Update: Microsoft has since "corrected" Lode Runner's price on the Xbox Live Marketplace, bringing it to the originally announced cost of 1200 MS Points ($15).

As promised, Tozai and SouthEnd's downloadable update of pit-digging classic Lode Runner hit the Xbox Live Marketplace today, but at a lower price than was announced.

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Tozai and SouthEnd's downloadable update of pit-digging classic Lode Runner is due to hit Xbox 360 this Wednesday, April 22, pubisher Microsoft has announced.

Priced at 1200 Microsoft Points ($15), the modern-day revamp sports 220 levels, online and offline multiplayer in competitive and cooperative forms, and a custom level creator.

Microsoft today announced the "Days of Arcade," a promotion that will deliver these seven downloadable Xbox 360 games across the six weeks beginning March 18:

• The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai / James Silva

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As part of a press release celebrating Xbox Live Arcade's record-breaking year, Microsoft today listed the following downloadable Xbox 360 games as examples of Xbox Live Arcade releases that will help "ring in the new year:"

• Lode Runner / Tozai Games

• The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai / James Silva Read more »

Update: Microsoft has provided numerous screenshots along with a piece of promotional art.

Original Story: At this week's Consumer Electronics Show, developer Tozai Games pulled back the curtain on its Xbox Live Arcade reimagining of Douglas E. Smith's classic pit-digger Lode Runner. Read more »