the new single player content, most notably the Instant Action mode which has players blasting through as many enemies as possible. High scores will be posted on LIVE. Be warned, there are spoilers for those of you who haven’t finished the original. There is a warning though, so you can read up to a certain point without worry. Check it out right here.

On the outside chance that anyone gives a crap, there are new maps available for Perfect Dark Zero. What’s that? Nobody cares? Oh, well never mind then.