One of the best things about Call of Duty multiplayer is the killstreak rewards. Getting a set number of kills and being rewarded with greatness such as an attack helicopter, a predator missile, an AC-130 airship, and even a nuke can bring such an amazing amount of fun and excitement to an essentially saturated genre. The latest installment in the Call of Duty series, Black Ops, has just had a leak on a few of it’s killstreaks recently. Oh, and guess what…

…dogs are back!

Call of Duty: Black Ops Killstreak Bonuses

• 3 Kills – Spy Plane
• 3 Kills – RC-XD (RC bomb)
• 4 Kills – Counter Spy Plane
• 4 Kills – SAM Turret
• 5 Kills – Care Package
• 5 Kills – Napalm Strike
• 6 Kills – Sentry Gun
• 6 Kills – Mortar Team
• 7 Kills – Attack Helicopter
• 7 Kills – Valkyrie Rockets
• 8 Kills – Blackbird
• 8 Kills – “Rolling Thunder”
• 9 Kills – Chopper Gunner
• 11 Kills – Attack Dogs
• 11 Kills – Gunship

Don’t lie, a napalm strike sounds pretty f’n cool, don’t ya think? And remember, this isn’t the complete list of things, just a little taster if you will. Let’s hope Treyarch confirms some more stuff in the near future. Sound off below and let us know which killstreak interests you the most.

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Ready to prove you are the absolute  best of the best in Call of Duty? Think you’re up to snuff with the big boys? Treyarch wants you to prove you’re more than talk with Call of Duty: Black Ops and it’s new Wager matches. Use the currency you earn in Black Ops and put it on the line against other players aiming to make you broke-think you can handle the pressure?

There are four wager matches to choose from, all Free-For-All of course, and all are really creative and intriguing. One match, called One in the Chamber, has you spawn with a pistol, one bullet, and three lives; if you kill an enemy you can take their bullet, however, if you miss you are then defenseless. There’s also a gametype called Sticks and Stones, where a tomahawk throw to the back will make you instantly bankrupt!

You can check out a video explaining all four gametypes here, and then head down to the comment bunker and tell us what you think of Black Ops‘ multiplayer. Is it shaping up nicely, or is it more of the same?

Disney Interactive Studios today announced that Disney Epic Mickey will also be released as a Collectors’ Edition in limited quantities…since Disney fans tend to be collectors and all… Available for pre-order beginning today in North America and alongside the standard edition at retail this holiday, the Collectors’ Edition of Disney Epic Mickey will include the full version of the game, a five inch collectible Disney Epic Mickey figurine, Wii console skins and remote faceplate, and a bonus DVD with behind-the-scenes video and more. 

“We’re thrilled to roll out this Collectors’ Edition featuring so many unique items including the collectible Disney Epic Mickey figurine and content that will surprise and delight gamers and Disney fans alike,” said Graham Hopper, executive vice president and general manager, Disney Interactive Studios. “The addition of the bonus DVD with behind-the-scenes video and more will enhance and expand the overall Disney Epic Mickey experience.”

Disney Epic Mickey will be available this holiday season exclusively for Wii. The Collectors’ Edition will retail at an MSRP of $69.99 and the standard edition will retail at an MSRP of $49.99. Who plans on picking this up??? Paint a detailed description of your thoughts in the comments section below.

By Jess Conditt

Few things are a given to the hardcore gaming community today: there is such a thing as too many exclusives, if they build it we can hack it, the cake is a lie, and we don’t want to play all of our games through motion control consoles. Strangely, the main corporations providing us with the tools for gaming–Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo–don’t fully agree with our standards, and there is little we can do about it. We can not trump supply and demand, stock exchanges and Capitalism. Kinect and Move, for example, have people who don’t care about gaming buzzing across the business boards, meaning Microsoft and Sony are doing something right for someone else in a world where video games are more profit than they are art. The hype in these sectors for the new generation of motion controlled gaming only highlights that which we should have predicted, and our own sad naivety. Basically:

