• Trish Stratus
• Brie Bella
• Nikki Bella
• Vickie Guerrero
• Kharma
• *Alicia Fox

They’re available now on the PS3 and Xbox 360 with a price of 99 cents or 80 MS points. Those bummed out about the lack of holiday cheer can take note that Alicia Fox is actually a freebie on either platform. Enjoy the goods and get down with some crazy Diva action on your console this season.

Because the team at Capcom didn’t want you to feel like they were holding out information, they’ve detailed every single change in such precise detail that no one will have an excuse to claim nerfed characters or hidden changes that aren’t really on that list. Get ready to have your mind blown with a huge PDF from the team.

What I can say from just a few initial browses, this list impacts every single move by every single character in the game. Amazing but a huge read, I would suggest focusing on the characters you commonly battle and use the most to avoid walls of details.

SSFIV Arcade Edition 2012 Final Change List – US

• Outland - 400 MS Points
• From Dust™ 800 MS Points
• Splinter Cell: Conviction - $14.99
• Your Shape: Fitness Evolved - Toned Body -160 MS Points
• Might & Magic Clash of Heroes – 600 MS Points
• Zeit² - 400 MS Points
• Your Shape: Fitness Evolved – Cardio Boxing Platinum – 160 MS Points
• Bloody Good Time – 200 MS Points
• Panzer General – 200 MS Points
• Prince of Persia: Epilogue – 400 MS Points
• Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood – The Da Vinci Disappearance DLC - 400 MS Points
• Splinter Cell: Conviction – Deniable Ops: Insurgency – 400 MS Points
• Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. 2 – $14.99
• Your Shape: Fitness Evolved – Rainbow Legwarmers (avatar) – 80 MS Points
• Voodoo Dice – 200 MS Points
• Your Shape: Fitness Evolved – 80′s Muscle Pants (avatar) – 80 MS Points
• Your Shape: Fitness Evolved – Unitard Outfit (avatar) – 120 MS Points
• Beyond Good & Evil HD – 400 MS Points
• Assassin’s Creed II – Sequence 12: Battle for Forli - 160 MS Points
• Assassin’s Creed II – Sequence 13: Bonfire of the Vanities & Secret Locations – 280 MS Points

The holidays are here and it’s time to get busy, while all the new releases slow down the team at Tripwire are here to bring Twisted Christmas 2 over for all the good little Killing Floor players from December 7th through January 4th. Packing new levels, music, and of course weapons it will keep players busy for the next month. To help stimulate the servers the game is also going on a free weekend on Steam from December 8th to the 11th so anyone can get a shot at all the new holiday goodness and the classic holiday enemies making a return.

For those curious on some details for the Twisted Christmas 2 event we have a few tidbits to share.

Making a return

• Christmas enemies (replacing standard models)
• Santa’s Evil Lair (Map)
• Baddest Santa (character unlock)

New additions for the Holiday Update

• New achievements for 2011
• The Ice Cave (Map)
• Steampunk 2 DLC pack

Weapons

• The Sharpshooter gets a shiny .44 Magnum revolver – good for dual-wielding for even more stopping power.
• The Commando picks up a US Army surplus M-4 Carbine, with a nice, new red dot sight fitted.
• For Demolitions, we’ve removed the sight and added the under-slung M-203 single shot grenade launcher. Wonderful all-purpose weapon!
• Support Specialists can get their hands on a semi-automatic combat shotgun.
• Berserkers can go all Scottish, with a massive two-handed Claymore. Perfect for the holiday season…
• Following on from Horzine’s earlier experiments with healing darts, they have now provided the Medic with an MP5 machine pistol, mounting a dart-firing device.
• Ripped from the arm of a dead Husk the Firebug gets his asbestos-covered hands on the fireball launching Huskgun!!! Charge this baby up and watch the zeds explode in a ball of flames!

Tripwire does warn that Baddest Santa will only be unlockable during this event so try to not miss out, with this being the second shot at obtaining him this might be a last shot at the unlock. If you’re curious for more information about killing floor check out the Holiday 2011 page.

Announced today is the return of Strider, Ghost and Goblins villain Firebrand and the long overdue, non april fools day appearance of Ghost Rider! Check the press release out for yourself.

CAPCOM®, MARVEL ENTERTAINMENT PREPARE FOR EPIC REMATCH IN ULTIMATE MARVEL® VS. CAPCOM 3®

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — July 20, 2011 — Capcom®, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, and Marvel Entertainment today announced that Ultimate Marvel® vs. Capcom® 3 is in development for the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft®. Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 will take the epic battle to all new heights with new iconic characters from the Marvel and Capcom universes, a refined fighting system, eight new stages and new modes when it releases this November for the low MSRP of $39.99.

