Bethesda has just released the trailer for Dragonborn, the next official game add-on for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Dragonborn will be available for download for 1600 Microsoft Points on Xbox LIVE on December 4.

It feels like we’ve been here before. Harmonix creates a new music game craze with an incredible playlist and an intuitive to learn, yet difficult to master set of gameplay rules, and rides that success to not one but two sequels, each gradually adding more depth and features with clever tweaks of the formula, while staying true to its roots. The question is, does this story end the same way for Dance Central the way it did for Rock Band and Guitar Hero? Are we tired of this already? To be fair, Harmonix has avoided the pitfalls of band centric versions in favor of maintaining more a widely appealing variety of songs, but the fact that each version of Dance Central has only been spaced out a year apart from each other still risks milking the cow dry. Ultimately that is for the market to decide, but Dance Central 3 comes across as a perfection of the craft to the same level as Rock Band’s third edition achieved, and music game fanatics are all the better off for it.

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Capcom has been known to go back in their library and re-release some of their backlog to a current generation of consoles. Sometimes we get totally re-skinned games like Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix with visuals that make it look like a new game, or a port like Marvel vs Capcom 2 where it’s the same as the original game. This time around it’s a straight forward arcade port but you get two games in one, 1200 Microsoft Points package. Marvel vs Capcom Origins includes Marvel Super Heroes and Marvel vs Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes, both Arcade classics from the 90s. Now is this a great bargain or just a money grab?

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All Interactive Entertainment (AIE) announced today the MAG II Gun Controller will be available in stores throughout North America starting November 13th, just in time for the launch of Call of Duty®: Black Ops 2!

Fully compatible with the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system and PC, the MAG II is the immersive and realistic new way to play First-Person-Shooter (FPS) games.

The MAG II is instantly compatible with ALL shooting games on PS3™ and PC. This is not a light gun; this is a compact, ergonomic, ultra responsive, precision FPS controller.

Designed and built with both casual and serious FPS gaming in mind, the MAG II features 3 pre-programmed sensitivity options and is the only gun controller to incorporate Motion Sensing and Gyroscopic Induction movement tracking.

The MAG II Gun Controller is supported by a team of engineers who are dedicated to enhancing the FPS experience. Future downloadable updates (via PC) will be available to unlock new functions and gameplay modes accessible via the MAG II Gun Controllers’ Function Dial.

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There’s something to be said for keeping it simple. The joy of a character design as easy to draw and manipulate as Kirby is that it can be used in so many ways. Nintendo certainly knows this and all but admitted it in their famous intro for Kirby’s Adventure:

First you draw a circle
Then you dot the eyes
Add a great big smile
And presto, it’s Kirby!

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Call of Duty fans that pre-order a copy of Call of Duty: Black Ops II at select retailers before Nov. 13th, will receive the bonus multiplayer map – Nuketown 2025 – for free, plus get access to the Call of Duty: Black Ops II Double XP Launch Weekend.

343 Industries sure knows how to launch a game. They converted landmarks in the Principality of Liechtenstein a 13th-century castle and a mine for the Halloween event this past week.

Media and fans were invited to participate in this event. Everyone was taking by buys to this secret location then got to enjoy a Halo battle explosions and fake gun fire.

After the “show”, all the guest got to try out Halo 4 before anyone else in the world, check out the video below to see this insane event:

D3Publisher has released new screenshots for their upcoming video game, Ben 10: Omniverse. Check out the link below right now for your first look at some of Ben’s newly introduced playable alien heroes, including Bloxx and Gravattack.

At E3 2012, 343 Industries revealed that there will be weekly episodic missions released for Halo 4, called Spartan Ops. Season 1 will be released as soon as Halo 4 is launched November 4th, while the story line hasn’t been released, they do show a bit of it in this Halo 4 Spartan Ops trailer:

Today, Ubisoft announced a partnership with pro hockey goaltender Carey Price to promote Assassin’s Creed III.

A three-time All-Star and ranking among the elite of pro hockey in North America, Price set several records in 2011 appearing in 71 of the 82 regular season games, tying Ken Dryden’s record of shutouts in one season (8) and winning the Molson Cup player of the year award with his pro team in Montréal.

A contest, in collaboration with The Sports Network (TSN) and Réseau des Sports (RDS), will give gamers and hockey fans the chance to vote for their favorite Assassin’s Creed III-themed mask among the three models carefully designed by the Ubisoft Montreal development team. The mask who receives the most votes at the end of the voting period will be replicated 31 times and auctioned off on Hockey Helps. The highest bidder among all 31 auctions will get to meet Carey Price. All proceeds will be donated to different charities across the country, carefully selected by Ubisoft and Carey Price.

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