Foundation 9 Games Dominate Xbox LIVE® Arcade Awards Foundation 9's Backbone Entertainment studios dominated the inaugural Xbox LIVE Arcade awards, with three of its Xbox LIVE® Arcade games sweeping six of the ten categories in the awards show, including top honor for Best Overall Arcade Game. F9E’s Backbone studios have collectively shipped more than 30 titles for the Xbox LIVE Arcade platform, with many more currently in development. Eidos Announces Monster Lab Eidos has officially announced Monster Lab, a brand new original game from Backbone Vancouver. Coming out later this year on the Wii and DS, Monster Lab puts players in the role of an aspiring mad scientist, tasking them with building the ultimate monster and saving the world. Sonic Rivals 2 Available Now Sonic Rivals 2 has shipped to stores and is available for purchase now! Sonic Rivals 2 brings back the classic 2D extreme speed action that Sonic is famous for. Twelve new ring-filled stages have been created for this intense head-to-head race where the ultimate goal is to rescue the Chao and uncover who is responsible for some dastardly deeds. The game features eight playable characters - including three characters who are all-new to the Sonic Rivals world : Miles "Tails" Prower, Espio the Chameleon, and Rouge the Bat - each one with their own special skills and abilities. Sonic Rivals 2 has two intense single-player modes - the Story mode, which allows players to enjoy the whole story behind the head-to-head competition, and Free Play mode in which gamers can explore this stunning world at their own pace. Players can also collect 150 new cards, each bringing new options for customizing playable characters. Foundation 9 Releases 20th Title for Xbox LIVE(R) Arcade Foundation 9 Entertainment has now released an industry-leading 20 titles for Xbox LIVE® Arcade, more than any other developer. The company’s 20th release was the recent critical success, Bomberman Live, which was developed by F9E’s Backbone Vancouver studio, as the lead in conjunction with Hudson Soft, and published by Hudson Entertainment. Backbone Brings 4 More Classic Games to Xbox Live Arcade Four new classic games have recently made their debut on Xbox Live Arcade, and Backbone Entertainment is responsible for bringing them to the masses. Bomberman Live and Yie Ar King Fu were developed by Backbone Vancouver and Sonic the Hedgehog and Golden Axe were developed by Backbone Emeryville. All games are powered by Digital Eclipse technology.