We shouldn’t be surprised by this.
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You miss me Axeheads?  Did you…maybe a little? A smidge? Not at all?  Well that’s okay because I missed YOU enough to make up for it!  Last week gamescom decided to be a big jerk like its American cousin E3 and take control of ALL the gaming news and thus leave your friendly neighborhood killer of the rumors with nothing to do.  That’s okay though because now we got a full lineup of rumors to play with and decide to believe, leave alone or best yet KILL for the sake of cleaving the crap from your gaming news.  So without further ado, your week long hiatus of EpicBattleAxe.com’s The Rumor KILL is officially over!
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Target and Best Buy both announced expanded used game trade-in services this week, just in time for major developers to start making a profit off pre-owned games with online codes and subscription models. But I’m sure that’s just a coincidence.

Best Buy will officially launch used game trade-ins in 600 stores this week, with the promise of more to follow soon. Games can be traded for Best Buy gift cards, which can be used instantly in the store. There is no mention of a cash trade-in option – it looks like Best Buy is following in the footsteps of great aristocrats worldwide and keeping it in the family.

Target’s new Electronics Trade-In service packages cell phone and iPod trades with video games, and should be in over 850 stores nationwide by 2011. Trade-ins receive Target credit of up to $200, but that amount would probably only be for a 4G iPhone at this point.

Best Buy will sell back used games “soon,” while Target does not specifically mention direct sale of any used games.

Both stores will offer online options for trade-ins, Target through a partnership with electronics recycling site NextWorth, and Best Buy through their own online system that will appraise games, accept them through the mail and send out gift cards 7-14 days later.

What does the mainstream trade-in service mean for our used game consumer future, or that of gaming in general? Leave us your thoughts in the comments!

If you can’t possibly find the time to log in more hours on Monster Hunter Tri, now you are able to make every other minute in your day just as epic. How? Simple, purchase the Monster Hunter Tri Official Soundtrack, now available via download or CD. It sells for about $16 bones and you can go here to score both the digital download or hardcopy.

So, will you make your next family vacation more epic with this blasting in the minivan? Let us know below.

The Guitar Hero fans amongst you will probably be interested to learn that Activision has revealed the pre-order bonuses for Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock. In fact, you have two pre-order bonuses to choose from, one for Amazon and one for GameStop.

The Amazon one, shown above right, is a custom made My Chemical Romance guitar strap, complete with the band’s name it seems. However, if that isn’t the pick to your axe so to speak, GameStop is helping your facemelting tool take flight with a sweet set of ‘wings’, seen on the left side.

If you don’t pre-order Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock at all, you will still get the new Soundgarden album, Telephantasm, packed in with the game. Either way, you’re gonna get something.

So, will you take flight or have a sweet strap on? Haha…I said ’strap on’. Let us know below!

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Pay no attention to the screen behind the man in the pimp hat – it’s only the entire 83-track setlist for Rock Band 3.

The boys at Harmonix scrolled through all 83 tracks in the background of a video completely discrediting previously “leaked” setlists, with plenty of raised eyebrows and valiant attempts not to grin like giddy schoolchildren, at Gamescom this weekend.

Check out the video now, complete with pimp hat and sarcasm, or read the entire setlist for yourself after the jump:

