Two new games will be launched this Wednesday 18th July on the Xbox LIVE service: “Bomberman Live” from Hudson Entertainment, and “Yie Ar Kung Fu” from Konami.

Designed by Hudson Entertainment especially for Xbox LIVE Arcade, “Bomberman Live” is a game in which the players guide their unique Bomberman around a grid-like arena, avoiding opponents and their bombs while attempting to bomb the competition.

The game offers a multiplayer mode, with eight arenas including Lost World, where players can sink in puddles of quicksand, and Ghost Town, where players can fall into trap doors.

Also, the players may fully customize their Bomberman by choosing from 10,000 possible combinations. The new title is rated 12+ and it will cost 800 MS points.

The second game, “Yie Ar Kung Fu”, developed by Konami is a classic fighting game in which the players will assume the role of Oolong. He is on the quest to become the ultimate champion, but in order to achieve his goal Oolong must first defeat the masters at the Martial Arts Championship.

The title is rated 10+ and it will be available for 400 MS points.

Recently Microsoft announced that its Xbox Live service has reached 6 million members. The service was unveiled in November 2005 and since then gamers have spent over 2.3 billion hours on the network playing games online with their friends around the world.