Hudson announced today that it is preparing a third Bomberman Live content pack. Bomb-Up Pack 3 adds more than a dozen new features, including ten new characters, two additional levels, two new leaderboards, and a brand new game mode.

This Bomberman LIVE add-on pack will add the following features:

* Ten New Characters – With new characters like “Shinobi Bomb” the ninja and “Bomb2-D2” the robot, players can customize their in-game Bomberman in even more new ways.

* Two Additional Levels – New arenas include “Cavity Land,” a sugary sweet candy land, and the industrial “Robot Factory.” Both levels allow users to select any gimmick to use.

* One New Game Mode – In “Friendly Fire,” there’s no place to hide as you race to get the most frags. Players start with the “power bomb” power-up and hard blocks are replaced by holes, leaving nothing to stop explosions, except Bombermen!

* Two New Leaderboards – Gaze down upon the Bomberman masses from atop two new ranking systems on the Xbox LIVE® network. The new leaderboards will track performance on both a weekly and an all-time basis for the new “Friendly Fire” game mode.

Bomb-Up Pack 3 is scheduled to hit the Xbox Live Marketplace next week December 26 for the de-facto standard price of 250 Microsoft Points.

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