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Microsoft's end-of-the-year countdown has Mortal Kombat's "season pass" and Deadliest Warriors: Legends discounted for day four.

The Mortal Kombat "Season Pass," available half-off today for 600 MSP ($7.50), will unlock DLC characters Skarlet, Kenshi, Rain and Mr. Freddy Krueger. Individually, the characters are 400 MSP ($5) apiece.

Deadliest Warrior: Legends, a "cerebral, satisfying and deep" fighter, is also on sale. Both the core game and Joan of Arc DLC are half-off for 400 MSP ($5) and 120 MSP ($1.50), respectively.

Now ... FIGHT!

Microsoft's end-of-the-year countdown has Mortal Kombat's "season pass" and Deadliest Warriors: Legends discounted for day four.

The Mortal Kombat "Season Pass," available half-off today for 600 MSP ($7.50), will unlock DLC characters Skarlet, Kenshi, Rain and Mr. Freddy Krueger. Individually, the characters are 400 MSP ($5) apiece.

Deadliest Warrior: Legends, a "cerebral, satisfying and deep" fighter, is also on sale. Both the core game and Joan of Arc DLC are half-off for 400 MSP ($5) and 120 MSP ($1.50), respectively.

Now ... FIGHT!

In light of last week's report that Deadliest Warrior studio head Robert Daly had misrepresented his military experience, Daly has resigned as head of Pipeworks Software. In a statement issued this afternoon, Daly expressed regret at having "misrepresented my role by creating the impression that I was a 'Green Beret.'" He further added that he has "nothing but the utmost respect for the Green Berets and my fellow servicemen."

Daly also won't be appearing on future episodes of Deadliest Warrior, the Spike television show. "At this point in time for the best interests of Pipeworks Software and F9E [Foundation 9 Entertainment] I am voluntarily resigning my position of Studio Head of Pipeworks effective immediately," he said. "Furthermore, I have no plans on appearing in any more episodes of Deadliest Warrior."

IndustryGamers reports on a new allegation that Robert Daly, head of Deadliest Warrior developer Pipeworks Studios, may have misrepresented his military history. A little background: Daly has claimed in interviews to be part of the Special Forces, which is of course an important qualification for making games about Vikings whaling on ninjas.

Jeff Hinton, owner of Special Forces community site ProfessionalSoldiers, read Daly's claim and then looked him up. "Robert Daly's [National Personnel Records Center] military records state he was some sort of imagery analyst," Hinton told. [United States Army Special Operations Command] has absolutely no record of him in their system." So, according to Hinton's research, Daly was in the army, but not in Special Forces.

We're contacting Pipeworks for a response to this allegation, as well as the related claim that Deadliest Warrior's pirate was actually a privateer.

If you haven't purchased either of the downloadable brawlers based on Spike TV's historically violent Deadliest Warrior franchise, nor have you seen any episodes of the show itself, then let's be frank: You're just not that into Deadliest Warrior. That's fine! Different strokes, and all that. Still, if you'd like to have as complete and deadly an entertainment experience as is possible, you'll want to grab Deadliest Warrior: Ancient Combat when it lands at retailers this December.

The $29.99 package includes the original Deadliest Warrior: The Game and Deadliest Warrior: Legends, as well as all the downloadable content (and a few new weapons and arenas) for each. It also includes some never-before-aired episodes of the show for diehard fans. We hear the hypothetical skirmish between Lumberjacks and Investment Bankers is particularly engaging.

The Deadliest Warrior franchise hasn't ever taken its lethal battles completely seriously, and Legends continues this noble trend of tacky tactical fighting with the bizarre rewards for mastering its Slice Mode.

After beating Arcade Mode with every character and then defeating 25 enemies in Slice Mode, each warrior is granted a set of new, eccentric weapons, including a wooden spoon for Hannibal and a carp for Genghis Khan. The full list of abnormal artillery is below, as provided by XBLA Fans:

Come now, Deadliest Warrior, we can be friends!

New striking mechanics and gameplay features revealed in Deadliest Warrior: Legends!

Pipeworks Software's Deadliest Warrior was a game characterized by happy surprises. Most were intrinsic to the over-in-a-second combat the title presented -- nothing's more surprising than having your delicate, evasive foxtrot interrupted by a spear through the face. All, however, served to enforce the biggest surprise of all: Someone made a licensed game that allowed ninjas to engage in one-on-one bouts with vikings, and then they made it good.

Much like its predecessor, Deadliest Warrior: Legends is peppered with fleeting, unexpected delights. It also contains a shocker of its own; that the original title wasn't just a qualitative anomaly. The series' second coming is full of so many inspired, innovative improvements over the surprisingly solid original, you'll temporarily forget that it's based around an anachronistic bloodsport that's far too ridiculous to exist, even virtually.

Until, of course, Shaka Zulu stabs Atilla the Hun so hard that his torso falls off.

Gone are the ambiguous archetypes of Pirates, Vikings and Centurions -- Deadliest Warrior: Legends will feature nine real-ass soldiers pulled from history, Bill and Ted-style. Check out the list of fighters, as well as some concept art for their inevitably brutalized character models, after the break.

Outlining the brutal tactics and weapons of the fiercest fighters in history!

Major Nelson has revealed that 345 Games' refreshing follow-up to Deadliest Warrior will arrive on Xbox Live Arcade next week. Deadliest Warrior: Legends will be available July 6 for only 800 MS Points ($10). Also, a note for fans of the original: Those with a copy of the original Deadliest Warrior will receive special weapons within Legends. We were impressed with the game at E3, particularly its new Risk-like multiplayer mode.

The original archetypes return, William Wallace and Shaka Zulu highlight this exclusive dev diary!