Morning News

I know how every loves their morning news... Okay, I lie, I just have a few pieces of news that i wanted to cram into one piece rather than flood the blog with new posts, So here's this morning's need to know information...

If you haven't seen it already, The first official Call of Duty: Black Ops trailer is out (as opposed to the tiny teaser i showed previously). It actually looks really good and i'm actually getting pretty psyched to see where this ends up going. Trailer here.

Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood is set to have a Multiplayer Beta. No more info on it yet, But you can be sure i'll let you all know how to get into it as soon as i find out.

On the Xbox LIVE Arcade keep an eye out for a few price drops... Braid (was 1200, now 800), Cloning Clyde (was 800, now 400) and 3 on 3 NHL (was 800, now 400) are all on the receiving end of a PERMANENT price reduction. On the PSN, Pick up the demo for Modnation Racers (or just purchase the game, Which should be out today) to test out Sony's cross between Mario Kart and LittleBigPlanet.

Not interested in the arcade games but have some leftover points? The next DLC for Dragon Age: Origins (Titled The Darkspawn Chronicles) is available now on both Xbox and Playstation 3. 400 points on Xbox and $8.45 on PS3.

Been playing Skate 3? Want a new character? Type in the code DEADSPACETOO to unlock Dead Space lead character Isaac Clarke as a playable character. Yes, It works. Yes, It's free. Yes, It looks pretty hilaious.

Finally, Ubisoft have announced that they will be taking up the Ten Dollar Program (AKA The EA Method) to help combat used games sales and boost falling revenue. The Ten Dollar Program is an idea currently being used by Electronic Arts whereby people who purchase the game new gain extra content and/or features, While pre-owned buyers will need to pay a one-off $10 fee to gain access to the content/features. More info and my thoughts on the method on Sunday in the first of what is to become my weekly rant.