The third and final Games for the Holidays title has been released. The super secret game is named ilomilo. Now, I've heard it pronounced <ee-low-me-low> or <eye-low-my-low>. And take it from me, figuring out how to pronounce the title will be the easiest puzzle you have to solve. ilomilo is a wonderfully cute platform puzzler. It will have you scratching your head the entire time. Hidden gallery items, obstacles, and enemies will create a good kind of frustration, as long as you enjoy a good puzzle. If not, you are just going to be frustrated.

ilomilo is a tough game to describe. It is an adorable story about ilo and milo trying to make their way back to each other. Oh crap, I just described it. Before I can continue this review, please be ready to read the words "adorable," "cute," and possible "awe" a lot.

SouthEnd Interactive created a world of absolute whimsy and dream-scape. It feels like one part felt fabric and the other part squeaky toy. The world moves and interacts with ilo and milo as they cross it. Cute little sounds come from their feet as they venture along each course to find their better half. Adorable chimes are heard when items are picked up, dropped down, or an error action has occurred. I have actually racked up a very large step count on many maps to just listen to their little feet waddle across a long row of blocks. Awe!

But, just because the game takes a lighter tone to portray its environment, it is by no means adorably easy. During the prologue, ilo and milo will be shown just a small fraction of the types of obstacles that face their 4 chapter journey. Their skillset is as follows, stepping one block either forward/backward or left/right, picking up blocks, and setting them down. That's it. That is all she wrote. Your basic abilities are tightly bound, but a variety of moves don't make good puzzle games, now do they? ilomilo depends on complex thinking and a vast ability to think 3 dimensionally. Now, I'm not talking In RealD 3D cinemas. Just your average XYZ axis navigation.

The singleplayer is fun and fascinating. You get to control both ilo and milo independently but not simultaneously. Working as both of the characters makes it a lot of fun to see both sides of the puzzle. Now it isn't a puzzle of getting from point A to point B. But, how can point A and B make it to C. Which, if you are a skilled puzzle solver, will be so much more complex. This is like starting a maze at both ends but not being able to make it to either side because of a road block. So now you have to figure out which one of the sides can solve the problem on the other side. Confusing, yes. Troublesome, yes. Fun, yes.

I personally didn't get to experience the multiplayer first hand. I don't have a secondary person to grab a hold of and make them play the cuteness. I have seen others play, and from everything I've seen, it looks even more adorable and cute and awe. It is only local co-op, so that is downer to all those wanting to play with your best buddies of the net. While ilo is navigating, milo wandering around the screen like a cute little butterfly. And while milo is navigating, ilo is the beautiful butterfly. This is the only way to find and successfully get all your achievements. Achievement Hunter came out with a walk through of just such a thing.

For the last three weeks, each Wednesday, Microsoft had released one game for their Games for the Holidays. Now, all of them have been released and, if you didn't know, the three titles have cross-functional content between them. For those curious of what is actually in the other titles, I will elaborate just a bit. I will start with the first released and concluding with the latest.

A World of Keflings: You are able to build houses for ilo and milo and the Raskull characters. You get a little nook for ilo and milo, and a Raskully home for Raskull characters.

Raskulls: You get ilo and Doug as optional mulitplayer characters.

ilomilo: Players can change their costume with the D-Pad and will see multiple costumes from both Raskulls and a World of Keflings characters.

Score: 7/10 : Great game. Mind-blowing puzzles. Beautiful environment.

ilomilo was developed by SouthEnd Interactive and published by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox 360 on December 29st, 2010 and Windows 7 Phone on November 8th, 2010. A copy of the Xbox 360 version was provided to us by Microsoft for review purposes.

Raskulls is the second game being released in Microsoft's Games for the Holidays. It is classified as family platformer. For me, I think there should be some more specific genres to describe games like this. The first one would be, Super Star Saga Humor, and second would be, Mr. Driller Block Smashing. Those two titles sum up the hilarity and expected gameplay theme of Raskulls. (Warning: No plumbers or Drillers were harmed in the making of this review)

The story of Raskulls seems to revolve around space pirats desire to look for an alternate power source. So of course, their eyes get set upon the valuable gem known as the "Shiny Stone." Of course, this stone belongs to our skully heroes. But, with a failed first attempt, the King devises a plan to lure the attempted thieves into a trap by hosting a tournament and having the Shiny Stone as the prize.

The tournament results in a series of races and the winner progresses onto the next bracket. (You know, how actual tournaments work.) As you reach the final race, you are confronted by a monstrous Raskull. This large Raskull CHEATS! You get zapped before the buzzer and he leaves. So, now you have to play catch-up and fend off his two goons. Upon winning, you find out, the giant Raskull isn't a Raskull. IT'S ONE OF THE PIRATS! They don't take loss politely, so they zap you again and steal the Shiny Stone.

Raskulls plays like a normal platformer with the ability to zap colored blocks. Simply stated you just have to progress through levels by zapping blocks and avoid getting mushed.

There are three types of maps that you will encounter while playing. Racing, Puzzle, and Speed. Racing is your average start at point A and end at point B. In a puzzle, you have to make it to the end without using all of you charges. Speed maps are more or less time trials. Nothing to terrible.

If you progress strictly through the main story, it isn't too long of a game. It becomes increasingly more difficult as you progress along. The races never get too bad, but the puzzle maps get very annoying. Players only have a limited amount of zaps which becomes increasingly annoying. There are times where you have to be patient and there times when you have to book it. Figuring out those different choices is the annoying part.

The best moments I had were online. I loved getting into a group with my friends and completing a Grand Prix. We would laugh so hard while zapping each other. But, there aren't a lot of mulitplayer maps. And unfortunately, one play through on each of the maps is all the enjoyment you can get out of them.

All in all, Raskulls is a fun game. But, repetition of gameplay does cause some serious pitfalls. Online multiplayer was fun, but it could get annoying for some players. My suggestion, get a group of friends, all of you buy it, and play online to have a blast.

Score: 7.5/10

Raskulls was developed by Halfbrick Studios and published by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox 360 on December 29st, 2010. A copy of the game was provided to us by Microsoft for review purposes.

In case you did not get enough Xbox LIVE Arcade games this year and are craving some warm holiday fun, there is hope now. Microsoft's 'Games for the Holidays' lineup includes three titles that will launch in just a few weeks.

World of Kefflings, Raskulls and ilomilo will be hitting the LIVE service shortly and feature cross functionality. You can check back later for full reviews on each. For now, please enjoy the trailer for all three titles.