Microsoft has announced that, starting Tuesday, January 22 starting at 2:00 AM and running through Wednesday, January 30th at 11:59 PM, Xbox LIVE Arcade players will have the opportunity to vote for their own nominees to win an award at the Xbox LIVE Arcade Awards-2007 by visiting and voting at  http://www.xbox.com/xblaawards. The finalists in the contest were chosen by a group of consumer and video game industry journalists while the winners of the Xbox LIVE Arcade Awards are to be selected by the XBLA community. The titles that are selected for awards will be announced at the inaugural Xbox LIVE Arcade Awards-2007 will be announced at the Game Developer Conference in February


The categories available for voting by the XBLA community are as follows:

     Best Overall Arcade Game

       Best Classic Game
       Best Original Game
       Best Family Friendly Game
       Best Competitive Multiplayer Game
       Best Cooperative Multiplayer Game
       Best selling game
       Most played game
       Highest rated game
       Staff choice


In addition Microsfot also has plans to make it’s XBLA Undertown arcade game free for download from 2:00 AM PST Wednesday, January 23rd through 11:59 PST on Sunday, January 27th users of Xbox Live Arcade will be available for download at absolutely no cost. In support of the giveaway, Chair Entertainment Group is offering gamers the opportunity to play alongside the Undertow development team on Thursday, January 24 at 7:00 p.m. PST (03:00 GMT on Friday, January 25).  The team will host player matches, provide game play tips and the opportunity for gamers to pick-up Undertow achievements.

For more information on Undertow please visit http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/u/undertowxboxlivearcade/ and for more on new content for Mutant Storm Empire visit www.xbox.com/livearcade.