Joyswag: 1 year of Xbox Live Gold & a pile of XBLA games [update]

Update: And we have a winner! Congratulations, Brian M!

Buying games is always fun -- and we've made it easy with our Holiday Buyer's Guides -- but it's even better to receive them ... in one gigantic stack!

In that spirit, Microsoft has generously donated download codes for many of the Xbox Live Arcade games featured in our Marketplace Buyer's Guide, including 'Splosion Man, Bionic Commando Rearmed, Castle Crashers, N+, Geometry Wars 2 and many, many more. Plus, we're tossing in a one-year subscription code for Xbox Live Gold!

To enter for your chance to win:

Leave a comment on this post telling us which downloadable games -- for any and all platforms -- you hope to buy with the cash and credit your receive over the holidays
You must be 18 years or older and a resident of the US or Canada (excluding Quebec)
Limit 1 entry per person
This entry period ends at 12:00PM ET on Thursday, December 24
We'll randomly select one winner at that time to receive redemption codes for Bionic Commando: Rearmed, Carcassonne, Geometry Wars 2, Castle Crashers, N+, 'Splosion Man, Puzzle Quest, Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, Alien Hominid HD, Mega Man 9, Ikaruga, Galaga Legions, Pac-Man Championship Edition, UNO Rush, A Kingdom for Keflings, Rez HD, Assault Heroes 2, TMNT 1989 and Bomberman Live for Xbox Live Arcade [Total ARV: $190] and a redemption code for a 1-year Xbox Live Gold subscription [ARV: $50] -- please check your emails!
For a list of complete rules, click here.

Happy holidays and best of luck!

What is Joyswag? Since we don't keep the games and merchandise we receive for review or promotional purposes, it becomes "Joyswag," which is passed along to our readers. For more info on our policy, click here.

Reader Comments (2344)

I'm thinking about getting 'Splosion Man; maybe a few things off of the Steam sale.

borderlands DLC!

That's a great list of arcade games. I'm hoping to buy 'Splosion Man, Trials HD, and Kingdom for Keflings with Christmas money (if I don't win them from Joystiq of course :)).

As i am new to the 360, I am TOTALLY down for any and all exclusives... i have been really hankering to play braid because I heard a ton of awesome thing about it (I know its not an exclusive, but it started on the 360...)

'splosion man and castle crashers both look pretty good and you can't forget about geometry wars... I also got MegaMan 10 coming up thats a MUST BUY!!!

I might buy REZ... but only if i can get some form of 360 accessory that's similar to the one available on the ps2... MOVE OVER NATAL!! Here comes REZ

Would purchase castle crashers.

Not expecting points or cash for Christmas, my family doesn't really celebrate the holidays anymore :( I still haven't tried Castle Crashers though, I've been meaning to pick it up.

'splosion man

All the Rock Band songs my friends want to play but I think are crappy songs :)

MvC2 so I can play my friends online in our horribly scrub-filled attempts at combos.

Free things are generally awesome. And I've been meaning to get some of those for a while.

Geometry Wars 2 for me

I'll be picking up Geo Wars 2, hopefully with these points instead of holiday points!

Pixel Junk Shooter for me!

Shadow Complex!

none come to mind. MW2 is still entertaining me.

Splosion man and the Trials HD DLC!

I'd be going old-school and picking up R-Type Dimensions.

Maybe Final Fantasy or Mega Man 9...not sure...need to look around a little more.

I hope to purchase specifically Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, simply because it has the longest name.

Banjo Tooie, Ikaruga, and Spolosion Man.

I've been meaning to get Shadow Complex for ages now. I want it so bad!

Shadow Complex for sure!

shadow complex and ballad of gay tony

I would get flower and pixel junk 3 pack. For 360 I would get shadow complex and a few dlc titles

I really want Mega Man 9, but cash is short right now, hopefully there is a stocking stuffer or two for me this year!

Mega Man 9

I plan to work my way through the steam library. Every sale they have. It's not so much a choice as a compulsion....

megaman 10 when it comes out, as well as mothership zeta and dishwasher

Gunna get me some Critter Crunch.. mmmm... crunchy.

Ikaruga and Dragon Age DLC

I really want to get Flower. It looks interesting. I also really want that Burnout Paradise bundle for PS3, but for X360: 'Splosion Man and a certain Metroid-Prime wanna-be. I think you know what I'm gunning at.

Well, actually, I'd really just like a free year of Live - I only use it for whenever my buddies want to play with me, but it's good fun.

I am looking forward to getting Splosion Man & Shadow Complex!
Hope the holidays come packed with Points this year!

Definately want to check out Splosion man

I want Fat Princess.

Merry Christmas one and all!

'Splosion Man and TMNT for my boys will be a great thing!

I wonder how many times in my lifetime I'll end up buying Castlevania: SOTN and MvC II...

I plan on buying Shadow Complex, and I just bought Braid on Steam for $2.49!!

Desert Bus!

Pixeljunk Shooter looks amazing. I need to grab that.

I'm a big fan of Action Adventure with some RPG style character building.

Ooops! My browser auto completed, and apparently saved my last Joystiq comment too.

I want at least Assassin's Creed II for 360, but also want Batman & Uncharted 2.

Zen Pinball probs......

SPLOSION MAN AND CASTLE CRASHERS AND SHADOW COMPLEX!!!

Battlefield 1943 and Trials HD!

Castle Crashers!

Probably Shadow Complex

Fat princess, Battle field 1943, and trine.

Do need!!

shadow complex!!!

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