The Gunstringer is getting its second batch of downloadable content on December 15 called Real Big Shootin’. For 240 Microsoft Points, Real Big Shootin’ is going to be a collection of shooting games that were created by “Mad Dog” McDog. McDog swears you aren’t as good a shooter as you think you are, and you have to prove him wrong.

Microsoft has proven the Kinect isn’t some fly-by-night peripheral that will only be used for one or two games. You know, like the Wii Balance Board. It’s established. Which means a lot of people may want to keep an eye out for the newest Kinect bundle. Microsoft’s decided that it wants to really lure people in with a Kinect Sensor Holiday Bundle that includes three games, two of which are pretty darn awesome.

At first glance, this Kinect bundle seems like all others….

‘Splosion Man and The Gunstringer, has been acquired by Microsoft. Any hopes of a multi-platform Twisted Pixel game have officially been squashed, but the studio has been creating Xbox 360-exclusive console games for a while now. Twisted Pixel will remained stationed in Austin, Texas and will be able to keep their unique identity as well.

Are you up for a little freebie to top off your weekend? Look no further than the soundtrack for The Gunstringer. Twisted Pixel is offering the soundtrack as a free download right now. A quick trip over to the official Gunstringer website will get you 27 songs in as a zip file that’s not too much larger than 70MBs.

The Gunstringer will be the first time Twisted Pixel will have a boxed product at retail as opposed to staying within the digital confines of Xbox Live Arcade. Then again, The Gunstringer has a better chance at drawing the attention of the general public by being prominently displayed next the other Kinect games on store shelves. The Gunstringer will be released on September 13 in North America, Asia and New Zealand for $39.99. It’s also going to bring some extra goodies.

Twisted Pixel’s hilarious yet flawed XBLA game Comic Jumper has gotten more affordable. The game is on sale for Xbox Live Gold members this week only for 400 Microsoft Points. That’s about half of what the game will sell for after the promotion ends. Comic Jumper’s permanent price will be 800MSP when the sale is over.

Late last month, Twisted Pixel announced it was accepting applicants into the Ms. Splosion Man beta. Twisted Pixel accepted 10,000 Xbox Live Gold subscribers into the beta and it’s now available for your downloading pleasure.

Twisted Pixel is starting a preview program for its upcoming game Ms. Splosion Man. Starting yesterday (March 24, 2011) Twisted Pixel started taking applications for the preview program in the form of a survey. When all is said and done, 10,000 players will be granted access to select multiplayer levels on June 6. The program will last until June 26.

Twisted Pixel has a couple of games coming out in 2011 for XBLA – Ms. Splosion Man and The Gunstringer. Ms. Splosion Man will likely arrive first. If you’ve played Splosion Man, you have a great idea on how the basic gameplay mechanics work. Ms. Splosion Man traverses levels by exploding up to three times. It requires timing and a bit of skill to burn through levels more quickly than anyone else. But what happens when you have to control two Ms. Splosion Mans at once?

On April 1, 2009, Twisted Pixel announced ‘Splosion Man. At that time, I thought the announcement was a joke. Twisted Pixel assured me it wasn’t and they were being truthful. Now two years later, Ms. ‘Splosion Man has come onto the scene. Today’s April 1 announcement from Twisted Pixel is not genuine, but it’s still funny. In the alternate universe that only appears on April Fool’s Day, Twisted Pixel has teamed up with The Home Depot to make an accessory for The Gunstringer.