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If you love the “Merc with a Mouth”, then we’ve got good news for you. Deadpool, the fictional mercenary and anti-hero created by artist Rob Liefeld and writer Fabian Nicieza for Marvel Comics, will be having his own video game soon. At the Comic-Con 2012 in San Diego, Marvel and Activision unveiled the upcoming Deadpool video game. American video game developer High Moon Studios, will be teaming up with Activision to bring Deadpool to your favorite consoles. As of now, the details of the game are still bleak, but it seems that Nolan North, considered as the nearest thing the games industry has to a bona fide leading man, will voice the character. While Deadpool was already featured in Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, and Marvel Ultimate Alliance, this is the first time for Deadpool to debut as the lead character in a video game.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops II is probably going to be the biggest game of the year, so it’s only appropriate that Activision finds some big names to attach to the game’s development. One of these big names is Nine Inch Nails front man Trent Reznor, who has composed the theme song for the highly-anticipated military shooter. Apparently, the tune is an “aggressively sounding” rock arrangement, which should fit well with Black Ops II’s gritty gameplay and style.

Reznor, however, isn’t just doing this for the money, telling Game Hunters that he’s actually a big fan of the Call of Duty franchise. “I have always looked to that franchise as the cutting edge of what seemingly unlimited budgets and full-on not cutting any corners can do in the current day and age,” he says, claiming that he’s played through most of the Call of Duty games, only missing “one or two” while out on tour.

Indeed, it seems this was the perfect gig for not only Reznor, but also for Treyarch. Black Ops II director Dave Anthony suggests that Reznor was the top pick from the start, saying that the folks at Treyarch knew he was perfect for the role of theme song composer when they decided they wanted something “a little dark” but also “original and engaging.”

You can look forward to hearing Reznor’s arrangement when Call of Duty: Black Ops II launches for Xbox 360, PS3, and PC on November 13, 2012.

[via Game Hunters]

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Almost as a dare, Shoryuken (SRK) challenged its fans to produce a fighting game-style controller for Starcraft II. Mauricio Romano took them up on that contest and won with a surprisingly polished arcade stick of his own. Its cornerstone is a heavily modified Ultrastik joystick that’s turned into an on-controller, two-button mouse. You didn’t think a PC gamer would cling to a plain joystick, did you? In the process, the usual 101 keys of a typical keyboard have been pared down to a set of 26 buttons most relevant for Blizzard’s real-time strategy epic. Packaged up in a single, polished USB peripheral, the one-off prototype’s design is good enough to imagine a Major League Gaming pro taking it out on the road. We’d put that idea on ice for now, though: as Mauricio shows in the video below, the learning curve is steep enough that most players won’t be fending off diamond-league marine and zergling blitzes anytime soon.

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This week China has been announced to be getting a healthy dose of none other than Activision’s hit shooter game Call of Duty for completely free online play. This game will be “free-to-play” entirely online and Activision will be using this move to expand their footprint across Asia. They’ll be partnering with Tencent Holdings Limited, a group that provides Internet and wireless services across the nation, with them having exclusive license to operate Call of Duty online throughout China.

This update comes during a statement in which Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick noted “we think China is one of the most exciting places in the world for us to grow our business and to develop innovative new games.” This announcement comes right after the announcement that Jean-Bernard Levy, CEO of media and telecommunications company Vivendi, had left the company, and represents the continued growth of the company as a whole as well.

This update will have Call of Duty expanding up once again, here further cementing itself as a legendary game in the field and making way for more online-based sequels in the near future. Have a peek at this recent Call of Duty Online trailer to see what all the fuss is about.

Next have a peek at a clip from Call of Duty: Black Ops II, the next generation of CoD games coming this holiday season.

[via Rueters]

Call of Duty hits free online play in China is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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