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#funcom Funcom has released a new trailer and screens showing players what it's like to become a Templar, one of the three factions in the upcoming real-world supernatural massively multiplayer online role-playing game The Secret World. More »

Wait, you actually liked that Dragon Age 2 trailer that surfaced last week? You're clearly not as big a trailer buff as the rest of us. See, about 40 seconds of additional footage ended up on the cutting room floor, which compromised the vision of the director. Watch it in all its restored glory after the break.

Developer's altruism brings music puzzler to Windows PC and continues to support non-profit publisher with exclusive version available via Steam.

#dlc Because platform networks have issues with giving things away, Rockstar rolls its planned free Free Roam pack into its Liars and Cheats Pack, releasing one massive chunk of new content for Red Dead Redemption on September 21. What's inside? More »

Mount up and get some free DLC.

And Yet It Moves, Broken Rules's cardboard-style, world-rotating platformer, is available for download on WiiWare in Europe today. You'll have to move 1,000 Wii Points out of your account to purchase the game, which came out this Monday in North America. WiiWare is also host to Tales of Elastic Boy Mission 1, a 600-Point sort-of platformer starring a little slime creature that can roll and attach to objects with its stretchy arms.

Meanwhile, DSiWare in Europe has myNotebook Carbon and myNotebook Pearl, two variations of Nnooo's notebook app. Also available: Where's Wally? Travel Pack 1. Yes, Wally. He always seems to be hidden behind Waldo.

#xbox360 With the official Kinect Beta flooding out to those select few whom Microsoft invited to test out their upcoming motion gaming add-on, the images are already starting to stream in. More »

Next week's Rock Band DLC features various Grammy-winning, multiplatinum-selling country artists ... and yet, the one who jumps out is the lady who had her own sitcom. Complete details of the fourth country track pack can be found after the break.

It seems like Microsoft's Kinect has been dogged by rumors of its limitations since day one. Some rumors have been busted -- you can play Kinect while seated, for instance -- but others are still nebulous just two months out from launch. Speaking to Kinect boss Kudo Tsunoda, VideoGamer attempted to clarify whether or not Kinect is limited to two "active" players, as was reported earlier this year.

Tsunoda's answer: Look at Dance Central. Said Tsunoda, "Dance Central is already incorporating a lot more than two players," adding that "it's not necessarily any kind of limitation as much as it is developers just trying to customize the experiences around what they think is the best way to play." Furthermore, Tsunoda noted that it can be difficult to work too many players into a game's design, but reiterated that Dance Central is "already incorporating more than two."

Not satisfied, we contacted Harmonix for further clarification on this issue. Read the response after the break.

#gamescom2010 Finally, you can amputate and decapitate an Orc, thanks to Snowblind Studios' The Lord of the Rings: War in the North, the hack, slash and loot adventure with the Tolkien stamp of approval. More »

It's been a long road for the California bill backed by Governor Schwarzenegger that seeks to keep violent video games from being sold to minors. But the end is finally in sight: The Entertainment Consumer Association has announced that the case, known as Schwarzenegger vs. EMA (Entertainment Merchants Association), will go before US Supreme Court on November 2.

As an outside party, the ECA will submit an amicus brief in the case and has set up a website for a petition and more information about the pending arguments. So far, lower courts have judged the proposed law, which would set up legal rules and penalties against selling violent video games to minors, to be unconstitutional. Of course, this time around, we're talking about the United States Supreme Court, so any decision in favor of the bill would overturn previous rulings in lesser courts. Take that, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals!

Oral arguments in the case begin November 2, and the judges should have a decision soon after that. This will be the first time the Supreme Court looks at video games and the First Amendment, so a ruling either way should be pretty historic.

Codemasters' official racer heads in to the final stretch.

Hi everyone! Time for this week’s video store updates:

Don’t miss our Just Reduced Movies section under New Releases where you’ll find great titles Inglourious Basterds and Couple’s Retreat—now at lower prices before they leave the store on 8/31! Be sure to check out these great films and others like It’s Complicated, The Fourth Kind, Pirate Radio, and the Wizard of Oz before it’s too late! Also visit this week’s Deal of the Week, featuring a killer sale on comedies including Beverly Hills Ninja, Bad Boys I and II, The Cable Guy, Big Daddy, Anger Management, Fun With Dick and Jane, Are We Done Yet?, RV, and Guess Who!

