With Crackdown 2 days from release, Xbox 360 owners who are eagerly anticipating the game are playing through the bonus-infused demo, which has the potential to unlock achievements when the retail game is loaded. Today, Rare announced another bonus for Crackdown 2 fans: An unlockable character for the Perfect Dark XBLA multiplayer mode.

Systems with the full version of Perfect Dark installed, along with a save file from the upcoming sandbox title from Ruffian Games, unlocks Agent 4 -- a familiar "face" for Crackdown franchise fans. Sadly, agility orbs remain a Crackdown exclusive.

4J Studios' prettied-up port of Perfect Dark is almost here, so to celebrate, creator Rare has released some screenshots that see some characters dressed all fancy like.

Boasting online multiplayer, enhanced visuals and a much smoother framerate over the Nintendo 64 original, the Xbox 360 recreation of Perfect Dark will be available as an 800 Microsoft Point / $10 Xbox Live Arcade download come next Wednesday, March 17.

Following up on the recent revelation of the month-long "Xbox LIVE Arcade Block Party" promotion, Microsoft has unveiled when the four Xbox 360 downloads will arrive:

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The Xbox Live Arcade revamp of Rare's N64 shooter Perfect Dark will be released for download this March, Microsoft announced today at its X10 event.

The 800 Microsoft Point ($10) port by Banjo Kazooie XBLA veterans 4J Studios boasts jazzed-up graphics running in 1080p at a reported 60fps--a far cry from the original--and boasts online multiplayer as well as leaderboards and avatar rewards.

Original Perfect Dark developer Rare has revealed that the Xbox Live Arcade port by 4J Studio of its N64 shooter will hit in early 2010 and released several new screenshots.

"Can now confirm early 2010 release which is still 'winter', stop moaning," reads a post on Rare's Twitter, which also delivers another comparison of the Xbox 360 and Nintendo 64 versions as well as a look at heroine Joanna Dark's XBLA makeover. Read more »

Another set of Pefect Dark screenshots have emerged from original developer Rare, once again pitting the Nintendo 64 original against the downloadable Xbox 360 version.

Rare has released a trio of new screenshots from the Xbox Live Arcade port of its N64 shooter Perfect Dark, showing revamps of a pair of levels and Joanna's alien pal Elvis.

Handled by Banjo Kazooie XBLA porter 4J Studios, Perfect Dark hits XBLA this winter with "all the original game features... plus new Xbox LIVE ones" and its infamous performance woes banished, now reportedly offering "1080p at 60 frames per second."

New screenshots of Perfect Dark's upcoming Xbox Live Arcade port by 4J Studios compare its spiffy new enhanced graphics to the original murky Nintendo 64 release.

Slated to arrive this winter, the port of Rare's 2000 shooter will pack online multiplayer in addition to split-screen, and is claimed to run at a liquid 60fps in full 1080p resolution.

The first screenshots from the downloadable Xbox Live Arcade rendition of Rare's Pefect Dark have arrived, showing off the sharper visuals of the Nintendo 64 port.

Due this winter, the Xbox 360 release of the 2000 first-person shooter adds online multiplayer, enhanced graphics, and a smooth frame rate of 60 FPS to the mix--according to its Xbox.com games page, anyways. The port is being handled by 4J Studios, which worked with Rare on the Banjo Kazooie N64-to-XBLA releases.

Classic N64 shooter Perfect Dark is coming to Xbox Live Arcade this Winter, according to a Twitter update by Microsoft's Larry "Major Nelson" Hyrb.

The game--running in full 1080p--is on display at E3, and this grand news will be celebrated tomorrow by the release of a free Perfect Dark Xbox theme.