Silver Creek Entertainment announced today that Hardwood Solitaire and Ruckus Buck's Dangerous Mines are among the first games launched with the new Xbox Live Arcade.

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"Hardwood Solitaire and Ruckus Buck's Dangerous Mines are a perfect fit," says Jonas Stewart, Creative Lead for Silver Creek Entertainment, "the Xbox Live Arcade is squarely aimed at a segment of players we've been successfully serving for 10 years, the casual gamer."

Dangerous Mines is an all-new version of the classic Minesweeper offering 2 new modes of play. FreeEdge gives players the ‘edge’ to work off of, since the squares along the boarders are cleared.

This lets you avoid the Click-Click-Boom problem associated with the original Minesweeper, as you attempt to find a decentng. Gauntlet mode offers another twist, as you race against a clock clearing rounds of boards. This makes every second count.

Hardwood Solitaire has withstood the test of time, as one of the longest running electronic solitaire collections available. In its 10th year, this rebuilt incarnation continues to offer one of the best-looking design concepts. SCE is known for its great graphics (in 2001 they won the Best Visual Arts award at the Independent Games Festival), and this version takes the classic to a new visual level. The game’s 3D graphics give a natural, life-like feel with features such as swaying rows, as you move a long row to another pile. The Hardwood Solitaire collection offers over a 100 Solitaire games, including Klondike, Spider, FreeCell, and Yukon, as well as original solitaire games you can’t find anywhere else.

Of the seven offerings launched with Xbox Live Arcade on November 3, 2004, IGN.com gave Hardwood Solitaire the highest rating, stating the game “…is the best deal of the Live Arcade launch titles.” In the review of Dangerous Mines’ game concept, they stated, “The idea is pretty smart.”

The Xbox Live Arcade disc is free ($4.99 U.S./$7.99 Canadian for shipping and handling.) Microsoft will send the disc to enable your Xbox console to play free trials of the games, Including Hardwood Solitaire and Dangerous mines, as well as an entirely free version of Ms. Pacman. More information about Xbox Live Arcade can be found at this address.