The highly acclaimed fighting game adds 12 new legends to the robust Marvel vs. Capcom 3 roster, bringing the total overall roster of characters up to 50. The first new characters revealed for Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 include much-requested Capcom character Strider who slashes his way into the fray along with Ghost ‘n Goblins™ villain Firebrand. On the Marvel side, Ghost Rider will finally exercise his vengeance and Hawkeye will pick apart foes. More characters will be revealed in the coming months.

In addition to characters, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 features a host of enhancements and new features to improve the game’s balance and online functionality. One of the biggest additions to Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 is the fan-requested Spectator Mode, which allows fighters to watch live online matches together. With multiple improvements and 12 new characters, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 brings home the ultimate fighting experience for newcomers and pros alike.

Check out the official blog post for more information or jump on Steam and lend a hand. I’ll be in the fight in just a bit as well.

[Left 4 Dead Blog]

Update – Playthrough tips:

• When you can grab a second pistol do so, you’ll have 30 rounds to unleash when your primary weapon goes out of ammo
• Melee strike as much as possible when reloading, try to maintain the high ground and if you’re playing in SP, grab high range weapons like the sniper rifle to pick enemies off before leading the AI in.
• The waves rely on users moving forward after the first attack, doing so leaves you open to being surrounded, fight the first flood and then wait for the second before going forward. If your team is tightly held you can last through these waves.
• Solo players will die, you can’t rush in these maps, trying is pretty much suicide and leaves the team with one less person
• On the bridge, beware of some glitches in crossing the beams, if someone falls there is a chance they’ll get stuck on the side railing until they die, trying to save them is pointless as they’ll instantly go into falling mode again.
• In the final map have at least one person get the grenade launcher, save the rounds as much as possible, in the final zone unload the rounds to reduce the swarms to 0.
• Heal your team often but always try to keep 1-2 med packs in reserve, in some cases the game will ask for a sacrifice, if you survive they’ll have a med pack waiting unless someone hijacks it and leaves you for dead. (Bridge scene has a charger that blows you off the scaffolding if you don’t have grenade rounds).

Xbox 360 users:The L4D team has confirmed that the 360 version of Cold Stream will arrive later this summer.

Completed using: Dual Handguns, Grenade Launcher, M249 SAW, Sniper Rifle (primary)

Hopefully these lend a hand in getting through Cold Stream and get you a new badge. Completed it in 49mins solo on hard, well designed but the boundary boxes need work still and the AI enemies and team often get stuck or make really odd mistakes through the entire campaign.

Sweet Billy Pilgrim – “Future Perfect Tense” +
The Vines – “Get Out”
The Vines – “He’s a Rocker”
The Vines – “Orange Amber” +
The Vines – “Outtathaway” +
The Vines – “Ride”

Tracks marked with a + will be available on the European PSN store on July 14, usual $2 track prices apply to all markets and The Vines pack will run $8.49.

Album:
Metallica – Death Magnetic

Track Packs:
Classic Rock Track Pack (Boston, Foreigner, Rick Springfield)
The Killers Track Pack
The Eagles Track Pack
The Silversun Pickups Track Pack
Victory Track Pack
Vagrant Track Pack
Motorhead Track Pack
Vampire Weekend Track Pack
Rolling Stones Track Pack

Tracks:
Blind Melon – No Rain
Jack White & Alica Keyes – Another Way to Die
The Shins – New Slang
Incubus – Drive
Eagles – Last in the Fast Lane
Pavement – Cut Your Hair
Pixies – Monkey Gone to Heaven
Nirvana – Negative Creep
Against Me – New Wave
Wolfmother – California Queen

Check out the latest Party Mix DLC videos for DJ Hero:

Duran Duran Vs Lady Gaga
(Video: Watch this video on the post page)

Pussycat Dolls
(Video: Watch this video on the post page)

Rihanna
(Video: Watch this video on the post page)

· Billy Idol – “Mony Mony”
· Billy Idol – “Rebel Yell”
· Fleetwood Mac – “Don’t Stop”
· Fleetwood Mac – “World Turning”
· Jet – “She’s a Genius”
· Tom Petty – “I Won’t Back Down”
· Tom Petty – “Runnin’ Down a Dream”

Billy Idol is great and the fact that I can destroy my vocal chords trying to sing like him in any capacity is just a good time waiting to happen. Look for these tracks next Tuesday in the Rock Band Store.