Update: The below list has been tweaked to reflect a "last minute schedule change" that sees 'Splosion Man moved up to July 22 and TMNT bumped back to August 5.

With Microsoft readying its annual "Summer of Arcade" promotion, the company has priced and dated the five downloadable Xbox 360 games that fall under the campaign:

• July 22 - 'Splosion Man (800 MS Points / $10)
• July 29 - Marvel vs. Capcom 2 (1200 MS Points / $15)

• August 5 - TMNT: Turtles in Time Re-shelled (Originally: 1200 MS Points / $15) (Now: 800 MS Points / $10)
• August 12 - Trials HD (1200 MS Points / $15)
• August 19 - Shadow Complex (1200 MS Points / $15)

With The Secret of Monkey Island: SE priced at $10 and arriving on Xbox Live Arcade next Wednesday, July 15, that paints a pretty clear picture of what to expect for the next while.

As a platformer, 'Splosion Man (XBLA) is a blood relative of Sonic the Hedgehog. But as a relative, 'Splosion Man is the freakish uncle that your mother never let you talk to.

Running about levels, the 'Splosion Man fans out his arms into an airplane. He drops his jaw, and lowers his arms like a neandrathal, and moans like an idiot. And then he explodes.

This kind of behavior justifiably terrifies 'Splosion Man's victims, the mad scientists that presumably created him--though not so much for them to stop experimenting on other creatures. Caught unaware, they cower and flee as the gleeful 'Splosion Man gives chase. And then he explodes.

You do a lot of exploding in 'Splosion Man. In fact, the only thing you can do in the game is explode: it's mapped to almost every button. It is your jump; your attack; your special attack. If you explode several times in a row, 'Splosion Man has to... Read more

Twisted Pixel offers this trailer as a first glimpse at its quirky 2.5D XBLA platformer 'Splosion Man, which stars a man that jumps across platforms by exploding himself. He's not very bright, that 'Splosion Man.

The developer notes that the title will ship with 50 single-player levels--including "highly entertaining and unconventional boss battles"--and 50 unique four-player co-op levels. No release date yet.

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Twisted Pixel Games, developers of The Maw, are today very proud to announce 'Splosion Man, a 2.5D action platformer with a terrifying eponymous hero.

We were pretty disappointed to receive the announcement for 'Splosion Man yesterday as we figured it was probably just another too-rad-to-be-true April Fools' joke. Nope.

Due on Xbox 360 as a Live Arcade download, the game offers the ability to 'splode yourself at will. "Any scientist he catches is 'sploded into chunks of ham and ribeyes, the smell of their destruction terrifying, but also a little succulent," wrote Twisted Pixel.

Packing support for up to four co-op players, either online or off, and online leaderboards, 'Splosion Man is due to arrive "shortly before the world is incinerated."