Need an adrenaline rush without breaking a sweat? Check out incredible action sports films hitting the store! If you can’t afford to travel the world surfing—no worries! Get lost in your own surf fantasy with Castles in the Sky. Then, get off the beaten path with Follow Me, one of the best mountain bike films ever made. Many of these films are now available on the US and CA videos stores! Plus, starting 9/1, check back for Melali: Drifter Sessions as Rob Machado does his thing shredding waves in Indonesia—need we say more?

Don’t have time to watch a film? Check out Summer TV under Featured Collections for a compilation of popular shows including Burn Notice, White Collar, The Good Guys, Futurama, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and more.

New TV and Film arrivals hit the US and Canada stores everyday! Here’s a taste of what’s hot this weekend:

Just in TV
US Store: Death Note: Season 1, Volume 1, Dark Blue: Season, MORIBITO: Guardian of the Spirit: Season 1, MasterChef: Season, Man vs. Wild: Season 5, Plain Jane: Season 1, Pros vs. Joes: Season 5, Psych: Season 5, Rocko’s Modern Life: Season Best of, Vol. 1, Surviving the Cut: Season 1, The X-Files: Season 6, Todd McFarlane’s Spawn: Season 3, Top Chef: Season 7, Tosh.0: Season 2, Whale Wars: Season 2, Futurama: Season 7, Jersey Shore: Season Miami, Who the (Bleep) Did I Marry?: Season 1, Adventure Time: Season 1

Canada Store: Curb Your Enthusiasm: S4, Entourage: S3B, Sex and the City: S5, The Sopranos: S5, The Wire: S4, Cake Boss: S2, Comedy Central Presents: Stand-Up: S1, Danny Phantom: S1, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood: S1, Punk’d: S6 & S7

Just in Movies
US Store: 1408, 2 Dudes and a Dream, 44 Inch Chest, 50 Dead Men Walking, A Good Day to Be Black and Sexy, Alien Trespass, Alone in the Dark, America the Beautiful, Anamorph, Awake, Bass Ackwards, Bedroom Window, Big Man Japan,

Canada Store: 2 Fast 2 Furious, Accepted, American Pie Presents: The Book of Love, Baby Mama, Battlestar Galactica, Battlestar Galactica: Razor-Unrated Extended Version, Bionicle: Legend The Reborn, Hook, In the Line of Fire, Kiss Me Again, The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Ultimatum, The Karate Kid, 12 Rounds, Australia, Ready

Top Movie Downloads (US only)

• Death at a Funeral
• Kick-Ass
• Clash of the Titans (2010)
• The Back-up Plan
• Date Night (Extended Edition)
• Top Gun
• Date Night
• Avatar
• Furry Vengeance
• Hot Tub Time Machine (Unrated Version)

Top Ten TV Downloads (US only)

• Futurama | Season 7 – The Prisoner of Benda
• The Boondocks | Season 3 – It’s Goin’ Down
• Jersey Shore | Season Miami – Breaking Up
• Naruto Shippuden Uncut | Season 1, Vol. 4 – Something Important…
• The Boondocks | Season 3 – The Color Ruckus
• Family Guy | Season 8 – Brian & Stewie
• Futurama | Season 7 – A Clockwork Origin
• Comedy Central Roasts | Season 3 – Comedy Central Roast of David Hasselhoff: Uncensored
• Tosh.0 | Season 2 – Tosh.0 220
• Burn Notice | Season 4 – Blind Spot

In a move that is entirely too rare, Capcom will distribute a demo of its DS adventure Okamiden via the Wii Nintendo Channel in Japan. The demo will be available through Wiis from September 8 through October 5. It will also be distributed via "DS Station" download kiosks throughout Japan from September 9 through October 6, and through Nintendo Zone connections (found in McDonalds) from September 10 through October 7. The game is out in Japan on September 30.

