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EA continues to trot out the old school NBA stars for the upcoming release of "NBA JAM" on Wii (and other platforms, apparently). We had already revealed that Magic Johnson and Larry Bird will be appearing in the game, and now we can see six more additions to the "JAM" roster in action:

Clyde Drexler
Kevin McHale
Denis Rodman
Hakeem Olajuwon
Detlef Schrempf
James Worthy

Clearly this is only the beginning for classic NBA stars getting into the action. Stay tuned as the "NBA JAM" surprise guests continue to join the roster. Fingers crossed for Air Dog!

Tags: Ea, NBA Jam, PS3, video, Wii, Xbox 360

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UPDATE: Nope! Seems the list we have below is not going to pan out, as Famitsu is reporting that Silver Surfer has been confirmed for the game (thanks @evophile), and if one person on the list is missing, it's likely the rest of it is inaccurate, as well. Sorry, we got excited.

[SPOILER ALERT: If you're hoping to be surprised by the character roster in "Marvel vs. Capcom 3," you may want to stop reading now.]

We already knew who quite a few of the fighters in "Marvel vs. Capcom 3" were, and we've seen trailers of several of them in action. A leaked list may have filled in on the blanks, however, including Wolverine's petite femme counterpart X-23 and Mike Haggar of "Final Fight," among others.

The rosters showed up on the German site Playfront.de (hat tip to Destructoid), and if they're for real, this is who will be showing up to represent their respective companies:

Marvel
Spider-Man, Hulk, Wolverine, Mr. Fantastic, Captain America, Iron Man, War Machine, Elektra, Thor, X-23, Magneto, Dr. Doom, Shuma-Gorath, Emma Frost, Deadpool, Super Skrull, Taskmaster, Juggernaut, She Hulk

Capcom
Ryu, Mike Haggar, Frank West, Nathan Spencer,, Dante, Chris Redfield, Morrigan, Arthur, Amaterasu, Albert Wesker, Zero, Chun-li, Viewtiful Joe, Trish, Tron Bonne, Hsien-Ko, Akuma, Felicia.

You probably know that even if these names originally came from in a in-office source at Capcom, the fact that they haven't been announced means that things could always change by the time they do appear in a press release, and the game's release is still way off in Spring 2011, so they've got loads of time to change their minds as they see fit. Nevertheless, Capcom did choose a fixed number of silhouettes to put at the end of that Comic-Con trailer last week, so this could be the final list.

Who are you excited about on the unofficial "MvC3" fighter roster? Are you disappointed to see that anyone was left off? Share your insights in the comment section below.

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Activision has officially announced "Call of Duty: Black Ops" for the Nintendo DS, but they haven't yet revealed what their extra large console editions of the new game will look like on November 9. Thankfully, online retailer Buy.com has reportedly let the cat out of the bag about Hardened and Prestige editions of "Black Ops," though, giving reassurance to everyone who feels uncomfortable spending less than $80 on a Call of Duty title.

The listings appear to have been taken down, but Hardened was priced at $79.99 and Prestige was set at $149.99, according to a story on IGN. That means that the pressure will be on for Activision to outdo its "Modern Warfare 2" Prestige package from last year, which famously included a pair of nightvision goggles.

"Crysis 2" has already taken care of a super-thin backpack for your night maneuvers in its Nano Edition. If "Black Ops" were to come with a long-range recording apparatus, GPS tracking devices that could be affixed to the undercarriage of cars or maybe a pair of nice combat boots, any of those offerings would fit right in to our growing collections.

Did you pick up a Prestige edition last year? What would you like to see "Black Ops" packaged with? Share your thoughts in the comment section below.

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Activision and Neversoft haven't publicized all of the "90 plus" tracks it's promised for "Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock" yet, but they have gotten about two thirds of the way there since our last update. Rush fans should be especially pleased by the list after the jump, which contains every track confirmed thus far.

Hard rock is making a comeback in this game. Drum controllers may take a beating, though. Here's what you can look forward to:

