I had a great time at the X07 event in Toronto. I was there to work, of course, but I also got some great hands-on time with Halo 3 MP, Call of Duty 4, and a bunch of other great titles.

Anyway, I’m back in the office today. Puzzle Fighter came out on LIVE Arcade yesterday, and just hit the PlayStation Network store earlier today (be sure to pick up the PF wallpaper images from the PSN store!).

I’m pleased to announce that, thanks to my main web tech guru here at Capcom, Tom J, we now have leaderboards for Puzzle Fighter on the game’s website. The leaderboards are for the Xbox 360 version only. You can view the top 50 players in both X and X’ modes, for the week and for lifetime. How many other games have online leaderboards the day after a game launches?

We’ll also be adding a search function very soon so you can look up your gamertag, or your friend’s, and see how you stack up.

To check out the leaderboards, go to our Digital portal, head to the Puzzle Fighter page, and click on the Leaderboard graphic on the bottom left.

—Brian

Since Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Remix just came out on LIVE Arcade yesterday and PlayStation Network today, I thought I’d post an introduction to the mechanics of the gameplay.

I found this video, taken from I believe a previous arcade version of the game. It explains the basic rules of X mode (and the re-balanced X’ mode). It’s great, and shows how the rules work, how to set up combos, and more. It also gives you an idea of how the gems and breaking effects looked like in the original.

Once you have a handle on the basics, you should check out the advanced techniques guide written by one of our resident Puzzle Fighter (and Street Fighter) gurus at Capcom, s-kill (Seth). He posted it over on our forums, so go check it out.

—Brian