We're checking with Capcom to find out if there are any plans to distribute a demo in North America before the game's 2011 release.

#ps3 Yesterday, Sony Computer Entertainment Australia was granted a temporary injunction by the nation's Federal Court to block the importation and sale of the new PS3 modchips. More »

#pokemon The next Pokemon series, Pokemon: Black & White, is all new Pocket Monsters right up until the end. As previously posted, the anime has two old friends. More »

#yakuza "Yakuza: New Chapter Black Panther", the upcoming Yakuza spin-off for the PSP, is getting a television program. That's not all. More »

Rockman Online is a side-scrolling online game that mashes up the Mega Man and Mega Man X worlds. It's also only being released in South Korea. Luckily, then, this anime-style teaser video is cool enough for us to enjoy as a standalone work, because for us, it might as well be!

#portal Portal was a singleplayer game. Portal 2 adds co-op, but did you know it was at one stage also going to add competitive multiplayer? More »

Civilization 4: The Complete Edition is on sale through Games for Windows Live for $10. That's 75 percent the regular price. The sale began today and will stand the test of time ... until September 1, 2010, when a sneak attack will wipe out the deal -- or so The Oracle foretells.

The Civ 4 complete edition includes all the expansion packs for the epic critically acclaimed strategy game, including Colonization, which is more of a spin-off. It's certainly an amazing deal, but just remember that Civilization 5 will be out September 21. We doubt that one will cost $10.

Chime is great on Xbox 360. Should be just as great on PC when its released on September 7! More »

#earthbound And not just any only $400 Mario sweater, but an officially licensed $400 sweater sold to you via the guy who created role-playing game Earthbound. More »

Worried you weren't going to get Nail'd at this year's PAX Prime? Southpeak Games wants to assure you that you absolutely will -- more to the point, you can stop by the publisher's booth to get some hands-on time with upcoming ATV racer Nail'd (you see what we did there?). Southpeak is also bringing Two Worlds 2, Battle Vs. Chess, and previously unheard of motorcycle racer SBK-X for attendees to check out.

Also, if you're over 10 years old, you could try your hand at some Nail'd speed trials for a chance to win the 70cc Mini-Motocross Pit Bike pictured above. While it might not put you in the running for "Toughest Motocross Dude Ever," it's a totally adorable little motorcycle. Who could say no to that? A monster, that's who. And you're not a monster, right?

Check out Nagisa, the new Duman race, and the PSO-like visual lobby in these first screens of Sega's Phantasy Star Portable update.

#wow Sideshow Collectibles want to make sure it's Brewfest all year-long at your place, with this replica of World of Warcraft's Tankard O' Terror. More »

UFO Interactive has responded to our inquiry about the missing Wii version of Rock of the Dead, informing us that it's not been canceled. According to a UFO rep, the Wii game is "on the back burner for the time being."

The publisher wouldn't disclose specific reasons for the delay of the Wii release, but told Joystiq that UFO and developer Epicenter Studios are focusing on the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions for now, and they plan to get back to the Wii game "once we have accomplished our goals with these two platforms." Once you've accomplished the goal of releasing a game about killing zombies by playing guitars and drums, anything seems possible.

#clips Microsoft's Surface device has already shown its worth for board games, but let's not forget, it has a lot of potential for strategy games as well. Especially after you watch this video. More »

#politics Britney Spears is on the cover of British publication Pop Magazine. The images, the work of one of Japan's most famous artists, feature Britney in a bathing suit and a wedding dress. If only it were that simple. It's not. More »

Game and comic writer Dan Slott tells us about his involvement in the web-slinger's next outing.

Ginx TV, a media company responsible for the production of the casual-oriented Gameface program, announced earlier today that it would soon have its own video game-centric television station in the UK. Ginx CEO Michiel Bakker explained during the Edinburgh Interactive conference, "video gaming is the only massively mainstream entertainment genre without a dedicated channel. My ambition here, is to do for gaming what MTV did for music."

If we understand Bakker's sentiment correctly, then that means we can look forward to a few good years of video game coverage, and then an endless parade of terrible reality shows starring terrible people doing terrible things. Wonderful!