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City of Heroes Issue 12 Midnight Squad Video (Hi)NCSoft has unveiled a new trailer for the next expansion to the City of Heroes/Villains universe. Issue 12: Midnight Hour will chronicle a group called The Midnight Squad and their efforts to bolster their numbers and try to stop the Rikti invasion. In addition to the new story, the expansion will also offer some new powersets, gameplay improvements, and a new Roman-themed zone that will factor into the story. The Issue 12 expansion is currently in beta and expected to release later this month.

As expected, Microsoft continued to tout the fact that the Xbox 360 has surpassed 10 million units sold in the United States. Since they first made the announcement a few days ago, they’ve bumped that figure up to 10.1 million sold.

Okay, you win, Sega. I didn’t care at all about your newest Golden Axe game, but now these screens just make it looks just too awesome. It looks like the developers could be taking a page from God of War in terms of reaching that epic feel. That, and you can apparently ride and fight ginormous monsters like the ones above. I could do without the Chocobo-looking thing though. You can check out a few more screens for the game here.

Over the years, I’m sure we’ve all played a number of games that featured a character based on a celebrity. Or at least, I’m sure that was the developers’ intention. Games Radar has an interesting feature up now running down some of the worst celebrity depictions in games. I know I’ve seen quite a few that looked odd to me, but seeing them all in one spot is kind of like a traumatizing trip to a circus. My favorite though has to be this comparison of Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone to the game. It wouldn’t surprise me if the artist for that game went on to do Stubbs the Zombie.

Chris reported earlier on the rumors that LucasArts had split from the ESA, and now it looks like those rumors have been confirmed. The ESA has now stated officially that the company is no longer a member of the group. According to Rich Taylor, Senior Vice President of Communications and Research for the ESA:

Occasionally, the Xbox Live Marketplace brings us a random and yet welcome surprise. This week, that surprise happens to be a hilarious episode of “Ask a Ninja,” the show where a ninja basically gives you tips for life. Him being a ninja, his advice usually involves killing people and disappearing in a cloud of smoke; and I know it’s helped me out many times. This episode though is sponsored by the upcoming Ninja Gaiden II, which he describes as “a flippin’ awesome game.” In truth, this is probably one of the most relevant celebrity endorsement I’ve seen in a long time.