Video game fanatics and music fans can rejoice together with the release of “Call Of Duty: Black Ops Escalation”. The newest version marks the second installment of Call Of Duty: Black Ops on Xbox LIVE online entertainment. As of May 3rd, the video game, along with all of its special and new features, is now available for download worldwide. Escalation’s four new multiplayer maps and never before seen Zombie experience, featuring George A. Romero, Robert Englund, Sarah Michelle Geller, Michael Rooker and Danny Trejo, and an original musical track from Avenged Sevenfold titled “Not Ready to Die,” will continue to draw in millions of gamers around the world, since the…

Watch the official launch trailer for the upcoming video game “Dead Rising 2 Case West” coming exclusively to Xbox LIVE. Description: Set immediately after the events of Dead Rising 2. Dead Rising 2: CASE WEST sees Frank team up with Chuck Greene for some serious co-op action as the pair embarks on a brand new case set in the Phenotrans Facility on the outskirts of Fortune City. Stay Tuned for the latest from Dead Rising 2 Case West. By Brent Butler

Electronic Arts sent us this new TV spot for the upcoming game “Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Beta” for the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. Starting on November 19th the “Battlefield Bad Company 2 Beta” will feature the huge Arica Harbor map where up to 24 players compete to secure valuable crates in the Rush game mode as the action moves across a variety of different locations. From an initial vehicle assault on a military outpost the war winds through streets of a deserted town to an intense final fire-fight in an industrial harbor. Synopsis: Battlefield: Bad Company drops gamers behind enemy lines with a squad of renegade soldiers who risk…

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., Feb 19, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — DICE, an Electronic Arts Inc. studio (NASDAQ:ERTS), today announced that the Battlefield: Bad Company(TM) 2 army is already 3.5M people strong – and the game hasn’t even shipped yet. Available for a limited time, the demo* will expire in six short days so players interested in getting an early taste of the action should download it before February 25th. After that date, the DICE servers will shut down, and shift to support the game launch on March 2nd. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is winning accolades from fans and critics worldwide for the finesse of its online multiplayer experience and dedicated server…

All of Breaking Benjamin’s records have gone either gold or platinum, and the just released Dear Agony, their fourth studio album, is sure to continue that trend. In celebration of its release, the band will play Xbox LIVE Gold Members in a special Game with Fame session October 15. If you’re a Gold member (if you’re not a Member, upgrade now!) and join the band Thursday, October 15 starting at 7:00 p.m. EST for the event. Send a friend request to the following Gamertag and be online half an hour before (6:30 p.m. EST) the Game with Fame session starts: BreakBen GwF Their hit songs “So Cold” and “Sooner or…

The hard-rocking band Paramore is coming to Xbox LIVE for some Left 4 Dead zombie-killing action on September 23, and here’s your chance to join in and play with members of the band. If you’re an Xbox LIVE Gold Member (if not, upgrade now! http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/goldBenefits.htm ), and you want a chance to play the new Crash Course add-on for Left 4 Dead, send a friend request to the Gamertag “Paramore GWF” and be online half an hour before (4:30 p.m.) the Game with Fame session starts on Wednesday, September 23, at 5:00 p.m. EST. Paramore is a Grammy-nominated rock band from Franklin, Tennessee consisting of Hayley Williams (lead vocals/keyboards), Josh…

Post-hardcore band Thursday, celebrating the release of their latest album Common Existence, will play Call of Duty: World at War(TM) with Xbox LIVE Gold members March 21. If you’re an Xbox LIVE Gold member (if not, upgrade now!), and you want a chance to play with Thursday, send a friend request to the Gamertag “Thursday GWF” and be online half an hour before (2:30 p.m. EST) the Game with Fame session starts on Saturday, March 21, 3:00 p.m. EST. If you get a chance to play with Thursday, Xbox wants to hear about it! Send an e-mail to xlmail@microsoft.com with the subject: “GWF – Thursday.” Be sure to include your…

Rev Theory’s music video for “Hell Yeah” recently became the first ever video to premiere on XBOX Live. The four minute mini-movie set in the beautiful California desert was directed by Travis Kopach (Black Tide, Buckcherry) and features a high-speed car chase, WWE Diva Ashley Massaro and a rip-roaring performance in an airplane graveyard! Watch the video below.

Interscope Geffen A&M Records and Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, have joined forces to premiere the hard rock act Rev Theory’s new music video exclusively on the Xbox LIVE Video Store. This will make Rev Theory’s hit single “Hell Yeah” the first ever video premiere on Xbox LIVE. Available Wednesday, May 28th 2008, Rev Theory debuts the never-before-seen video to the 12 million Xbox LIVE members around the world. This marks a new relationship between the leading record label Interscope Geffen A&M Records and Xbox 360 to sell music videos and graphics from Interscope Geffen A&M’s diverse roster of artists to members of Xbox LIVE. Xbox…

Microsoft sent us some news about some brand new downloadable legendary map pack that are available today. Here are some details: The award-winning multiplayer experience evolves with three new maps and expanded Forge options now available on Xbox LIVE Marketplace. After launching in Sept. 2007, millions of fans the world over still log onto Xbox LIVE every day to experience the award-winning action of “Halo 3″ multiplayer. That experience expanded first in December with the release of the Heroic Map Pack, and today Microsoft and Bungie release the next evolution with the Legendary Map Pack. Available for 800 Microsoft Points exclusively on Xbox LIVE Marketplace, this second major downloadable content…