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)

Probably some old N64 games from the Virtual Console.

trials hd, marvel vs capcom 2!

Carcassonne, Geometry Wars 2, and Castle Crashers are probably the games I'm most anxious to get copies of. The 1-year XBL is nice too!

i dont know if there's enough room for my wish list! but here it goes:
-battlefield 1943
-trials HD
-splosion man
-Bionic Commando Rearmed
- Castle Crashers
-N+
-Geometry Wars 2
-uno rush
- a kingdom for keflings
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Shadow Complex and Splosion Man

I think I might pick up Castle Crashers.

Shadow Complex

Shadow Complex. I still need it!

Super Smash Bros., PixelJunk Shooter, The Maw, Splosion Man and Perfect Dark.

planning on getting shadow complex

Well, I want to finally get my own copy of Castle Crashers. Though I supposed if I won this I could take all those points and use them to buy hats for my avatar. Lots of hats. For the things you use hats for.

Trials DLC and (finally) REZ HD

geometry wars 2!

I'd like to surprise the wife with Banjo Kazooie.

I think I might get The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai!

Castle Crashers

I'm still waiting for a deal on Castle Crashers!

OMGOMGOMG

Shadow Complex and 'Splosion Man.

Another gold membership if you can't help me out!

oh live expires this month, so i could really use this!

I'm hoping to get Castle Crashers or Turtles in Time if I get some extra controllers. Four player games with two controllers are a sad thing.

Whatever Steam has on sale.

Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Remix! Amazing game straight from the arcade and improved.

I would like to download Test Drive Unlimited on Live.

TMNT, of course. Respect the 90s.

castle crashers and marvel vs capcom 2 and then waiting till the RE 5 DLC comes out

maybe some Puzzle Quest and Twin Blades

I'll probably pick up Castle Crashers at some point, but that's the only game I've been really bummed I've missed.

Bionic Commando: Rearmed. Loved that game on NES.

Would love to play it.

megaman 10 when it comes out

I made a game with zombies.

I'm planning on buying Bomberman (it's a classic!), Trials HD (awesome game and it's fun), and hopefully Madden Arcade and Braid.

Both Borderlands DLCs!

Well I'm not getting any cash or credit, but if I was I'd get both the C&C PS1 classics, and maybe a few new LBP costume/level bundles.

Splosion Man and Shadow Complex.

I'll buy Bionic Commando Rearmed!

probably castle crashers and splosion man

I need Shadow Complex on Live.

borderlands DLC and Shadow Complex

Going to get gyromancer. If its anywhere near as addictive as puzzle quest them it will keep me happy for more than a while.

I've got my eye on Shadow Complex

Steam deals run into Jan. 3rd, hoping to buy a ton of PC games with their crazy deals :D

Flower, among other things. When I get a PS3, that is!

MvC2 on XBLA

Looking at Splosion Man and Dishwasher.

I need to get Shadow Complex and Trials HD for sure. Then, I might look into Lucidity because that game looked very inventive!

I think I'd purchase Trials HD and the DLC

I've been dying to buy A Kingdom for Keflings, but I haven't got any extra cash to buy the point cards anymore. I did WAY too much Christmas shopping this year. Hopefully I'll get one in return this year!

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