The "Games on Demand" section of Microsoft's digital distribution platform Games for Windows Live "will soon be the home of day-and-date game releases from the industry's biggest names," the company declared today.

Alongside the day-and-date releases, which kicked off today with Ubisoft's Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands PC, the company will be adding more games to the online catalog, including those that don't utilize Games for Windows Live functionality. Read more »

The original Xbox versions of Max Payne and Max Payne 2 are available now for Xbox 360 as Xbox Live Marketplace downloads, publisher Rockstar has announced.

Max Payne and Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne cost 1200 MS Points ($15) each. Read more »

We aren't in the habit of singling out mods around here, but Mona: The Assassin is notable for several reasons.

First, it's a professional, five-level mod for Max Payne 2. How many of those have been released lately? And I think we can all agree that Max Payne 2 is still pretty awesome.

Second, it was founded by Mikael Kasurinen, a lead game designer at Remedy--the developers of the Max Payne series. 7th Serpent modder Clement "Corwin" Melendez and talented Shacker Diego "Aavenr" Jimenez aided in development. Read more »