With all this bloody good talk about Bloody Good Time being released, today Ubisoft has released a cinematic for their insane FPS, starring none other than the man who’s responsible for this massacre, Director X. Take a look below to see the violent (but rather funny) cinematic for Ubisoft’s latest FPS, coming to XBLA and Steam.

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Treyarch has revealed the multiplayer modes of the upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops at a press event in Los Angeles last night. With Black Ops, it seems Treyarch is really stepping up its game to make up for the (arguable) failures and downsides of Modern Warfare 2 and to really prove itself as a AAA developer, because these multiplayer modes seem awesome. Read up on the multiplayer after the break.

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Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has released a new Mortal Kombat trailer, titled “Shadows,” featuring many recognizable fighters such as Raiden and Scorpion fighting… except you can only see their shadows. Even so, you’ll see blood squirting and someone getting impaled and whatnot, all to the tune of Disturbed’s “Another Way to Die.” Disturbed is providing the soundtrack to the game. Check out the trailer after the break.

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Is morality a black and white issue? Senior Producer on The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, Tomasz Gop, clearly explains the game will not be heading down the conventional “good versus evil” path familiar to Mass Effect and will instead draw inspiration directly from award-winning Polish fantasy writer and short-story author of The Witcher, Andrzej Sapkowski; Geralt, the main character of The Witcher, operates on his own moral code in an ethically hazy universe or in “grey areas,” so to speak and Gop wants The Witcher 2 to closely resemble the novel in this regard. Also, The Witcher likes boobies.

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Coming September 7th to the 360, PS3, and PC collectively is yet another DLC for Mass Effect 2 focusing on Asari Scientist Liara T’soni, her troublesome mission, and of course, her relationship with Commander Shepard. If the thousand-year-old Justicar in Mass Effect 2 named Samara left you just as sexually frustrated as I, you’ll still have a chance at woo-ing another blue chick from your past. The Lair of The Shadow Broker DLC will retail for $10.00 or 800 Microsoft Points. Don’t forget to check-out the trailer for the upcoming DLC.

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Dead Rising 2 will be hitting US shelves on September 28th, but I recently dug through a bunch of goodies regarding its release and discovered a YouTuber’s gameplay video allotting us fifteen whole minutes worth of cutscenes from the beginning of DR2. The events taking place are a bit confusing, but we’re able to see protagonist Chuck Greene and his young daughter Katey. Apparently, they have a gruesome connection or memory of Dead Rising’s fictional town of Willamette, Colorado. A  humorous poster advertising an infection suppressing drug called “Zombrex” can be seen adoring the elevator, a medication Katey is supposedly taking after being bitten during her first run-in with the undead.

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Posted via Major Nelson’s blog is a large round-up of incoming deals and marketplace goodies, some of which look more or less  promising. Hydrophobia, particularly, is an XBLA title that caught my eye and has since held it for quite sometime now. Hydrophobia is a survival adventure game developed by Dark Energy Digital featuring a female heroine, Kate Wilson, defending her ocean vessel utopia from Malthusian terrorists during the Great Population Flood. Just FYI, It’s already made a name for itself and has received multiple awards, including Best Downloadable Game from GameTrailers at E3 2010. According Rob Hewson, it’s all about player versus environment interaction and, well, the imagery featuring Dark Engery Digital’s “HydroEngine” is fairly impressive. Ooh, just look at the pretty, flowing water. Check out the entire list of updates scheduled to hit the Marketplace in the coming weeks.

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Summer is almost over, and fall is just around the corner… So what does that mean? Another XBLA promo! As we heard yesterday, Super Meat Boy was going to be the main course for Microsoft’s “Game Feast.” Microsoft has officially announced the feast, and also listed the appetizer-games going along with it. From the looks of it, we’re in for some good eatin’ this fall.

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I understand that voice recognition is a complicated affair, but the revelation today that Microsoft’s Kinect, of which voice recognition is a primary feature, will be severely limited, just sounds crazy.  When Kinect launches this fall, although the peripheral will be available in all major territories and countries, only four languages will be supported: American English, British English, Mexican Spanish, and Japanese.  No biggie, you think, right?  Lots of Europeans speak British English, even if it isn’t their native tongue, so they can just use that until their language is eventually added.  Sorry.  The other news is voice recognition languages will be region locked, meaning if you live in the US, you can’t practice your Japanese with your 360.  If you live in Europe outside the UK, no voice support (at all) for you.

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The Tokyo Game Show is returning on September 16, and we can hope for some major announcements to be made at the event, or at least some awesome gameplay to be shown. Konami, Level-5, Sega, and Tecmo-Koei have announced their lineups for the show, although it isn’t known which are playable and which will be presented in video form. Some notable familiars are Metal Gear Solid: Rising from Konami and Sonic Colors from Sega, but you can check after the break for the full list.

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Receiving many complaints about the Xbox 360’s infamous D-Pad (especially for fighting games), the folks at Microsoft have finally decided to do something about it. There have been rumors about a “rotating” D-Pad revolving around the internet, but today Microsoft has confirmed their new (and shiny) controller, along with its “transforming” D-Pad. Take a look below to see a video of it, brought to you by none other than Major Nelson.

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According to Team Meat’s Twitter, their highly anticipated sequel to their cult classic game Meat Boy is coming out this fall. While many of the Meat Boy fans may know that already, here’s some good news for all of you 360 owners: it’s coming to XBLA! Yep; along with the PC and Wii, Xbox will be sharing everybody’s desire for their favorite boy of meat. According to Team Meat, Super Meat Boy is supposed to go with one of XBLA’s new promos called “Game Feast,” and they seem very excited about it.

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Are you ready to lay the smackdown!? Well, before that, get ready to make a decision about which store you’re buying this year’s Smackdown vs. Raw from, because many stores seem to be offering different bonuses. Ranging from different characters to even money off of Pay-Per-View events, it seems like there is something to try to appeal to each Hulkamaniac… or Kanonite… or whatever’s in now. Take a look to see which stores are offering which bonuses on WWE’s newest addition to the Smackdown vs. Raw series.

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Here’s an update for all of you GamerScore addicts: the achievements for Fallout: New Vegas have officially been released. There are a total of 50 achievements in this game, and the largest achievement is worth 100 points, which requires you to finish the game on hardcore mode. Hit the break to check out the entire list!

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I’ve always liked Microsoft’s Xbox Live Service. Ever since I got it years ago when Star Wars: Battlefront I realized what kind of service I was paying for and didn’t mind it at all. Then the Xbox 360 came out and it got even better with cross game chat, party chat and a sleek interface. As time has gone by Microsoft has changed their interface, for better or for worse, and have added new features while maintaining a set price. That’s at least until November 1^st. Officially announced on Major Nelson’s Blog, on that date Xbox Live will cost more for members in Canada, Mexico, United Kingdom and the United States (the only people who are willing to pay for a subscription).

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