With slightly more than a week prior to the arrival of Call of Duty: Black Ops in stores, Activision and developer Treyarch dropped the game's launch trailer during NBC's Sunday Night Football game matching the Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints vs. the Pittsburgh Steelers.

With the Rolling Stones Gimme Shelter providing a soundtrack, the trailer shows off a varied display of interior and exterior sets including urban and jungle, aerial and underwater, as well as sweltering and icy.

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After a long beta test (reserved only for some users), Microsoft has finally announced the official release date scheduled for autumn updating Xbox Live, the Internet service dedicated to Xbox 360. So, since this update will arrive on November 1st in Europe, or the following day. The main innovations concern the preparation of course landing on the market for the device Kinect - to be released a few days away - as well as a deep restyling of the dashboard navigation system in terms of graphics. The appointment is then for tomorrow, probably around lunchtime.

Namco Bandai has announced that a certain pride that Splatterhouse has finally entered the stage production of the so-called Gold. This means that the development is completely finished, after the official presentation took place on E3 2010, and the title can begin to be physically produced and then start on the market. So the appointment with this interesting action / horror-splatter is set for next November 25 on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

Again, those who entered in possession copies of the games Kinect must be careful not to use them before the official launch of these and the device itself.

As reported by Joystiq, in fact, if you throw one of these Xbox 360 games require an update to be downloaded via Xbox Live. This update is not yet available and this apparently causes the lockout Live. "Due to an error of retailers, some users may already be in possession of Kinect games before the launch," Microsoft said in a statement, "because Kinect released November 4th in the U.S., users who attempt to start games before Xbox Live account is temporarily blocked. "

At the time the issue seems to affect only the U.S. market, so expect any testimony in Europe, where, however, the device of the Xbox 360 arrives on November 10th.

Killstreaks

• 3 killings: Spy Plane
• 3 killings: RC-XD
• 4 killings: Counter-Spy Plane
• 4 killings: Sam Turret
• 5 killings: Care Package
• 5 killings: Napalm Strike
• 6 killings: Sentry Gun
• 6 killings: Mortar Team
• 7 killings: Attack Helicopter
• 7 killings: Valkyrie Rockets
• 8 killings: Blackbird
• 8 killings: Rolling Thunder
• 9 killings: Chopper Gunner
• 11 killings: Attack Dogs
• 11 killings: Gunship

The killstreak shot shows off the respective point value of each reward. It's interesting to see both the Gunship and Attack Dogs rated an equal 11. It'll be interesting to see which players take the greatest fondest to online.

Ubisoft has announced that Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, spin-off series that will resume the plot of the second chapter, finally entered the stage in gold and is about to be released on PS3 and Xbox 360 on 19th November.

The Call of Duty series is loved by millions of players for his team almost exclusively online. The multiplayer has always been the strong point of the title would not be such if it had not provided an adequate number of well-designed maps. The next Black Ops, according to a screen discovered on the network, will have to fourteen maps.

The map names keep with the nuclear war theme of the single player storyline with names like WMD, Launch and Radiation. I have a particular penchant for Nuketown. That one sounds like it belongs in Troma flick! All in all, on names alone, it sounds like there's a good variety of locations, with lush outside locations like Jungle and Summit making a welcome change from the dry and dusty locales of Modern Warfare 2.

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If anyone still complains about the price of Kinect then has no idea what was the cost incurred by Microsoft to make the first prototype of the device. The figure emerges from a feature article in The New York Times that shows the high interest that is causing the Kinect. After all, it is no coincidence that after the appearance on the Oprah Winfrey Show, the pre-order had further growth percentage.

Behind the device that allows players to play the games without the controller, is hiding something surprising appearance. The first unit was built at a cost of $ 30,000 to be well built, about 200 times the price at which the Kinect will be sold to the public. However, Microsoft says it will get profit since day-one selling the device for $ 150.

The Times also reported that at its peak, the program then known as Natal, had about a thousand workers employed for the project. Numbers of all respect.

The debut is set for Nov. 10. We'll see if sales will mark an important record.

In the past the series of Call of Duty has raised several controversies due to the presence of some scenes from the top level of violence.
We see the carnage at the airport last Modern Warfare 2, we see the scene of the execution of Modern Warfare, it seems that Black Ops do not want to deviate from that path.
Indeed, his fate seems far worse.
Not just the flashy brand PEGI on the cover and even some censorship here and there, as reported by a well-known German magazine, the title will not even marketed in Germany.
At least not the European version, but will still do this except for the localized version on Steam, which apparently it is usually affordable.
It is well specified if an American version or *** can be used but, even if it were, on Xbox 360 there would be several problems related to parts of the title.

On Halloween will be enabled in multiplayer Gears of War 2 experience a multiplier of 31.

On the official page of Twitter Rod Ferguson, senior producer at Epic Games, it could be read that this multiplier will be activated throughout the weekend from tomorrow from 15:00 until the same hour on Monday.

Surely the most devoted fan of the series will remain exclusive Microsoft excited about this news.

Plan is for event to start at 9 AM on Friday and go till 9 AM on Monday. 31x XP and Horde chainsaw craziness.