• A Perfect Circle - "The Outsider"
• AFI - "Dancing Through Sunday"
• Alice Cooper - "No More Mr. Nice Guy"
• Alter Bridge - "Ties That Bind"
• Anthrax - "Indians"
• Atreyu - "Ravenous"
• Avenged Sevenfold - "Bat Country"
• Bad Brains - "Re-Ignition (Live)"
• Black Sabbath - "Children of the Grave"
• Blue Oyster Cult - "Burnin' For You"
• Bush - "Machinehead"
• Buzzcocks - "What Do I Get?"
• Children of Bodom - "If You Want Peace... Prepare For War"
• Deep Purple - "Burn"
• Def Leppard - "Pour Some Sugar On Me (Live)"
• Dethklok - "Bloodlines"
• Dire Straits - "Money For Nothing"
• Dragonforce - "Fury of the Storm"
• Drowning Pool - "Bodies"
• Edgar Winter Group - "Free Ride"
• Fall Out Boy - "Dance, Dance"
• Five Finger Death Punch - "Hard to See"
• Foo Fighters - "No Way Back"
• Foreigner - "Feels Like the First Time"
• George Thorogood - "Move It On Over (Live)"
• Jane's Addiction - "Been Caught Stealing"
• Jethro Tull - "Aqualung"
• KISS - "Love Gun"
• Linkin Park - "Bleed It Out"
• Lynyrd Skynyrd - "Call Me The Breeze (Live)"
• Megadeth -- "Sudden Death"
• Metallica & Ozzy Osbourne -- "Paranoid (Live)"
• Muse - "Uprising"
• My Chemical Romance - "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)"
• Night Ranger - "(You Can Still) Rock in America"
• Nine Inch Nails - "Wish"
• Pantera - "I'm Broken"
• Poison - "Unskinny Bop"
• Queen - "Bohemian Rhapsody"
• Rammstein - "Waidmanns Heil"
• Rise Against - "Savior"
• Rush - "2112 Pt. 1 - Overture"
• Rush - "2112 Pt. 2 - The Temples of Syrinx"
• Rush - "2112 Pt. 3 - Discovery"
• Rush - "2112 Pt. 4 - Presentation"
• Rush - "2112 Pt. 5 - Oracle: The Dream"
• Rush - "2112 Pt. 6 - Soliloquy"
• Rush - "2112 Pt. 7 - Grand Finale"
• Silversun Pickups - "There's No Secrets This Year"
• Slayer - "Chemical Warfare"
• Slipknot - "Psychosocial"
• Soundgarden - "Black Rain"
• Steve Vai - "Speeding"
• Stone Temple Pilots - "Interstate Love Song"
• Strung Out - "Calling"
• Styx - "Renegade"
• Sum 41 - "Motivation"
• The Cure - "Fascination Street"
• The Hives - "Tick Tock Boom"
• The Offspring - "Self Esteem"
• The Ramones - "Spiderman"
• The Rolling Stones - "Stray Cat Blues"
• The White Stripes - "Seven Nation Army"
• Them Crooked Vultures - "Scumbag Blues"
• Twisted Sister - "We're Not Gonna Take It"
• ZZ Top - "Sharp Dressed Man (Live)"

"Younger fans getting exposed to true classic rock songs is one of my personal crusades," Alice Cooper said in a press release Activision sent out. "The new audience listening to the classic songs of today, like 'No More Mr. Nice Guy,' will hopefully be inspired to write the classic songs of tomorrow."

Alice Cooper, ladies and gentlemen: crusader for our children's future.

What do you think of the song list for "Warriors of Rock" at this point? What will Activision have to include to get you to buy this game? Share your opinions in the comment section below.

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Understanding the intricacies of multiplayer in "Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" may require some some time and explanation-grappling. Understanding who the two additional multiplayer characters are that Ubisoft has just announced, however, should be easy. They are a blacksmith and a soldier.

You won't be able to play as either of them in the upcoming mulitplayer beta, according an email newsletter sent out by Ubisoft, but they will give you the option of having or not having a potbelly, as see in an image from the newsletter put up on display by Kotaku. The Blacksmith's features include a beard and big fat hammer, while the Soldier, who will reportedly be a Best Buy exclusive, comes fully armored with a sword and significantly less body fat.

The multiplayer beta sans Blacksmith and Soldier will be launching in September, according to a trailer Ubisoft broke out for San Diego Comic-Con last week. The same trailer also listed November 19, 2010 for full game's launch date.

Give a glance, and you'll notice a few other character variations that should be available when the game hits.

Do you want to get in on the "Brotherhood" multiplayer beta? What do you think of the Blacksmith and Soldier? Share your reactions in the comment section below.

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Linkin Park launched an iPhone game earlier this year, and now they're officially moving on to become a part of one of 2010's biggest EA releases. The band will provide the music for a new "Medal of Honor" trailer directed by their DJ Joe Hahn on August 1. The sounds will come from their new album A Thousand Suns' first single "The Catalyst," which will also play as part of the game's soundtrack. And EA says they've only just begun.

"'Medal of Honor' marks the beginning of an innovative new relationship between EA and Linkin Park," EA worldwide executive of music and marketing Steve Schnur said in a press release. "I've personally known the band since 1999, and they have always been an intensely creative group who understand the power of videogames and have wanted to explore and expand the medium’s possibilities. 'The Catalyst' is one of the most anticipated tracks of the year, and the combination of this new song and Joe Hahn's distinctive visual dynamic re-sets the bar in our commitment to bringing together landmark EA games with artists whose talents go far beyond music."