1. Amy Winehouse – “Rehab”
2. Anthrax – “Caught in a Mosh”
3. At the Drive-In – “One Armed Scissor”
4. Avenged Sevenfold – “Beast And The Harlot”
5. The B-52s – “Rock Lobster”
6. The Beach Boys – “Good Vibrations” (Live)
7. Big Country – “In a Big Country”
8. Blondie – “Heart of Glass”
9. Bob Marley & The Wailers – “Get Up, Stand Up”
10. The Bronx – “False Alarm”
11. Chicago – “25 or 6 to 4″
12. The Cure – “Just Like Heaven”
13. David Bowie – “Space Oddity”
14. Deep Purple – “Smoke on the Water”
15. Def Leppard – “Foolin’”
16. Devo – “Whip It”
17. Dio – “Rainbow in the Dark”
18. Dire Straits – “Walk of Life”
19. The Doobie Brothers – “China Grove”
20. The Doors – “Break On Through (To the Other Side)”
21. Dover – “King George”
22. Echo & the Bunnymen – “The Killing Moon”
23. Elton John – “Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting”
24. Faith No More – “Midlife Crisis”
25. Filter – “Hey Man, Nice Shot”
26. The Flaming Lips – “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt. 1″
27. Foreigner – “Cold as Ice”
28. Golden Earring – “Radar Love”
29. HIM – “Killing Loneliness”
30. Huey Lewis and the News – “The Power of Love”
31. Hypernova – “Viva La Resistance”
32. Ida Maria – “Oh My God”
33. INXS – “Need You Tonight”
34. The J. Geils Band – “Centerfold”
35. James Brown – “I Got You (I Feel Good)”
36. Jane’s Addiction – “Been Caught Stealing”
37. The Jimi Hendrix Experience ˆ”Crosstown Traffic”
38. Joan Jett and the Blackhearts – “I Love Rock ‘n Roll”
39. John Lennon – “Imagine”
40. Juanes – “Me Enamora”
41. Lynyrd Skynyrd – “Free Bird”
42. Maná – “Oye Mi Amor”
43. Marilyn Manson – “The Beautiful People”
44. Metric – “Combat Baby”
45. The Muffs – “Outer Space”
46. Night Ranger – “Sister Christian”
47. Ozzy Osbourne – “Crazy Train”
48. Paramore – “Misery Business”
49. Phish – “Llama”
50. Phoenix – “Lasso”
51. The Police – “Don’t Stand So Close to Me”
52. Poni Hoax – “Antibodies”
53. Pretty Girls Make Graves – “Something Bigger, Something Brighter”
54. Primus – “Jerry Was a Race Car Driver”
55. Queen – “Bohemian Rhapsody”
56. Queens of the Stone Age – “No One Knows”
57. Rammstein – “Du Hast”
58. Ramones – “I Wanna Be Sedated”
59. Raveonettes – “Last Dance”
60. Rilo Kiley – “Portions for Foxes”
61. Riverboat Gamblers – “Don’t Bury Me… I’m Still Not Dead”
62. Roxette – “The Look”
63. Slipknot – “Before I Forget”
64. Smash Mouth – “Walkin’ on the Sun”
65. The Smiths – “Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One Before”
66. The Sounds – “Living in America”
67. Spacehog – “In the Meantime”
68. Steve Miller Band – “Fly Like an Eagle”
69. Stone Temple Pilots – “Plush”
70. Swingin’ Utters – “This Bastard’s Life”
71. T. Rex – “20th Century Boy”
72. Tears for Fears – “Everybody Wants to Rule the World”
73. Tegan and Sara – “The Con”
74. Them Crooked Vultures – “Dead End Friends”
75. Tokio Hotel – “Humanoid”
76. Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers – “I Need to Know”
77. The Vines – “Get Free”
78. War – “Low Rider”
79. Warren Zevon – “Werewolves of London”
80. The White Stripes – “The Hardest Button to Button”
81. Whitesnake – “Here I Go Again”
82. The Who – “I Can See for Miles”
83. Yes – “Roundabout”

Rock Band 3 will drop October 26 for Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii in North America and October 29 in Europe, Australia, New Zealand and elsewhere.

These are some juicy tracks for Rock Band 3 – what do you guys think of the official setlist? Let’s hear it in the comments!

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Rules are made to be broken – or at least bent a little, right? This week, the latest downloadable games for the Wii and Nintendo DSi systems offer some fun ways to defy convention. The award-winning And Yet It Moves for the WiiWare service invites players to mess with the laws of physics and turn their worlds upside-down. In the imported NES classic UFROURIA: THE SAGA, you’ll need to switch between characters and do whatever it takes to complete a challenging quest. On the Nintendo DSiWare service, Ryik lets you create your own musical compositions, while G.G Series NINJA KARAKURI DEN lets you play by your own rules as a stealthy ninja.

You can check out the full listing of virtual offerings this week after the jump courtesy of Nintendo
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