Fans of the new Mortal Kombat have been left wondering for some time who the final dlc add-on character for the Mortal Kombat Season Pass would be. The current additions have been Scarlet, Kenshi and most recently Rain but the identity of the last character in the pack has remained a secret until now as WB games and NetherRealm Studios announced today that Freddy Krueger will be making his way to the Mortal Kombat Universe.  Xbox 360 fans who purchased the season pass should get him as part of that pack but expect him to be priced at around 4.99 USD like the other DLC characters.

Freddy’s inclusion in Mortal Kombat marks the first good thing hes been in since the 80′s.  Check out his character trailer after the jump.

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Fans of the Halo Franchise got a treat this E3 when Microsoft and 343 Industries revealed Halo CE: Anniversary Edition an HD remake of the classic Xbox title.   Microsoft has since then revealed details on the goodies you will get if you pre-order the game.

Pre-Order’s will come with the following extras:

• Master Chief Avatar Armour: Heroes Never Die, and to honour the 10th anniversary of John 117, you will finally be able to transform your Xbox Live Avatar into the iconic hero by outfitting it with Master Chief’s signature MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armour.
• Grunt Funeral Skull: An exclusive, game-modifying skull that changes the rules of the game for an explosively humorous experience, Grunt Funeral sends Halo’s most lowly and lovable enemy out in a blaze of glory. And plasma. And then more glory. Once the skull has been activated, every Grunt’s methane tank will explode like a plasma grenade when killed. Watch out for the Grunt chain reaction!

343 Industries also released a new trailer that details the effects of the “Grunt Funeral Skull” which you can view after the jump.

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Bastion, SuperGiantGames’ premiere game is about to hit Xbox Live Arcade next week. We had the opportunity to speak to creative director Greg Kasavin on the heels of the gaming madness under one roof that is called E3 2011, where Bastion scored numerous awards from a ridiculous number of publications.
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Crimson Alliance, an upcoming Xbox Live Arcade title, has new screenshots out. The game is a cooperative action RPG with three classes of character development and the ability to play with three other party members via local multiplayer or Xbox Live. It comes out on September 7, 2011 and can be obtained for free if you get all of the Xbox Live Summer of Arcade games.

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Tomorrow is Sonic’s 20th anniversary and to celebrate Sega will be putting up a demo for the upcoming Sonic Generations on both PlayStation Network and Xbox Live.  The demo will be available until July 12 at which point it will expire and no longer run.

Also available tomorrow on PSN will be the “Sonic 20th Anniversary Bundle” which will include the following items for $19.99.

• Sonic the Hedgehog
• Sonic the Hedgehog 2
• Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1
• Sonic Adventure
• Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 dynamic theme

There is no word of a similar bundle being available on Xbox Live as of yet.

When Sony took the hit a while back, people were quick to judge their security. Now we’ve seen many more companies fall victim to hackers whether it was Eidos, Nintendo, Sega, or the Minecraft or EVE Online users. According to reports Xbox Live users among some Paypal, World of Warcraft, other service users have been added to that long list.

LulzSec, who have recently attacked Nintendo and even the CIA’s website, has released thousands of emails and passwords a lot of which are Xbox Live related data. While the service itself is not down just as PSN was, any user of Live could have been among  that data. That data was posted to many file sharing services and taken down which prompted for re-uploads with the links posted to their Twitter account. According to the Twitter feed, it is still up on their site and still accessible.

While it’s not a direct attack on the service, even random user information leaks is still cause for alarm.  It should go without saying that everyone should change their information and passwords to be safe.

It’s seems like hacking attacks are coming into style this year and that sucks because we’re all pretty infuriated about  how these hackers have gotten their dirty little paws on our data over and over. Let’s hope that this trend will finally stop soon. As of this post, I’ve seen no official word from Microsoft regarding the data. Please don’t pull a Sony….

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What do Metal Slug 7, King of Fighters ’98 Ultimate Match, Space Invaders Extreme and Arkanoid Live all have in common? They are all coming to Xbox Live with additional content added to them. During today’s Microsoft TGS press conference, Microsoft announced that these titles will be coming to Xbox Live some time next year.

-Chris Weng

Source: Major Nelson

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No online co-op for you

The highly anticipated sequel to one of the best xbox games ever!  Well in my book at least.  Is losing a few items in the collector’s edition.  Microsoft claims it’s a ”supply chain issue”, and they are offering a free pdf of the fate cards for the disappointed fans.   This news on top of the game not being “finished“, is a real bummer to someone like myself who is really looking forward to October 21st.  On the bright side fans will be saving some coin later this month and play local co-op only!

Source: 1up