Best Of Console Digital News - From Counter Strike To Radiant Silvergun

[Gamasutra rounds up the week's biggest news for the major console and portable digital delivery services in conjunction with sister site GameSetWatch, this time highlighting news about Raskulls and Penny Arcade Episode 3.] Just one week after GamesCom in Germany, PAX reveals even more downloadable titles coming to Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network -- among them, Penny Arcade 3, Counter-Strike and The Haunted: Hell's Reach,. There are also highlights from some previous XBLA titles, and the news that XBLIG title Blocks That Matter has won this year's Dream Build Play competition. Halfbrick's Raskulls Post Mortem - All Your Game Needs Are Pirates & Ninjas (XBLA) Did you know that the original Raskulls didn't involve skulls at all, but robots? Or that the game was originally designed to be for a free Korean-based microtransaction title? How about when it had a long life as a Nintendo DS title? More on that in here. Zeboyd Games To Tackle Penny Arcade Adventures Sequel (XBLA / PSN) In an unexpected development that nevertheless seems like a great fit, Breath of Death VII developer Zeboyd Games announced that it has picked up the rights to develop the next episode in Penny Arcade's adventure game series On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness. Counter Strike: Global Offensive Revealed (XBLA / PSN) Over at the Penny Arcade Expo, Valve has been busy showing off Counter Strike: Global Offensive, the new incarnation of the shooter for PC, XBLA and PSN. Epic Dungeon Upgrade Cursed Loot Launched for XBLIG (XBLIG) Eyehook Games has released Cursed Loot, an upgraded version of its Xbox Live Indie Games roguelike Epic Dungeon with a new character class and a variety of new features. Interview: Hello Games Out To Prove Joe Danger Wasn't A Fluke (PSN) Does being one of the nicest dev teams in the industry translate to success? For the team at Hello Games, it certainly helps. Hothead On The Evolution Of An Independent Gaming IP (XBLA / PSN) Hothead Studios had a lecture session regarding The Baconing, the third tale of the illustrious Death Spank, out this week. Make Something Unreal-Winning Mod The Haunted Releasing For XBLA, PSN (XBLA / PSN) The Haunted: Hells Reach, the third-person action game that took home the $50,000 grand prize from Intel's Make Something Unreal Contest last year, will release for Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network in early 2012, thanks to publisher THQ. Radiant Silvergun Coming To XBLA On September 14 (XBLA) Nearly a year since it announced the port, Treasure has revealed that its cult favorite shoot'em up Radiant Silvergun will release for Xbox Live Arcade on September 14, accurate arcade/Sega Saturn transparencies and all. Blocks That Matter Wins Microsoft's Dream.Build.Play Competition (XBLIG) Microsoft has announced the winners of its annual Dream.Build.Play XNA game development competition, with Guillaume Martin's puzzle/platform game Blocks That Matter winning the grand prize of $40,000.