It's Wednesday, and despite today being New Year's Eve have pumped their last Live release of 2008 into existence; offering up Merv Griffin's Crosswords.

Apparently, the game is based on a game show of the same name, which sees contestants battling it out over a variety of Crossword-based games.

Good wholesome fun is the theme here - although the game show motif and the puzzle-based gameplay is unlikely to challenge many of 2008's other releases.

Multiplayer support for up to five players is offered, across 1,000 puzzles, and Merv's opus can be yours for 800 Microsoft Points. Griffin died last year, apparently, although he remains famous in his native United States.

By Luke Guttridge