Battle Beat allows you to use your instrument peripherals for more than just Rock Band and Guitar Hero games. Using your guitar and drum accessories (feel free to use a normal controller if you wish), you will command your outer space armies to save the home planet.

The game’s creator touts this as a rhythm game, and after watching a video trailer for the game via the developer’s YouTube page, I am reminded of Patapon.

You can download a free trial version of the game or purchase it for 400 MS points from the Xbox Live Marketplace.

Next up is Kaotic Puzzle. Check out this video (and others in the playlist) and tell me if this does not scream Bejeweled with a hint of Meteos. Creating chain reactions by removing blocks from your screen will “attack” your opponent, sending waves of new blocks into his screen, hopefully causing an overload. This Indie Game will run you 240 MS points (or as always check out the free trial) from the Marketplace.

Evolution Dream Studio is hyping up two new titles (Pirate Mayhem and Avatar Quest) by giving away download tokens to three previous releases: Words in a Word, Planet Delta, and Bomb Disposal Expert. Their friends at Ninja Fever also want to get in on the action and are giving away codes for their game, Dual Zone. Combined across all four titles, there are 50 tokens to be won.

Visit the official Evolution Dream Studio page to see the rules for the giveaway. Contest closes Jan 27th at 12am GMT and winners are limited to one game token.

And if Geometry Wars and zombies are your cup of tea, then you can always check out I Maed a Gam3 W1th Zombies, one of the most highly rated (and previously reviewed by yours truly) and downloaded Indie Games available.

Developer: Ska Studios
Where: Xbox Live Indie Games
Price: 80 MS Points
Players: 1-4 (same console only, not Live enabled)
Awesomeness: Extremely High

I have never downloaded an Indie Game (formerly Community Game) ever. But you know me and zombies. I love them. And any game that has zombies and a catchy tune I will be all over like a zombie is all over brains. I MAED A GAM3 W1TH ZOMBIES 1N IT has both of those and based on those two facts alone, I spent the 80 MS points (roughly $1) on the game.

Brought to us by the brilliant minds behind Dishwasher: Dead Samurai, you control You, a one man (or woman) army defending yourself from wave after wave of zombies and other random enemies, all while listening to the most AMAZING song of all time.

The game controls almost exactly like Geometry Wars, and even though I suck horribly at Geometry Wars, I still enjoy playing this game. (Did I mention the soundtrack is Spike Video Game Award worthy?) You move about the screen using the left thumb stick and aim with the right. Make sure to pick up the power-ups scattered all over the field without letting the zombies eat your brains.

Also, I have to make mention of the press release, because it is honestly the best press release I have read in a long time. Here is an excerpt for you!

“I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!1 represents a culmination of years of intensive psychological research, bleeding edge engineering, and artistic collaboration by over two dozen internationally recognized art houses that may or may not exist, using such technologies as the HYPERMAGIC 3.0 engine to power never-before-seen eye candy and the MEGACORE X parallelization processor for smooth-as-glass presentation.

“You can make a game,” said Ska Studios Lead Engineer Gato Maria Hernando Rodriguez-Rodriguez in an exclusive interview with Chairman Meow Magazine, “but what happens when you put zombies in it?  Nobody knows, but they’ll find out soon.  We’ll all find out soon.”  And, with Xbox Live Indie Games interest flagging under reports of poor sales, difficulty locating the section in the Dashboard while inebriated, and super-smart people saying super-smart things on web forums, the game couldn’t be released at a better time.

“We were following trends and noticed that most people were buying Xbox360s for the DVD player, the Xbox Live Vision Camera, and the Calculator app on XBLIG, but not for games,” Gato continues, “I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MBIES!!1 will change that.  You’ll be playing our game.  It has zombies in it.  Ok bye.” “

Now I will show you some super ultra hi-resolution screenshots of the intense gameplay. Seriously. Its like the most intense game ever.

You should definitely check out the developer’s blog after you play this AAA title and let them know how blown away by the awesomeness of the game you are. You can also follow him on Twitter.

If you are like me and love zombies as much as I do, you should check out these awesome tops from SplitReason.com