Exactly what kind of EA-related plans Linkin Park may have post-"Medal of Honor" weren't specified, but they agree that they'd like to work on other such projects in the future.

"I definitely think we could do things with them down the road," bassist David "Phoenix" Farrell told USA Today. "It was a good and fun partnership on our end. I know our fans are gamers and it is a cool way to get your music heard."

Do you think Linkin Park will be a good fit for the "MoH" soundtrack? What else would you like to see them do with EA? Anything? Nothing? Share your suggestions in the comment section below.

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President Barack Obama may have concerns about children playing with Xboxes instead of doing homework, but if those kids happen to be playing "Madden NFL 11" long enough to make it to the Super Bowl victory sequence, they will be watching him as they celebrate. Newly released video from the game shows the President joining in the festivities with his very own Saints jersey.

The league champions show up on the White House lawn to be congratulated by President Obama after winning their season, as IGN reports.

The sequence will change, depending on which team you use to win the game, of course, but it looks like there will be some nuanced phrases thrown in to contextualize each team's win according to their city and history. Presumably everyone will get a chance to meet the President, though.

At the very least, this shows that EA Sports is willing to use the Obama's likeness, which I'm optimistically going to take as a sign that a glimmer of hope exists that they could use him as an unlockable character in "NBA Jam" later this year.

What do you think of President Obama's appearance in "Madden NFL 11"? Would you like to see him in "NBA Jam" too? Share your thoughts in the comment section below.

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THQ's new FPS "Warhammer: 40,000: Space Marine" was already announced for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, but up until now PC users looked like they might be shut out of the fun. The publisher put those fears to rest today by welcoming Microsoft PC's to its list of platforms for the game, and they couldn't have sounded cheerier in the announcement.

"The loyal PC audience is incredibly important to us here at Relic so we are delighted to be able to announce the PC version of the game," Relic Entertainment general manager Jonathan Dowdeswell said in a press release.

THQ had some planned for Warhammer players with its MMO "Dark Millenium Online," which is in development over at Vigil Games. The FPS crowd will now be served, too, however.

"Delivering great content the fans want to play is the key goal in the core games division at THQ so we are pulling out all of the stops to make this the best possible game for PC and console audiences alike," THQ VP of global brand management Travis Plane said.

That's not just one or two stops, mind you. He said all of them. As long as they use enough stops to make the game run smoothly and fit in lots of crazy armor and units they should be headed in the right direction when it hits in early 2011.

Does "Space Marine" for PC come as good news for you? What are your expectations like for the game at this point? Share your thoughts in the comment section below.

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Capcom's crossover fighting game announcements didn't stop at "Marvel vs. Capcom 3" character reveals at this year's San Diego Comic-Con. The company hosted a panel that went beyond their own offices and unveiled "Street Fight X Tekken," which Capcom will produce and "Tekken X Capcom," which will come from Namco Bandai.

"The Street Fighter and Tekken development teams have a great relationship," Tekken creator Katsuhiro Harada said, according to a CVG report. "However, I see this new project not as a collaboration, but as the competition of the century between two legendary fighting game franchises."

The two game-makers will be taking a different approach to their crossover projects by producing competing games. Both sides seem to be ready to step into the ring though.

"This is history we're making," 'Street Fighter X Tekken' producer Yoshinori Ono said. "Two fighting games that have rivalled each other are finally standing on the same stage. This isn't just a showdown between Tekken and Street Fighter, but a decisive battle for Capcom and Namco Bandai Games. So I'm going to give it my all."

Discussions have been going on for about a year, according to comments Ono made to Famitsu.com, as translated in an Andriasang post. The release date time-frame seems a bit more ambiguous, however, with launches planned for sometime within the next two years.

Who do you think will come out on top, Capcom or Namco Bandai? Do you plan on playing as Street Fighter or Tekken combatants? Share your reactions in the comment section below.

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The signs are really starting to point that EA has made the smart decision and have decided the reboot of NBA Jam will not be a Wii exclusive. Earlier in the month, the USK — the ratings board for games in Germany — listed that NBA Jam would be coming to both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Now the United States’ own ratings organization, the ESRB, has also cataloged NBA Jam for the other two systems.

If this ends up being true (and it probably is), EA made the right move here. NBA Jam has the potential on being a great seller for the company. The name already has a proven track-record, it really comes down to EA’s marketing it appropriately, something the company has been lacking with other titles lately. But making a game as well-known as NBA Jam available on all the consoles, is the step in the right direction.

Remember, there are more PlayStation 3s and Xbox 360s combined, than the Wii. And the customers who own either a PS3 or Xbox have proven they buy more games.

via: Kotaku

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