For one week only, beginning October 26, all three multiplayer map packs are available on Marketplace for only 400 Microsoft Points. Not only that, you can score double Experience Points all week long through November 1, 2009.

In conjunction with GGL Global Gaming, NAMCO BANDAI Games America announces the Tekken 6 North American Championship Tournament, where contestants will vie for $10,000 in cash prizes, and the right to represent North America in the Tekken 6 Global Tournament.

It’s been a great month for games so far, here are some of our faves.

Critter Crunch is a *beautiful* Magical Drop-style puzzle game for PS3.  The attention to detail is spectacular, and the game is a blast to play.  Check out the demo available tomorrow (10/22) on PSN.  Great job Capybara! $6.99 on PSN. (Full disclosure: the gang at Capybara are friends of ours and are super awesome people.)

On the other side of the spectrum, Loren Schmidt’s Star Guard is an uber low-res ..read more

Developers from Rockstar, creators of the new game add-on The Ballad of Gay Tony for Grand Theft Auto IV, will be playing their game with Xbox LIVE Gold Members in a special Game with Rockstar event October 30, 2009.

Members of Microsoft Game Studios, the publishers of South Park LET’S GO TOWER DEFENSE PLAY!, will play the game with Xbox LIVE Gold Members in our Game with Developers event October 30, 2009.

Developers from Wizards of the Coast LLC, Stainless Games Ltd., and members of the Microsoft test team will play the game Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers with Xbox LIVE Gold Members in our Game with Developers event November 14, 2009.

Members of the Forza Motorsport fansite Forzacentral.com will play Xbox LIVE Gold Members in Forza Motorsport 3 in our Community Playdate on November 8, 2009.

Available exclusively on Xbox LIVE, Halo Waypoint is the new destination for all things Halo, including news, activities, and a unique career tracking system that tracks a gamer’s accomplishments across multiple Halo games.

The metal band Slipknot will visit Xbox LIVE to play Xbox LIVE Gold Members in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare on October 29.

The team from Luxoflux will play TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN with Xbox LIVE Gold Members in our Game with Developers event October 23, 2009.

The team from Gearbox Software will play their game Borderlands with Xbox LIVE Gold Members in our Game with Developers event October 23, 2009.

One of the co-creators of South Park and representatives from South Park Digital Studios will play their just released Xbox LIVE Arcade game, South Park LET’S GO TOWER DEFENSE PLAY! with Xbox LIVE Gold Members October 19, 2009.

The horrorcore hip hop duo Insane Clown Posse will play Xbox LIVE Gold Members October 30, 2009 in Halo 3: ODST.

Forza Motorsport 3 is nearing its release date and has announced all the 100 tracks, and the more than 400 cars that are in the game. In addition, free downloadable content will be made available for the game on launch day.

Enter the big sweepstakes for a chance to win a custom Xbox 360 South Park console and other great South Park prizes.

The Fight Like A Girl Halo 3 Tournament held October 17 and 18 over Xbox LIVE raises money for breast and cervical cancer research.

Rock band Breaking Benjamin will play the game Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare with Xbox LIVE Gold Members October 15, 2009.

A list of exciting new song titles has been announced to release in October for the Xbox 360 game Lips.